Upper School: Grades 5-8
We welcome transfer students as spots become available
Application Requirements (Apply, Access Forms, and Submit Requirements on Ravenna)
Families interested in applying for our Collaborative Tuition Program should submit an application by January 31, 2025. If you would like to learn more about our Collaborative Tuition process, we invite you to attend our Collaborative Tuition Workshop (December 2, 2024).
Please email us with any questions: admissions@burkes.org.
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- Step 1: Sign Up for a Tour and our Curriculum Preview (November 9, 2024).
- Step 2: Submit an Application. If our application fee is a financial burden for your family, please contact admissions@burkes.org to request a fee waiver.
- Step 3: Schedule a parent interview on Ravenna (interviews can be scheduled once an application is submitted, and can be either in person or via Zoom). We kindly ask that all parents and guardians attend.
- Step 4: Submit Admissions Documents (due February 1, 2025)
- Confidential School Evaluation Form - Please reach out if you need a due date extension.
- Upper School applicants need to submit two evaluation forms from two different teachers.
- Official Transcripts - Transcripts should include grades and comments from the current and previous two school years, and be sent directly from the school to our Admissions Office.
- Immunization Form - Immunization forms may be sent from you or your pediatrician’s office. We accept both digital and hard copies.
- Step 5: Schedule an on-campus Shadow Day - Upper School applicants are asked to visit us on-campus to participate in a regular school day. Applicants will also have a brief academic assessment during their visit. These visits will take place on weekdays in late January - early February.
- Step 6: Receive your decision on March 20 - Admission decisions will be emailed at 12 p.m. on decision day.
Families interested in applying for our Collaborative Tuition Program should submit an application by January 31, 2025. If you would like to learn more about our Collaborative Tuition process, we invite you to attend our Collaborative Tuition Workshop (December 2, 2024).
Please email us with any questions: admissions@burkes.org.
Burke's mission is to educate, encourage and empower girls. Our school combines academic excellence with an appreciation for childhood so that students thrive as learners, develop a strong sense of self, contribute to community, and fulfill their potential, now and throughout life.
Burke's admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.