Gifted screening
Grades 3 and 5
Confirm locally
All students are screened and winter FastBridge is part of the evidence. Ask the school for CogAT, teacher-rating, decision, and family-notification dates.
Verify with the district ↗Will County School District 92 parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Gifted Services — Enrichment and Honors,
made navigable.
Will County District 92 screens all students in Grades 3 and 5 with CogAT, winter FastBridge, and a teacher-observation scale. Services progress from K-2 classroom differentiation to Grades 3-5 enrichment and accelerated mathematics, then subject-specific Grades 6-8 Honors classes.
Independent from Will County School District 92. Official district instructions always control.
ILlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
2official sources reviewed
2deadlines or checkpoints
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.
Accelerated mathematics placement
Students entering Grades 4 and 5
Confirm locally
Placement uses fall and winter FastBridge, CogAT, a comprehensive math assessment, and teacher input. Confirm the evidence cutoff and final roster date before spring scheduling.
Verify with the district ↗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 Services — Enrichment and Honors 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.
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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-8
How students are considered
Published processAll students are screened in Grades 3 and 5. The district uses multiple measures: CogAT, winter FastBridge, and the Renzulli Teacher Observation Scale. FastBridge results are monitored throughout placement. Accelerated Grades 4-5 math also considers fall and winter FastBridge, CogAT, comprehensive math assessments, and teacher input.
What service can look like
Published modelK-2 receives differentiated classroom content without formal gifted identification. Grades 3-5 receive enrichment during PowerTime from the Library Media Specialist, extending curriculum through pace, content, product, technology, and acceleration. Grades 4-5 can use accelerated math; Grades 6-8 can use Honors ELA, Mathematics, and Science, with mathematics moving one grade level ahead.
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 moveBefore winter screening, ask which CogAT administration, FastBridge measures, and Renzulli teacher observations will be used for Grade 3 or Grade 5 review.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveRequest the student's evidence by subject and share advanced classroom work or examples of reasoning that may not be visible in test results.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveFor Grade 4 or Grade 5 accelerated mathematics, ask for the comprehensive math-assessment result and the role of each placement measure.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveRequest the written enrichment, accelerated-math, or Honors decision and how FastBridge will be monitored after placement.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveConfirm the actual PowerTime enrichment schedule in Grades 3-5 or the ELA, mathematics, and science Honors schedule in Grades 6-8.
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 Services — Enrichment and Honors. 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 Will County School District 92 before acting.