Bordentown Regional School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Bordentown combines a Kindergarten problem-based-learning cycle, weekly PEP and ELPAT services, and secondary advanced courses. Teachers nominate students, spring testing uses CogAT plus reading, classroom, and rating-scale evidence, and April 15 is the published nomination deadline for following-year placement.
Independent from Bordentown Regional School District. 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 being considered for PEP or ELPAT
Nominations must be submitted by April 15 of the current school year to ensure following-year placement. Ask the teacher and G&T office to confirm receipt before the deadline.
Verify with the district ↗Nominated students
Testing occurs in spring after teacher nomination. The district does not publish one exact test or notification date; request the CogAT and evidence-review calendar from the curriculum office.
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 PEP and ELPAT Gifted and Talented 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 coverageK-12 continuum: Kindergarten problem-based learning, Grades 1-5 PEP, Grades 6-8 ELPAT, and secondary Honors/AP
Published processTeachers nominate students during the school year and spring assessment determines eligibility. The district uses CogAT verbal, quantitative, and nonverbal subtests; current reading level; mathematics and English-language-arts classroom performance; and a teacher rating scale. The public document does not state a single universal cut score, so families should request the completed local profile and decision rationale.
Published modelAll Kindergarten students receive a seven-week problem-based-learning cycle. Identified Grades 1-5 students meet about one hour weekly in PEP across three 10-12 week mathematics, engineering, and language-arts cycles. Grades 6-8 ELPAT meets weekly for student-led inquiry, research, product creation, and a Genius Hour Fair. Grades 9-12 use Honors and AP pathways described in the high-school program of studies.
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.
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 PEP and ELPAT Gifted and Talented 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 Bordentown Regional School District before acting.