A Modern Vision for a Global Future GLOBAL Introducing the next-generation boarding school

BOARDINGA modern vision for a global future: One school with campuses in the world’s 30 leading cities.

www.whittleschool.org OVERVIEW

At the heart of our work is the belief that schooling everywhere is stuck in the past and that a dramatic modernization is long overdue. Our innovations focus on how students learn as much as what they learn. Conceived as a global network of 30 residential campuses, our educational program is truly unique in its exposure to international culture and languages. Achieving mastery and engaging student passions will foster creativity, personal growth, From day one, our boarders will be connected will have opportunities to immerse independence and a sense of responsibility. with a global community. They will build themselves within the offerings of these relationships and collaborate with their urban environments, whether by exploring peers from other Whittle campuses around museums, engaging in exhibitions by world- the world through digital connections and class experts, or attending concerts and by interacting with students participating in professional athletic events. The diversity GLOBAL ROTATION. As the Whittle campus of the offerings within the city will only be network grows, so will the opportunities for surpassed by the diversity of backgrounds connection and rotation programs between and beliefs of the students within the campuses. residential program. It is here where students Whittle campuses are defined by the energy will be exposed to and learn about cultures and opportunities of the city. Students and customs from all over the world.

3 whittleschool.org global boarding 4 JIM HAWKINS VICE-CHANCELLOR & GLOBAL HEAD OF SCHOOL HEADS FORMER HEADMASTER, HARROW SCHOOL Our campuses not only provide students with life-changing experiences, but also with lifelong friendships around the world. Boarding lies at the heart of some of the world’s greatest schools. There is good reason for this: the opportunity to live in a learning community, to form lasting friendships and to develop confidence and independence when away from home can be life- changing. Whittle School & Studios is reinventing education for a new generation of boys and girls, including in our approach to residential life, which will be experiential, vivid, fun and caring.

Our boarders will build memories, learn from the vibrant city in which they live and generate a sense of family that will stay with them for life. The facilities for students participating in GLOBAL ROTATION will provide an unprecedented array of opportunities to expand horizons and develop strong connections with people around the world. We invite you to join this truly global, residential Whittle community.

5 whittleschool.org global boarding 6 essential to fulfill our model of a global, modern education. Engaging with the city and respecting local cultures are OVERVIEW

The Whittle Global Curriculum is a curation of best practices from curricula around the world. In order to deliver the future of education, our education design team has spent the past four years visiting and researching the world’s most prestigious schools, from traditional institutions such as Eton and Harrow, in , and Phillips Academy Andover, in Massachusetts, to leading progressive schools on the West Coast and in Northern Europe, and the world’s best-performing institutions across Asia. Guided by the Center for Curriculum Redesign at Harvard, our team has been encouraged to rethink education according to what we know from the science of learning, to retain the best of traditional practices while employing the best progressive practices and to respect local cultures in the development of schools that meet the demands of a new era in global education.

Central to our approach is the Every aspect of the curriculum, down to CurriculumTHE ACADEMIC PROGRAM consideration of who our graduates the way the daily schedule is structured, ENGINEERED FOR THE MODERN are going to be. In order to face the is built around ensuring that students are challenges and opportunities of the well developed in three spheres of life: the STUDENT AND THE 21ST CENTURY 21st century, students need to learn world of humanity, the world of the self more than just course content. Whittle and the world of knowledge. We believe students will learn how to solve deeply in the power of education as a problems in creative ways, how to work transformative force in society and in the well with others, how to research and lives of students. Our school is dedicated synthesize information and how to apply to cultivating in our students the skills, their learning to real-world problems. creativity and character necessary to They will be firmly rooted in their own solve the world’s existential challenges. culture and gain great respect and Our graduates will leave the Whittle knowledge of other cultures. School & Studios with unique strengths as resilient individuals, rigorous scholars and compassionate citizens.

