If you and your child are applying to private schools in Hawaii, you have a lot to consider. And if your child will be applying for Grades 3 or above, at least one of the many schools you’re interested in applying to will require the SSAT. The SSAT stands for the Secondary School Admissions Test (not Standardized) and is administered in multiple countries around the world multiple times throughout the year. In many ways it is like the SAT for grade school. 

Obviously you want your child to score well, and so do we. At The Reading Company we are not only experts at the components of the test – with Dr. Brad Kerwin, we have intimate knowledge of the admissions processes for many of the most sought-after private schools on O’ahu.

In applying to schools such as Punahou, ‘Iolani, Saint Louis, or any our island’s many private schools, the whole child is considered: grades, teacher recommendations, extracurricular activities, learning styles, and SSAT scores. While an SSAT score won’t make or break an application, its importance is far from negligible. Dr. Kerwin and our teachers have decades of experience helping students and families reach their academic goals in Hawai’i.

You already have a lot to deal with – let us be your experts at the testing and admissions process.