Admission Procedure Middle and Upper Schools; Grades 6-12
To apply for admission, applicants and their families should Applicant Checklist follow this procedure: Middle and Upper School Application Student/Parent Visit Date sent: ______Please contact the Admission Office to make an appointment for a parent tour and interview and a student visit. $60 fee Date sent: ______We request that the Middle and Upper Application and fee be submitted prior to or on the day of the student visit. Parent Tour and Interview Date(s): ______Admission File The completed admission file includes: Student Visit and Interview • Middle and Upper School Application Date: ______• Fee of $60 (check payable to Wooster School) • Parent tour and interview Graded Student Writing Sample • Student visit and interview Date sent: ______• Graded Student Writing Sample • Extra-curricular Recommendation Extra-curricular Recommendation • English Recommendation Date sent: ______• Math Recommendation • Transcripts English Teacher Recommendation • Other records: Any previous/current Date requested from teacher: ______psychoeducational testing (including IEP notes) Math Teacher Recommendation Application Deadline Date requested from teacher: ______Applicants who complete their paperwork by the February 1, 2014 deadline will be mailed notification of the admission Transcript decision on February 21, 2014. Families are urged to apply as Date requested from current school: ______early as possible. Late applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered as their files become complete. Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) or equivalent Date: ______Financial Aid Application Families interested in applying for financial aid must complete Request for Financial Aid (optional) the Parents Financial Statement (PFS), available online at: Please notify the Admission Office immediately if you will sss.nais.org. This completed form must be submitted online to be applying for Financial Aid the School and Student Service for Financial Aid no later than January 24, 2014. Other paperwork, such as W-2 Earning Other records: Any previous/current psychoeducational Statements, Federal income tax returns, and Business and Farm testing (504, IEP, etc.) Statements (if applicable), must also be submitted in the month Date sent: ______of January. In cases of divorce or separation, both biological and/or adoptive parent households are required to submit all paperwork. A detailed checklist is available to families in the Tuition and Financial Aid section of the school’s website at: www.woosterschool.org
CONFIDENTIAL (Over) Contribution toschoolcommunity Ability toworkwithothers Respect accordedbyfaculty Personal maturity Emotional maturity Concern forothers Self-confidence/Sense ofhumor Leadership Social/Emotional Development Achievement Growth potential Self-discipline Motivation Academic Assessment Please circlethenumberthatbestappliesineachcategory: credentials. academic and characteristics personal candidate’s of the review begin we as appreciated most be will and confidence strictest the in held be will Your remarks assistance. for you your Thank teacher(s). student’s the to sent be will forms Similar advisor. student’s or counselor, guidance head, division the to on it pass please form, recommendation the out fill to person appropriate the are you feel that If not do you PLEASE ATTACHTHEOFFICIALTRANSCRIPTFORSTUDENTASPERABOVEAUTHORIZATION. confidence. strictest the in held be will Your comments school. requesting the to directly aphotocopy send and original the keep form, this complete you that ask We therefore committee. admission an by consideration given be to is she or he if necessary is school present his from report candid and Afull above. listed schools the of more or one to for admission applying is above named student TO THEHEADOFSCHOOLORPRINCIPAL:The Parent/Guardian AuthorizationSignatureforreleaseofrecords Name it. without applicant the consider not would and waiver this on relying is school the that acknowledges and recommendations access to rights all waives undersigned The communications. are confidential acknowledges undersigned that recommendations these The mendations. recom require above listed schools the for admission, application child’s undersigned of the part TO THEPARENTS:As The GreenwichCountryDaySchool Greenwich Academy Greens FarmsAcademy The Fraser-WoodsSchool Fairfield CountryDaySchool Convent oftheSacredHeart Brunswick School Independent SchoolCommonReport andTranscriptReleaseForm of Applicant Current
The MeadSchool The MastersSchool The LongRidgeSchool King Hopkins School The HarveySchool Hackley School
Weak Weak 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Fair Fair 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Rye CountryDaySchool Rockland CountryDaySchool Rippowam CisquaSchool Ridgfield Academy REACH Prep Pear TreePointSchool New CanaanCountrySchool
Good Good 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Excellent Excellent 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wooster School Whitby School The UnquowaSchool The StanwichSchool Soundview Prep St. Luke’sSchool School oftheHolyChild
Grades 1-12 Exceptional Exceptional 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 grade
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1. In what areas has the student shown any unusual ability or aptitude?
2. Has the applicant been censured for academic or social behavior? If yes, please explain.
3. Has the candidate’s home environment been a positive force in his or her development?
4. Is the parents’ perception of their child compatible with the school’s understanding of the child?
5. Summary Appraisal:
In relation to students of the same age you have known and using the scale below, how would you rate the candidate?
