First nomination window
K-8
Annual cycle
Parent, guardian and teacher nominations are accepted during November, followed by testing in January. Confirm the current form's exact opening and closing timestamps.
Verify with the district ↗Haddon Township School District parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
QUEST — Questioning, Understanding, Enriching, Seeking, Thriving,
made navigable.
Haddon Township's QUEST program accepts nominations in November and March, tests in January and May and uses a three-step, multiple-measure process to identify roughly the top three percent of same-age district peers.
Independent from Haddon Township School District. Official district instructions always control.
NJlocal district program
2026-27school year reviewed
2official sources reviewed
3deadlines 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.
Second nomination window
K-8
Annual cycle
A second nomination opportunity occurs during March, followed by testing in May. Supporting documents may be sent to the child's principal using the current district instructions.
Verify with the district ↗Placement appeal
Students not selected
Annual cycle
A parent or guardian may appeal a nonselection decision to the Haddon Township Superintendent of Schools. The district does not publish a filing period on the live page, so ask for the current written procedure promptly after the decision.
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 QUEST — Questioning, Understanding, Enriching, Seeking, Thriving 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 coverageK-8
How students are considered
Published processParents, guardians and teachers may nominate in November or March. For K-2, referrals can include a nomination form, SIGS rating scale, portfolio, classroom performance and assessments; every student takes the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test at the end of Grade 2. For Grades 3-8, the district first reviews district, state and universal data, with a 97th-percentile or exceeding-expectations result allowing advancement to screening. Step 2 may use SAGES, TOMAGS, NNAT or another ability measure. The school team then reviews the full body of evidence and identifies students demonstrating ability or achievement equivalent to the top three percent of same-age district peers.
What service can look like
Published modelQUEST provides differentiated instruction, Math and ELA lesson extensions, instructional adaptations and program modifications in Grades K-8. School-based teams match identified students with options designed collaboratively around problem-solving, analytical thinking, patterns, analogy, reasoning and spatial visualization, while classroom teachers monitor progress.
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 moveDiscuss the child's learning needs with the classroom teacher before completing the current QUEST nomination form in November or March.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveSubmit authentic supporting evidence—such as a portfolio or specific examples of unusually advanced reasoning—using the district's current form and principal contact.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveFor Grades 3-8, request the district, state and universal assessment evidence used in Step 1 and ask how the 97th-percentile or exceeding-expectations route was applied.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveIf the child advances, confirm which screening measure—SAGES, TOMAGS, NNAT or another ability assessment—will be used and whether parent consent is required.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveRequest the written eligibility decision and a plain-language explanation of how the full evidence supported or did not support the top-three-percent determination.
How Bloomfield helps
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Your next moveIf appealing nonselection, write promptly to the superintendent and ask the district to confirm the submission method, review evidence and response timeline in writing.
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 QUEST — Questioning, Understanding, Enriching, Seeking, Thriving. 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 Haddon Township School District before acting.