Admissions Steps Overview

Step 1: Create an account in Ravenna. 

Search for and select Helios School. www.ravenna-hub.com

Zoom Information Nights are on Tuesdays at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. on:

• Oct. 13, 2020
• Nov. 17, 2020
• Dec. 1, 2020 
• Jan. 12, 2021 

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please sign up on Ravenna. 

Taking a Zoom tour to see Helios in action is the best way to understand our approach more deeply, and is a requirement for application. Small group tours with a current Helios parent or administrator offer parents the opportunity to see aspects of our program highlighted at Information Nights. You will see students engaged in learning and have the option to speak with them and gain their perspective of the school.

Please sign up on Ravenna. 

Applications for consideration in the first round of applicants are due by January 15, 2021 but we encourage you to submit an application as early as possible. Each year some parents report that they wish they had begun the process earlier. 

You may still submit an application after the January 17 deadline. Please attend our abridged information night session in February for late applicants. Date to be published soon.

A submitted application is required to sign up for a workshop and parent interview. You can complete an assessment before you submit an application.

If the $100 application fee presents a hardship for your family, please contact admissions@heliosns.org and we will be happy to work with you.

Kindergarten age requirement: Turn age 5 by January of 2022

Please schedule your giftedness assessment  as soon as possible to ensure completion before the February 5 deadline.

We recommend you use Giftedness Support Center for your testing needs: INFO@GIFTEDSUPPORTCENTER.COM or send an email to ann.smith@giftedsupportcenter.com. You are welcome to use any other licensed clinical psychologist who is experienced in administering the WECHSLER Scale to children.

Helios does not have a minimum IQ requirement for applicants. Our required IQ tests are:

WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN:

• WISC-V (for ages 6 and up) 
• WPPSI-IV (for under age 6)

Due on February 5, 2021:

• Characteristics of Giftedness Assessment Forms 
• Teacher Evaluation(s) 
• Report card & Transcripts 

Please use Ravenna to submit transcript requests and send recommendation forms to your child’s current teachers. Make sure you give them plenty of time to complete these.

Attending an on-campus workshop is a required step in the application process.  It helps your child to get a feel for our school and for us to see your student in a peer group setting.

Dates, times, and sign-up will be detailed in Ravenna when available. 

The goal of the parent interview is for the school and applicant parent(s) to get to know each other better. It is a casual conversation and is an opportunity for you to share more about your child and also ask questions about Helios. This is a parent-only meeting and is a required step to complete the application. 

You will meet with the Director of Admissions or a faculty member for approximately 30-45 minutes. 

Sign-ups are available via Ravenna.

If two parents share guardianship of the child, both are required to attend the interview. 

Helios makes enrollment decisions independent of a family’s need for financial assistance.

Helios uses a 3rd-party system, NAIS' School and Student Services, to help determine financial awards to families and we encourage you to apply if your family needs assistance. 

Financial aid applications are due on February 7, 2020.