Community Consolidated School District 93 parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
CCSD93 uses Naglieri, classroom, iReady, and IAR evidence to identify about three percent of students for a multi-age Grade 4/5 gifted magnet. It also publishes Grade 6 advanced placement and family-initiated early-entry, subject-acceleration, and whole-grade-acceleration routes.
Independent from Community Consolidated School District 93. 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.
Students entering Grade 4
The district posts the evidence used but no exact 2026-27 screening date. Ask the school before Naglieri and spring placement review when families will receive invitations and how to request reconsideration.
Verify with the district ↗Students entering Grade 6
Additional Grade 6 referrals are reviewed in fall using test scores, teacher input, and qualitative evidence. Ask the middle school for the evidence window and notification date.
Verify with the district ↗Children turning five by December 1
Contact the residential elementary principal by February 1, complete the parent questionnaire, and ask whether the child qualifies for further testing.
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 Magnet, Advanced Instruction, and Acceleration 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 coverageEarly kindergarten through Grade 8; gifted magnet begins in Grade 4
Published processAn initial Grade 4 magnet pool is formed from Naglieri General Ability Test results. The district then reviews classroom performance, iReady, and IAR evidence and invites students whose profiles show giftedness and high performance or achievement. In Grade 6, additional referrals use test data, teacher referral, and qualitative evidence. Subject and whole-grade acceleration may be initiated by a family, teacher, or student after reviewing whether classroom differentiation is sufficient.
Published modelInvited students from all six elementary schools may attend the multi-age Grade 4/5 magnet at Roy DeShane, where all four core subjects are taught in a homogeneous setting by a specially trained teacher. Magnet students move to advanced core instruction at Jay Stream in Grade 6. Additional students can enter middle-school advanced classes after fall review, and separate acceleration processes address unusually advanced needs outside the magnet.
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 Magnet, Advanced Instruction, and Acceleration. 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 Community Consolidated School District 93 before acting.