PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT

By Winnie Eke

This handbook is designed to help parents through the process of preparing themselves and their children for the challenges that lie ahead. It may not answer all the questions but it will highlight most of the common ones and those that I deem essential. It was inspired as a result of what I, as a parent, went through in the transition to an alt

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anointed Life Publishing
• Release date: Sep 30, 2015
• ISBN: 9780990646594

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PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT

AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT

AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

A HANDBOOK FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Winnie Eke, PhD

ANOINTED LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY

Phoenix, Arizona

PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

A HANDBOOK FOR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OF STUDENTS PREPARING FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, AND OTHER PRIVATE SCHOOLS

© Copyright 2015 Winnie Eke.

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or any other except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without prior consent of the publisher.

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging‐In‐Publication Data

Eke, Winnie

Preparing for Independent and Other Private Schools / Winnie Eke

Library of Congress Control Number: 1-2319199531

ISBN: 978-0-9906465-6-3 Softcover

Editing and book design by Keith H. Chambers

Cover Design by C W Technology Consulting

www.anointedlifepublishing.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the following:

•My family and friends.

•My children for prompting me to do something to help more parents and their children, and for reviewing the original manuscript.

•My friends who have sought my help throughout the years.

•My mom and dad for teaching me the joy of participating in my community.

It is wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when excellent lies before us

-------Isaac Disraeli

Contents

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 Overview of Independent and Parochial Schools

Chapter 2 The Decision Making Process

Chapter 3 A Strategy for Choosing the Right Type of School

Chapter 4 Visit the Schools under Consideration

Chapter 5 Financial Aid

Chapter 6 Final Visits and Interviews

Chapter 7 Admission Tests

Chapter 8 Acceptance

Chapter 9 Other Considerations

Preface

In urban cities, many parents and/or guardians enroll their children in local public schools. And, in an ideal world, public school is the best option for parents who would like to use the savings for higher education. However, as their children move up to transition grades five, six, and eight, some wish there were an alternative; for different reasons. But too often, it is