Elementary/Middle Years Program Grades Prekindergarten – 8

The PEARLS Program at PEARLS Hawthorne School is designed to meet the educational needs of academically talented students through a program which provides an enriched academic core curriculum with an emphasis on creativity, high-level thinking skills and experiential learning.

Selection Process for PEARLS, Academically Talented Program

Students entering prekindergarten and kindergarten are individually evaluated using a nationally normed standardized aptitude test (I.Q.).

Students entering grades 1 through 8 are evaluated using multiple criteria: a nationally normed standardized test of school ability, the New York State Testing Program, teacher evaluations and report card grades.

For students entering prekindergarten through grade 8 for the following year, parents MUST apply online here.