Who and which grades
Published coverageK-12: kindergarten enrichment, Grades 1-6 pullout and clustering, middle-school REACH Humanities, and high-school REACH Honors English and advocacy
Amphitheater Unified School District parent navigator Official local sources · reviewed 2026-09-08
REACH Gifted Services,
made navigable.
Amphitheater's REACH pathway combines scheduled CogAT testing with unusually specific grade-level services. Every second grader is screened, elementary pullout hours are published, and identified learners can continue through specialized middle- and high-school courses.
Independent from Amphitheater Unified School District. Official district instructions always control.
What the official record confirms
Know the program.
Know the route.
Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.
How students are considered
Published processParents, teachers, and students may refer, and a signed Permission to Test form is required. All second graders take CogAT in the first semester; eligible K-1 students test in the second semester and eligible Grades 3-11 students test in the first. Arizona eligibility is 97th percentile in a reasoning battery, while Amphitheater may provisionally accept 94th-96th percentile scores for one year.
What service can look like
Published modelKindergarten enrichment begins in the second quarter. Grade 1 receives one hour of weekly REACH pullout, while Grades 2-6 receive two hours weekly plus collaboration with cluster-classroom teachers. Middle school offers REACH Humanities, and Grades 9-11 offer REACH Honors English; other identified high-school students retain access to REACH advocacy.
Your starting checklist
Turn the published process into clear next steps.
Confirm current instructions with the district before submitting. Bloomfield does not predict placement or reproduce protected assessments.
01Contact the school's REACH teacher, ask for the current testing date, and submit the signed Permission to Test form before that date.
02For a second grader, confirm inclusion in first-semester universal CogAT screening; for K-1 or Grades 3-11, confirm the applicable semester and referral route.
03Request battery-level verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal percentiles and ask whether full Arizona eligibility or Amphitheater's one-year provisional range applies.
04After identification, confirm the grade-specific placement and the named REACH teacher responsible for instruction or advocacy.
05For elementary students, verify the published one- or two-hour weekly pullout schedule; for secondary students, review REACH course registration before schedules close.
Primary sources
Read the published language yourself.
01Amphitheater REACH Gifted Services ↗02Amphitheater Gifted Testing Policies ↗03Elementary REACH Pull Out Program ↗04Arizona Gifted Education FAQs ↗
Last reviewed 2026-09-08. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with Amphitheater Unified School District before acting.