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A unique high school experience for women of the future

There is something for everyone at Mother Seton. Your choices create your own experience.

Athletics To be an athlete at Mother Seton, you must maintain high academics and integrity. We are thrilled to offer Varsity and/or Junior Varsity Teams in the following team sports: Soccer, Tennis, Volleyball, Cross Country, Basketball, Bowling, Winter Track, Swimming, Golf, Softball and Track & Field. We also offer spirit teams to support our athletics, including our Cheerleaders and Drill Team. Try-outs for our sports teams are announced throughout the school year and we encourage all students to become part of one of our many teams.

Theater Mother Seton students show off their talents when performing in our annual fall musical. This year, we are preforming “The Wizard of Oz” on November 18th, 19th & 20th. We encourage all Mother Seton students to be involved in the show, whether on stage or behind the scenes. We know that you and your family will be singing along and having the best time at our production!

Technology Each student receives a laptop which is insured for her years at Mother Seton. We ask that you charge your laptop every night. Our faculty incorporates technology into the classroom in different ways. It’s a great extension of the learning process. This laptop is yours to keep when you graduate!

Activities Our calendar is filled with events for our students to enjoy. These activities include School Dances, Haunted Hallways, Deck the Halls, Christmas Semi-Formal, Spirit Week, Field Day, Big-Sister/Little Sister Picnic, March Madness, Retreats, Proms, Student Council Week, Trips, Boardwalk Night, Cultural Performances, Mini-Courses and we are always adding new events throughout the school year.

Clubs All students are able to be part of a club at Mother Seton—our clubs meet during the school day. Over 30 clubs are available, including: Seton Music Ensemble, Astronomy, Armchair Traveler, History Hollywood, Magic of Disney, Italian, Gospel Choir, Knitting, Recycling, Digital Photography, Chess, Drama, Literary Publications and so much more. Plus, we ask for students to create their own clubs, so come with suggestions!

Service And Ministry Mother Seton provides ample opportunity to serve the community and give back to others. Although we do not require service hours, our students continually demonstrate their commitment, enthusiasm and willingness to service by volunteering at numerous events. Our Director of Campus Ministry, Sister Mary Anne Katlack, provides support and outreach to the Mother Seton community and surrounding organizations.

We encourage all students considering Mother Seton for High School to visit as a Student For A Day!

Student For A Day is exactly what it sounds like, you spend the day with one of our current students.

While you are here you will: Immerse yourself in the culture of Mother Seton.

Meet the faculty in their classroom settings. Meet the students and ask them all of your questions.

As a visitor, you will follow a schedule of academic, enrichment and

school activities and will be assigned a student hostess who will guide you through the day. The program runs during our regular school day, from 8 am until 2:10 p.m.

Complimentary lunch is served in our catered cafeteria.

Dress code School appropriate clothing (no jeans). Catholic school visitors do not have to wear their uniforms.

How to Register Register online at www.MotherSeton.org and click the “Admissions” tab, then click on the “Student For A Day Form” and submit online OR fill out this form and return it by FAX to 732-382-4725 or email

to Admissions@MotherSeton.org. Our school office will provide your school with verification of your visit; most schools allow this as an excused absence.

PLEASE ENROLL ME AS A STUDENT FOR A DAY! I would like to attend Student For a Day on the date checked below:

___ Wednesday, September 21 ___ Friday, December 9 ___ Tuesday, March 8

___ Thursday, October 20 ___ Wednesday, January 25 ___ Wednesday, May 3

___ Thursday, November 10 ___ Wednesday, February 22 Student Name ________________________________________ Current Grade _______

Parent Name _________________________

Address ______________________________________ City ______________________ Zip____________

Home Telephone _________________________ Parent’s cell phone _________________________ Current School ____________________________________ City _____________________

Parent Email _____________________________________________________________ Emergency Contact ___________________________________ Phone # ________________________

Special request for Student Hostess Name ______________________________

What are you looking for in a High School? (i.e. Sports Program, Science, Clubs, Music, etc.)

_______________________________________________________________________________________

Student For A Day

HOW TO APPLY TO MOTHER SETON HIGH SCHOOL Visit the ADMISSIONS page of our website, motherseton.org, where you will find links to submit the necessary forms.

1. Register for the COOP exam for the November 11th testing date at www.coopexam.org and select “Online Application registration.”

Online registration begins September 1st.

Online COOP Registration Deadline is October 23rd.

You can choose Mother Seton Regional as the location to take the exam

On the day of the COOP exam, your daughter will enter Mother Seton High School CODE #830 as a choice for her high school.

Mother Seton accepts Walk-Ins on the date of the COOP (November 11th), please bring $85 cash or a money order made out to “MCS.”

2. Submit the Mother Seton High School Application for Admission before December 5th.

3. The Ninth Grade Applicant Record (downloaded from the COOP website or taken from the COOP test book) should be completed by the student’s middle school and forwarded with her transcript to Mother Seton Regional High School by December 5, 2015. This transcript will include any standardized test scores as wells as grades from 6th and 7th grade, and the first term grades for her 8th grade year.

