Start Your Garden School
Application Process
Thank you for your interest in the Garden School Core Program.
(Please visit the NYCDOE website to apply to the Pre-K for All Program).
All Garden School applications begin with an Inquiry Form submitted through our Blackbaud Portal. Once your Inquiry Form is completed and it’s been processed, you will be contacted by a member of our Admissions Team.
Learn More About the Admissions Process for Each Program:
Early Childhood
(N-K)
(N-K)
Grades 1-5
Grades 6-12
International Students
Early Childhood
(N-K)
(N-K)
- Complete Inquiry Form
- Complete Parent/Guardian Application
- Pay application fee
- Schedule a Family Meeting with Mr. William Vogel, Lower Division Head
- Schedule Private Family Campus Tour (Optional)
- Submit school records
Grades 1-5
- Complete Inquiry Form
- Complete Parent/Guardian Application
- Pay application fee
- Schedule a Family Meeting with Mr. William Vogel, Lower Division Head
- Schedule Private Family Campus Tour (Optional)
- Submit School Records
- Complete Writing Sample
- Writing Sample will be completed during Family Meeting
- Materials for writing sample will be provided, laptop included should it be needed
- Teacher Recommendation
Grades 6-12
- Complete Inquiry Form
- Complete Parent/Guardian Application
- Pay application fee
- Complete Student Application
- Schedule Private Family Campus Tour (Optional)
- Principal/Head Counselor Recommendation
- Current English Teacher Recommendation
- Current Math Teacher Recommendation
- Transcripts (current & last year)
- Schedule a student interview with Ms. Jodian Davis-Forb, Director of Admissions & Marketing
International Students
- Complete Inquiry Form
- Complete Parent/Guardian Application
- Pay application fee
- Complete Student Application
- Schedule Private Family Campus Tour (Optional)
- Principal/Head Counselor Recommendation
- Current English Teacher Recommendation
- Current Math Teacher Recommendation
- Transcripts (current & last year)
- Submit TOEFL or English Proficiency Test
- Schedule a student interview with Ms. Jodian Davis-Forb, Director of Admissions & Marketing
IMPORTANT ADMISSIONS DATES
All Admission Applications and Financial Aid Applications Due: January 8, 2026
Notification Dates:
- Nursery & Pre-K: Thursday February 26, 2026
- Kindergarten: Thursday February 5, 2026
- Grades 1-8: Wednesday February 11, 2026
- Grades 9-12: Friday February 20, 2026
Family Response Deadlines:
- Nursery & Pre-K: Thursday March 5, 2026
- Kindergarten: Thursday February 12, 2026
- Grades 1-8: Friday February 27, 2026
- Grades 9-12: Thursday March 12, 2026
Garden School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, religion, ethnicity, age, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation in its hiring and promotion of administrators, faculty and staff, and in its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