Weak Fair Good Excellent Exceptional For Academic Promise For Character and Personal Promise Overall Recommendation
Please check here if you wish to discuss this candidate by telephone: Best time to call
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Signature Date (Please detach on fold) perf perf perf (Over) Overall Effort Overall Performance Participation Class Reading Comprehension Content andOriginality Style Mechanics andOrganization Writing check theappropriateboxforeachitembelow. 4. Pleaseevaluatethecandidateinrelationtootherstudentsofsameage/gradeyouhavetaughtEnglish. Please 3. Whatarethefirstwordsthatcometomindinorderdescribeapplicant? 2. Inwhatcoursedoyoucurrentlyteachthisstudent? 1. Howlonghaveyouknownthecandidate? directly to the requesting school. Yourcommentswillbeheldinthestrictestconfidence.assistanceisappreciated. TO THETEACHER: Name Parent/Guardian school isrelyinguponthiswaiverandthatthewouldnotconsiderapplicationwithoutit. possession ofthepersonrecommendingundersignedstudentorschool.Theacknowledgesthat undersigned waives any right to receive, review, inspect or have access to any letter(s) of recommendation, whether in tion isaconfidentialcommunicationbetweenthepersonrecommendingundersignedstudentandschool.The of recommendationbeprovidedwiththeapplication.Theundersignedacknowledgesthateachletterrecommenda TO THEPARENTS: The GreenwichCountryDaySchool Greenwich Academy Greens FarmsAcademy The Fraser-WoodsSchool Fairfield CountryDaySchool Convent oftheSacredHeart Brunswick School Independent SchoolCommonRecommendationFormforGrades6-12 ENGLISH TEACHERCONFIDENTIALRECOMMENDATION of Applicant
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(Signature) Date As partoftheundersignedchild’sapplicationforadmission,schoolslistedaboverequireletters This form is used by the schools listed above. Please complete it, keep the original and send a photocopy Thisformisusedbytheschoolslistedabove.Pleasecompleteit,keeporiginalandsendaphotocopy The MeadSchool The MastersSchool The LongRidgeSchool King Hopkins School The HarveySchool Hackley School Below Average
Average Rye CountryDaySchool Rockland CountryDaySchool Rippowam CisquaSchool Ridgfield Academy REACH Prep New CanaanCountrySchool The MontessoriSchool
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CONFIDENTIAL Excellent Wooster School Whitby School The UnquowaSchool The StanwichSchool St. Luke’sSchool School oftheHolyChild
Outstanding Truly grade - Please returnacopyofthis form directlytotheschoolinenvelopeprovidedby the applicant. Signature: School: Telephone: Name: (Pleaseprint) Please checkhereifyouwishtodiscussthiscandidate by telephone: Evaluation Overall Character andPersonalPromise Promise Academic Summary anecdote thatgivesinsightintothisperson’spersonalityandcharacter. 6. Pleasetellusaboutthecandidate’spersonalqualities,ifpossible,byprovidingspecificinformationorrelating an in Englishorschoolworkgenerally. 5. Pleasecommentonanyaspectofthecandidate’sintellectualinterests,abilityandacademicachievementpotential, whom youhavetaught? How wouldyouratethecandidate’soverallfacilitywithlanguage(writtenandoral)comparedtootherstudents Does thecandidatereadwidelyonhis/herown?
