INTERVIEWS
Please be aware that interviews are not requirements of the application process but may be requested to assist with an application review. Admissions decisions may be made without an interview if submitted application materials provide sufficient information. Note that an interview request is not a guarantee of admission.
ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
Non-native English-speaking candidates Grade 1 and up may be given an English as an Additional Language (EAL) test to determine if EAL support is required. Limited spaces are available for such support.
The following guidelines will be used by the Admissions Committee to determine whether a student will be invited to take the EAL assessment:
- The primary language spoken by the student
- The language(s) spoken between parents and the student
- The student鈥檚 educational background
- The primary language of both parents
GRADE LEVEL PLACEMENT
SAS believes that it is important for children to be placed in classes with their age peers, especially at Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) and lower elementary grade levels.
Students who apply from schools or educational systems with a different school calendar (like those commonly found in schools in Korea, Japan, Singapore or Australia) will be placed in the grade that they are currently attending if they are admitted at the start of the new school year. If they are accepted in January, they will be placed in the grade that they have just completed in their previous school.
All students must graduate from Grade 12 before their 20th birthday.
2025-26 Grade Level Placement:
DATE OF BIRTH | GRADE LEVEL |
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Oct 1, 2021 - Sept 30, 2022 | Pre-K3* |
Oct 1, 2020 - Sept 30, 2021 | Pre-K4 |
Oct 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2020 | Kindergarten |
Oct 1, 2018 - Sept 30, 2019 | Grade 1 |
Oct 1, 2017 - Sept 30, 2018 | Grade 2 |
Oct 1, 2016 - Sept 30, 2017 | Grade 3 |
Oct 1, 2015 - Sept 30, 2016 | Grade 4 |
Oct 1, 2014 - Sept 30, 2015 | Grade 5 |
Oct 1, 2013 - Sept 30, 2014 | Grade 6 |
Oct 1, 2012 - Sept 30, 2013 | Grade 7 |
Oct 1, 2011 - Sept 30, 2012 | Grade 8 |
Oct 1, 2010 - Sept 30, 2011 | Grade 9 |
Oct 1, 2009 - Sept 30, 2010 | Grade 10 |
Oct 1, 2008 - Sept 30, 2009 | Grade 11 |
Oct 1, 2007 - Sept 30, 2008 | Grade 12 |
*Strong preference for those already three years old by the first day of the academic year or before mid-August, whichever is first.