Woodridge School District 68 parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Woodridge 68 universally screens Grades 2 and 6 and accepts family nominations for unserved students in Grades 3, 4, 5, and 7. Its current process publishes seasonal timing, locally normed multi-measure review, an appeal route, elementary engagement blocks, and junior-high advanced courses.
Independent from Woodridge School District 68. 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.
Unserved students in Grades 3, 4, 5, and 7
The window is typically January through February. The district states that 2027-28 nominations open in early December 2026; confirm the closing date on the current form.
Verify with the district ↗Grades 2 and 6
All students are screened in March or April; families do not need to nominate a current second or sixth grader.
Verify with the district ↗Early entrance
The district requires nomination by April 1 of the preceding school year so readiness assessments can finish before year end.
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 Services 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 coverageGrades 3-8, plus early-entry and acceleration routes
Published processAll Grades 2 and 6 students and nominated students take the aptitude screener in March or April. Families, peers, staff, and community members may nominate unserved students in Grades 3, 4, 5, and 7. Review combines aptitude, multiple achievement measures at or above the 93rd local percentile, observation, propensity, iReady, and home and school ratings before a trained panel decides need and placement.
Published modelGrades 3-6 are cluster grouped and receive classroom differentiation plus a 50-minute Gifted Differentiated Engagement Block focused on interdisciplinary inquiry and problem-based learning. Grade 6 students needing mathematics service also receive depth and complexity in advanced math. Grades 7-8 use subject-specific Advanced ELA/Social Studies, Advanced Science, and Advanced Math cohorts.
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 Services. 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 Woodridge School District 68 before acting.