Shady Hill School Admissions
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We are an independent, coeducational day school located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We honor the character and spirit of each child and encourage independent thinking in our students.
Sign-up Information
Ages: 4 to 14.
Grades Preschool through 8th grade.
To apply to Beginners (Pre-K) during the current admission cycle, children must be four (4) years old by September 1, 2024.
Application required
- Sign-up is ongoing
Applications are generally due by early January to enroll in the upcoming school year, though they differ by grade level. Admissions decisions are released in early March.
- + 1. COMPLETE THE INQUIRY FORM
- + 2. SCHEDULE A PARENT/GUARDIAN INTERVIEW - Parent/Guardian interviews (1 hour and 15 minutes) are required and scheduled via Ravenna.
- + 3. APPLY ONLINE - You must create a Ravenna account. See your “Action Items” list for all required elements. A non-refundable application fee of $50 is required. Fee waivers are available those with financial hardship.
- + 4. INITIATE REQUESTS FOR EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS - We require a AISNE Form from your child’s current school. To authorize release, you may need a signed copy of a Record Release Form and confirm that they will send the records.
- + 5. COMPLETE THE STUDENT VISIT - Student visits are required. A playgroup will take place on a morning or early afternoon in January.
- + 6. IF APPLYING FOR FINANCIAL AID
Cost
Get our tuition chart and learn more optional and additional fees by visiting our Tuition and Fees page.
- Financial Aid and/or Scholarship Available
Visit our Financial Aid page to learn more about the process and availability of financial aid. Shady Hill School utilizes Clarity to assess the needs of families who apply for financial aid. We strive to make the cost of attendance feasible for as many families as possible. Financial aid is need-based, meaning that families must qualify for aid as determined by tools used by Clarity. Financial Aid applications are due by the beginning of February.
Location
- In-person only.
178 Coolidge Hill
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
West Cambridge
- Transportation provided to the venue; see notes below.
- Transportation provided from the venue; see notes below.
Transportation is optional from one of our 6 local routes. It is partially subsidized by the school and comes with an additional fee.
Dates and Times
This program runs during the school year.
See our Tuition and Fees page to view our typical school schedule. For an additional fee, we offer afterschool programing until 5:45 PM.
Additional information
From Pre-K through Grade VIII, we create change-makers by teaching students the critical and social-emotional skills necessary to be ethical, contributing citizens of the world. We encourage them to dig deep into the curriculum and realize their potential to create what they wish existed.
Our curriculum advocates depth over breadth, we stress the relationships among many areas of learning and use original source materials, rather than textbooks. Central Subject, a distinctive method of teaching at Shady Hill, is an integrated approach to a people via their history, literature, geography, and arts. We teach 3 World languages (French, Mandarin, and Spanish) and a wide variety of intramural and interscholastic team sports. We also host an afterschool program that lasts until 6:00 PM.
We invite you to learn more about Shady Hill School through our website, viewbook, information sessions and campus tours.
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Last updated July 11, 2024.