7 whittleschool.org global boarding 8 THE UPPER SCHOOL CURRICULUM Humanities Mastery Bands Advisory A TYPICAL DAY AT WHITTLE A two-year core program integrates Math Meeting four times per week, students English Language and Literature, A two- or three-level mastery- work closely with an advisor to guide their TIME FOCUS History, Politics, Economics, and based sequence (completion of the school, travel and extracurricular activities Religion. Ninth graders engage in third level is required for study of and to plan for college and their careers. thematically oriented, project-based advanced topics) integrates algebra, For example, ninth graders may use an 8:30-8:45 a.m. Mind & Body study of Modern World History and geometry, precalculus, and statistics advisory period to develop goals for each Literature, culminating in a capstone topics, leading to advanced study in class, including how they will use their project. Tenth graders study Modern calculus or statistics, independent Acceleration period that week. 8:45-9:55 a.m. Interdisciplinary Block: Humanities History and Literature, study and/or electives (basic and using Washington D.C. as a lens advanced). Math study in the Athletics to examine our national history. Upper School is problem-based and The aim of the Physical Education program Students also have the opportunity also integrates focused work on 10:00-11:10 a.m. Interdisciplinary Block: STEM is to create the disposition to be physically to choose from a diverse menu of computational thinking and financial active for life coupled with experiencing elective seminars on topics ranging literacy alongside the acquisition the joy of movement. Physical Education from poetry to journalism to urban of more traditional math skills and in ninth and tenth graders will expose 11:15-12:05 noon Mastery Band: Chinese planning. knowledge. students to a myriad of activities with Language and Culture the concept of physical literacy being at STEM th th Students choose between an the center. In 11 and 12 grade, courses 12:10-12:45 p.m. Lunch A two- or three-level core sequence immersive study of either Spanish will allow students to specialize in a (completion of the third level is or Chinese, leveraging our global particular area such as exercise science, required for study of advanced network for authentic experiences exercise physiology & anatomy, sport 12:45-1:20 p.m. Advisory topics) integrates traditional science and cross-cultural connections. science, athletic leadership, strength & disciplines (Life Sciences, Physical Opportunities for full cultural conditioning, martial arts, tai chi, yoga and Sciences, Earth and Environmental immersion exist through our Global dance. Sciences) with technology, Rotation program. Course offerings 1:20-2:10 p.m. Acceleration engineering and applied math. After allow for all ranges of experience and completing the first two levels of the exposure to languages, from novices STEM sequence, students are able to heritage speakers. 2:15-3:05 p.m. Mastery Band: Math to enroll in STEM electives and/or pursue independent study in STEM Acceleration topics. Enrollment in advanced Dedicated time for students to work electives and study of advanced one-on-one with teachers to address 3:10-4:20 p.m. Interdisciplinary Block: 2D Arts physics, chemistry or biology gaps in foundational knowledge, requires completion of to practice and develop core skills, the third level of the core STEM to enrich learning and to pursue 4:30-6:30 p.m. Studios sequence. individualized study of topics in greater depth.

9 whittleschool.org global boarding 10 Academic Overview: Sample of Scope & Sequence Upper School th Pivot Curriculum – 9 Grade th 9 The knowledge and skills in Grade 9 will provide a pivot from the middle school to the upper GRADE school by moving student toward addressing questions of increasing complexity, demanding more ambitious critical thinking and greater degrees of student choice and agency within the Humanities teacher-designed curriculum. Global Connections through Local Roots: Cities of a Modernizing World

Foundations Unit Unit Unit Grade 10 establishes the knowledge and skills foundation necessary for students to be well- rounded scholars and empathetic global citizens, and to be prepared to make more independent 1 2 3 choices in 11th and 12th grade. In Grade 10, students are required to take all interdisciplinary th blocks and all mastery-based bands. The personalization in grades nine and ten comes not Cities in Nature: Cities and Citizens: Cities as Crucibles of 10 from students choosing electives, but from a pedagogy based in understanding each student’s Exploration, Expansion Liberty, Liberation and Change: Revolution GRADE passions and ways of learning. Teachers will personalize projects (in collaboration with the and Empire Identity and the Dynamics of student and advisor) on the basis of a deep understanding of each student and using a deep Transformation reservoir of projects that permit students to engage in high-quality project-based learning along a variety of pathways at different levels of mastery. Students can also pursue personal passions through engagement with the Center of Excellence, civic engagement on X-days, or step out of the regular program for a semester or more in City Experience on their home campus. Unit Unit Unit Depth 4 5 6

