Lower & Middle School Admissions

Register on Ravenna to reserve your space at a Virtual Open House.

(These dates are not yet open for registration. Please check back by mid September)
 

At this time, we will only be offering in-person visits/tours to families who have applied AND who are invited in for an interview. If your family is invited in for an interview, we will require a negative Covid test within 72 hours of confirmed visit and proof of vaccination for all eligible people.

Our Admissions Process begins with creating and logging in to your child's account in Ravenna, our online application tool.  You will use Ravenna to register for a virtual open house, as well as to complete your online application, application fee, and upload all supplemental materials.  

Complete the Online Application and submit a $75 non-refundable application fee. 

(The Application for Fall 2022 is not live at this time. Please check back by early October)

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Bay Ridge Prep Teacher Assessment Forms are to be delegated via Ravenna to your child's current teachers by entering each teacher’s email address. If the school requires paper forms, you have the option of printing them through Ravenna. 

For Lower School, please delegate 1-2 teacher recommendations.

For Middle School, two recommendations are required -- one from an English teacher and one from a Math teacher.  If your child has the same teacher for both Math and English, the same teacher may fill out the math form and the ELA form. 

You are welcome to submit a recommendation from a supplemental teacher (principal, counselor, coach, instructor, etc.), however, it is not required.

To expedite the process, you will be asked to upload copies of report cards to your Ravenna application. 

For grades K-1 please upload report cards from the past 1 years as well as well as the current year.

For grades 2-8 please please upload report cards from the past 2 years as well as well as the current year.

Via Ravenna, pleased download our Schools Records Release Grades K - 12 Form and give to the to the applicant's current school.  Please request this official transcript after the 1st marking period.

If you have  evaluations that are applicable to your child and will help us to best understand your child, you are welcome to upload those as well to Ravenna.

Middle School
An in-person student interview (or zoom if preferred) will be scheduled by the Admissions Office and consists of talking to the student followed by parents. Because we have limited spaces, our interviews are by invitation only and not all applicants will be invited in.  We will review all materials as they are received will begin to offer invitations for interviews by January (sometimes earlier).

Lower School
Students being considered for admission to a lower school grade (K-5) will be invited for an in-person visit. Parents will then meet with the Lower school Director and Admissions Director.  Not all applicants are invited to move forward in the process. The Admissions Office will reach out to you to set up a virtual or in-person visit if your child is moving to the next step of the process.

At this time, we will only be offering in-person visits/tours to families who have applied AND who are invited in for an interview. If your family is invited in for an interview, we will require a negative Covid test within 72 hours of confirmed visit and proof of vaccination for all eligible people.

Starting in January, approximately 2 - 3 weeks after the interview, the admissions committee will notify the prospective family of the applicant's admission status.  If the student is accepted and offered a seat, a contract will be sent from our business office.