AUGUST 2025
- Back to school! Hope you have a great start to your 8th grade year!
- Start thinking about the high schools you are interested in learning more about, and make a list
of the things that are most important to you in making a decision. - Create a list of questions that you can ask the staff and students at high schools you visit.
- Need some guidance? Read this month’s admissions newsletter!
SEPTEMBER 2025
- Plan a shadow day- September dates are the 11th, the 18th, and the 25th.
- Questions about financial aid? Read this month’s admissions newsletter!
- Register to take Alter’s High School Placement Test Prep Class.
OCTOBER 2025
- Plan a shadow day- October dates are the 9th and the 23rd.
- Attend our Arts, Athletics and Spirit Admissions Event – Tuesday, October 7 at 6 pm.
- Register for our High School Placement Test Prep Class.
- Learn more about test taking strategies and how high schools use the HSPT by reading the
newsletter! - Register for the High School Placement Test, which will be given November 22.
NOVEMBER 2025
- Attend our Admissions, Academics and Faith Event- Thursday, November 6 at 6 pm.
- If you haven’t already, join us for a shadow day- November 6th or the 13th.
- Complete your application for admission, scholarship applications and financial aid application
by November 14! - Take the High School Placement Test on Saturday, November 22.
- Plan your transition to high school. Think about your “already’s” and your “not yet’s" and read
this month's newsletter!
DECEMBER 2024
- You have applied…what happens next? The process is explained in this month’s admissions
newsletter!
JANUARY 2026
- Admissions decisions will be delivered on January 16, 2026. We hope to welcome you to the
Class of 2030! - Registration begins for the Class of 2030 on January 30, 2026.
