The Parent Experience

We encourage parents of eighth grade students, especially those who haven't visited our campus to join us for the Parent Experience! This tour is focused towards parents who have never experienced SI and haven't visited our campus before. You will hear from SI administrators and faculty/staff explaining the difference an SI education can make, meet the Admissions staff and current SI parents and get some tips about the Admissions process! You will also receive a tour of campus. Parents have found that this type of SI event is very helpful and informative.  Parents appreciate hearing from the SI community, and ultimately discerning if SI would be a good high school experience for their child for the next four years.

 

The Parent Experience will occur at the same time and date that your eighth grader is scheduled for their Wildcat Experience. Parents/Guardians and eighth graders will all begin their programs in Cowell Gymnasium at 9:30am (doors will open at 9:15am for check in). Eighth graders will hear a few introductions and then proceed to their Wildcat Experience with their SI student ambassador. The program for both parents/guardians and eighth graders will end in Cowell Gymnasium at 11:30am. 

The Parent Experience is an optional event. Reservations are not required, we just ask that you limit the number of attendees to two adults per eighth grader.  Please do not bring extra children or pets (unless they are service animals). There is a lot of walking involved for the Parent Experience. The tour will be at a quick pace in order to view as much of our expansive campus as possible. Please take that into account if you have an injury. If you require wheelchair access, please note that the tour may be difficult during construction. Please reach out to the Admissions Office so we can offer appropriate accommodations. 

 

Please make sure visiting eighth grade students are on time for their Wildcat Experience. Due to our programming schedule, it is very important for eighth graders to be on time (no later than 9:30am), but parents/guardians can be accommodated until 9:45am. You may drop your student off first (no earlier than 9:10am to allow school drop off to conclude without any additional traffic/congestion) before looking for parking. Parking close to campus will be difficult. We are in a residential area and due to our construction project, you will need to allow more time than usual for parking. We suggest parking a few blocks away (Ortega/Noriega and 36th Avenue) and walking to campus if you are able to. Rideshare is encouraged, if possible.