th Students in Grade 11, in consultation with their advisor, may drop one or both mastery bands Cities as Locations for Cities of Innovation, Cosmopolitan Cities: 11 course and may drop one interdisciplinary block course. With the support of their advisor, Conflict and Cooperation Technology and Change The Rise to Globalism GRADE students can then choose electives to replace those courses. Students may also begin a special study in the Center of Excellence or step out of the regular program for a semester or more in City Experience, either at home or abroad.

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In Grade 12, students may continue with advanced topics courses in all three interdisciplinary course areas: STEM, Humanities (HUM), or Creative Arts & Design (CAD). Students may STEM: SELF AND THE CITY LIFE SCIENCES also choose to specialize in just one by dropping the other two and choosing electives. Those th CELLS, DNA, FOUNDATIONAL ANATOMY 12 electives may be teacher-designed or teacher/student-designed. An option for one block will GRADE be a fully independent study for which students can apply but are only admitted into that ɓɓ Physical Sciences: Atoms, Periodic Table, Nuclear Physics, Chemical option based on proven aptitude for solo work. They may drop one or both of their mastery Reactions, Chemical Bonds, Molar Mass & Molarity, Motion & Kinematics, band courses and use that time for disciplinary electives or independent work. The result is Kinetic & Potential Energy Optics, EM Spectrum that in 12th Grade, students can continue to be generalists, finding personalization in the ɓɓ Earth Sciences: Earth Structure and Materials, Earth History, Ecosystems pathways that they take through interdisciplinary, project-based learning, C.O.E research, City Experience and X-day, or they can become “majors” in STEM, HUM or CAD.

11 whittleschool.org global boarding 12 CURATING DVISING STUDENT-CENTERED

“Like many things that are handled in At the center of the daily schedule is advisory. Advisors have an hour-long period at their unique ways at Whittle, our advisory disposal four days per week to decide what program focuses on finding the best each child in their group needs, as well as pathways for learners to connect their what the group needs. A critical role of the advisor is that of nurturing the innate human strengths and interests with the challenges desires to explore and learn, helping students of the world. A school’s curriculum become progressively more competent at managing their own educational trajectory. is meant to be a distillation of what They actively help students learn to navigate the civilization in which the school is in ever more complex learning environments. embedded takes to be important. From They are learning-environment designers and guides. They design, coach and observe in deep one-on-one relationships with their these educational spaces—whether physical A advisor to vital relationships with peers at or intellectual—and students, in turn, learn by university structures, including disciplines home and around the world, learners will exploring them. learners might not yet even know about, undergraduate and graduate education in find advisory continually at the core of Another distinctive component of advisory different countries, and the nature and their Whittle experience.” will be the means by which we approach the purpose of a liberal arts education. They will college process. Beginning in the first year of learn about the approaches that work best for Upper School, students and their families will different colleges and universities, specific receive thorough grounding in the nature of areas of expertise that line up with learners’ college education. Learners and families will interests and goals, how to make good use of

the challenges of world. connect their strengths and interests with to learners for Finding the best pathways be guided to understand the complexities of visits to campuses, and more. LEARNING PETER MERRILL CO-CHAIR, EDUCATION DESIGN FORMER HEAD OF WORLD LANGUAGES, PHILLIPS ACADEMY ANDOVER EXPERIENCES

