Liberty Elementary School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Liberty publishes one of Arizona's clearest elementary gifted pathways: universal kindergarten screening, three referral-testing periods, a 97th-percentile CogAT rule, a portfolio route for near-threshold scores, all-day cluster services, and an optional self-contained Multi-Age Gifted program.
Independent from Liberty Elementary 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.
Referred students eligible for the September 16-23 testing period
The current district calendar lists September 3 as the form deadline for its first testing period. Confirm the displayed school year before submitting the Permission to Test form.
Verify with the district ↗Referred students eligible for the January 13-20 testing period
The current district calendar lists December 7 as the form deadline for its second testing period. Keep the submission receipt and confirm the assigned campus date.
Verify with the district ↗Referred students eligible for the April 28-May 5 testing period
The current district calendar lists April 12 as the form deadline for its third testing period. Kindergarten and Grade 2 universal screening follow separate opt-out dates.
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 Gifted Education Program 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-8: kindergarten enrichment, Grades 1-8 cluster classrooms, and an optional self-contained Multi-Age Gifted pathway for Grades 3-8
Published processKindergarten students receive a universal CogAT screener; students in Grades 2-8 may be referred by a parent, teacher, administrator, or themselves. Liberty uses CogAT and may use Naglieri for English learners. A score at or above the 97th percentile in verbal, nonverbal, or quantitative reasoning qualifies. Scores from the 94th through 96th percentile may enter a portfolio review for cluster services.
Published modelKindergarten students receive enrichment in the regular classroom. In Grades 1-8, identified students attend cluster classrooms at every school and receive differentiated curriculum, extensions, research, and higher-order work throughout the day. Highly gifted students in Grades 3-8 may be considered for the self-contained Multi-Age Gifted classes at Westar Elementary. Each identified student receives an Individualized Gifted Plan with trimester progress updates.
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 Gifted Education Program. 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.
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Primary sources
Last updated 09/09/2026. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with Liberty Elementary School District before acting.