The Student and Family Assessment will facilitate thoughtful parental consideration for a variety of important factors as a first step to identifying the right private school for your student.   Using the printer-friendly version of the assessment, reflect on each of the questions contained in the assessment and provide a response in the space provided.  In considering factors about your student, it may be helpful to obtain input from teachers and advisors.

PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION

What are your goals for your student’s education?  How do you think that private school education will support your goals?

How do you characterize your student’s academic motivation and work ethic?

How does your student learn and process information?  Is she/he an auditory learner, a visual learner, or a kinetic learner?

What are your student’s academic strengths and limitations?

Does your student have any special academic or emotional needs?

Do you have a preference for schools with a religious affiliation or nonsectarian schools?

How far from your home are you willing to have your student travel to and from school?

How will your student get to and from school?

How much are you willing and able to spend on tuition, educational fees, and transportation?

Do you plan to request financial aid?

Are you looking for a rigorous, highly competitive curriculum, a moderately challenging curriculum, or a curriculum to support your student’s special interests and talents?

If your student is talented in a particular area, will you be looking for opportunities for enrichment and expanded study in that area?

Do you have a preference for a single-gender school or a coeducational school?

Do family interests or your student’s out-of- school activities limit the amount of time that your student will have for homework and school activities?

Recognizing that smaller schools generally offer a more nurturing environment and larger schools have more extensive course offerings and programs, do you prefer a smaller school or a larger school for your student?

If class size is important to you, what do you consider to be the ideal number of students per class?

Are you interested in a school with a diverse student body and a diverse faculty?  If so, in what type of diversity are you interested?

If a school ends it educational services at the sixth or eighth grade, what type of school would you like your student to attend afterward?

Are you able to support school activities as a parent volunteer?

Will your schedule permit you to participate in school activities during the school day?

Will before school care or after school care be required?

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