• Timeline for High School Registration process:

    (More details will become available in September/October)

    September
    - Register for ISEE Exam for Boston's three exam schools (if interested)
    - Register for HSPT or SSAT Exams for Catholic or independent schools (if interested)
    - Join Edwards ISEE Exam school prep class, which will take place during morning CREW
     
    October
    - Continue to study independently for ISEE Exam or as part of the Edwards test prep class
     
    November 
    - Take ISEE Exam at locations throughout Boston (Saturday, November 9th)
    - Attend Edwards High School Fair to meet potential high school representatives (date TBA)
    - Take HSPT or SSAT Exam for Catholic or independent schools (if interested)
    - Begin completing applications for pilot or charter high schools
     
    December
    - Begin visiting high schools you are interested in learning more about (dates TBA)
    - Attend Boston Public High School Fair (date TBA)
    - If you are applying to a school that requires a recommendation letter, make sure you have asked 1-2 teachers to write them for you and that you know when they are due back to the schools
     
    January
    - All BPS high school applications due (many can be completed online)
    - Attend Edwards High School Family Night for help completing applications (date and location TBA)
     
    February 
    - Catholic school decision letters sent to families
    - Charter school applications due this month (see http://applybostoncharters.org for eligible schools)
     
    March 
    - Public high school decision letters sent out to families
    - Attend open house/welcome events for any schools you have been accepted to 
     
    April 
    - High school "intent to enroll" letters due to schools (this document is used to choose the school your child will attend)
    - School waitlists move for the first time, some students receive additional acceptance letters
     
    May - August 
    - School waitlists continue to move, some students receive additional acceptance letters
    - Families may change their child's high school during these months, if additional high school acceptances are received