Inrelationtostudentsofthesameageyouhaveknown,howwouldratecandidate? BelowAverage Weak Average Rarely Fair Date: Position:
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perf (Over) by theendofcurrentschoolyear. 7. Student’smathematicalbackground.Checktheboxbelow nexttothosecourseswhichthestudentwillhavecompleted 6. Whattoolsareregularlyusedinyourmathprogram? Checkallthatapply. end ofthecurrentschoolyear? 5. Whattext(includingauthorandpublisher)isusedinthiscourse?pagesorchaptersdoyouexpectto coverbythe 4. Howwouldyouclassifythelevelofcourse? 3. Inwhatcoursedoyoucurrentlyteachthisstudent? 2. Whatarethefirstwordsthatcometomindinorderdescribeapplicant? 1. Howlonghaveyouknownthecandidate? directly to the requesting school. Yourcommentswillbeheld inthestrictestconfidence.Yourassistanceisappreciated. TO THETEACHER: Name Parent/Guardian the schoolisrelyinguponthiswaiverandthatwouldnotconsiderapplicationwithoutit. possession ofthepersonrecommendingundersignedstudentorschool.Theacknowledgesthat undersigned waives any right to receive, review, inspect or have access to any letter(s) of recommendation, whether in is aconfidentialcommunicationbetweenthepersonrecommendingundersignedstudentandschool.The recommendation be provided with the application. The undersigned acknowledges that each letter of recommendation TO THEPARENTS: Greenwich Academy Greens FarmsAcademy The Fraser-WoodsSchool Fairfield CountryDaySchool Convent oftheSacredHeart Brunswick School Independent SchoolCommonRecommendationFormforGrades6-12 MATH TEACHERCONFIDENTIALRECOMMENDATION Other: BasicFirstYearAlgebra(does notinclude Pre-Algebra Gradesevenmath Gradesixmath Gradefivemath scientificcalculators manipulatives extensive study ofquadratics) of Applicant Authorization Current (Signature) Date As part of the undersigned child’s application for admission, the schools listed above require letters of As partoftheundersignedchild’sapplicationforadmission,schoolslistedaboverequireletters This form is used by the schools listed above. Please complete it, keep the original and send a photocopy This formisusedbytheschoolslistedabove.Pleasecompleteit,keeporiginalandsendaphotocopy King Hopkins School The HarveySchool Hackley School The GreenwichCountry Day School other: graphingcalculators
REACH Prep New CanaanCountrySchool The MontessoriSchool The MeadSchool The MastersSchool The LongRidgeSchool Remedial
Pre-Calculus (including analyticaltrigonometry) SecondYearAlgebra(notincluding trigonometry) FirstYearAlgebra(includingquadratic,exponential, Geometry Second YearAlgebra(including numericaltrigonometry) and rationalfunctions) four-functioncalculators
Regular St. Luke’sSchool School oftheHolyChild Rye CountryDaySchool Rockland CountryDaySchool Rippowam CisquaSchool Ridgfield Academy CONFIDENTIAL
Accelerated computers Wooster School Whitby School The UnquowaSchool The StanwichSchool grade Honors
Please return a copyofthisformdirectly to theschoolinenvelope providedbytheapplicant. Signature: School: Telephone: Name: (Pleaseprint) Please checkhereifyouwishtodiscussthiscandidate by telephone: Evaluation Overall Character andPersonalPromise Promise Academic Summary anecdote thatgivesinsightintothisperson’spersonalityandcharacter. 11. Pleasetellusaboutthecandidate’spersonalqualities,ifpossible,byprovidingspecificinformationorrelating an in mathclassspecificallyorschoolworkgenerally. 10. Pleasecommentonanyaspectofthecandidate’sintellectualinterests,abilityandacademicachievement potential, you havetaught? How wouldyouratethecandidate’soverallcommandofmathematicswhencomparedtootherstudentswhom Does thecandidateshowawillingnesstoacceptchallengeofmoredifficultproblemsandexercises? Overall Effort Overall Performance Ability toseeconnectionsamong Reasoning skills Problem solvingability Accuracy inuseofbasicfacts Knowledge ofbasicfacts Check theappropriateboxforeachitembelow. 9. Pleaseevaluatethecandidateinrelationtootherstudentsofsameage/gradeyouhavetaughtmathematics. 8. Whichofthepreviouslylistedcourseswouldyourecommendstudentstudynextyear? mathematical concepts Rarely Inrelationtostudentsofthesameageyouhaveknown, howwouldyouratethecandidate?
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perf CONFIDENTIAL Independent School Extracurricular Recommendation Form
Applicant’s Name Current Grade
TO THE PARENTS: As part of the undersigned child’s application for admission, the school you are applying to requires recommendations. The undersigned acknowledges that these recommendations are confidential communications. The undersigned waives all rights to access recommendations and acknowledges that the school is relying on this waiver and would not consider the applicant without it.
Parent/Guardian Authorization Signature for release of records
TO THE PERSON PROVIDING THIS RECOMMENDATION: Thank you in advance for your time. Although we will receive school records, the admission committee greatly values input from others who have instructed or coached the candidate. We are grateful to you for candidly sharing your thoughts with us and assure you that all replies will be confidential and not retained as part of the student’s permanent record. A return envelope is provided for your convenience.
How long and in what capacity have you known the applicant?
Please briefly describe your activity (time involved, productions, performances, publications). What is the student’s level of commitment? Please note any significant achievement or distinction.
What adjectives or phrases would you use to describe the student?
How does the student respond to: Peers? Adults? Advice? Criticism? If the student were left in your group without supervision, he would most likely: assume responsibility to direct or organize the group continue to work on his own wait for further instruction lose interest or possibly become disruptive other (please explain)
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