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’s 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
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.