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Like our curriculum, our boarding The result is a familial atmosphere that program is being built from scratch, honors the roots of boarding school in the synthesizing the best of traditional British house and tutorial system. educational models with the most up- to-date developmental research and the Our boarders will experience a truly global most sustainable, comfortable dormitory culture of students, teachers and programs designs. Taking the lead on program from around the world. We believe there development are former leaders from top is strength in diversity, and we believe British boarding schools, who have years that some of the most interesting, long- of experience creating living and learning lasting learning experiences can come environments that foster student growth, from interacting with people whose independence, lasting friendships and a lives, backgrounds and perspectives are safe, respectful sense of community. different than one’s own. “All schools are communities. Whittle School RHIANNON WILKINSON B HEAD OF SCHOOL, & Studios, with its family of campuses spread CAMPUS across the world, will bring students, parents FORMER HEAD OF SCHOOL, WYCOMBE ABBEY and faculty together as no other school community has ever done. We will be a true global family, and in addition, our boarders will benefit from living with and growing alongside each other. Deep respect for our localities and profound hopes for our precious planet will sustain our mutual regard for each other and allow every member of our community to flourish. Our ties will bind, but not constrain. Our aim is to produce generations who will make a difference for good in the world.”

15 whittleschool.org global boarding 16 OUR CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED compare the experiences of different sites and TO BUILD REAL-WORLD SKILLS develop a global perspective rooted in local THROUGH NAVIGATING THE CITY experiences. Beyond their time at Whittle, the skills and knowledge that students cultivate By cultivating a consistent Global City Core in the city will make them happier and more Toolkit of interdisciplinary skills across all the capable, both in college and for the rest of their campuses, the City Core program provides lives. This toolkit is just the beginning of a ITY CORE every Whittle School & Studios student with lifelong journey to learn how to move through the capacity to study their environment the world with empathy, insight and agency. effectively, safely and respectfully, and to engage in rewarding partnerships in local THE CITY AS YOUR CLASSROOM communities around the world. The toolkit The City Core program applies all of a student’s builds from Early Learning through Upper skills, knowledge and traits to the task of School, providing the competencies and understanding how we live together, how we knowledge to support increasingly ambitious solve problems collectively, how we affect our and independent work in the world beyond the landscape and how it affects us. Our students classroom. become active agents in the city, applying all they have learned to cultivate leadership, civic Students will be able to immerse themselves engagement, urban design, resilience planning, first in their local neighborhood, then their social entrepreneurship, community outreach, campus city, eventually moving between service learning and collaboration with campuses, or collaborating virtually, to community partners. Deep learning occurs best when students apply what Deep learning occurs answering relevant to learned in the classroom they have world. questions in the real C EXAMPLES OF CITY CORE EXPERIENCES Middle School Upper School “We anchor the global experience of STEM Studying logarithms in math class Sustainability policy paper and Whittle students in local engagement: (Science, supporting pH in STEM, leading exhibition based on an overnight sending students out to study their Technology, to water quality testing of local canoe trip down a local waterway and ANDREW MEYERS city, as well as other cities in our Engineering, Math) waterways to investigate local discussions with environmental policy- CO-CHAIR, EDUCATION DESIGN resilience makers, housing experts and officials network, and rooting their learning in FORMER DIRECTOR OF CITY SEMESTER, ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL meaningful interactions in the world Wayfinding project: students and Student research a neighborhood to beyond the classroom. We believe teachers design an urban history design and lead a historic walking tour Humanities scavenger hunt, then students follow with placebooking and architectural that deep learning occurs best when (History, Literacy, clues, using maps, compasses and analysis connected to community students apply what they have learned Language) mass transit, to safely navigate the outreach and a participatory planning in the classroom to answering relevant city project questions in the real world.” GIS, interactive mapping and 3D Creative Arts and Building a model of the local Design (Maker modeling projects for urban analysis neighborhoods and transportation floor, 2D and 3D and community-based participatory network using all media on the Arts, Performing planning project in STEM and Workshop Floor Arts) Humanities

17 whittleschool.org global boarding 18 importance toimportance our boarding program. areNutrition and wellness of vital AN EMPHASIS ON HEALTH & WELLNESS Health and wellness are of key importance to our boarding program, and healthy eating impacts the vitality of the entire community. Our dining program is carefully designed to optimize nutrition and fuel active lifestyles. Students and faculty will share meals in naturally lit atrium spaces and have access to exceptional dining options. Every meal will be cooked from scratch in small batches, made from locally sourced food and include organic ingredients while representing diverse food cultures from around the world.

