Irvington Public Schools parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Irvington universally screens Grades 2 and 6 and also accepts teacher, counselor, administrator, parent, and student referrals. Eligibility combines CogAT with achievement, local assessment, grades, and teacher-perception evidence.
Independent from Irvington Public Schools. 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.
Grades 2 and 6
The district confirms annual universal screening but posts no exact 2026-27 CogAT date or notification window. Ask the school counselor or building principal early in the year.
Verify with the district ↗K-12
Teacher, counselor, administrator, parent, and student referrals are accepted; no fixed closing date is published.
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 coverageUniversal Grades 2 and 6 screening; K-12 services
Published processUniversal cognitive testing occurs in Grades 2 and 6. After referral or screening, the district reviews standardized and locally administered assessments, subject grades, the Slocumb-Payne Teacher Perception Inventory, and CogAT. The public page does not publish a single threshold, so families should request the complete profile and local-peer decision rubric.
Published modelK-8 pull-out options operate at Mt. Vernon Elementary, University Elementary, Union Avenue Middle, and University Middle. Identified students receive classroom support and specialized curriculum plus trips and competitions. High-school students use differentiated rosters, electives, Honors, advanced courses, clubs, and extracurricular enrichment.
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 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 Irvington Public Schools before acting.