INQUIRE Admissions Timeline 2024-2025
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VISIT
APPLY
EVALUATION
DECISION
RESPONSE
Get to know what’s new at HIES, and register in Ravenna for events including Open House, tours, student visit days, athletics or arts events.
Submit the Shared Applicant Information Form and Application Fee by Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. The optional Financial Assistance Application deadline is also Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Visit hies.org/admissions/tuition for details.
During January and February, HIES Admissions staff and HIES teachers will meet by appointment with applicants (PK3-12) who have submitted the Shared Applicant Information Form.
Admissions decisions are released online via Ravenna on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in accordance with the Atlanta Area Association of Independent Schools’ Common Notification Deadline.
If accepted, secure your place in our next class by Thursday, April 17, 2025. The school year will begin in August 2025. Go Bears!
ADMISSIONS CHECKLIST
PRIMARY SCHOOL
(PK3, PK4, K-PREP AND KINDERGARTEN)
Shared Applicant Information Form & Fee (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Financial Assistance Application (optional) (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Parent Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Teacher Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
HIES Admissions Evaluation (January and February, by appointment)
(Kindergarten Only) Required JATP Report (Due Feb. 15, 2025) Visit www.jatp.org to schedule
Optional Early Timeline for PK3 and PK4
Shared Applicant Information Form & Fee (Due Dec. 15, 2024)
Financial Assistance Application (optional) (Due Dec.15, 2024)
AAAIS Teacher Evaluation Form (Due Jan. 10, 2025)
Parent Questionnaire (Due Jan. 10, 2025)
HIES Admission Evaluation (on Jan. 11, 2025student must be present for on campus appointment).
LOWER SCHOOL (FIRST-FIFTH GRADE)
Shared Applicant Information Form & Fee (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Financial Assistance Application (optional) (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Parent Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Teacher Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Report card/transcript (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Required JATP report (Due Feb. 15, 2025) Visit www.jatp.org to schedule.
HIES Admission Evaluation (January and February, by appointment)
5th grade only: AAAIS Additional Teacher Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
*Submit all admissions documents and register for events in Ravenna.
Financial assistance applications are managed through Clarity. (https://app.clarityapp.com/sign-in)
Questions?
Claire Benedict
Assistant Director of Enrollment Management (PS/LS) claire.benedict@hies.org
805 Mount Vernon Hwy, NW, Atlanta, GA 30327 | www.hies.org
ADMISSIONS CHECKLIST
MIDDLE SCHOOL
(SIXTH-EIGHTH GRADES)
Shared Applicant Information Form & Fee (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Financial Assistance Application (optional) (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Parent Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Student Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
SSAT (www.ssat.org) – Last admissible testing date is Feb. 2, 2025
AAAIS Math & English Teacher Evaluation Forms (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Additional Teacher Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Principal/Counselor Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Report card/transcript (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Admission Evaluation (January and February by appointment)
Questions?
Ripken Gorman
Associate Director of Enrollment Management (MS/US) & Director of Financial Assistance ripken.gorman@hies.org
UPPER SCHOOL (NINTH-TWELFTH GRADES)
Shared Applicant Information Form & Fee (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Financial Assistance Application (optional) (Due Feb. 1, 2025)
Parent Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Student Questionnaire (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
SSAT (www.ssat.org) – Last admissible testing date is Feb. 2, 2025
AAAIS Math & English Teacher Evaluation Forms (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Additional Teacher Evaluation Form (optional) (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
AAAIS Principal/Counselor Evaluation Form (Due Feb. 15, 2025)
Report card/transcript (Due Feb. 15, 2024)
Admission Evaluation (January and February by appointment)
*Submit all admissions documents and register for events in Ravenna.
Financial assistance applications are managed through Clarity. (https://app.clarityapp.com/sign-in)
805 Mount Vernon Hwy, NW, Atlanta, GA 30327 | www.hies.org
Admissions Events 2024-2025
CAMPUS TOUR
OPEN HOUSE
COFFEE
TALK
STUDENT VISIT
WEBINARS
Parents are welcome to register for a tour. Students applying to ninth-grade or older are invited to attend the tour with their parents. (October – February)
Parents and children of all ages are invited to our Open House for an opportunity to meet administrators, teachers, current families and experience our community. Save the date for Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024.
Join our Head of School and other special guests at a Christmas Coffee & Conversation to hear more about highlights at HIES. (Tuesday Dec. 10, 2024)
Prospective students (rising second-12th grade) can register to attend classes with current Golden Bear students during the school day (October-February).
Tune in online for our Winter Wednesday Webinar series in January, highlighting signature opportunities including Athletics, Fine Arts, Global Studies and the PEAK Leadership Institute, hosted by program directors and featuring standout students and the college counseling team as panelists.
PK3-12th grade applicants will attend an on-campus admission evaluation session, scheduled by appointment.
WELCOME
HIES host families are paired with newly enrolled families to welcome and share in the excitement of being Golden Bears! We have spring celebrations, summer events and the annual New Family Campus Kickoff before the first day of school!