Fresh foods are an excellent vessel for experiential and interdisciplinary learning. We will partner with local research institutions so that students can gain firsthand knowledge about integrated food systems and their relationship with sustainability goals. Menus will be designed with input from students that reflect their appetite for world cuisines. Test kitchens will serve as classrooms for experimentation and discovery.

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SUSTAINABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY Students will be exposed to food and gain an appreciation for the challenge of feeding the world’s population in urban environments. Our food-based projects will tie in directly with the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which emphasize social responsibility and environmental sustainability. The dining program will have the highest standards of ethical sourcing. Whenever possible, we will purchase ingredients that are certified to be humane, antibiotic free, and in accordance with guidelines from organizations like the D Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. 19 whittleschool.org global boarding 20 Our global network of C.O.E.s will develop students’ learning along STEM and humanities pathways and foster design, communication and problem-solving XCELLENCE skills. Our older students will travel abroad with peers to other Whittle campuses to work in C.O.E.s and will develop global leadership and cultural competencies.

Each of our campuses will have its own OUR PLANS FOR THE EARLY CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE Center of Excellence (C.O.E.), modeled on research institutes at leading liberal arts 2019 2020 2021 colleges and universities, in which students WASHINGTON, D.C. BEIJING will have the opportunity to explore International Sustainable Fine Arts an area of interest with unprecedented depth and focus. As each campus is Cooperation Growth in the and centrally located in major world cities, and Diplomacy Economy Curation

their respective C.O.E.s will play to the SHENZHEN MILAN unique strengths and resources of each place. In Washington, D.C., the center Design and Architecture Fashion Design will focus on International Cooperation Engineering and Urban and Textile and Diplomacy. In Shenzhen, , the Innovation Planning Production focus will be Design and Engineering Innovation. Our C.O.E.s offer our NANJING SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK 2 school communities of students, faculty Chinese Environmental Resilient E and parents a learning experience of Language, Culture Science and Food Cities unprecedented depth and an opportunity and History Sustainability to develop skills that will have meaningful impact on the common good. HANGZHOU NEW YORK 1 MUMBAI Chinese Media and Ancient Guided by a world-renowned C.O.E. director and a hand-picked group of Art Performance and Modern mentors (that include Whittle parents), and Design Studies Narrative our students will build portfolio projects that offer solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. On the D.C. campus, the C.O.E. will provide students with an opportunity to develop mediation skills, engage in policy work and advocacy, partner with local colleges and universities, or intern with organizations that focus on the Center’s theme. We believe that students’ lives are changed for the better by pursuing an area of inquiry in depth. Students will learn by observing and working alongside mentors who have built vibrant careers in fields they love, and build confidence through developing a deep understanding of what excellent execution and meaningful success look like in the real world.

21 whittleschool.org global boarding 22 4. 1. Collaboration with Global Leadership Diverse Teams and across our Global Network C.O.E PROGRAM MODEL IN D.C. Citizenship 3. Advanced Portfolio Early Learning Lower School Middle School Upper School C.O.E. work in C.O.E classroom and Project Work, C.O.E. work integrated into classroom integrated into humanities course work Once per week during school day 2. Archiving and Publication Twice per week during school day Independent Research ɒɒ Study of skills related to ɒɒ Deep study of D.C.-specific history, culture, language, and skills aligned with Global Course Work International related to International Cooperation and Diplomacy Cooperation and ɒɒ Study of project-based learning methods Competence and Guided Diplomacy Research with Expert C.O.E. themes of inquiry are selected ɒɒ Integration of ɒɒ Integration ɒɒ Field work ɒɒ Field work in Mentors to align with the United Nation’s International of D.C. theme in cultural foreign policy Cooperation work into daily institutions, companies Sustainable Development Goals. Field Work and Diplomacy projects observing best and cultural Students will be guided by mentors (real-world work into daily ɒɒ Guided class field practices institutions experiences) around the world to develop portfolio projects trips to cultural ɒɒ Mentorships institutions ɒɒ Internships projects that address some of the ɒɒ Study abroad WHITTLE CENTERS OF greatest challenges our planet faces. ɒɒ Early stages of ɒɒ Theme-based ɒɒ Theme-based ɒɒ Theme- EXCELLENCE FOSTER Project Work project work project work in project work with based project (hands-on through play and class local and global work through EIGHT AREAS OF STUDENT SKILL collaborative exploration ɒɒ Feedback cycle peer cohort internships learning) ɒɒ Feedback cycle ɒɒ Feedback cycle DEVELOPMENT with mentors

