1. Eighth Grade Parent High school night

2. A few reminders Enjoy the Process! Be Patient with Your Child
Encourage them to break the process up into different deadlines
Final High School List
Essay Completion
Application Information
Trust Your Child’s Gut Feeling after Shadowing
Be Aware of What You Say in Front of Your Child
Be Meaningful in Where You Apply

3. Catholic high schools admission process
FAMILY responsibility
School responsibility
Set up Shadow Dates
Completing Essays required on Application
Completing the Application by the Due Date
Sending in Transcripts
Sending in Test Scores
Sending in the common recommendation form for Catholic schools
Sending in Clergy Recommendation Form

5. HSPT Exam Each school offers the HSPT Exam on one of two days:
January 7th
January 14th
Day of Tips
Leave 15 minutes earlier than you need to
Have a healthy (and not too heavy) breakfast
Send child with water bottle

7. Independent high schools admission process
Most independent schools have a deadline of January 15th
Many independent schools require separate recommendation forms to be filled out by the math and English teacher
If there is an online recommendation system, please make sure you enter the correct teacher names and spellings
If there are hard copies please bring them to the main office and we will make sure they get to the appropriate teacher
We will mail them so please do not worry about this
Please turn in all forms prior to Christmas break

9. Public high school admission process
15 city-wide high schools
SFSUD Application and Information-
Application Deadline- January 15 (estimated based on last year’s date)
Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, Galileo, George Washington, ISA, John O’Connell, June Jordan, Lowell, Mission, Philip & Sala Burton, Raoul Wallenberg, SOTA, Academy of Arts and Sciences, S.F. International, Thurgood Marshall
Information is still not updated
List schools in order of preference
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Acceptance based on openings
Tie-breakers based on
Open House Dates
Siblings
Tours
Open Enrollment
4 Charter Schools
Shadowing
Test Score Areas
Leadership High School, Gateway High School, City Arts and Technology High School, Life Learning Academy
Contact Information
No Tie-Breakers
Applications can be picked up at the San Francisco Public Schools Office on 555 Franklin Street
Lottery

10. Lowell high school admission process
Lowell’s 8th Grade Information Night
Thursday, October 27th 6-8PM
Each family will only receive 2 tickets
School tours- go to Lowell’s website to sign up: sfusd-ca.schoolloop.com
Sign-Up Due: October 10th

12. New This Year 1st Week of December
Google Form to be filled out prior to Christmas break of all schools your child is applying to in order to ensure Holy Name completes the appropriate documentation

13. Writing Help 3-4:15PM October 25th November 8th November 22nd
December 13th

14. A few reminders Enjoy the Process! Be Patient with Your Child
Encourage them to break the process up into different deadlines
Final High School List
Essay Completion
Application Information
Trust Your Child’s Gut Feeling after Shadowing
Be Aware of What You Say in Front of Your Child
Be Meaningful in Where You Apply