March 17, 2017 Dear Admitted Families, All of us share a commitment to ethical practices in independent school admissions. In an effort to ease those burdens, the Heads of the undersigned Los Angeles schools have agreed to the following principles of good practice for K – 12 admissions: 2017 common reply dates affecting 2017-2018 school year applicants: Grades 9-12: Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Grades K-8: Monday, March 27, 2017 No school-initiated visits after notification letters are sent. High schools who receive requests for visits from newly admitted high school students are welcome to invite those students onto their campuses. LASH principles of good practice do not, however, support visits from newly admitted middle school students during the period between your notification and the above listed reply deadlines. No applicant will be contacted by any representative of the school – including administrators, teachers, coaches, Board members, alumni, alumni parents, parents, and students – once the admissions notification letters have been sent. This action is taken in an effort to avoid adding pressure to families through last minute “recruiting” practices. Obviously, admitted students and their parents are welcome to contact schools to have questions answered. Thank you for your interest in the Los Angeles area independent schools. We hope your experience during this application process has been both educational and fulfilling. Sincerely, The Heads of School of Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School Harvard-Westlake School Seven Arrows Elementary School Adat Ari El Day School Heschel West Sierra Canyon School The Archer School for Girls Hollywood Schoolhouse Sinai Akiba Academy Berkeley Hall School The John Thomas Dye School Stephen S. Wise Elementary School Beth Hillel Day School Kadima Hebrew Academy St. James’ Episcopal Day School Brawerman Elementary Laurence School St. Matthew’s Parish School Brentwood School Los Encinos School Temple Israel of Hollywood Day School The Buckley School Marlborough School Turning Point School Carlthorp School Marymount High School Valley Beth Shalom Day School Calvary Christian School Milken Community High School Viewpoint School Campbell Hall The Mirman School Village School The Center for Early Education New Roads School Vistamar Chadwick School The Oaks School The Wesley School Chatsworth Hills Academy Oakwood School Westerly School of Long Beach Children’s Community School Pacific Hills Westland School The Country School The Pegasus School Westside Neighborhood School Crossroads School Pilgrim School Wildwood School Curtis School Pressman Academy The Willows Community School Echo Horizon School PS#1 Elementary School Windward School .