Admissions Procedures

List of 5 items.

• Kindergarten Applicants

  • You must submit your child’s original birth certificate prior to testing. A copy will be made and the original will be returned to you.
  • A Teacher Recommendation Form must be completed by your child’s Pre-K teacher.
  • Kindergarten applicants must attend a Group Activity Morning.

• Applicants Grades 1-4

  • Students are required to spend a full day in the classroom at DKJA as part of our admissions process. During this scheduled visit, admissions testing will be administered.
  • A Teacher Recommendation Form must be completed by your child’s current teacher.
  • School records from the past two years must be submitted.
  • For students in Grades 1-2 you must submit your child’s original birth certificate prior to testing. A copy will be made and the original will be returned to you. 

• Applicants Grade 5

  • Students are required to spend a full day in the classroom at DKJA as part of our admissions process. During this scheduled visit, admissions testing will be administered.
  • Three recommendation forms must be completed by the student’s current math and English teachers as well as a School Administrator. For those students who attend a Jewish Day School, an additional recommendation form must be completed by the Judaic Studies and Hebrew teacher.
  • School records from the past two years must be submitted.

• Applicants Grades 6 – 8

  • Students are required to spend a full day in the classroom at DKJA as part of our admissions process. During this visit, the student will have an interview with the Principal of Middle School or their designee.
  • Three recommendation forms must be completed by the student’s current math and English teachers as well as a School Administrator. For those students who attend a Jewish Day School, an additional recommendation form must be completed by the Judaic Studies and Hebrew teacher.
  • School records from the past two years must be submitted.
  • DKJA requires that candidates for Grades 6-8 take the Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT) for admission. Test sites and dates are listed on www.ssat.org. Please specify DKJA's school code 2855 when completing the test registration to ensure scores are sent directly to DKJA.

• Applicants Grades 9-12

  • Students are required to spend a full day at the Claire and Emanuel G. Rosenblatt High School as part of our admissions process. During this visit, the student will have an interview with the Principal of the High School or their designee.  Day visits will be scheduled by the Admissions Office once all school records and recommendation forms are received from your child’s school.
  • Six recommendation forms must be completed by the student’s current math, English, history, science, and foreign language teachers as well as a School Administrator. For those students who currently attend a Jewish Day School, it will be necessary to have a seventh recommendation form completed by the Judaic Studies teacher.
  • For applicants to Grade 9, school records from the past two years must be submitted. For applicants to Grades 10-12, high school transcripts must be submitted. Test sites and dates are listed on www.ssat.org. Please specify DKJA's school code 2855 when completing the test registration to ensure scores are sent directly to DKJA.