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Application season for the 2012/2013 school year is in full swing. Kindergarten admission ended on Friday, and today, the month-long pre-kindergarten session begins. The NYC Department of Education offers Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) programs for eligible 4 year olds who reside in New York City. UPK programs provide a nurturing environment where children’s natural curiosity is [...]
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Today is the last day to submit an application for a spot in a kindergarten class for the 2012-2013 school year in New York City. All students entering kindergarten in September 2012 must submit an application. Applications are not considered complete without 2 original documents that verify your address such as a utility bill, rent [...]
SCHOOL CHOICE: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR YOUR CHILD The NYC District 3 Magnet School Program is having the first of a series of parent workshops this evening to help demystify the public school choice process. These workshop aim to help local families understand all of the public school options available to them and [...]
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The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2012 is “Catholic Schools: Faith. Academics. Service.” The annual observance starts the last Sunday in January and runs all week, which in 2012 is January 29 to February 5. Schools typically celebrate Catholic Schools Week with Masses, open houses and special activities for students, families, parishioners and the community [...]
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The following message was posted on Hunter’s website today: This year’s modified Stanford-Binet V testing for Kindergarten 2012 admissions has concluded. The eligibility score for progression to Round 2 (on-site assessment) has been set at a Sum of Scaled Scores (SSS) of 148. Letters will be mailed on December 19th informing eligible families of their [...]
An email on one of my parent listserves a few weeks ago said “Help! Confused about the K admissions process.” This is not uncommon feeling at this time of year as many parents are knee deep in the private school applications process. However, many are surprised to hear that, with the exception of Hunter and G&T [...]
- Continue reading Manhattan Borough President Wants to Improve NYC Kindergarten Admission Process
School admissions in New York City is not for the faint of heart. Gone are the days of just walking to your neighborhood school and signing your child up to attend. Instead, we have school choice, where parents and children get to choose from the many offerings. But sometimes too much choice is not a [...]
- Continue reading Parents Weigh In On the NYC Public High School Admissions Process
‘Tis the Season…the school application season…and everyone is talking about schools — at the playground, on anonymous online message boards, at the supermarket– but are you talking to the right people and are you getting the right information? How do you know what the right school is? What do you really need to know about tours, [...]
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Hunter College Elementary School (HCES) has announced that it has added a second weekend to its kindergarten Round 2 admission dates and has eliminated the two weekdays. HCES had originally set January 28, 29, 30, 31 as the days that parents should save for Round 2 onsite assessment. Round 2 sessions will now be held [...]
- Continue reading Hunter College Elementary Date Change For Round 2 Kindergarten Admissions
There is still time to enroll in a Pre-K program for the 2011-2012 academic year! You can still enroll your four-year-old in a Universal Pre-kindergarten (UPK) program at a public school or an early childhood community-based organization (CBO) program. Universal Pre-kindergarten programs are free for children who turn four by December 31, 2011 and live [...]
- Continue reading Pre-kindergarten registration for this school year ends on October 28, 2011!