What About High School?
Parents of prospective students often ask the following questions:
- Where do NCCL graduates go to high school?
- How can they get into private high school without a history of grades?
- How do NCCL graduates adjust to a traditional school?
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NCCL was founded in 1971 so the high schools in the area are familiar with our children and how well prepared they are.
They have been accepting our graduates for many years and often comment on what well-rounded students they are.
- Public high schools: A.I. DuPont, Appoquinimink, Bohemia Manor, Delcastle Vo-Tech, Glasgow, Hodgson Vo-Tech, Kennett, Middletown, Newark, Newark High School Cambridge Program, Northeast, Rising Sun, William Penn.
- Charter and magnet schools: Avon Grove Charter, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Campus Community School, Charter School of Wilmington, Conrad Schools of Science, Delaware Military Academy, Delaware Academy for Public Safety and Security.
- Parochial schools: Archmere Academy, Padua Academy, Salesianum, St. Elizabeth's, St. Mark's.
- Other private schools: Layton Preparatory School, St. Andrew's Academy, Sanford, Tatnall, The Tome School, West Nottingham Academy.
How can they get into private high school without a history of grades?
When a child applies to a high school, we provide the school with copies of the child's end-of-the-year reports. Most of the private schools have questionnaires that we fill out as well.
Although we don't use standardized tests, we give the older children practice taking them so that they will feel comfortable taking admissions or placement tests. See Graduation Anxiety and But Are They Working Hard Enough?
NCCL alumnae at their high school graduation.
How do NCCL graduates adjust to a traditional school?
We are very aware that we are preparing the children for high school. We teach them all of the skills that they will need, such as taking notes, writing reports, taking classroom tests and standardized tests, etc. Classroom tests are not graded but they are corrected so that the children can see how they did and what they need to work on.
We also have "boot camp" for a week each year for the oldest homeroom. The children have assigned seats, take tests, call teachers Mr. and Mrs., have to get hall passes, etc. They think it's a lot of fun, but it does give them a taste of what will be expected in high school.
