Applying to Oakwood

• Meet age requirements (preschool students must be 3 years old, and JrK students must be 4 years old by November 30)
• Family Photo (This helps us get to know you!)
• Child must be fully potty trained by entrance date
• Teacher recommendation (for applicants who are currently enrolled in a preschool program)
• Family interview with the Admissions Director or Lower School Head & Principal

• Meet age requirements (kindergarten students must be 5 years old by November 30)
• Family Photo (This helps us get to know you!)
• Teacher recommendation
• Assessment appointment with an Oakwood teacher
• Family interview with the Lower School Head & Principal

• Teacher recommendation
• Two years of report cards plus current year as available (one year for applicants to 1st grade)
• Standardized test scores
• Student Questionnaire form completed by applicants to 4th and 5th Grade
• Assessment appointment with an Oakwood teacher
• Family interview with the Lower School Head & Principal

• Online application
• One teacher recommendation
• Online Student Interview
• Academic transcripts (two years plus current year grades as available)
• Standardized Test Scores or Writing Sample
  Oakwood is test-optional for students applying for Fall 2021 admission. Students who have taken or will take the ISEE, SSAT, or any other standardized test within the past two years and wish to submit their scores may do so. In lieu of standardized test scores, applicants must submit a recent writing sample. This should be an essay, academic report, or creative writing piece you have turned in for a school assignment in the past year.

• Online application
• Two teacher recommendations
• Academic transcripts (two years plus current year grades as available)
• Online Student Interview
• Standardized Test Scores or Writing Sample
  Oakwood is test-optional for students applying for Fall 2021 admission. Students who have taken or will take the ISEE, SSAT, or any other standardized test within the past two years and wish to submit their scores may do so. In lieu of standardized test scores, applicants must submit a recent writing sample. This should be an essay, academic report, or creative writing piece you have turned in for a school assignment in the past year.

Oakwood School welcomes applications from students outside the United States, and appreciates the diversity that these students bring. In order to ensure the best possible program for these students and their families, Oakwood has partnered with Cambridge Network. The Cambridge Networks’s international student program prepares students for life abroad prior to arriving at Oakwood and continues to provide international students and their families with on-going support throughout the school year.

For information about attending Oakwood School as an international student, please visit the Cambridge Network website. To submit an application or for answers to more questions, please visit the Cambridge Network Student Inquiry webpage.