Dear Parent,

I am thrilled that you are interested in The Phoenix School as an option for your child. I am the Director of Admissions and invite you to visit a school that is truly like no other. Step through our door and find yourself in a large, open space divided into learning areas filled with a rich array of opportunities for authentic learning for all ages PK-8th grade. A Phoenix education is not limited by its four walls. Students venture out in the world to use the rich resources of the Salem community, board the train for Boston, or as 5-8th graders, take a flight for their annual Travel-Study trip as Phoenix students travel to learn.

• Imagine your 5-8th grader coming face to face with a cave cricket while squeezing through the Masher in a Kentucky cave or examining a sea urchin in the Virgin Islands. Wherever we go, we question, draw, write and do; authentic learning at its best.

• Imagine your Kindergartener using technology to go into classrooms around the globe, working collaboratively on Edmodo with a team of students from Canada, China, and Czechoslovakia to share ideas that will lead to a greater understanding of different cultures.

• Imagine a school that is small enough that once a year the entire student body, grades PK-8th, can spend two weeks together creating an original musical, designed to communicate in a creative way information they have studied as a whole school.

• Imagine your 7th or 8th grader sharing the podium with the President of Salem Rotary as a leader in one of the collaborative projects organized and run by The Phoenix EarlyAct Club, a student run community service club.

Have you ever met a Phoenix student? When you do, you’ll want one too. Please call me to schedule your visit today.

Sincerely,
Leslie Levesque
Director of Admissions

Thank you for your interest in The Phoenix School. Please call us at 978-741-0870 or email us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to receive a packet of information and to schedule a visit.

Applying to The Phoenix School includes the following:

• Prospective Parent Visit
• Application
• Supporting Information
• Student Visit
• Parent Interview
• Financial Assistance

Prospective Parent Visit

There is no better way to learn about a school than to visit. We offer a number of different options.

Schedule a tour.
Plan to spend about an hour so that you have a tour of the school given by a student, meet the heads and faculty, observe and interact with students at work, and meet with Leslie Levesque, Director of Admissions, to answer any specific questions you may have.

Attend an Exhibition Night and Open House
Join Phoenix parents and students from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at one of our evening Exhibition Nights and Open Houses where students will display, share, and answer questions you might have about the samples of their schoolwork they have chosen to display.

Thursday, December 15th – Art Exhibition
Come see how Phoenix students of all ages apply different media to create original gifts.

Phoenix Revels – date to be announced
Come see the way Phoenix students of all ages apply information they have learned to an original musical and dramatic production.

Monday, April 13th – Caves and Bats Night
Come see the detailed journals kept by the 5-8th graders while on their Travel-Study Trip to the caves of Kentucky and the amazing projects created by the PK-4s who studied bats and the caves of Kentucky here at home.

Application

Complete the application form and return it with the $50 non-refundable application fee. Applications will be processed and student visits scheduled as they are received.

Supporting Information

Give the enclosed Teacher Recommendation form to your child’s current teacher and ask him/her to complete it and return it in the enclosed envelope.

Sign and give the Records Release Request to your child’s present school so they may forward a copy of your child’s complete school records. If your child has had special testing, please have these records forwarded from the Special Education office, Gifted Program, or outside testing agency.

Student Visit

Once you have submitted an application and we have received the Teacher Recommendation form and school records, we will schedule a visit for your child.

PK EarlyStart applicants – 1 hour visit
K applicants – 2 hour visit
Grades 1-3 applicants – 1 day visit
Grades 4-7 applicants – 2 consecutive days visit

Parent Interview

After the visit and the receipt of School Records and the Teacher Recommendation Form, we will schedule a Parent Interview. This is the time we will explore whether or not we all feel there would be a good match between what The Phoenix School offers and the needs of your child and the goals and values of your family. Parents will receive written notification of our decision. To accept and reserve a place for the 2008-2009 school year, a non-refundable $1000 deposit is due upon acceptance of a place.

Financial Aid

If you are interested in being considered for financial aid, call the Admissions Office to request the Financial Aid forms produced by School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS) in Princeton, NJ. Upon completion, return the form to the Princeton Office. A copy of the completed SSS form and your family’s 2007 tax return and W2 forms must be submitted to Phoenix. You may also access SSS forms on line by visiting the Admission and Financial Aid Section of NAIS website www.nais.org

The following forms are part of the admissions packet you will receive in the mail. If you prefer to download them, click on the form below.

• Admissions Application
• Teacher Recommendation form for PK – 1.
• Teacher Recommendation form for grades 2-5.
• Teacher Recommendation form for grades 6-8 Math.
• Teacher Recommendation form for grades 6-8 English.
• Record Release Form
• Tuition Card - 2011-2012/Financial Aid Process

If you have further questions, click here to view our Admissions Frequently Asked Questions, email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call 978 741-0870.