MOTHER SETON SCHOLARSHIP TEST The Mother Seton scholarship test is administered on Saturday, December 10th, please fill out the Scholarship Application Section of the Application for Admission and return with your $30 payment made out to Mother Seton Regional High School by December 5th. Make Up Date For Scholarship Test - Wednesday, December 14th at 12:00 p.m. (no other dates for scholarship test-ing will be offered, no exceptions).

EXPENSES FOR FRESHMAN YEAR 2016 - 2017

Tuition $12,250 Base Tuition

Registration Fee $300 First Year only

Fundraising Fee $350 There is no mandatory fundraising effort, but there are ways to become involved in your daughter’s school as volunteers at annual events such as the Parents’ Guild Craft Fair and Gift Auction.

Book Fee $350 Includes insurance, literary magazine, Days of Reflection, new books, electronic book licenses, workbooks and gym locks

Uniforms $220 Approximately; (based on student options)

International Student Fee

$2,500 Any visiting international student pays this fee annually

Busing $3,500 Optional

Technology Fee $350 Includes infrastructure upgrades and wireless campus fees

Thank you for applying to Mother Seton; we are very excited to get to know you. Our application process is simple: Register for and take the Newark Archdiocese Admission test, the COOP Exam, on November 11, 2016 Submit your completed Application for Admission Using the Ninth Grade Applicant Record Form, request that your grades be sent from you middle school to us Register for the Scholarship Exam on December 10, 2016 (Optional)

All of the application information and forms are available on our website, www.motherseton.org un-der the ‘Admissions’ tab. Many forms may be submitted online or downloaded for printing.

With whom does the applicant live?

( ) Both Parents ( ) Mother ( ) Father ( ) Guardian List any relatives who have attended or are attending Mother Seton Regional High School.

Name Relationship Year of Graduation (if applicable) ______________________________ ___________________ _______________________ ______________________________ ___________________ _______________________ REQUIRED ESSAY Please submit an essay telling us about yourself and why you are interested in attending Mother Seton Re-gional High School. List any activities, hobbies, leadership opportunities you have had, or any other infor-mation you would like to share. SCHOLARHIP TEST Mother Seton has a wonderful scholarship program for all students who qualify by taking our scholarship test. In order to be eligible for a Mother Seton Scholarship, you must take the test on Saturday, December 12th at 8:30am. The test fee is $30 and must be paid at the time of application. Please check one:

____ Register my daughter for the Scholarship Test on December 10th, I have enclosed my payment for $30 (payable to Mother Seton)

____ My daughter will not be taking the Scholarship Test.

Parent or Guardian Signature ____________________________________________ Date_______________________________ Applicant’s Signature ____________________________________________ Date_______________________________

Applicant Name

Home Address City State Zip

Home Phone Cell

Phone Date of Birth

Citizenship US Other

Present School City State

Parent Email Student Email

Parent or Guardian Name

Siblings Grades

Application for Admission

1. Transportation is provided by the local Board of Educa-tion from the following towns at no cost to you:

Carteret Union Springfield Woodbridge Avenel Colonia Fords Hopelawn Iselin Keasbey Menlo Park Terrace Port Reading Sewaren

2. The following towns provide partial re-imbursement:

Bloomfield Clark Cranford East Brunswick Edison Elizabeth Franklin Park Garwood Highland Park Kendall Park Linden Metuchen Montclair Mountainside Newark

New Brunswick North Brunswick Old Bridge Piscataway Plainfield Rahway Sayreville / Parlin Scotch Plains / Fan-wood South Orange/ Maplewood South Plainfield South River Westfield

3. Busing is available to the following towns, but no money is reimbursed:

East Orange Harrison Hillside Irvington Kearny Kenilworth North Plainfield Orange Perth Amboy Roselle Roselle Park

The fee for busing at Mother Seton Regional High School is approximately $3500 per year and may be paid monthly, semi-annually, or annually.

Students who live less than 2 1/2 miles from Mother Seton may request consideration in the cost of busing and pay approx. $1800 per year.

Application for busing must be made for each student who plans to use any bus during the following year, on or before March 1st.

Parents pay a $250 nonrefundable deposit in May (deducted from the $3500 cost) to ensure busing for their daughter.

The contract is for the full academic year. Please note that our bus routes are adjusted each year based on student population.

