Amphitheater Unified School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
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.
When your family may need to act
Use the row that matches your child's grade and situation. Dates below come from the linked district instructions; confirm them before submitting.
Grade 2 universal screening and eligible Grades 3-11
The district identifies the semester but does not post one districtwide deadline. Return the signed Permission to Test form to the REACH teacher before the campus testing date.
Verify with the district ↗Eligible kindergarten and Grade 1 students
Eligible K-1 students test during the second semester. Ask the school's REACH teacher for the referral cutoff and scheduled CogAT date.
Verify with the district ↗How Bloomfield Academy helps
Use the Parent Guide free. Choose Navigator when you want the process managed around your child. Choose Mentor when you want to connect that local opportunity to a longer-term interest, real projects, and a private record of growth. Bloomfield turns REACH Gifted Services into three clear layers of support.
Get the local program name, grades, identification process, services, deadlines, parent steps, and official instructions—all in plain language.
Navigator adds a child-specific timeline, deadline and policy alerts, a guided checklist, and one place to organize forms, work samples, and questions for the school.
Mentor includes Navigator plus a 12-week pathway, four short weekly challenges, one substantial monthly project, a Friday parent insight, and a private Growth Portfolio.
What the official record confirms
Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.
Published coverageK-12: kindergarten enrichment, Grades 1-6 pullout and clustering, middle-school REACH Humanities, and high-school REACH Honors English and advocacy
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.
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 family's route
This plan translates the published process without changing it. Confirm current district instructions before submitting.
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Application support
District forms and prompts vary. This annotated, fictional example shows how to turn a real observation into useful evidence without copying language or inventing accomplishments.
Explore the annotated example →What have you observed that shows your child may need greater depth, complexity, or pace?
“After her model failed, Maya changed one part at a time, recorded each result, and explained why the designs failed differently.”
Parent-to-parent
Share practical, firsthand wisdom about REACH Gifted Services. Parent experience is kept separate from the official program facts above.
Trust is part of the product
The program facts above come from the linked official sources. Bloomfield's checklist translates those facts into practical next steps without predicting selection or presenting parent anecdotes as district policy.
Supported by the district links and applicable school year shown on this guide.
A plain-language explanation or constructive preparation recommendation.
Shown only when it is dated, moderated, and clearly labeled—not as an official rule.
Primary sources
Last updated 09/09/2026. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with Amphitheater Unified School District before acting.