Admissions
Exploring a new school for your child is an exciting journey. At Seven Bridges School, our Admission Team stands ready to help you and your child to learn about Seven Bridges School and everything we have to offer.
Seven Bridges School strives to help students who learn differently finally feel at home. Where they are comfortable they begin to ask questions, take risks, get out of their heads, and creatively find their way. Each child’s intellectual and emotional growth is supported individually. Curriculum design and delivery method are created specifically for the student. Each student develops the self-knowledge and confidence to explore his/her passions and succeed in the world.
Small classes, highly trained teachers, and paraprofessionals educate and inspire each student to develop into confident and resourceful achievers.
Learning differences at Seven Bridges School include ADHD, auditory processing disorder, autism spectrum disorder, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia, executive function deficiencies, language processing disorder, memory, non-verbal learning disorder, visual perceptual/visual motor deficit, etc.
The Admissions Process
Students seeking admission to Seven Bridges School are carefully assessed to determine academic potential and learning needs for suitability to the school environment. The process begins with a thorough review of psycho-educational testing and standardized test scores.
Seven Bridges School then conducts a Program Placement interview with the Admissions Team, where a determination is made that the student’s educational, emotional, and behavioral needs can be accommodated. Based on this information, curriculum design and delivery method are created for each individual student.
Admission requirements must be met before full admission is approved. Testing must be current within three years of application. A full psycho-educational evaluation may be required if not available. We then use the application form, testing, and references to determine the appropriateness of fit, both socially and academically, with the existing Seven Bridges School student body. Admission acceptance status will be provided within two weeks of admission requirements completion. Consideration for admission is based on completion of application forms, review of current psycho-educational, school records, pertinent medical records, school visitation, interview with the student and family, and paid application fee.
- If a student enters the school with a current psycho-educational evaluation, updated testing be requested every three years.
- Class size is limited. If an opening is not available, qualified applicants will be placed on a waiting list.
- In accordance with Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, no child is refused admission to the school on the grounds of race, creed, or national origin.
- Students are accepted on a trial basis. This trial will be a minimum of nine weeks but may be extended at the discretion of the administration.
- The following documents are required to be on file for each student:
- A physical examination (DOH form DH 3040).
- Proof of immunization (DOH form DH 680).
- A copy of the student’s birth certificate
- A copy of the mother or father’s birth certificate.
- A copy of the student’s Social Security card.