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Laurel School
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Laurel School
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Laurel School
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Laurel School
Application Process
and Timeline
Pre-Primary School
Thank you for your interest in applying to Laurel School. Laurel seeks
to enroll students who are prepared to be successful academically
and to contribute positively to the school community as a whole.
Laurel School accepts applications for our Pre-Primary School throughout the year. Our admissions timeline is:
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February 17, 2015 – Application deadline
xFebruary 27, 2015 – Notification of Admission
xMarch 11, 2015 – Response due to the School
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After March 11, 2015 – Rolling admissions as space allows
We will be happy to work with you every step of the way to make this a positive and comfortable experience for your family. Please do not
hesitate to contact the Admissions Office at 216.464.0946 or [email protected] with any questions.
Admissions Checklist
There are two ways to apply for admission:
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Online at www.laurelschool.org/admission
xPaper application
A complete application will consist of the following:
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Application
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$40 non-refundable application fee
xParent/guardian questionnaire
xParent visit to Laurel
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Student screening
Laurel at a Glance
Enrollment
In 2014/15, 634 students from throughout the Cleveland areaattend Laurel. They come from as far west as Westlake, as far east as Mentor, and as far south as Medina.
Total Enrollment . . . 634 Upper School . . . .272 Middle School . . . 166 Primary School . . . 118 Pre-Primary School . . . 78
Demographic Profile
School systems represented at Laurel . . . 41Families in the school . . . .574
Families with two children at Laurel . . . 80
Families with three or more children at Laurel . . . 12
Alumnae . . . 4,700 Student-teacher ratio . . . .8:1
Academic Profile
2014 Graduates (class size, 67): College-bound . . . .100%National Merit Finalists . . . .6
National Merit Semifinalists/Commended . . . .6
SAT Scores
Reading Class of ’14 middle 50% . . . 570–680 Class of ’14 high . . . . 800 Writing Class of ’14 middle 50% . . . 560–710 Class of ’14 high . . . .800 Math Class of ’14 middle 50% . . . .540–640 Class of ’14 high . . . .800ACT Composite Scores
Class of ’14 middle 50% . . . 25–31 Class of ’14 high . . . .36National average . . . 21
Extracurricular Life
Clubs, organizations available . . . .27Total community service hours completed by the Class of 2014 . . . . 5,385 Varsity sports offered . . . 11
Junior Varsity sports offered . . . .8
Upper School student participation . . . .75-80% Seventh/Eighth Grade sports offered . . . .9
Seventh/Eighth Grade student participation . . . 85%
Transportation
Most students come to Laurel by public school bus, public transportation or carpool. Laurel, in partnership with University School, also provides expanded bus and shuttle transportation options at an additional cost. For specific information, call the Admissions Office at 216.464.0946.Financial Profile
2013– 14 Laurel Fund . . . . $1,139,000 2013– 14 Operating expenses . . . $16,890,000 Percentage of revenue from tuition and fees . . . 93%2013–14 Financial Aid budget . . . $2.5 million
2014–2015
Tuition
Pre-Primary School Early Learners . . . $7,550–12,800 Preschool . . . . $8,250–15,100 Prekindergarten . . . . $10,000–15,250 Primary School Kindergarten . . . $17,150 Grade 1 . . . .$19,000 Grades 2–4 . . . .$19,825 Middle School Grades 5–8 . . . . $22,000–23,550 Upper School Grades 9–12 . . . .$25,950–27,700After School at Laurel
We offer enriched, supervised After-School Care for children in Early Learners-Grade 8 from dismissal–6:00 p.m. on days when school is in session. Supervised Play (Early Learners–Grade 4) offers a place to run and play or a quiet space to do homework. The Middle School Den (Grades 5–8) provides a supervised environ-ment to complete homework or read. In addition to the After-School Care options, we offer After-School Classes in private music instruction, dance, tae kwon do and tennis and other options.
Facilities
Laurel’s 11-acre suburban Lyman Campus comprises specially de-signed academic areas for Pre-Primary, Primary, Middle and Upper School stu-dents including the Mabel Shields Andrews Science Center, the Edna F. Lake Library and the Crile Library and Ruhlman Resource Center, the Tippit Gym-nasium, the Multipurpose Room, art and dance studios, Chapel theatre, playing fields and the Enchanted Playscape. The Butler Campus in Russell and Chester Townships offers 140 acres with world-class athletic facilities, including the 16,000-square-foot Butler Center for Fitness and Wellness, a pavilion, an Ad-venture Course, two lodges for curricular support, a 1,600-square-foot Magic Tree House and natural resources that make this site perfect for outdoor educa-tion, leadership building and athletics.2014–2015
Tuition
Five-Day Early Learners (Age 20 Months)
Monday – Friday . . . $12,800
Three/Five-Day Preschool (Age 3)
Tuesday – Thursday until January, then Monday – Friday . . . .$12,600
Five-Day Preschool (Age 3)
Monday – Friday . . . $15,100
Prekindergarten (Age 4)
Monday – Friday . . . $15,250
Before-School Program (7:00 – 8:00 a.m.)
