Application Checklist

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Application Checklist

Explore our admission requirements and checklist

 

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Upper School: Grades 9-12
  • Set up your Admission Portal to begin your application
  • Request transcripts from your daughter's current school after the first marking period. Including the most recent report card
  • Register your daughter for an entrance exam - only one is required!
    • Independent School Entrance Exam
      ISEE Code: 334972
    • Secondary School Admission Test
      SSAT Code: 7198
    • Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools (Grade 9 candidates only)
      TACHS Code: 236
  • Ask for recommendation forms from your daughter's teachers by emailing them through your Admission Portal.
    Math teacher, English teacher, and Principal/Guidance Counselor recommendations are required. Supplemental recommendations are also welcome.
  • Schedule a student/parent interview on your Admission Portal

Priority Round Applications Due: December 15, 2026
Notification Date: January 20, 2027
Enrollment Date: February 6, 2027

Middle School: Grades 5 and 6
  • Set up your Admission Portal to begin your application
  • Request transcripts from your daughter's current school after the first marking period as well as any results of standardized achievement and/or aptitude tests
  • Ask for recommendation forms from your daughter's teachers by emailing them through your Admission Portal.
    Math teacher, English teacher, and Principal/Guidance Counselor recommendations are required. Supplemental recommendations are also welcome.
  • Sign up for a Shadow Visit Day event through your Admission Portal. This required event is for students and parents.
  • Schedule a student/parent interview through your Admission Portal

Priority Round Applications Due: January 22, 2027
Notification Date: February 18, 2027
Enrollment Date: March 10, 2027

Middle School: Grades 7 and 8
  • Set up your Admission Portal to begin your application
  • Request transcripts from your daughter's current school after the first marking period. Including the most recent report card
  • Register your daughter for an entrance exam - only one is required!
  • Independent School Entrance Exam
    ISEE Code: 334972
  • Secondary School Admission Test
    SSAT Code: 7198
  • Ask for recommendation forms from your daughter's teachers by emailing them through your Admission Portal.
    Math teacher, English teacher, and Principal/Guidance Counselor recommendations are required. Supplemental recommendations are also welcome.
  • Schedule a student/parent interview on your Admission Portal

Priority Round Applications Due: January 22, 2027
Notification Date: February 18, 2027
Enrollment Date: March 10, 2027

 

The Admission Decision Process

The Admission Committee is composed of several administrators and faculty members. The Committee reads each completed application in its entirety. After thorough discussion, the Committee then reaches one of the following decisions: accept, deny, or waitlist. 

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01

Understanding The Waitlist

The waitlist is a group of students who may be eligible for admission but for whom we cannot offer a place at this time due to space constraints

Students can remain on the waitlist or withdraw from consideration and enroll elsewhere.

02

How the Waitlist Works

The waitlist is not ranked by strength or preference. If a space becomes available, all waitlist candidates applying to the appropriate grade are considered.

School of the Holy Child admits girls of any race, religion, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and financial aid, and athletic or other school-administered programs.


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Apply Through SAO

Holy Child Has A Separate Admission Portal Through Veracross, But Welcomes Applications Through The Sao.

START YOUR SAO APPLICATION

 

If your family is applying through the SAO, please inform our Admission Office so we can properly accommodate your family in our internal system. To attend an event at Holy Child, we ask that you create an account with our school.