Applying to Park - The Park School

Teacher with students in classroom — Applying to Park

Start Your Journey.

The best way to get a feel for Park is to visit. Our admission team is your partner to help you find the best match for your child’s early childhood, elementary, and middle school education.

1. Create Your Account

Your first step is to create an account in our application system, Ravenna. Once your account is established, you may schedule tours, submit application and recommendation materials, and keep tabs on your progress. We will contact you if we find anything is missing.

Start Your Journey

2. Schedule Your Tour and Interview

Throughout the admission process, you and your family will have many opportunities to learn about Park and to help us get to know you. Your interview with a member of the admission team will provide a chance for you to share your personal perspective and educational hopes for your child. A tour and interview are required of applying families, even if you attend the Open House. Over the course of the application and decision process, you will be able to connect with current families and students about their experience, and to get to know the Park community more personally. Tours begin in early October.

Additional details about the tour and interview experience for each grade-level are available on Ravenna.

3. Complete Your Application

Recognizing that the application process can be stressful and time-consuming, Park has joined with a number of area schools to standardize the questions families are asked to create a shared parent/guardian statement in Ravenna. If you are applying to more than one school in this group, the answers you write for your Park application can be used in applications to any of these other schools as well.

The Ravenna platform also helps you send requests for teacher recommendations and school reports, which must come directly from your child’s school.

3. Participate in a Student Assessment

For applicants to PreK - Grade 5, your child will participate in a 75-minute group visit in January or February. During this visit, they will have the opportunity to interact with Park faculty and other applicants.

For applicants to Grade 6-8, your child will complete two brief assessments on the morning of their campus visit in the fall or winter.

4. Complete Your Park Application

The Ravenna platform also helps you send requests for teacher recommendations and school reports, which must come directly from your child’s school.

All application materials must be submitted through our Ravenna account by January 10 for Lower Division and February 1 for Upper Division. The application requires payment of the non-refundable application fee, for which qualifying families may receive fee waivers on request by contacting the Admission Office.

Admission Deadlines 2023-24

Admission Tours & Interviews Begin	Oct. 2
Lower Division Application and $60 Fee	Jan. 10
Upper Division Application and $60 Fee	Feb. 1
Applicants for Financial Aid: Clarity Application	Feb. 1
Student Assessment (PreK-Grade 5)	Jan./Feb.
The Park School sends admission results	Mar. 9

Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities

Policy with Regard to Candidates with Disabilities

Policy with Regard to Candidates with Disabilities

The Park School will complete steps 1-6 below in the following instances:

When a parent or guardian of a child applying for admission notifies The Park School that, for the application process, the parent will be requesting a reasonable accommodation, auxiliary aid/service, or modification (collectively, “accommodation”) of the School’s policies, practices, or procedures based on the child’s disability; and

When a parent or guardian of a child applying for admission notifies The Park School that, if the child is admitted, the parent will be requesting a reasonable accommodation, auxiliary aid/service, or modification (collectively, “accommodation”) of the School’s policies, practices, or procedures based on the child’s disability.

The appropriate School administrator, typically the Director of Enrollment Management, will invite the parents/guardians to have a discussion about the student and the specific disability at issue. The School reserves the right to ask an additional staff member from the School community to take part in this discussion.
If accommodations are requested, the School may request appropriate documentation concerning the disability and/or the requested accommodation and may arrange to observe the child in their current classroom or childcare setting.
Once the appropriate information is gathered, The Park School will conduct an individualized assessment of the applicant and his or her needs, ensuring that The Park School’s application process and eligibility criteria for admission do not screen out or tend to screen out applicants with disabilities.
The Park School will assess and determine whether the requested accommodations are reasonable and necessary in order for the applicant to complete the application process for, or to attend Park School, as applicable. If The Park School believes the requested accommodations are not reasonable, Park School will determine whether it could implement alternative accommodations that would enable the applicant to access Park’s programs and benefits.
The Park School will also assess and determine whether making the requested accommodations would constitute a fundamental alteration to the nature of the goods, services, facilities, or accommodations at the School.

A. If The Park School determines they would constitute a fundamental alteration, it will then determine whether the School could implement alternative accommodations that would not constitute a fundamental alteration.

B. If the requested accommodations (or alternative accommodations identified by The Park School in accordance with paragraph 5a) do not constitute a fundamental alteration, the School will:

i. For the application process, implement the accommodations as requested.

ii. For the admissions decision, determine whether to admit the applicant consistent with The Park School’s admissions preference structure and in a matter which does not screen out or tend to screen out applicants with disabilities.

6. The Head of School will review and approve any decision to (a) deny accommodations during the application process and (b) any decision to deny admission to an applicant with a disability on the basis of fundamental alteration. The Park School shall notify the child’s parent, in writing, of the reason(s) for the denial.

General Inquiries:

Admission@parkschool.org

617-277-2456

In joining Park, you become part of a vibrant community of students, teachers, and families who believe in supporting each other as we grow as individuals, scholars, and leaders.

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Start Your Journey.

1. Create Your Account

2. Schedule Your Tour and Interview

3. Complete Your Application

3. Participate in a Student Assessment

4. Complete Your Park Application

Admission Deadlines 2023-24

Oct. 2

Jan. 10

Feb. 1

Feb. 1

Jan./Feb.

Mar. 9

Accommodations for Candidates with Disabilities

Policy with Regard to Candidates with Disabilities

General Inquiries:

Admission@parkschool.org

617-277-2456

In joining Park, you become part of a vibrant community of students, teachers, and families who believe in supporting each other as we grow as individuals, scholars, and leaders.

We look forward to getting to know you!

Our Team