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 1, 2025 |
Student Services - Choice Window opens Your student who has qualified for GATE or Honors services does not need to complete a choice transfer. Should you want the sibling(s) to attend the same school, please submit a choice transfer. |
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December 11, 2025 |
District GATE and Elementary Honors Information Night |
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December 29 - January 2, 2026 |
Winter Break |
| January 5, 2026 |
Choice/permission forms sent out to all new elementary and GATE students matriculating to middle school |
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January 16, 2026 |
Student Services - Choice Window closes |
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January 23, 2026 |
Choice/permission forms close to all new elementary and GATE students matriculating to middle school |
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January 26, 2026 |
i-Ready window 2 opens |
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February 13, 2026 |
i-Ready window 2 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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June 2026 |
Parent notification (elementary and middle school magnet placement) |