GATE Timeline Calendar
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PYLUSD GATE Timeline 2025-2026 |
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August 26, 2025 |
First day of school |
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September 1, 2025 |
i-Ready window 1 opens |
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September 5, 2025 |
Email blast to families - CogAT is coming |
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September 29 - October 3, 2025 |
CogAT testing - Tuesday through Thursday |
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October 3, 2025 |
i-Ready window 1 closes |
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October 4, 2025 |
Saturday test - out-of-district students, private schools, and grades 5-7
Contact the GATE clerk for registration materials |
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October 6 - 10, 2025 |
CogAT testing - Tuesday through Thursday |
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October 18, 2025 |
Saturday test - out-of-district students, private schools, and grades 5-7
Contact the GATE clerk for registration materials |
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November 1, 2025 |
Saturday test (3 of 3) - out-of-district students, private schools, and grades 5-7
Contact the GATE clerk for registration materials |
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Mid-November 2025 |
Parent notification of student's qualification for GATE services |
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November 24 - 28, 2025 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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December 29 - January 2, 2026 |
Winter Break |
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Student Services - Choice Window opens
If your child has qualified for GATE services, complete the choice form from the GATE office. The Student Services window is for any siblings you would like to have transferred. |
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District GATE Information Night |
| TBD |
Choice/permission forms sent out to all new elementary and GATE students matriculating to middle school |
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Magnet choice application window opens |
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January 26, 2026 |
i-Ready window 2 opens |
| TBD |
Magnet choice application window closes |
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February 13, 2026 |
i-Ready window 2 closes |
| TBD |
Student Services - Choice Window closes |
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Late-February 2026 |
Parent notification of student's qualification for GATE services |
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April 6 - 10, 2026 |
Spring Break |
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May 5 - June 5, 2026 |
SBAC testing |
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May 18, 2026 |
i-Ready window 3 opens |
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June 5, 2026 |
i-Ready window 3 closes |
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June 11, 2026 |
Last day of school |
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Mid-June 2026 |
Parent notification of student's qualification for GATE services |
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TBD |
Parent notification (elementary and middle school magnet placement) |