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Admissions Department
Admissions Request Form: click here
Dear Parents:
First of all we would like to thank you for considering New Horizons Bilingual School , founded in June, 1977, which offers classes from early-childhood level through high school. Our school seeks to provide an outstanding academic preparation in both English and Spanish by offering a highly demanding dual –language, multicultural and technological educational program in a supportive environment in which each student can achieve academic excellence.
Attached you will find the information about the school admissions requirements for the year 2007-2008.
Admissions Protocol
Admissions department receives student applying to New Horizons Bilingual School .
Parents interested in New Horizons (early childhood to high school) need to make a placement reservation. They have to fulfill the information required by the Admissions representative and pay the placement reservation and entrance exam fee. During this process an appointment with the dean of Admissions is scheduled.
For Elementary, Middle, and High school students, parents are requested to bring update transcripts that confirm the grade level of the student and a good academic performance from their previous school.
During the meeting with the dean of Admissions, an interview with parents verifies that the students meet the criteria established by the school for their grade level (age, family dynamics, and child’s development).
Early Childhood students:
A development inventory is administered to the students applying from Toddlers to Pre-first. These inventories assess the development in cognitive, motor, and social emotional areas. The registration form is signed by parents during this meeting. The admissions department also requires a duplicate of the progress report from the previous school where the student is currently enrolled.
The registration form, developmental inventory, and entrance exams are pondered by the academic principal who makes the final decision concerning the admission of the student. All this information is registered and kept in our database.
- Early Childhood students should meet the age criteria established by the school:
- Toddlers: 2 years old before December 2007.
- Pre-kindergarten: 3 years old before December 2007.
- Kindergarten: 4 years old before December 2007.
- Pre-first: 5 years old before the December 2007.
- First grade: 6 years old before December 2007.
Elementary, Middle, and High School:
The dean of Admissions verifies that the student has a good academic record (average 75% and above) and good behavior in his/her current school, according to his/her grade level.
Students applying for 4th grade and upper levels should also be able to handle reading and writing skills at a basic level in both languages (English and Spanish).
Students will take psychological test and entrance exams. The dean of admissions and our academic coordinators correct entrance exams. During the meeting, the registration form is signed by the parents.
The academic principal, in order to decide on the admission of the student, pondered the registration form, update transcripts, and entrance exams. All this information is registered and kept in our database.
If coming from a school abroad, students from 7th grade on should follow the procedure established by the Dominican Ministry of Education to validate the academic program taken in their previous school. New Horizons should then place the student in the grade level determined by the Dominican Ministry of Education.
The results of the entrance exams will be communicated verbally to the parents within ten days (workdays). If the student is accepted, the family will have a limit of 15 workdays from the date the results were communicated to formally register the students. If the parents have not formalized the registration by the end of the deadline, the space available will be given to others who wish to register.
It is important to remember that the school works with a limited number of spaces per grade, and the interviews offered to the parents interested in our institution depend on this availability. The space will be taken only with the formal registration of the student after the fulfillment of the required process of our Registration Department, authorization by the Dominican State Board of Education, and the requirements of our Administrative Department.
The admission requirements are:
- Psychological entrance examination, mathematics test, grammar test in both languages (English / Spanish), computer science for 11th grade.
- Original Birth Certificate (If the child is foreign, a legalized copy from the Consul of the country of origin).
- Two photographs size 2 x 2.
- Record of vaccination.
- Medical Certificates (pediatrician, ophthalmologist, dentist and ear, nose and throat specialist).
- Infirmary questionnaire.
- Upgrade transcripts or grade reports from previous school.
- A letter of recommendation from the last school attended.
- If the student is foreign, a photocopy of the Dominican residence or student visa.
The evaluation has the following costs:
| Toddlers to Pre-First | US$35.00 | | 1st to 6th | US$65.00 | | 7th to 11th | US$80.00 |
Finally, we remain at your disposition for any further details and we hope you can come to visit our campus. For more information you can visit our website www.gcnewhorizons.net.
Best regards,
Carolina Troncoso
Admissions
New Horizons Bilingual School
Tel. 809-533-4915 Ext.235 / 236
c.troncoso@gcnewhorizons.net
Reservation System
New Horizons Bilingual School , has designed a reservation system for the 2007-2008 new students to facilitate the admission process. With this system the school assures the student’s entry (plaza) for that school year.
