Grades 1-8 Admissions
Applications should be sent in by January 31st of the year of enrollment to ensure that a space will be available for your child. After January 31st, applications are accepted on a space-available basis.
A non-refundable application fee of $125 per application is required to process your child’s application.
As stated in the application, please make sure to upload a copy of your child’s birth certificate.
All students must be fully immunized based on New York State Requirements.
Required Documents and Visits:
Please fill out and submit to your child’s current school. We require the following:
- Report cards or evaluations from prior two years
- Current semester report cards
- Standardized testing completed at previous school
General Studies Teacher Evaluation Form
Judaic Studies Teacher Evaluation Form
Please submit to your child’s current teachers and have them returned directly to our Admissions Office: Email: slinder@westchesterday.org
or
Attention: Director of Admissions, Sari Linder
856 Orienta Avenue
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
We may also require (where applicable):
- IEPs, 504 plans and/or Educational Evaluations
- Psychological Evaluations
Visits:
Please call Sari Linder at 914-698-8900 Ext. 147 to schedule an interview for your child with our Head of School (Rabbi Dani Rockoff), and our Principal (Mrs. Lauren Goldman-Brown) or Director of Middle Division grades 2-4 (Ms. Nicole Plasky). Please allow 1 hour for the interview process.
Additionally, applicants to grades 2 and above are invited to come for a half-day visit to our school once an application has been submitted. These visits are available on Mondays – Thursdays and always include lunch. Please contact our Admissions Office at (914) 698-8900, ext. 147 or email slinder@westchesterday.org to schedule your child’s visit.
Acceptance:
After receipt of all requested forms and information and your child’s visit, the Admissions Committee will send a letter with its decision. If your child is accepted, a tuition contract will be mailed to you and must be returned within two weeks.