• Submit an inquiry to receive admissions information and updates
• Attend an open house
• Learn more about our Lower School - Early Childhood program (3'-2nd Grade)
• Learn more about our Lower School - Elementary program (3rd-5th Grade)
• See the Calhoun academic experience in action

Create an online account to begin your application. The application fee is $75.

Once your application has been received, someone from our admissions team will contact you via email to schedule your child's visit to the school and, if you wish, a parent tour.

Parent Tour

• 3's-2nd Grade Applicant Parent Tour of 160 West 74th Street, home of the preschool, kindergarten, first and second grade. Group tour for ten parents begins with program information about your child's age level, followed by classroom visits and a meeting with Lower School Director — Early Childhood, Alison Rothschild, and Director of Enrollment, Andrew Hume.
• 3rd-5th Grade Applicant Parent Tour at 433 West End Avenue, home of 3rd-12th grade.

Applicant Visit

• Child Interview, 3's & 4's: Six children with three Calhoun teachers meet for an informal half-an-hour play session. The parent or caregiver who brings the child sits at a table within the room and has the opportunity to view samples of Calhoun's early childhood reports.
• Student Interview for K-5th grade: A small group of students meet with Calhoun teachers but are asked to separate from the attending adult, who will have an opportunity to meet with an admissions representative.

3's and 4's Applicants Enrolled in a Preschool Program

• Preschool Release Form
• 3's & 4's Confidential Form

Kindergarten and 1st Grade Applicants

• Preschool Release Form
• K & 1st Confidential Form

2nd-5th Grade Applicants

• Records Release (PDF): Print and submit this form to your child's current school. (Please remind the school that we require the most recent school report.)
• Teacher Recommendation (PDF): One recommendation from a current classroom teacher

(Standardized tests are not required for our Lower School admissions process; Calhoun believes such tests are not an accurate assessment of a young child's strengths or potential.)

Visit our financial aid page for more information.  Families applying to kindergarten through 9th grade may apply for financial aid; however, it is unavailable for preschool applicants. Unfortunately, the deadline for applying for financial aid for the 2020-21 school year was December 15, 2019. 

• Submit an inquiry to receive admissions information and updates
• Contact us to take a school tour
• See the Calhoun academic experience in action
• Meet some of our students and alums

1. Create an online account to begin your application. The application fee is $75.  

Getting to know each young person applying to our school is the most important part of the admissions process. We invite interested families to attend an open house or tour the school at any time during the admissions process.

Once an application is received, our office will contact families to schedule the student interview. Applicants spend part of the visit in small groups, participating in an experiential activity that reflects Calhoun's progressive philosophy. The activity is followed by an individual interview with a Calhoun teacher.

The student activity sessions take place throughout the admissions process on selected dates between November and January.

The parent/guardian interviews with a member of our Admissions Office the same day as the student visit. The interview is an opportunity for the parent(s)/guardian(s) to ask questions and learn more about Calhoun.

1. Records Release (PDF): Print and submit this form to your child's current school. 
2. Teacher Recommendations: Teacher recommendation forms are confidential and must be sent directly from the applicant's current teacher/school to Calhoun
   • Apply to 6th Grade: Please submit a current fifth grade teacher recommendation and previous fourth grade teacher recommendation. Fifth-grade students who have different teachers for English and math should ask both teachers to complete a teacher recommendation form. If the school has a policy that teachers cannot complete recommendation forms, we urge parents to notify the Admission Office of that policy.
     Download 6th Grade Teacher Recommendation
   • Applying to 7th-8th Grades: Please submit AT LEAST two recommendations; including one from your child's current math teacher, and one from a current English teacher. References should be submitted before the end of the fall term.
     Download 7th-8th Grade Math Recommendation
     Download 7th-8th Grade English Recommendation
      
3. Submit Graded Writing Sample: Applicants must send a copy of a graded essay or creative writing piece with the teacher's comments visible.

Visit our financial aid page for more information.  Financial aid applications for 2021-22 will be due on December 15, 2020. Unfortunately, we no longer have financial aid available for the 2020-21 school year.

• Submit an inquiry to receive admissions information and updates
• Attend an open house
• Contact us to take a school tour
• See the Calhoun academic experience in action
• Meet some of our students and alums

1. Create an online account to begin your application. The application fee is $75.  

Getting to know each young person applying to our school is the most important part of the admissions process. We invite interested families to attend an open house or tour the school at any time during the admissions process.

Once an application is received our office will contact families to schedule the student interview. Applicants spend part of the visit in small groups, participating in an experiential activity that reflects Calhoun's progressive philosophy. The activity is followed by an individual interview with a Calhoun teacher.

The student activity sessions take place throughout the admissions process on selected dates between November and January.

The parent/guardian interviews with a member of our Admissions Office the same day as the student visit. The interview is an opportunity for the parent(s)/guardian(s) to ask questions and learn more about Calhoun.

1. Records Release (PDF): Print and submit this form to your child's current school. 
    
2. Teacher Recommendations: Teacher recommendation forms are confidential and must be sent directly from the applicant's current teacher/school to Calhoun.
   • Please submit AT LEAST two recommendations; including one from your child's current math teacher, and one from a current English teacher. References should be submitted before the end of the fall term.
     Download Math Recommendation
     Download English Recommendation
      
3. Submit Graded Writing Sample: Applicants must send a copy of a graded essay from English/Language Arts or History/Social Studies class with the teacher's comments visible.
    
4. Submit Standardized Testing Results: Calhoun accepts either the ISEE or SSAT test.  Calhoun's ISEE code is 333505.  Our SSAT code is 2014.

Visit our financial aid page for more information.  Financial aid applications for 2021-22 will be due on December 15, 2020. Unfortunately, we no longer have financial aid available for the 2020-21 school year.