Kindergarten universal screening
Kindergarten
Annual cycle
Screening occurs before the start of the school year; request the exact date before school opens.
Verify with the district ↗Montvale Public Schools parent navigator Last updated 09/09/2026
Extra Academic Enrichment (EAE),
made navigable.
Montvale universally screens Kindergarten before school and Grades 1-8 within the first 30 days, then uses additional evidence where indicated. K-2 services stay within regular academics; Grades 3-8 transition to pull-out and collaborative modifications.
Independent from Montvale Public Schools. Official district instructions always control.
NJlocal 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.
LinkIt universal screening
Grades 1-8
Annual cycle
LinkIt is administered within the first 30 days of school.
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 Extra Academic Enrichment (EAE) into three clear layers of support.
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Know what the program actually requires.
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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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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 processKindergarten receives a universal screening assessment before the school year. Grades 1-8 receive LinkIt benchmark screening during the first 30 days. Exceptionally high screening or teacher or parent nomination can trigger additional review using NJSLA and KBIT; the district notifies families whether or not the child qualifies.
What service can look like
Published modelK-2 gifted support is integrated into regular academics. Beginning in Grade 3, identified students receive pull-out alongside G&T-specialist and classroom-teacher collaboration; additional field trips, assemblies, speakers, and schedule accommodations may be added as needed. Services continue yearly after identification and acceptance.
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 school starts for Kindergarten—or within the first 30 days for Grades 1-8—ask for screening and notice dates.
How Bloomfield helps
Adds the date and task to one family plan, with alerts before it becomes urgent.
Your next moveRequest the universal-screening report and the threshold that triggers additional data collection.
How Bloomfield helps
Turns the district language into a short list of questions to confirm with your school.
Your next moveIf needed, submit written parent nomination to the published K-4 or 5-8 G&T specialist and retain acknowledgment.
How Bloomfield helps
Provides guided prompts and one private place to organize authentic examples and documents.
Your next moveRequest any NJSLA, KBIT, LinkIt, rating, and committee evidence plus the written eligibility result.
How Bloomfield helps
Tracks forms, confirmations, and any related enrollment or transfer step.
Your next moveIf admitted, confirm integrated versus pull-out delivery, frequency, schedule accommodations, modifications, and annual continuation.
How Bloomfield helps
Keeps the decision, follow-up, and appeal questions together so the next move is clear.
Your next moveFor a statutory compliance issue, write to the Board office and state the exact process or service obligation at issue.
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 Extra Academic Enrichment (EAE). 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 Montvale Public Schools before acting.