Application Form and Fee Due by December 15 of Application Year
Other Required Application Materials Due by January 15 of Application Year (earlier if possible)

All applications to Greenwich Academy must include the following:

I. Application
An application form, accompanied by the application fee of $75, is required before making an appointment for the parents’ interview, individual tour or student’s visit. The deadline for all applications is December 15 to be eligible for February 25 notification. By the end of January, parents’ and students’ visits will be completed for all those who have submitted applications before December 15. Applications received after December 15 will be considered late applications.

II. Transcripts and Confidential Recommendations
Forms for the release of transcripts and for teacher recommendations will be sent to the family upon receipt of the application and fee. It is the parents’ responsibility to get these to their daughter’s school office and to her teachers for completion. All forms must be received by the Greenwich Academy Admission Office on or before January 15.

III. Parents’ Visit
Parents should call the Admission Office well in advance for an appointment to visit the school. At this meeting, the Director of Admission will discuss the candidate’s interests, Greenwich Academy’s curriculum and philosophy and answer any questions the family may have. A tour of the campus will take place as well. The total time of the visit will be approximately 1 1/2 hours.

IV. Student’s Visit
Candidates for Groups II through XI are required to spend a day at Greenwich Academy. These visits are scheduled Monday through Thursday. A student hostess helps each visitor feel welcome and comfortable during this visit, and it is a good time for the candidate to get a feeling for the life and spirit of the school. Lower, Middle and Upper School candidates may visit the classrooms between October and January. Appointments for class visits should be made several weeks in advance of the desired date. Candidates for Group I will visit for half a day if openings for the following year are anticipated. These visits also are scheduled Tuesday through Thursday.


V. Testing
    A. All candidates for Groups III through XI must take standardized tests.

• Groups V-XII: 
  The Greenwich Academy Admission Office prefers the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) and will accept the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT).  For information about the ISEE, including online registration, go to http://www.erbtest.org/pages/ERB_ISEE.html or call ISEE Office at 800.446.0320. For information about the Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT) including online registration, go to http://www.ssat.org/
  
• Groups III and IV:
  Applicants take the ERB the Educational Record Bureau (ERB) CTP IV test and should contact the Admission Office for an ERB registration form.

Both the ERB and ISEE tests are administered at Greenwich Academy and other area schools. The tests will be given at the Academy in November and December; all candidates are requested to take these tests by late December so that results can be received by January 15. Early registration is essential as spaces at all test sites are limited.

    B. Candidates for Connecting Class will begin their class visits in mid-October. The Admission Office will schedule those visits in the Pre-Connecting classrooms at the Everett Field Campus. Applicants for Connecting Class also will have a 30-minute individual Gesell Developmental Assessment, which will be scheduled for a different day and administered in the Admission Office on the main GA campus. Applicants for Pre-Connecting Class will visit in small groups on Friday afternoons in November, December and January in the Ridgeview PC classrooms. They will be assessed individually on a separate day for about 20-30 minutes in the Admission Office.

    C. Birthday cut-off dates for Lower School admission:
Pre-Connecting Class: Child must be 4 by June 1.
Connecting Class: Child must be 5 by August 1.
Group I: Child must be 6 by August 1.
Group II: Child must be 7 by August 1.

A complete application requires all of the following:

• Parents’ Interview
• Student’s Visit
• Current Teacher Recommendations
• Testing Results
• Transcript or Report Cards: current year-to-date and previous full year — (Groups I through XI)
• Student Questionnaire and Required Essays  - (Groups V through XI)

For a candidate to be considered for the first round of admission decisions, her application form and fee must be filed no later than December 15 with the remaining requirements completed by January 15.

Families are encouraged to contact the Greenwich Academy Admission Office if questions arise at any time during the process.
The Admission Office direct number is 203.625.8990.
The Admission Office fax number is 203. 625.8912.
Additional information about Greenwich Academy, including course catalogues for all three divisions, may be found online at http://www.greenwichacademy.org.