Talented and gifted referral
District students
Rolling / ongoing
No closing date is posted. Contact the Director of Teaching and Learning for the current referral form and next identification-review date.
Verify with the district ↗North Stonington School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Talented and Gifted Program,
made navigable.
North Stonington uses universal screening and a multi-criteria review for talented and gifted identification. Families have a named district contact who can help with referrals, screening, identification, and programming questions.
Independent from North Stonington School District. Official district instructions always control.
CTlocal 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 Talented and Gifted Program 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 coverageDistrict students
How students are considered
Published processThe district may consider universal screening, cognitive results, academic achievement, classroom performance, teacher recommendations, parent input, and additional evidence of ability or potential. Multiple data points are required and no single assessment determines eligibility.
What service can look like
Published modelServices are matched to individual strengths and may include enrichment, differentiated instruction, advanced learning, project-based work, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving rather than one fixed placement.
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 Director of Teaching and Learning and request the current talented and gifted referral process.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveDescribe the student's academic, intellectual, creative, leadership, or specific talent strengths with concrete examples.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveProvide work, achievement history, parent observations, and other evidence that may not appear in universal screening.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveAsk which cognitive, achievement, classroom, teacher, family, and additional evidence the review team will use and when it will decide.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveIf identified, request a written service plan describing the enrichment, differentiation, advanced work, projects, and progress measures matched to the student.
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 Talented and Gifted Program. 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 North Stonington School District before acting.