Elementary K-3 Highly Capable Program - November 5 application deadline
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Snohomish School District's K-3 highly capable services are provided in the general education classroom with learning opportunities around depth, complexity and acceleration.
Indicators may come from classroom-based assessments, CogAT scores along with parent/guardian and/or teacher observations. Students who may be a candidate for highly capable services are those who exhibit some of the following characteristics:
- Learns more rapidly and easily than their peers
- Offers original and imaginative responses
- Has extensive vocabulary
- Asks many questions
- Has a sophisticated sense of humor
Students in grades K-2 can be referred and participate in this window. Students already identified for the K-3 Highly Capable Program do not need to go through this process. Snohomish School District universally screens all 2nd grade students unless opted out.
- Referral window: September 22 through November 5, 2025
- Student CogAT testing: November through December 2025
- Multidisciplinary Placement Committee identification meeting: February 2026
- Decision letters mailed to families: By March 1, 2026
- Acceptance and appeal deadline for families: March 18, 2026
To be considered for K-3 Highly Capable Program services, forms must be submitted through ParentSquare or a hardcopy of the forms returned to your home school by Wednesday, November 5.
- Click here to access electronic forms that were sent through ParentSquare to all district K-2 families. Those electronic forms in ParentSquare are accessible in more than 100 languages.
- Paper packets in English, Spanish, and Russian are available in elementary school offices.
- Downloadable pdf packets are available under the Commonly Requested Forms webpage under the Teaching and Learning Services section.
Learn more at www.sno.wednet.edu/hicap and K-2 Referral Overview. Questions can be directed to the following Highly Capable Program contacts:
- Brianne Loomis, Highly Capable TOSA, at 360-563-7296
- Nina Hoffar, Administrative Assistant, at 360-563-7284