Procedure and Guidelines

 

If your child is applying to private school, please send recommendation forms and records release forms to Erin Collins, office secretary. To ensure that this process is efficient and expedient, please follow these guidelines:

 

• Please contact each of the requested teachers/counselor to ask for their assistance in providing

  a recommendation.

 

• Send all forms to Erin Collins in the front office—do not send recommendation forms directly to teachers

  or counselor.

 

• In order to send records and recommendations to the private school, we must have a signed parental release.

  This is usually provided with the private school application form, but if it is not included, please send a separate

  note giving us permission to send out the recommendations and records to each school.

 

• Label each recommendation form with your child’s name, grade, teacher and any other relevant information.

  To prevent a delay in the process, please make sure that the materials you provide are complete.

 

• Mailing Procedure:

Please include a large (9x12) stamped mailing envelope with the forms, addressed to appropriate school, so that we are able to mail them out quickly when the recommendations are complete. (one envelope per school)

 

A postage amount of $4.00 should cover the cost of the mailing.

 

Also, leave the return address blank as we will fill this in indicating that the materials came from our school.

 

• We encourage you to submit all forms as early as possible. This will allow teachers and counselors ample time

to complete recommendations as it becomes very difficult to receive a number of requests close to deadlines.

 

** Please be aware of the following timeline of submitting forms to

Erin Collins at the front office according to the application schedule:

 

By December 2, 2011 for a January 6, 2012 deadline

By December 9, 2011 for a January 13, 2012 deadline

By January 6, 2012 for a February 3, 2012 deadline

 

Please direct any questions about the status of recommendations to Erin Collins at 978-443-1080 ext. 1100

 

Thank you very much for your assistance and cooperation with this private school application process.

 

The General John Nixon Elementary School

472 Concord Road • Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776-2623

Telephone 978-443-1080 • Fax 978-443-0282 • www.Sudbury.k12.ma.us/nixon

Joni Jay, Principal

Eula Walsh, Vice-Principal