Graduate Placement into Middle School
Where do our graduates go after Caedmon, and how do we support them to get there?... capable, confident, creative, and caring human beings.
The Placement Process
In New York City, sixth grade is the next major point of entry for new students after Kindergarten and therefore, our graduates have a wide array of schools to consider for sixth grade. Developmentally, this is an ideal opportunity for students to transition to a new school as childhood is coming to a close and adolescence is beginning. Caedmon graduates are well prepared for the rigors of middle school and each year, they are accepted into a diverse range of independent schools. Our ultimate goal is to place each student into the school that will be the most appropriate program for his or her academic and social needs. Our graduates leave equipped with the skills and qualities that will be essential to their future success, including time management, organization, work ethic, research, writing, literary analysis, problem solving, test-taking, leadership, compassion, collaboration, academic inquiry, and public speaking.
The Head of School provides extensive guidance and support to Caedmon students and their families as they undergo the process of selecting a middle school. The Head works closely with the students and their families from the spring of the student’s fourth grade year until their admission into the next school. This journey begins when families attend a panel discussion of middle school Admissions Directors to learn about the range of schools available and what the admissions process entails. Later that spring, the Head of School meets individually with each family to recommend schools for consideration. Caedmon’s small size enables the educational administrators to remain extraordinarily involved with each family throughout the process. From September through December of their fifth grade year, students take part in a weekly series of workshops to prepare them for their role in the process. The students practice interviewing skills and receive instruction on test-taking strategies. The school provides children with preparation for the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE). Caedmon maintains close relationships with all of the ongoing schools. These relationships are characterized by an extraordinary transparency, which is appreciated by all of the parties involved in this process. As a result, the Directors of Admissions at the ongoing schools trust the recommendations made by Caedmon’s educational administrators, and are extremely impressed with candidates from Caedmon.
In 2011 and 2012, graduates were accepted at the following schools for sixth grade:
The Allen-Stevenson School
Bank Street School for Children
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
The Brearley School
The Browning School
The Calhoun School
The Cathedral School of St. John the Devine
The Chapin School
Collegiate School
Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School
Convent of the Sacred Heart
The Dalton School
The Dwight School
Eagle Hill School
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Fieldston Middle School
Friends Seminary
The Hewitt School
Horace Mann School
Leman Manhattan Preparatory School
Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
Manhattan Country School
Marymount School of New York
The Masters School
The Nightingale-Bamford School
The Packer Collegiate Institute
Poly Prep Country Day School
Professional Children’s School
The Riverdale Country School
The Rudolf Steiner School
The Spence School
Trevor Day School
York Preparatory School
