Become a Brightworks
Family

A Step-By-Step Guide to Rolling Admissions

 
 

Step 1: Get to know us

Interested in Brightworks? There are a couple ways to get to know us:

  • Read more about the goings-on at Brightworks by reading our blog or following us through social media! Updates are posted by staff and current parents.

 
 

  • From our origins to the day-to-day experience, our informational videos walk you through the basics of what Brightworks looks and feels like, narrated by members of our admissions team. Please scan through the videos to get a sense of the curriculum and pedagogical approach of our school. 

Step 2: Fill out an Application

We take your application very seriously, and consider it to be a critically important part of the process of discovering whether there is a good fit between Brightworks and your student, and Brightworks and your entire family. Given Brightworks’ unique approach to a child’s education, it is important that both the school and family applying have ample opportunity to explore ideas, questions, thoughts, and feelings, and our application serves as a springboard for those later conversations.

We are supported by the online application system Ravenna. This is where families can sign up for an account and use the online system to track required materials and application status.

Once all applications, application fee, and supporting materials are received, we will be in touch! Every family is welcome to apply, and should contact us if the application fee presents a hardship for your family.

Step 3: Learn about Tuition Assistance

Tuition for the 2024/2025 school year is $41,853. Brightworks is dedicated to providing tuition assistance where needed, and currently assists over a third of our families. Our tuition assistance is primarily reserved for families with demonstrated inability to pay for full tuition. We encourage families who are experiencing financial hardship to fill out the School and Student Service for Financial Aid (SSS), which helps us assess families’ ability to pay for tuition. Our school code is 9218. Please read our Tuition & Aid page for more information about tuition assistance.

We also encourage lower-income families applying to private school for the first time to apply for tuition funding through the BASIC fund. Please visit their website for more information.

Step 4: Family Conversations

After submitting the application, we will contact applicant families to arrange a conversation with our Admissions Team. These conversations happen over Zoom and will last 45 minutes. We will be in touch with scheduling information in January after the application deadline has passed. This is a conversation between your family and our team aimed at deepening your understanding of our approach and clarifying our understanding of your needs and aspirations so we can figure out if Brightworks is the right fit for your family.

Step 5: Student Visits

One of our favorite parts of the admissions process is meeting prospective students during a visit to the school in February. We will email all applicant families with further information and registration information after the January application deadline.

Step 6: Notification of Acceptance

Admissions decisions are made thoughtfully, based primarily on the family’s and school’s shared vision regarding educational approaches and practices. There is no preference given for the date your application is received, although we do give priority to siblings of current students.

Students to whom we are not able to offer admission will be placed in our wait pool upon request, in case there are fall, winter, or spring admissions openings.