ɒɒ Work shared through Whittle digital platform 5. ɒɒ Work posted 7. around school Advanced Design ɒɒ Work shared Digital Citizenship, Dissemination ɒɒ Work shared through Whittle digital platform through Work ɒɒ Work posted around school presentations Thinking Literacy and Training in (sharing ɒɒ Work shared through presentations within classroom and locally and of projects Cutting-Edge Technologies globally and with wider grade-level cohorts 6. ɒɒ Tutoring and community) Social Responsibility mentoring Presentation Skills of youth in community to and build additional Community Outreach projects 8. Emotional Intelligence and Strategic

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“The design of our school is a square, and its center is inspired by an Italian piazza. The piazza is a magic place where people mix with each other and stay together, where differences disappear and are actually valued. It’s like a little town.” —Renzo Piano

THE CREATION OF A VILLAGE F We chose to work with Renzo Piano Building Workshop—the architects behind landmarks such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Shard in London, and Kansai International Airport in Osaka— because we share the same belief in a design philosophy that supports our BOARDING FACILITIES educational vision. A modern school should be smart and modest, soaring Great design is good for learning. A and cozy, and filled with spaces that well-built school is about more than • WORLD-RENOWNED ARCHITECT; foster creativity and imagination. just four walls and a roof. It’s about DEVELOPED DESIGN PHILOSOPHY creating a great experience. Every FOR WHITTLE SCHOOL & STUDIOS At the heart of the architectural design Whittle dormitory is a space for CAMPUSES scheme is the view that a school should reading, quiet relaxation and peaceful sleep. Every community space is a • RECEIVED THE 1998 PRITZKER be like a village. Inspired by the small place to disconnect from technology ARCHITECTURE PRIZE hilltop towns of , Piano and his and connect with friends, house • AMONG HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS team in Genoa and Paris have worked to create an educationalF village: a staff and peer mentors. Every room ARE THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW square structure roughly 100 meters is filled with fresh air and natural YORK, KANSAI INTERNATIONAL on each side that surrounds a bi-level light—this kind of connection with AIRPORT IN OSAKA, AND THE SHARD courtyard, with a lower floor that is nature has immeasurable positive IN LONDON open to the public and an upper floor effects including providing a buffer for for the school community alone. children against stressful life events and threats to their self-esteem.

25 whittleschool.org global boarding 26 LOBAL ROTATION Whittle students may also apply for a full year abroad at any one of our campuses, either in their home country or abroad. If they have mastered their Global City Toolkit competencies and have achieved a sufficient level of language proficiency, they will be able to spend a full year in the core program at a campus where their second or third language is spoken. They will board in that campus’ dormitory and get a personal advisor to help them acclimate and succeed. Students are eligible G for Global Rotation beginning in Upper School. 27 whittleschool.org global boarding 28 Campus Locations Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES Whittle School & Studios D.C. is more than just a capital city. It’s a cultural hub, American University an academic hotbed and one of the most livable, easily Rock Creek Park accessible cities in the country. Our school, located near Embassy Row in the quiet, family-friendly neighborhood of Meridian Hill Park North Cleveland Park, is an existing building that is being transformed by RPBW into a dynamic learning environment. Johns Hopkins University School Just a short walk away from the Van Ness metro station and of Advanced International Studies Frederick Law Olmsted’s Rock Creek Park, our community Georgetown University will have easy access to everything the city has to offer.

