Introduction

Integrated Learning Solutions (ILS) partners with eleven schools who are members of the Pasadena Area Independent Schools Consortium (PAIS) to assist them with screening kindergarten applicants. These schools have agreed to share the results of our carefully designed developmental screening in the hope of relieving some of the stress and repetition for the children by coordinating this portion of the admissions process. ILS works closely with the administration, admissions directors and kindergarten teachers at each school in order to gain a solid understanding of their assessment goals, so that we are able to provide their applicants with a school readiness screening. We make every effort to ensure that the screening experience will be positive and enjoyable for every child and that the application process will be streamlined. During the screening, each child will be asked to participate in a number of developmental tasks, which will enable our experienced staff to observe his/her language and reasoning skills, motor skills, as well as visual and auditory processing skills. The screening will be individually administered by ILS personnel and will take approximately twenty-five to thirty minutes. Currently, the following independent schools screen their kindergarten applicants through ILS:

 

 

Admissions Directors

Barnhart School	Keanuenue "Nue" Yim-Herrera	www.barnhartschool.org
Chandler School	Gretchen Lurie	www.chandlerschool.org
Clairbourn School	Janna Hawes	www.clairbourn.org
Crestview Preparatory School	Michele Poteet	www.crestviewprep.org
Foothill Country Day School *	Collette Sims	www.foothillcds.org
The Gooden School	Dr. Marianne Ryan	www.goodenschool.org
High Point Academy	Kristin Haines	www.highpointacademy.org
Mayfield Junior School	Lauren Marlis	www.mayfieldjs.org
Polytechnic School	Sally Jeanne McKenna	www.polytechnic.org
Saint Mark's School	Dan Hare	www.saint-marks.org
Walden School	Scott Turner	www.waldenschool.net
* See http://kspfcdsinfo.integratedlearningsolutions.org for the FCDS Screening Information Page.