From Beacon’s website: https://www.beaconschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=604582&type=d
Lastly, our admissions process is slightly different now.
Weights: 50% average course grades, 50% in-person essay
The essay will be written in person, and not remote. We will post several dates in November (including weekends) for students to register to write the essays in person. We will also honor assessment accommodations for students with IEPS and 504 plans.
What’s changed: the rubric used to be 80% essay, 20% grades. It used to be the same essay used for 4 other consortium schools and was written at home and uploaded through MySchools.
This is the first time they’ve done essay writing for admissions consideration in person.
New principal. New stuff.