PRIVATE SCHOOL APPLICATION PROCESS

The School Counseling Department at Wellesley Middle School helps families expedite the private school process by emailing transcripts and letters of recommendation to private schools.  

In order to begin the process, please download, complete, and email the attached two forms below to administrative assistant Jennifer Suttill at suttillj@wellesleyps.org. These forms should be submitted well in advance of private school deadlines. 

• Release form (attached at bottom of this page and completed by parent or guardian)  

• Student activity form(attached at bottom of this page and completed by student) 

Important information about our process: 

• Teachers and counselors need at least two weeks to complete recommendations.

• We use our own standard secondary school recommendation forms for Math, English, and the School Counselor recommendations.  We do not accept electronic requests from Ravenna, Gateway, Boston Shared Forms, or from the private schools. Private schools accept our process.

• Students need to provide their own writing samples to private schools if required. Parent or guardian should encourage student to save samples prior to application process, or retrieve previous samples. 

 Deadlines and vacations: 

• Most private schools have a January 15th deadline. Due to December vacation, please submit the release form to the counseling secretary, suttillj@wellesleyps.org no later than December 13, 2024. 

• Members of the School Counseling Department (assistant, counselor, department head) will not forward requests to teachers or counselors to write recommendations during any school vacation or summer break. 

• Once students are in high school, parents should direct requests for recommendations to the high school only.  Due to the volume of requests we receive, middle school teachers and counselors can only write recommendations for middle school students. 

Questions should be directed to Jennifer Suttill, administrative assistant,  at 781-446-6235 ext. 5816, or via email suttillj@wellesleyps.org. If I can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

Sincerely, 

Kate Mahoney, Department Head of School Counseling

mahoneyk@wellesleyps.org, 781-446-6235, ext. 5719