The Heights School

The Heights School describes its education as a rigorous liberal-arts formation aimed at learning for its own sake and forming lifelong learners with strong habits of mind, not merely acquiring technical skills. It emphasizes personal education through close teacher guidance/mentoring and a partnership with parents as primary educators. The school also frames academics as inseparable from formation in virtue, cultivated in an environment of freedom where students learn to choose the good.

Admissions begins by arranging a student visit (the school says shadow days will begin in September 2026) and submitting an online application; it also notes that the 2026–2027 application deadlines have passed and that the 2027–2028 application will be available on August 1, 2026. (heights.edu) After applying, families submit student transcripts and two teacher recommendations through the admissions parent portal. (heights.edu) Once all required materials are received, the family schedules an interview, and both parents are required to accompany the applicant; applicants also read aloud and provide a short writing sample as part of the process. (heights.edu) For Upper School, standardized testing is optional (SSAT or similar scores may be submitted at the family’s discretion) because the school is test-optional. (heights.edu) The admissions pages reviewed do not describe a waitlist process or any formal priority categories; for financial aid, the school lists a new-student aid deadline of December 15, 2025 and says admissions/aid decisions are mailed together on February 21, 2026. (heights.edu)