Monday – Friday . . . $0
After-School Program (3:00 – 6:00 p.m.)
Financial Information
Tuition and Fees
Payment Options
Consider Laurel
A Laurel education is a major investment in your child’s potential and will help create a lifetime of opportunities.Everyone at Laurel receives financial assistance in one way or another. Tuition and fees cover only a portion of the real cost of a Laurel education. The difference is met through annual donations (which total over $1,000,000 a year) and interest income from the school’s endowment.
We offer a variety of payment options from which you may choose. If you have any questions or if the following plans do not address your needs, please let us know:
Option 1 One-Pay Annual Payment Plan one lump-sum payment due August 15, 2015.
Option 2 One of the four Payment Plans administered by Tuition Management Systems* There is no interest charge, but a modest annual enrollment fee applies.
A. Twelve-Month Payment Plan – twelve equal monthly payments beginning July 1 and ending June 1 B. Ten-Month Payment Plan – ten equal monthly payments beginning July 1 and ending April 1 C. Quarterly Payment Plan – four equal payments on July 1, October 1, January 1 and April 1 D. Semi-Annual Payment Plan – two equal payments on August 15 and January 15
* Tuition Refund Insurance is required. The cost is 1% of the annual tuition.
$7,550 $8,250 $9,850 $10,000 $0
2014–2015
Fees & Expenses
Field trips are an important part of the learning experience and are assessed as follows: . . . $115
Technology . . . $60
Full Day
(8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) (8:30 – 11:30 a.m.)Half Day
Application
Please complete this application prior to screening and return it to the Laurel School Admissions Office with your non-refundable application fee of $40.
Candidate’s First name Middle Last
Preferred name or nickname x Female x Male
Program applying for x Early Learners x Three-Day Preschool x Three/Five-Day Preschool x Five-Day Preschool x Prekindergarten
Birth date Academic year
Home address
City State ZIP
Home phone
Current school, if applicable Date enrolled
School address
City State ZIP
Family Data
Parent/guardian’s name x Mr. x Dr. x Mrs. x Ms.
Relationship to applicant Email address
Home address
City State ZIP
Home phone Business phone Cell phone
Occupation Company Business address
City State ZIP
Parent/guardian’s name x Mr. x Dr. x Mrs. x Ms.
Relationship to applicant Email address
Home address
City State ZIP
Home phone Business phone Cell phone
Occupation Company Business address
City State ZIP
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An all girls’ school, K-12, with a coed Pre-Primary, Laurel School is proud to be an inclusive and equitable school community that welcomes students without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, handicap or disability or sexual orientation. Additionally, we actively seek faculty and staff without regard to these identifiers or gender.
Laurel School Admissions Office One Lyman Circle
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
www.LaurelSchool.org [email protected] Phone 216.464.0946 Fax 216.464.1446 Name of stepparent x Mr. x Dr. x Mrs. x Ms. Home address
City State ZIP
Home phone Business phone
Cell phone Email address
Occupation Company Business address
City State ZIP
With whom does the applicant live?
Laurel Ties
Names of any close relatives who have attended Laurel:
Name Relationship Year of Graduation
Name Relationship Year of Graduation
Name Relationship Year of Graduation
Candidate’s Siblings
Name Date of Birth School Grade
Name Date of Birth School Grade
Name Date of Birth School Grade
Name Date of Birth School Grade
Other Applications
To enable us to work better with you during the admission process and avoid calendar and deadline conf licts, please indicate all schools to which you are applying:
1. 2. 3. 4.
Signature
We have provided accurate information and agree that Laurel School may contact the school and persons listed herein for further information. If this application leads to the candidate’s attendance at Laurel, we agree to the policies and regulations of Laurel School as set by the Board of Trustees and administrated by the Head and staff.
Signature of parent or guardian Date
Parent Questionnaire
To be completed by a parent/guardian
This form is provided to give you the opportunity to tell us about your child. Please answer the questions below and feel free to include additional information.
Candidate’s name Nickname x Female x Male
Birth date Candidate for x Preschool x Prekindergarten
Schools or pre-primary program previously attended by your child, if applicable:
School Location Dates Attended
School Location Dates Attended
Briefly describe the members of your family. What do you like to do together?
