Breakthrough Miami Student Application 2016-2017

Application Deadline: March 2, 2018 (subject to change)

Breakthrough Miami Online Application Requirements:

Student Section (to be completed by the student)

Family Section (to be completed by the parent/guardian)

Breakthrough Miami Parent Packet Requirements (Return to the Breakthrough Miami site to which you are applying):

Photograph of the Applicant

Math Teacher Recommendation

Reading/Language Arts Teacher Recommendation

Most Recent FSA / Standardized Test Scores

Student Transcripts for Current & Previous Year

Mutual Exchange of Information Form

Once submitted, applications will be carefully reviewed, and communications will be disseminated according to the following admission deadlines:

Online Application and Parent Packet Due Date: March 2, 2018

Application Review: March 2nd - March 23rd

Interviews: March 23rd- April 13th

Decison Letters: April 27, 2018

Application materials should be submitted to the Breakthrough Miami Representative at your school, or directly to the Breakthrough Miami site to which you are applying. (Site assignment is determined by a student's home school's zip code).

Breakthrough Site Information:

Carrollton and Ransom:

2045 South Bayshore Drive Miami, FL 33133- shakeh@breakthroughmiami.org and webber@breakthroughmiami.org

Gulliver Preparatory School:

6575 N. Kendall Drive Miami, FL 33156- dwanita@breakthroughmiami.org

Miami Country Day School:

601 NE 107th Street Miami, FL 33161- kierra@breakthroughmiami.org

Palmer Trinity School:

7900 SW 176th Street Palmetto Bay, FL 33157- jonah@breakthroughmiami.org

Please note: Applications for Breakthrough Miami, Ransom Everglades School and Breakthrough Miami, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart should be submitted to Breakthrough Miami, Ransom Everglades School.

ONLY THE STUDENT is eligible to complete this section of the application.

ONLY THE STUDENT is eligible to complete this portion of the application.

Please answer all the questions below in at least two complete sentences.

ONLY THE PARENT/ GUARDIAN is to complete this section.

You are required to submit a Parent Packet containing student transcripts for the current and previous school years, most recent FSA/Standardized Test Scores, a signed Mutual Exchange Form, a Math Teacher Recommendation and a Reading/Language Arts Teacher Recommendation. (Recommendation forms are available on Breakthrough Miami's website at www.breakthroughmiami.org.)

Parent Packet Requirements

Student Transcripts for Current & Previous Year

Most Recent FSA/Standardized Test Scores

Signed Mutual Exchange Form

Math Teacher Recommendation

Reading/Language Arts Teacher Recommendation

Breakthrough Miami is committed to selecting a class of students who approximate the ethnic, racial, religious and cultural diversity of Miami. Breakthrough Miami accepts applicants regardless of race, creed, or color; we are committed to selecting a diverse group of students who will benefit from the program.

ONLY THE PARENT/ GUARDIAN is to complete this section.

Please answer all the questions below.

Breakthrough Miami is an academic program that requires an eight-year commitment. We expect our students to participate fully in all summer and school year programs throughout their middle and high school years. Breakthrough Miami expects 100% of its students to graduate from high school and enter a college, university, or a postsecondary educational opportunity.

By checking the box below, you are acknowledging that you understand the expectations Breakthrough Miami has for its students and families accepted into its program and that you agree to turn in a completed Parent Packet.