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

The White House

Lincoln Memorial

Washington Monument

Shenzhen Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Whittle School & Studios National Gallery of Art Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum CHINA V&A Museum Shenzhen Bay Park Capitol Hill SHENZHEN HONG KONG MACAU

Happy Valley SHENZHEN, CHINA Wildlife and Safari Park Adjoining Hong Kong, Shenzhen was China's first designated Special Economic Zone. Known as the "Silicon Valley of Concert Hall BOSTON China," Shenzhen is now a leading global technology hub NEW YORK with companies such as , , ZTE and DJI, all Lianhuashan Park headquartered within the city. , the free trade zone WASHINGTON D.C. in Shenzhen where the Whittle School & Studios campus is USA located, is set to become the central business district of the Dameisha Seaside Park Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. OCT East Water Park

Dapeng Ancient City Unit 29 whittleschool.org global boarding 30 The ApplicationAdmission Process Process

The STEP ONE: SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FORM AND PAY THE APPLICATION FEE In order for our admissions team to get to know you better, we hope that you will submit your application form as early in the process as possible. If you are applying to our peer boarding schools, you will be pleased to know that we accept applications through both Ravenna and the SSAT’s Standard Application Online (SAO). Application For students applying to our boarding program for either our Washington, D.C. or Shenzhen STEPcampus, TWO: our SUBMIT application REQUIRED process MATERIALS is the same. & The TESTING steps are as follows: Following the instructions on either Ravenna Please note the following standardized testing orSTEP SAO, ONE: students SUBMIT must alsoTHE submit APPLICATION the FORMrequired AND PAY for boardingTHE APPLICATION students: FEE followingIn order formaterials: our admissions team to get to know you better, we hope that you will submit your Process application form as early in the process as possible. If you are applying to our peer boarding schools, • For all students, we require either the SSAT or •you Student will be Shortpleased Answers to know that we accept applicationsthe through ISEE. both Ravenna and the SSAT’s Standard •Application Parent Short Online Answers (SAO). • For students for whom English is not a native Founding Whittle Scholars is a highly selective program for a group • Official Academic Transcript language, we require the following: of exceptional, high-achieving boarding and day students. Founding • English Teacher Recommendation ɓ Grade 8: TOEFL Junior, TOEFL iBT or IELTS Whittle Scholars will be integrated seamlessly into the Whittle STEP TWO: SUBMIT REQUIRED MATERIALS & TESTINGɓ • Math Teacher Recommendation ɓɓ Grade 9–11: TOEFL iBT or IELTS School & Studios community, all while receiving benefits that will be Following the instructions on either Ravenna Please note the following standardized testing personalized and tied directly into developing their talents. or SAO, students must also submit the required for boarding students: STEPfollowing THREE: materials: SCHEDULE A STUDENT & PARENT CONVERSATION An important part of our process is getting to know our applicants better through a collaborative • For all students, we require either the SSAT or conversation. We want to know more about each student’s interests, passions and goals and how • Student Short Answers the ISEE. Whittle might support them. These conversations may take place in person or be conducted remotely. • Parent Short Answers • For students for whom English is not a native Once you submit your application and required materials, our team will be in touch with you to • Official Academic Transcript language, we require the following: schedule. • English Teacher Recommendation ɓɓ Grade 8: TOEFL Junior, TOEFL iBT or IELTS Early Decision Regular Decision • Math Teacher Recommendation ɓɓ Grade 9–11: TOEFL iBT or IELTS

STEP THREE: SCHEDULE A STUDENT & PARENT CONVERSATION Application Deadline November 22, 2019 January 24, 2020 ApplicationAn important part of our process is getting Timelineto know our applicants better through a collaborative conversation. We want to know more about each student’s interests, passions and goals and how Whittle might support them. These conversations may take place in person or be conducted remotely. Notification Date December 13, 2019 March 6, 2020 Once you submit your application and required materials, our team will be in touch with you to schedule. Early Decision Regular Decision

Reply Deadline January 3, 2020 March 20, 2020 Application Deadline APPLICATIONNovember 22, 2019 TIMELINE January 24, 2020

Notification DateThe application deadlineDecember for Regular 13, 2019 Decision is FebruaryMarch 15, 6, 2019. 2020 Admission decisions will be announced on March 1, 2019. Reply Deadline January 3, 2020 March 20, 2020

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