b'are those who not only have experienced success and overcome challenges in their lives, but who also have character. And so, when we consider students for admission to the school, we review both their school and extracurricular performance, as well as their character.Assessing character is complex. We rely on school report cards, teacher recommendations, letters of reference, the admissions application and interviews with both the student and their parents.In recent years, considerable work has been devoted to the development of a more objective means of assessing character in middle and high school admissions. The Enrollment Management Association (EMA), based in Princeton, New Jersey, has developed the Character Skills Snapshot which is an online, 20-30 minute tool that examines seven essential character qualities or non-cognitive attributes of individual students, which research has shown are most prevalent among independent school missions and which those schools seek to nurture in their students.Students who apply to Greenwood for admission need not take the Secondary SchoolREAD MORE ABOUT CHARACTER Admission Test (SSAT), but are required toASSESSMENT AND THE CSS:complete the Character Skills Snapshot (CSS) Are SSATs and GPA Enough? A Theory-administered by the EMA. The CSS resultsBased Approach to Predicting Academicare an objective tool that supplement otherSuccess in Secondary School, Journalapplication requirements to help in assessingof Educational Psychology, Vol. 101(4),the development of character qualities. We964-981want students who fit with our culture of Character as the Aim of Education,character. David Light Shields, Kappan Magazine,May 2011, 48-53Details on the CSS and how to register for it are Measuring What Matters, Catherineincluded on Greenwoods website at:ONeill Grace, Independent SchoolMagazine, Summer 2011https://www.greenwoodcollege.org/admissions/Click here for the Character application-process. Skills SnapshotFor more information, contact the Admissions Team at Greenwood:Email: admissions@greenwoodcollege.orgTelephone: 416 545 5127'