Process/Calendar
December to January
Recruiting candidates in the 7th grade (some 8th graders)
- Provide information needed for review ( see Recruitment Information)
- Parents submit student grade information – after 1st and 2nd marking period or progress report (usually at the end of February/early March)
- Distribution of questionnaires to parents and students
- Open House – usually last Saturday in January
February to March
- Begin A Better Chance application
- Review application with prospective students
- Invitation to the Wadleigh Scholars March/Spring Meeting
- Interviews in March for prospective students
- Administer evaluation test to prospective students in March/April
April to May
- Decisions made on prospective students – April
- Final review of A Better Chance application with prospective students
- A Better Chance application due April 15th
- Conduct accelerated enrichment session in preparation for benchmark test in May
June
- A Better Chance decisions are made by mid-month
- Final grades are received from parents on accepted students
July to August
- Writing workshop conducted for conditionally accepted students
- SSAT prep sessions conducted for conditionally accepted students
The main component of the Wadleigh Scholars Program is from September to December
September to December
- Decisions made on identifying prep school for each student (4-5 schools per student)
- Enrichment sessions begin for 13 weeks from September through December. Math, English, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension and test taking skills are reviewed each week
- Practice SSATs are given each month for evaluation purposes
- Prep school applications are reviewed and edited weekly for submission to schools
- Open houses are available and encouraged to attend (when located in NYC Metro area)
- ABC referral schools discussed – November
- Parents Financial Statements are discussed
- PFS forms are completed and submitted (usually online)
- Final SSAT given in December (usually 2nd Saturday in December)
January to June – current Program year for scholars
- Review and distribution of SSAT scores – January
- Black history assignment distributed – student will have three weeks to write an essay on their selection and deliver an oral presentation – January
- Group/Debate presentation distributed – student are grouped to conduct research on a selected topic and provide a presentation to discuss/argue their case – February
- Decisions are made by prep schools on students – discussion on acceptances and rejections and what are the responsibilities of the students and parents – March 10th
- Review financial aid packages/information received from schools on those accepted students – March
Conduct etiquette class and discuss values and evaluation of Program – April