Parents of prospective students are invited to call the Admission Office to arrange for a tour of the school. Procedures for prospective students include the completion of an application form (a photograph of the applicant is helpful) and a $50 application fee. In addition to the formal application, the following information is needed to complete the file for evaluation.

1. Preschool candidates are screened by the Director of the Early Childhood Development Center. Admission will continue where there is space available.
   
   

2. Lower School (kindergarten through fifth grade) applicants provide a teacher recommendation form. Depending on the grade level, Lower School applicants will be interviewed, evaluated, and/or tested. Kindergarten students will participate in a developmental screening on Saturday, January 21, 2006, with qualified students invited to campus on a Saturday morning for play activity. First and second grade evaluations are done by individual appointment. These evaluations take about one hour and are scheduled weekday mornings during the winter months. Applicants to third and fourth grades are required to take the ERB (Educational Records Bureau) entrance examination on Saturday, January 21, 2006 and February 26, 2006.  Applicants to fifth grade take the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) on one of the scheduled Saturdays listed in the ISEE student guide (or see below).  You may also register online for the ISEE online at http://www.erbtest.org/pages/ERB_ISEE.html
   
   

3. Middle School (sixth through eighth grade) applicants take the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) on one of the scheduled Saturdays listed in the ISEE student guide (or see below). You may also register online for the ISEE online at http://www.erbtest.org/pages/ERB_ISEE.html  Also required of a Middle School applicant are recommendations from current teachers (envelopes addressed to St. Margaret’s Episcopal School will allow teachers to mail information directly to our school), a transcript from the applicant’s current school, a completed student questionnaire, and a school visit and interview.
   
   

4. Upper School (ninth through twelfth grade) candidates complete the student questionnaire and take the ISEE test for the appropriate grade level. You may also register online for the ISEE online at http://www.erbtest.org/pages/ERB_ISEE.html Also required are recommendations from current English and math teachers, a transcript from the current school, and an interview.
   
   

5. A copy of current immunization records signed by a physician must be included in all applicant’s files.

The majority of admission decisions are made in the late spring for the following September. However, admission will continue throughout the spring and summer months where there are available spaces. No admission decision will be made by the school until all required materials are on file and the testing procedure is complete.

TEST DATES:

To be considered for the first round of acceptances, you will need to schedule tests in either January or February.

Grades 3 - 4  ERB Testing: January 21 and February 26,  2006. 
Please call the Admission Office to register.

Grades 5 - 12  ISEE Testing: Applicants may register for the ISEE (given on January 21, February 26, 2006 at St. Margaret’s) by filling out the registration form in the ISEE Student Guide. There is a $73 registration fee for this exam.

You may also register online for the ISEE online at http://www.erbtest.org/pages/ERB_ISEE.html

(Note: all tests begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Therefore, applicants should be on campus by 8:45 a.m. on testing days.)