Admission Policy
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The Admissions Committee handles each child's application with great care. The goal is to help your child and all of the students at Wilberforce to thrive. To that end, the application is designed to help the Admissions Committee understand the ability, motivation, and character of each candidate.
Application
To download the application now, please click here.
Application Process
Step One: Application - Due Febuary 9
To download an application, click here. Submit completed applications with a $75 application fee by February 9. Mail applications to the following address:
Step Two: Financial Aid Application - Due February 9 (See Financial Aid Steps)
Step Three: Admissions Testing - Saturday, February 21
Once your completed application is received, please make plans to bring your child to the school for 1.5 to 2 hours on Saturday, February 21. Most testing takes place in the morning. The school will contact you to schedule the exact time of testing once your completed application has been received. Students applying for Explorers I and II are tested in groups. The testing environment is designed to assess school readiness. Students applying for Class One and higher are tested on an individual basis. Individual testing includes informal inventories, standardized achievement, and school ability testing.
Step Four: Recommendations and Records - due February 27
If your child has been enrolled in another school, please dowload the following forms and request that your child's current teacher and/or school complete the forms. Please make sure that you or the teacher returns both completed forms to the school by February 27.
Teacher Recommendation Form (Click here for the Explorers I & II Form; Click here for all other grades.) To be completed by your child's current or most recent teacher.
Release of Records Form To be given to the appropriate administrator in your child's school. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure that the Teacher Recommendation and all school records are completed and returned to The
Step Five: Parent Interviews - February 26 (evening) or February 28
At Admissions Testing Day parents sign up for a parent interview. Both parents are required to attend the interview. All parents are required to read the following materials prior to the family interview: the Wilberforce Mission & Philosophy, Statement of Faith, and Curriculum Overview. All documents are available on this website.
Age and Class Placement
Explorers I: Older four year olds and young five year olds
Explorers II: Older five year olds and young six year olds
Class One: Older six year olds and young seven year olds
A Special Note to Parents
We want each child at Wilberforce to thrive. Placement decisions are made on the basis of age, testing, and other factors. We pay particularly close attention to children whose dates of birth fall in or near the summer months.
Our curriculum is generally one grade level ahead of national norms in most subject areas. Experience with this program has shown that most children benefit by having more time to develop and mature before entering Class One. Being relatively young may not be a critical issue at the Explorers level, but when a child reaches Class One and above, the age disparity can be much more pronounced as these children begin to work at a higher level of academic difficulty alongside classmates who are as much as a year older.
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