Admission Process

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We are thrilled you have decided to apply for admission to Whitfield! Please find the required steps to complete an application listed below. Along the way, don’t hesitate to reach out to any member of the admission team with questions. We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your family!

Rolling Admission Now Active

Early and Regular Applications deadlines have passed, but we are still accepting applications! We will review each application once complete and share admission decisions on a rolling basis.

We have a limited number of spaces in certain grades, and welcome your application for admission!

Applying During Coronavirus

While our campus is closed, our community continues. All admission team members are eager to talk with you on the phone or videoconference to answer questions about our school and the application process, which we will modify from the steps below as necessary. During this period of time, we will conduct family interviews by Zoom.

To learn more about Whitfield, join us for a Virtual Visit--Thursdays at 3:00 PM.

At Whitfield, we remain strong during this unusual time, and we invite you to learn about us now so that your family can join us in person in the future.

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A COMPLETE WHITFIELD APPLICATION INCLUDES:

Whitfield uses the Standard Application Online (SAO) for most of the components of the application. Please contact us to learn more about modifications to this process for spring and summer 2020 applicants.

Virtual Visit

Student Profile, Parent Statement and Student Essays

Student Records

Please request that records from your child’s current school be sent to Whitfield by emailing the request to the appropriate person via SAO. We request records from the current academic year and the previous two years; reports will include transcripts/report cards, standardized testing, attendance and discipline.

If a school is unable to submit records or recommendations through the SAO, please use the School Record and Transcript Release Form or Teacher Recommendation Form. Complete the top portion and deliver these forms to your child’s school, along with an envelope addressed to Emily Chrysler, Director of Admission, Whitfield School, 175 South Mason Road, Saint Louis, MO 63141.

Teacher Recommendation

Personal Reference

We are looking for someone who knows your child well outside of the school environment to share with us about your child’s strengths. Applicants often request personal references from coaches, music teachers, family friends or leaders of religious institutions. Applicants are welcome to use the personal recommendation form provided through the SAO, or ask the reference to submit a letter by email (admissions@whitfieldschool.org) or mail (Emily Chrysler, Director of Admission, Whitfield School, 175 South Mason Road, Saint Louis, MO 63141).

SSAT Exam

The SSAT exam is offered in St. Louis several times each year (SSAT). Please register for the most convenient test date and site for your family and release the results to Whitfield. Whenever possible, applicants for Fall 2020 should take the SSAT by January 4, 2020 (this is especially important for applicants to Grade 9).

Whitfield’s SSAT code is 8196.

Students' test results are one piece of the entire application. The essay is particularly informative as it provides a sample of independent work and a glimpse into your student. While the SSAT has value as a standardized component to the application process, just as important to us are a student's day-to-day work in the classroom, teacher and personal recommendations, the family interview and tour, and report cards. We are happy to talk with you about testing and all other portions of the admission process when you visit for your family interview and tour.

Family Interview

If your family has not already registered for, or attended an Admission Visit Day, we strongly suggest you do so prior to the Family Interview.

The Family Interview, which will include you and your student, will take approximately 45 minutes. Both you and your student will have a chance to talk with one of our admission associates individually.

Our goal during this interview is to get to know both you and your student. With dynamic classrooms that rely heavily on interpersonal relationships, we are looking for students whom we believe will thrive in our school environment.

At least five days prior to your interview, please submit the Student Profile, Parent Statement and Student Essays portions of the application.

Please schedule your interview by contacting Michelle Templeton at (314) 415-1259 or michelle.templeton@whitfieldschool.org.

Application Fee

Whitfield strives to maintain a student body balanced by gender and diverse in geographic, economic, ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. It does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, disability or gender in administering its academic policies, admission policies, athletic policies, financial aid program, or other school activities.