Once you have created an account through Ravenna, you will be able to register to attend a School Tour or a Virtual Fireside Chat with Faculty. Be sure to create your account using an email address you will have access to throughout the admissions season, as this will be your primary email contact with our school.

The Admissions Team has designed multiple events for families to learn about Speyer. Parents are required to attend one of our School Tours to get a better understanding of our curriculum. Middle School applicant children are encouraged to join their parents for these tours. During the tour, parents will have an opportunity to ask our staff and school leaders questions.

Fireside Chats allow prospective applicant parents the opportunity to speak with our faculty and learn more about a Speyer School education. Attending a fireside chat is a great way to fully experience the wide range of academics and activities offered. Current students and/or parents will be available to share their experiences.

Please fill out the application form on Ravenna. On Ravenna, once you have completed all required questions in the form, the "Pay and Submit Prelim App" button to the above right will turn green. Once you click on that button, your Application will be submitted and you will be prompted to pay the application fee.

If you have completed the application form and the button does not turn green please re-open the form and click on "Highlight Missing Questions" at the top center of the form. Scroll through the form to see if any questions are highlighted. If not, please contact Ravenna Solutions directly at help@ravennasolutions.com.

A photograph of your child and payment of $85 is due at the time of application. Supplemental admissions materials can also be submitted through Ravenna.

Follow the instructions on Ravenna to input your child's current teacher's name and email address. The teacher will receive an email with a link to a secure Teacher Evaluation form. Once the teacher fills out the form they will submit it directly to our school. After we have received the form from the teacher we will mark this step as complete. Please allow us time for processing.

By emailing or delegating this recommendation form to your child's teacher, you waive any right to access this recommendation and authorize the teacher to provide an evaluation and all relevant information to the school for purposes of your child’s application to the school.

External testing provides the admissions committee with data points, and we welcome any testing (ie, SSAT, ISEE, Stanford Binet, WISC, SCAT) which took place within the last 12 months of the application date to Speyer. If you are unable to provide external testing results and/or you are unable to secure a testing seat, please contact the Admissions office.

A copy of our School Records Authorization Form is available on Ravenna. Please give this form to your child’s current school to send all report cards and school records for your child directly to Speyer’s Admissions Office at admisisons@speyerschool.org.

A writing sample representative of your child’s "best effort," including teacher comments (if possible), the sample must be emailed to admissions at admisisons@speyerschool.org.

Lower School applicants (1st - 4th grade) will complete a math and literacy assessment, as well as spend time with their peers in a classroom.

Parent Conversations provide an opportunity for an applicant child’s parents to speak with a member of our Admissions team about their child and educational expectations. These virtual conversations are scheduled for 30 minutes on a day separate from your child's visit.

To apply for aid, parents must complete an application with School and Student Services (SSS) at https://sssandtadsfa.my.site.com/family no later than January 9, 2025, after submitting their Speyer application. Please note, Financial Aid notification dates are subject to change.

Speyer offers an early decision option to the siblings of currently enrolled students, as well as to children of school staff and faculty.

If a family has more than one child, and each of those children is applying for entry to different grades, the family may receive notification for all applicants on the earliest notification date of the grades to which the children have applied. Reply dates will remain unchanged. 

Families who are eligible for early decision should contact the Admissions office in the summer, or early in September of the application year, and must follow all early decision deadlines. It is important that you follow the dates outlined below:

— November 15, 2024 - All early decision applications must be submitted by midnight.

— November 27, 2024 - All other components of the applicant child’s file must be completed, including onsite visit, school records, teacher evaluations, test scores and parent conversation.

— November 27, 2024 - If applying for financial aid, please complete the SSS Parents’ Financial Statement (PFS) online at sssbynais.org/parents along with all required documentation by midnight.

— December 6, 2024 - Early decision notifications are sent out.

As a community-minded school, we appreciate the support and commitment that sibling families have to deepening their ties to Speyer. However, please be aware that all siblings, and other early decision candidates, are evaluated individually using the same criteria as regular applicant children to determine their fit within our educational environment.