Apply to Lower School (N-5)

List of 8 items.

• Age Requirements

  When creating a class, we carefully consider the many dimensions of a balanced early learning or elementary classroom—including students’ gender, personality, diversity, ability, and age range. We give close attention to each child’s development as well as the class configuration. Birthday guidelines are listed below. 
   
  Nursery applicants:
  Applicants to Nursery to turn 2.8 by August 31 of the year they hope to enter Trevor.
  
  Pre-Kindergarten applicants:
  Applicants to Pre-K to  turn four by September 1 of the year they hope to enter Trevor.
  
  Kindergarten applicants to Grade 5:
  Applicants to Kindergarten to turn five by September 1 of the year they hope to enter Trevor.

• Apply

  To begin the admission process, please submit a completed application, along with a $75 non-refundable application fee at www.ravenna-hub.com

  Once an application has been received, families will have the opportunity to self-register for an in-person child visit and a virtual parent meeting through Ravenna.  Registration for our Take A Look Morning tours will also be available through Ravenna. Once registered, families will receive a confirmation followed by an email with details about each event. 
  
  Admissions decisions will be posted in your Ravenna account on the ISAAGNY notification dates listed under Application Procedures below.

• Adult Meeting/Child Visit

  Adult Meeting

  This virtual 30-minute conversation with a member of our Admissions team helps us to get to know your family and child. It's also an opportunity for us to answer any questions you may have about Trevor. We suggest that you tour and explore our website prior to the meeting. For families with applicant siblings, only one Adult Meeting is necessary.
  

  
  

  Child Visit

  Please read the details as the Child Visit for each grade varies.  
  
  

  Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten: Each applicant will meet with a member of the Trevor Admissions team for 20-30 minutes. These visits are a time for us to get to know your child by doing developmentally appropriate tasks and games.  Please schedule these visits beginning in mid-November as extra months are important in a young child's development. 

  
  

  Kindergarten: Each applicant will meet individually with a member of the Trevor Admissions team for about 45 minutes. These visits are a time for us to get to know your child and include developmentally appropriate tasks and games. 

  
  

  Grades 1‒5: Grades 1-5 are attrition-based entry points.  We encourage families to submit their applications by December 1, 2022. If we anticipate an opening in the grade for which you are applying, we will schedule a child visit and a virtual parent meeting. 

• Opportunities to Visit

  To register for an event, please visit www.ravenna-hub.com. After creating your account, locate Trevor in the directory of New York Schools and click on “upcoming events”.
  
  Take A Look Mornings: Our Thursday morning tours are an opportunity for adults to experience the Lower School in action and meet faculty and administration. Tours begin on October 13th and run through December 8th. 
  
  
  

  An Evening at Trevor West: This evening is an Open House event and an opportunity to connect with the Trevor community as they share their insights into the question "Why Trevor?" This event will be held on October 18th.
  
  Trevor Together Tours: Join us to tour our Upper East Side Middle and Upper School and our Upper West Side Lower School and to learn how we seamlessly connect curriculum and community. This event will be held on October 28.
  
  

• Confidential School Report Form (ISAAGNY Form/Transcripts)

  The confidential school report form may be sent via Ravenna directly to your child’s school and returned directly to the Admissions office.  Applicants for Grades 2-5 must submit school reports for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 from their current school. This can be done through Ravenna or by submitting the transcript request form on our website and emailing them to lsadmissions@trevor.org with the applicant’s name in the subject line. All completed forms are due by Thursday, January 12, 2023.

• Testing

  After a thorough consideration, Trevor has suspended both the requirement and consideration of ISEE Primary, ISEE and/or SSAT test scores in our Lower School Admissions process. This decision eliminates the possibility of unequal access to these exams.

• Tuition Assistance

  If your family is applying for tuition assistance, please answer “yes” to the relevant question on the Application Form; email our office at tuitionassistance@trevor.org to obtain a fee waiver code before you submit your application. Families requesting tuition assistance must complete a School and Student Services (SSS) application by January 1st.
  
  SSS applications will be available online at https://www.solutionsbysss.com/parents/ after October 1st.
  
  Due Date: January 1st

• ISAAGNY Notification Dates

  Trevor Day School complies with the Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY) common notification dates. Decisions will be posted in your Ravenna account.
  
  Notification and Reply Dates for 2022–2023
  (For applications and files completed by January 12, 2023)

  
  

  GRADE ENTERING	NOTIFICATION	PARENT REPLY DEADLINE
  Nursery and Pre-Kindergarten	Thursday, March 2nd	No later than 12:00pm on Thursday, March 9th
  Kindergarten	Thursday, February 9th	No later than 12:00pm on Thursday,           February 16th
  Grades 1‐5	Tuesday,              February 14th	No later than 12:00pm on Friday, March 3rd