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NYC Private School or Public School Panel – Downtown Location

by NYC Private Schools on September 11, 2009

New York Family and citibabes are co-sponsoring a panel, “Public School or Private School: The Best Option for Your Child.”

This DOWNTOWN panel is for parents with preschoolers — whether you’re applying this fall for kindergarten spots next year, or whether you just want to look ahead and better understand your options.

The panelists will provide essential information, and share their perspectives on such topics as:

* Private School Topics: timelines, ERB tests, school tours and other research, applications, interviews, priority lists and finding the right fit, and the money factor.
* Public School: timelines, G & T (Gifted & Talented) policies, school tours and other research, the best local schools and districts, and overcrowding and available space.

Here are the expert panelists:

* Sharon Spotnitz, Ph.D., Former Executive Director of the Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
* Clara Hemphill, Founder of insideschools.org and author of New York City’s Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parent’s Guide
* Roxana Reid, Founder of Smart City Kids

* Moderated by Eric Messinger, Editor of New York Family

Here are the details:

DOWNTOWN
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
6PM – 8PM
Citibabes
52 Mercer Street (between Broome and Grand Streets)

Fees:
Admission is $45 per person, $80 per couple and $55 at the door.


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NYC Private School or Public School Panel – Upper East Side Location

by NYC Private Schools on September 3, 2009

New York Family and 74th St. MAGIC are co-sponsoring a panel, “Public School or Private School: The Best Option for Your Child.”

This UPPER EAST SIDE panel is for parents with preschoolers — whether you’re applying this fall for kindergarten spots next year, or whether you just want to look ahead and better understand your options.

The panelists will provide essential information, and share their perspectives on such topics as:

* Private School Topics: timelines, ERB tests, school tours and other research, applications, interviews, priority lists and finding the right fit, and the money factor.
* Public School: timelines, G & T (Gifted & Talented) policies, school tours and other research, the best local schools and districts, and overcrowding and available space.

Here are the expert panelists:

* Sharon Spotnitz, Ph.D., Former Executive Director of the Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
* Clara Hemphill, Founder of insideschools.org and author of New York City’s Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parent’s Guide
* Roxana Reid, Founder of Smart City Kids

* Moderated by Eric Messinger, Editor of New York Family

Here are the details:

UPPER EAST SIDE
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
6PM – 8PM
74th St. Magic
510 E. 74th Street (between York Ave. and East River)

Fees:
Admission is $45 per person, $80 per couple and $55 at the door.


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NYC Private School Admissions Acronyms

May 28, 2009

photo credit: Gaetan Lee
As the season for NYC Private School Applications begins to get underway, parents inevitably start to ask about the ERB. Before we talk about some of the more detailed information about the test, here is a little background on how it got it’s commonly referred to name.
The Educational Records [...]

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Transferring to a NYC Private School: The Tests

January 6, 2009

Moving to NYC can be an incredibly exciting time for you and your family. New York’s diverse cultures and sheer volume of amazing variety provide a wonderful opportunity for your child to learn, grown and flourish. Finding your child the right private school, however, can be especially challenging if you are moving mid-school [...]

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ERBs and the Bottom Line

October 17, 2008

Of the many admissions professionals that I have spoken to, most profess a sadness at the state of testing and preparation that is thrust upon 4 year old will be taking the ERBs.
One senior level admissions officer admitted that some families have been found to submit their child’s application for testing under an assumed name, [...]

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Elementary ERB Preparation: The Official and Not So Official Word

October 16, 2008

Preparing your child for private school admissions testing is an easy choice for older children taking the higher level ERBs such as the ISEE. For the younger children taking the elementary level ERBs, however, prepping strategies can backfire badly if they are taken too far.
First, lets address the official word on prepping children [...]

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Prepping for Private School Admissions: OK for Some

October 15, 2008

Preparing your child for private school admissions testing can be as straightforward as hiring tutors and attending approved ‘prep’ classes, or as convoluted as using secret hand signals and setting up play-dates with tutors posing as fake babysitters. Mostly, that depends on the test being taken and the age group of the child.
Officially, the [...]

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The ERB Content Potential Part 2

October 10, 2008

As we have stated before, the contents of the ERB test, especially for elementary age private school applications, is not published. What is known is that the ERB is a modified/revised Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. The WPPSI is, in short, an IQ test that looks for intellectual reasoning and ability.
While the [...]

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The Mysterious ERBs: What Could It Consist Of?

October 9, 2008

The ERB does not outright publish what the Early Childhood Admissions Assessment (ECAA) test (which most people just call the ERB) consist of for young children. There is no way to publish that information because, frankly, very few parents could resist prepping their child for the test and giving them the answers to puzzles [...]

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