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This spring, Robin Aronow will be conducting two workshops and a panel which will be open-to-the-public.  Her Life After Nursery Series includes: The Private School Admission Process, The Private School Panel and the Manhattan and Citywide Public School Admission Process.
 
Please scroll down below to learn more about these workshops and to register for them by clicking on the appropriate registration option below the descriptions. You will have the opportunity to register for just one of the Private School events or both. The Manhattan Public School Admission Process workshop follows the complete description of the Private School events and must be registered for separately. Please also be aware that to have successfully registered for these events, you must receive confirmation from both me via Constant Contact and from Paypal in regards to your payment.  The Paypal site allows you to securely pay for the workshops using either a credit card or your Paypal account.  Please contact me if you have any problems with registration.
 
Please note that Robin Aronow also conducts both her Private School and Public School workshops onsite at businesses during lunchtime for their employees, at nursery schools or in homes for groups of parents. If interested in hosting such a workshop, please use the contact information below for pricing and date availability, or to get answers to any of your questions.  Descriptions of possible workshop topics appear below.

 

Life After Nursery School:
An Overview of the Private School
Admission Process

Wednesday, April 17, 2013
West Side YMCA Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd St., NY, NY 10023
Registration: 6:10-6:25 PM; Workshop 6:30-8:30 PM
Early Cost: $75 a Family for Workshop: $100 if also register for Private School Panel
     Includes a 40-page Information Packet on
     Applying to both Private and Public Schools
 
Robin Aronow conducts this overview workshop in which she discusses private school admission.
 
Workshop topics include:

• Getting Started; Valuable Resources
• New Schools
• Admission Facts and Application Procedures
• Timelines
• What to Look For When Touring
• Factors to Consider in Your Decision
• Private vs. Public
• Co-ed vs. Single Sex
• Progressive vs Traditional
• ERBs
• Applications and Essays
• Parent Interviews
• Child Visits
• References
• ISAAGNY Reports
• ISAAGNY Policy on First Choice Letters
• Financial Aid

Life After Nursery School:
The Private School Panel

Wednesday, April 24, 2013
West Side YMCA Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
5 West 63rd St., NY, NY 10023
Registration: 6:10-6:25 PM; Workshop 6:30-8:45 PM
Early Cost: $60 a Family for Panel: $100 if also register for Private School Admission Workshop
     Includes a 40-page Information Packet on
     Applying to both Private and Public Schools, if not received previously
 
Robin Aronow moderates this panel of private school parents representing approximately 20 sought-after schools including co-ed and single-sex, progressive and more traditional, urban and campus and covering a variety of  Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Riverdale and Downtown schools.  Parents will present the unique features of the schools their children attend and attendees will have the opportunity to get the flavor of the schools and compare them on a number of variables. It is anticipated that the following schools will be represented: Avenues, Bank St, Bilingual Buds (Mandarin Immersion), Brearley, Browning, Calhoun, Cathedral, Collegiate, Columbia Grammar and Prep, Dalton, Ethical Culture, Fieldston Lower, Friends, Grace Church, Horace Mann, Hewitt, Leman, LRSH, Mandell, Nightingale-Bamford, Riverdale Country, Speyer Legacy, Trevor Day and Trinity.