Marlboro Township School District G&T Programs

The following information has been taken from the district's curriculum webpages on the Marlboro Township Public Schools' website (viewable to the public).

Reading Enrichment Programs                                   

Kindergarten through Third Grade

These programs have been discontinued for this school year.

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Primary Enrichment Program/PEP      

Kindergarten and First Grade

The PEP program is new for the 2025-2026 school year. More information will be forthcoming.

 

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Primary Enrichment Program/PEP      

Second and Third Grade

The PEP program is an interdisciplinary enrichment program for our academically talented Second and Third grade students.  The PEP classes run for the full school year.  Students are pulled out of their regular classroom to participate in various units of study.

Eligibility:

• A Building Action Committee (BAC) reviews the eligibility of the students using the following measures: Guided Reading/Lexile levels, Math Performance, ELA Common Assessments, Writing Task Scores, a score of 133+ on the CogAT, individual teacher recommendations, and a detailed checklist of indicators of giftedness.
• PLACEMENT CRITERIA (subject to change annually)

 

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Realizing Excellence through Academic Challenge - "REACH"               

Fourth and Fifth Grade

The REACH program is an interdisciplinary enrichment program for our academically talented Fourth and Fifth Grade students. REACH classes span the full school year and students are pulled out of their regular classroom to participate in various units of study.

Eligibility:

• A Building Action Committee (BAC) reviews the eligibility of the students using the following measures: Achieve 3000 nonfiction reading lexile measures, Math Performance, ELA Common Assessments, Writing Task Scores, a score of 133 or higher on the CogAT, individual teacher recommendations, and a detailed checklist of indicators of giftedness.

 

PLACEMENT CRITERIA (subject to change annually)

 

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Special Opportunities through Academic Resources/SOAR                   

Kindergarten through Grade Five

The SOAR program provides enrichment on an as-need basis after consultation with the classroom teacher.

Eligibility:

• As per the board policy, File Code 6171.2, Exhibit 1:

• "Placement in SOAR is based on a student's demonstrated need in a specific academic discipline. After in-class enrichment strategies have been provided to the students and documented by the classroom teacher, the teacher of the gifted will initiate the SOAR program."

 

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What is the CogAT?

The Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) is used here in Marlboro as a screening measure to test students’ learned reasoning abilities in the areas of Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal abilities. It is a norm-referenced, formal test administered in grades one, three, and five by the classroom teacher.

Parents will be notified of testing and of the results upon completion. Results can take several months to be tabulated and distributed.