Bus transportation is available to Mother Seton High School from Union, Middlesex and Essex counties. Several towns provide free transportation to students while other towns partially reimburse the family for the cost of transportation. A few towns do not reimburse. If a local Board of Education provides transportation to local non-handicapped public school students who live over 2.5 miles from the school, then the town must provide transportation or partial reimbursement for students who go out of the district to attend a private school. Each local Board of Education is permitted to evaluate annually how it will provide this transportation to out-of-district students. Please be aware that these lists can change and that the cost for transportation will probably vary from year to year. The busing choices to Mother Seton Regional High School are:

Transportation to

Albany College of Pharmacy Albright College American University Belmont–Abbey College Bentley University Bloomfield College Boston College Boston University Bucknell University Cabrini College Canisius College Carleton College Carnegie-Melon University Case Western Reserve Univ. Catholic University Centenary College Central Conn. State University Chestnut Hill College Colgate University College of Saint Elizabeth Col lege of Mount. St. Vincent Cornell University Coastal Carolina University Dartmouth College Delaware College of Art and Design De Sales University Dominican College Drew University Drexel University Duquesne University East Stroudsburg University

Fairfield University Fairleigh Dickinson University Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) Felician College Fordham University Gannon University Georgian Court University Gettysburg College George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Hofstra University Howard University Immaculata University Indiana University of PA Iona College Ithaca College James Madison University John Jay College Johns Hopkins University Johnson & Wales University Johnson C. Smith University Kean University Kent State University Kettering University of Engineering King’s College Kutztown University Laboratory Institute of Merchandising Lafayette College LaSalle University

Lehigh University LIU’s College of Pharmacy Long Island University Loyola College of Maryland Lynchburg College Maine College of Art Manhattan College Marist College Marquette University Marymount University Marywood University Massachusetts College of Pharm and Health Sciences McGill University Michigan State University Miami University Misericordia University Mitchell College Monmouth University Montclair State University Moravian College Mount St. Mary College Mount St. Mary’s University Muhlenburg College Newbury College New England College New York University NY Institute of Technology NJ Institute of Technology Niagara University Northeastern University Norwich University Old Dominion University Pace University Penn State University Pepperdine University Philadelphia University Princeton University Providence College Quinnipiac University Randolph–Macon College Ramapo College

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Richard Stockton College Rider University Roanoke College Robert Morris University Rochester Institute of Technology Rowan University Rutgers University Sacred Heart University Salve Regina University Santa Barbara City College Sarah Lawrence College Seton Hall University Simmons College St. John’s University St. Joseph’s College St. Joseph’s University St. Peter’s College Southern CT State University Stevens Institute of Technology Susquehanna University SUNY at Albany Swarthmore College Temple University The Citadel The College of New Jersey Towson University Tulane University Union College, NY Union County College University of Albany University of Arizona University of Bridgeport University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Hartford University of Hawaii University of Maryland

University of Mary Washington University of Mass. University of Notre Dame University of Northern Florida University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of St. Thomas University of Scranton University of the Sciences, Philadelphia University of South Carolina University of San Francisco University of Vermont Ursinus College U.S. Coast Guard Academy Utica College Vanderbilt University Villanova University Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Polytechnic Institute Virginia Military Institute Wagner College West Chester University Widener University Wilkes University William Paterson University Wingate University Worcester Polytechnic Institute York College of Pennsylvania

Our 70 graduates from the Class of 2016 were awarded over $16 million dollars in academic scholarships. Our 72 graduates from the Class of 2015 were awarded over $18 million dollars in academic scholarships.

Scholarships are awarded to more than 80% of the graduating class.

Students

September 1 Registration begins for COOP Test for Catholic School 8th graders in Newark Archdiocese Mother Seton CODE 830 Go to www.coopexam.org. Click “Online Application Registration.”

September 25 Open House for girls, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm October 15 Seton Saturday Science/Engineering Workshop 8:30 am - 11:30 am girls, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 October 28 Deadline for COOP test paper applications October 28 Deadline for extended testing time on COOP test applications October 28 Deadline for COOP applications online at www.coopexam.org November 2 Open House for girls , grades 5, 6, 7, 8 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm November 11 Catholic High School COOP Entrance Exam at Mother Seton 8:00 am - 1:00 pm November 19 Make-up COOP exam held at Mother Seton 8:00 am - 1:00 pm November 16 Elementary students invited to matinee of The Wizard of Oz 11:45 am - 2:00 pm December 2 Applicant transcripts due to Mother Seton December 10 Mother Seton Scholarship Examination—Exam Fee: $30 8:30 am - 12:00 pm December 14 Alternate Scholarship Exam for conflicts on 12/10 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm January 12 Acceptance letters and scholarships sent to 8th graders - Class of 2021; January 31 Celebration of Acceptance - Class of 2021/Open House 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm February 4 Registration Day at Mother Seton, Class of 2021 9:00 am - 11:30 am March 11, 18, 25 Saturday Enrichment Program for girls, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Dates to Remember

Student? SHE MAKES SISTERS SHE FINDS HER VOICE SHE NEVER QUITS SHE LOVES HER NEIGHBOR SHE LEARNS IN THE REAL WORLD SHE TALKS TO GOD SHE DOES MORE IN COLLEGE ...THE FUTURE IS HERS