Describe any past or present health issues for your child (including allergies, eating issues, etc.).
Describe any early experiences and frequency your child has had interacting or playing with peers (outside of family).
Describe a typical day in your child’s life.
How does your child respond to new situations or changes in routine?
How is your child best comforted when upset?
Does your child have any fears that it would be helpful for us to know about?
Has your child had any experiences to date (such as adoption, death or illness of a friend or relative, divorce, move, major transition) that it would be helpful for us to know about in caring for her or him?
Please describe what you are looking for in a Pre-Primary School experience.
To the best of my knowledge, the information above is accurate.
Signature of parent or guardian Date
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Laurel School Admissions Office One Lyman Circle
Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122
www.LaurelSchool.org [email protected] Phone 216.464.0946 Fax 216.464.1446
In recent years Laurel graduates have been accepted to the following schools:
Growing up. Moving on.
The University of AkronAlbion College Alfred University Allegheny College American University Amherst College
Appalachian State University Arizona State University The University of Arizona The Art Institute of Boston The Art Institute of Chicago Ave Maria College Baldwin-Wallace College Bard College
Barnard College Bates College Belmont Abbey College Beloit College Bentley College Bethune-Cookman College Boston College Boston Conservatory Boston University
Bowling Green State University Brandeis University
University of British Columbia British University Brown University Bucknell University Butler University University of California Calvin College Cambridge University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Carson-Newman College Case Western Reserve University The Catholic University of America Centre College
University of Chicago University of Cincinnati Clark Atlanta University Clark University Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland State University Colby College
Colby-Sawyer College Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary The College of Wooster University of Colorado at Boulder Colorado College
Columbia University Connecticut College Cornell University
The Culinary Institute of America University of Dallas Dartmouth College Davidson College University of Dayton University of Delaware Denison University University of Denver DePaul University DePauw University Dickinson College Drew University Duke University Duquesne University Earlham College Eckerd College University of Edinburgh Elmira College Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emerson College
Emory University Eugene Lang College —
New School University Fairfield University
Fairleigh Dickinson University Fisk University
University of Florida Florida Southern College Fordham University Fort Lewis College
Franklin and Marshall College Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Furman University
Gannon University George Mason University Georgetown University
The George Washington University Gettysburg College
Grinnell College Grove City College University of Guelph Hamilton College Hampton University University of Hartford Hartwick College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Heidelberg College Hiram College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Hollins University Hood College Hope College University of Illinois Indiana University Iona College Ithaca College
James Madison University John Carroll University Johns Hopkins University The Juilliard School Kalamazoo College University of Kansas Kent State University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lasell College Lehigh University
Lewis & Clark College Loyola College in Maryland Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Lynchburg College
Lynn University Macalester College University of Maine Manhattan School of Music Manhattanville College Mannes College of Music Marquette University University of Maryland University of Mary Washington University of Massachusetts Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University
Miami University University of Miami University of Michigan Michigan State University Middlebury College University of Mississippi Mount Holyoke College Mount Union College Muskingum College
New England Conservatory of Music University of New Hampshire New York University
The University of North Carolina Northeastern Ohio Universities
College of Medicine Northeastern University Northern Arizona University Northwestern University University of Notre Dame Oberlin College Ohio Northern University The Ohio State University Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University University of Oxford Pace University University of the Pacific University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State University University of Pittsburgh Pitzer College Pomona College Princeton University Purdue University Quinnipiac University University of Redlands Reed College Regis University
Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rice University University of Richmond Rider University Roanoke College University of Rochester Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College
Saint Louis University University of San Diego Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College
Savannah College of Art and Design Scripps College
Sewanee: The University of the South Skidmore College
Smith College
University of South Carolina University of Southern California Southern Methodist University Spelman College
Springfield College University of St. Andrews St. Andrews Presbyterian College St. John’s College
St. Lawrence University St. Mary’s College of Maryland St. Olaf’s College
Stanford University State University of New York Stetson University
Susquehanna University Swarthmore University Syracuse University The University of Tampa University of Tennessee University of Texas Thiel College University of Toledo University of Toronto Trinity College Tufts University Tulane University Union College
United States Naval Academy Ursuline College Valparaiso University Vanderbilt University Vassar College University of Vermont University of Victoria Villanova University University of Virginia Wake Forest University University of Washington Washington and Jefferson College Washington and Lee University Washington College
Washington State University Washington University — St. Louis Wellesley College
Wesleyan University Western Carolina University University of Western Ontario Wheaton College
Whittier College Williams College University of Wisconsin Wittenberg University Wright State University Xavier University Yale University York University
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