When the reservation is made, the parents are assigned an evaluation appointment with the Psychologist in the Admissions Department. To this meeting it’s completely necessary to bring the new students update grade reports. Students will take psychological test and academic entrance exams.
Reservation fees:
| Toddlers a Pre-Primario | US$300 | | 1ro a 4to | US$400 | | 5to a 8vo | US$500 | | 9no a 12mo | US$600 |
Terms or Conditions of the Reservations:
1) Only when the agreed payment is made the reservation becomes valid. The price varies depending on the student’s level or grade.
2) The parents or tutor must attend to the first evaluation appointment assigned at the moment of the reservation.
3) The Admissions Department will assign a date for the new student to attend for the formal evaluations.
4) The entrance exams fee is not included in the placement reservation fee.
Considerations in which the payment for the reservation is refundable:
1) If who is responsible for the student decides, before the pre-evaluation appointment, to stop the admission process, New Horizons Bilingual School will refund the complete amount paid for the reservation. For the school to valid this cancellation the Parent or Student’s Responsible must send a written request addressed to the Admission Department Director.
2) If the student is not admitted, New Horizons Bilingual School will refund the complete payment made for the reservation through check in five (5) workdays.
The payment will not be refunded:
1) If the parent or tutor does not attend to the Pre-evaluation meeting without prior notice, the reservation will be canceled.
2) If the evaluated student is admitted and is not formally registered, within 15 days after being informed of the acceptance of the student in our school, the reservation will be canceled and the payment will be held by New Horizons Bilingual School .
Financial information and registration options
New Horizons Bilingual School offers all parents the benefit of paying the school year in 4 (four) installments, which come between the months of February and November of the calendar year effective at the time of registration. These 4 (four) payments represent 30%, 25%, 25% and 20% of the total amount of the annual fee and the deadlines vary according to the grade level of your children.
For the school year 2007-2008 all students will be covered with an insurance policy that will guarantee the continuity of their studies in NEW HORIZONS BILINGUAL SCHOOL in case of the accidental death of one of the parents, without regard to the grade in which the student is enrolled at the time that the decease of the father or the mother occurs. This benefit is included in the scholastic fee and it does not represent additional costs.
The scholastic fee includes:
- Tuition.
- Text books, both English and Spanish (French 5th-12th grade).
- Scholastic materials for use in daily classes.
- Use of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Computer labs.
- Library including Internet.
- Sport areas.
- School trips (transportation and entrance fees).
- Annual school pictures.
- Exclusive use of our website for consulting grades, class programs, homework and test assignments, library access and infirmary, among others.
- Lockers (5th – 12th grade).
- Formal uniform (9th grade).
- Graduations (1st, 8th and 12th grade).
- Music room.
- Art room.
- State tests from the Dominican Board of Education (SEEC).(8th and 12th grades)
- Student’s carnet (5th – 12th grades).
- Yearbook (9th – 12th grade).
- Digital portfolio (Toddlers – 2nd grade)
- PSAT tests (9th – 11th grade).
- SAT tests (12th grade).
Options of Schedule
Parents are usually very busy all day with complicated schedules, rush hours and nobody to supervise the children at home. Our school has three (3) schedule options to offer a complete service to our families.
Regular Program
This program offers the students of all levels academic classes and the services of our School within the regular schedule, which initiates for all the grades at 7:45 a.m. and finalizes according to the following scheme:
| Toddlers | 8:00 a.m. a 12:30 p.m | | Pre-Kinder and Kinder | 12:45 p.m. | | Pre-First | 1:15 p.m. | First and Second Grade
| 2:15 p.m. | Third and Sixth Grade
| 2:30 p.m. | Seventh to Twelfth
| 3:00 p.m. y 2:30 p.m. los on fridays
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Afternoon Program
This option offers students the regular schedule of classes, and supervised lunch until 3:00 P.M.
Full Day Program
Children from Toddlers to 4th grade: It includes supervised lunch, rest time, homework assistance, sports and artistic activities. If the child needs tutoring, the homework assistance and extracurricular activities are substituted by the Tutoring of 1 or 2 subjects.
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