The online application includes student information, family information, and a $70 application fee. The application deadline is December 15.

Virtual family meetings are offered from September through mid-January. 

Parent meetings for 1st and 2nd grade applicants will be scheduled if space becomes available in those grades.

If your child’s current school is in a hybrid learning mode in fall of 2020, please submit a recommendation from your child’s current teacher.

And, if your child’s current school is in virtual learning mode in fall of 2020, in addition to your child’s current teacher recommendation, please also submit a recommendation from your child’s previous year teacher, who taught them in the 2019-20 school year.

Applicants for PK–grade 4 should submit a report card or progress report if the child receives one from his or her current school.

The online application includes student information, family information, and a $70 application fee. The application deadline is December 15.

For 6th and 7^th grade student and parent meetings, please register for an interview through Ravenna as soon as you submit your child’s application since these appointments fill up quickly. In order to register for this event you must first submit the application, the parent statement, and the applicant live streaming and recording authorization. We cannot guarantee an interview and parent meeting appointment for applications received after December 1.

Student interviews and parent meetings for 5th and 8th grade applicants will be scheduled if space becomes available in those grades.

We require recommendations from the student’s English teacher and math teacher. If the student applying for Middle School has one homeroom teacher who teaches both subjects, please ask that teacher to submit the recommendations for each subject separately.

● If your school is in a hybrid learning mode fall of 2020, please submit
a recommendation from your child’s current English and math teacher.
● If you are 100% remote learning fall of 2020, in addition to your
current English and math teacher recommendations, please submit a
recommendation from an academic teacher who taught your child in-person
last year.

Applicants to grades 5–8 should submit transcripts from the first half of the current school year and the full previous school year. Please submit the transcript release form to your child’s school authorizing it to send transcripts directly to Sidwell Friends School. We recommend that you request the transcripts in early January so that the most up-to-date grading period will be included with your child’s application.

We are not accepting SSAT or ISEE testing this year. If your child took a standardized test at his or her school during the 2019-2020 school year (such as ERBs, MAP, SOL, Stanford, IOWA, CTPs, PAARC) please make sure that Sidwell Friends receives the test results as part of their school transcripts by January 15.

In lieu of SSAT and ISEE testing, students will complete a reading comprehension assessment to be administered by a member of the Admissions Office via Zoom.

The online application includes student information, family information, and a $70 application fee. The application deadline is December 15, 2020.

For 9th grade student interviews and parent meetings, please register for an interview through Ravenna as soon as you submit your child’s application since these appointments fill up quickly. In order to register for this event you must first submit the application, the parent statement, and the applicant live streaming and recording authorization. We cannot guarantee an interview and parent meeting appointment for applications received after December 1.

Student interviews and parent meetings for 10th and 11th grade applicants will be scheduled if space becomes available in those grades. No students are admitted in 12th grade.

● If your school is in a hybrid learning mode fall of 2020, please submit
a recommendation from your current English and math teacher.
● If you are 100% remote learning fall of 2020, in addition to your
current English and math teacher recommendations, please submit a
recommendation from an academic teacher who taught you in-person
last year.

In lieu of SSAT and ISEE testing, students will complete a reading
comprehension assessment to be administered by a member of the
Admissions Office via Zoom on designated Saturday mornings throughout the fall.

Applicants to grades 9–11 should submit transcripts from the first half of the current school year and the full previous school year. Please submit the transcript release form to your child’s school authorizing it to send transcripts directly to Sidwell Friends School. We recommend that you request the transcripts in early January so that the most up-to-date grading period will be included with your child’s application.

We are not accepting SSAT or ISEE testing this year. If your child took a standardized test at his or her school during the 2019-2020 school year (such as ERBs, MAP, SOL, Stanford, IOWA, CTPs, PAARC) please make sure that Sidwell Friends receives the test results as part of their school transcripts by January 15.