Annual gifted referral packet
K-12
Confirm locally
The district handbook places referral packets in October. Ask the school GT coordinator for the current 2026 cutoff before submitting.
Verify with the district ↗Lake County School District R-1 parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Gifted and Talented Programs,
made navigable.
Lake County families, teachers, and students can initiate gifted review. Identification uses multiple evidence, and every identified learner receives an Advanced Learning Plan developed with the family, student, and teachers.
Independent from Lake County School District R-1. Official district instructions always control.
COlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
2official sources reviewed
1deadline or checkpoint
When your family may need to act
The published timeline, in one place.
Use the row that matches your child's grade and situation. Dates below come from the linked district instructions; confirm them before submitting.
How Bloomfield Academy helps
Understand the program.
Manage the process.
Build the learner.
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 and Talented Programs into three clear layers of support.
01Parent GuideFree
Know what the program actually requires.
Get the local program name, grades, identification process, services, deadlines, parent steps, and official instructions—all in plain language.
02Navigator$79 / year
Turn the process into your family's plan.
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.
03Bloomfield Mentor$149 / year
Turn a future interest into work your child can do now.
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
Know the program.
Know the route.
Applicable school year: 2026-27. Bloomfield separates official requirements from our preparation guidance.
Who and which grades
Published coverageK-12
How students are considered
Published processFamilies should contact the school gifted coordinator for a referral packet. The district considers ability and achievement results, school evidence, and observations rather than one score. Grade 2 universal screening helps identify students, and referral review is conducted annually in fall.
What service can look like
Published modelK-2 emphasizes identification and differentiation; Grades 3-6 may use acceleration, clusters, and extensions; Grades 7-8 add individual differentiation; Grades 9-12 offer advanced classes, Colorado Mountain College courses, AP, and independent study. Social-emotional support accompanies academic planning.
Your family's route
See the next move—and where Bloomfield helps.
This plan translates the published process without changing it. Confirm current district instructions before submitting.
Your next moveContact the school's gifted coordinator and request the current referral packet and October cutoff.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveAsk whether the student is included in universal screening and which additional evidence will be collected.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveProvide work samples, advanced-performance examples, interests, observations, and relevant prior test results.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveRequest the written identification decision and an explanation of the evidence reviewed.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveIf identified, participate in the ALP meeting and confirm the specific acceleration, clustering, extension, course, and social-emotional supports.
How Bloomfield helps
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Application support
Prepare the story before you open the form.
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 →Parent observationFictional 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.”
01 Observable02 Child-led03 Need-focused
See why this works →Parent-to-parent
What would you tell another family?
Share practical, firsthand wisdom about Gifted and Talented Programs. Parent experience is kept separate from the official program facts above.
Opening the parent discussion…
Trust is part of the product
District rules and Bloomfield guidance stay clearly separated.
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.
Official requirement
Supported by the district links and applicable school year shown on this guide.
Bloomfield guidance
A plain-language explanation or constructive preparation recommendation.
Parent-reported insight
Shown only when it is dated, moderated, and clearly labeled—not as an official rule.
Primary sources
Read the published language yourself.
Last updated 09/09/2026. Program rules can change; verify the current school year with Lake County School District R-1 before acting.