Enroll Now for 2007-2008

If you haven’t turned in your reenrollment forms yet, now is the time! The GSA Board will be making budget and staffing decisions soon, so please take your deposit and forms to the GSA office as soon as possible.

As an added incentive, if you are a current GSA family, you can receive a $200 credit towards your registration fee if you bring a new family to The Girls’ School of Austin. We’re excited about the upcoming year with Lisa Schmitt as the new Head of School, so tell your friends to enroll now and you will receive a $200 bonus, paid on the first day of class next year (or on the first day the new student is enrolled).

An all-girls’ school is a fantastic investment in your daughter’s future and you can use these facts to spread the word:

Ms. Cook with GSA 7th graders

A 2000 study of 4,274 girls' school alumnae, conducted for National Coalition of Girls Schools by the Goodman Research Group of Cambridge, Massachusetts, examined outcomes at single-gender schools for girls. The girls' school alumnae were overwhelmingly positive in their responses:

• 91% cited preparation for college and academic challenge as very good or excellent
• 88% would repeat their girls' school experience
• 83% perceived themselves to be better prepared for college than female counterparts from coeducational high schools
• 93% agreed that girls' schools provide greater leadership opportunities than coed schools; additionally, 80% had held leadership positions since graduating from high school
• 13% intended to major in math or science - significantly more than females and males nationally (2% and 10% respectively)

Many participants in the Goodman study volunteered commentary in support of the survey questions; for example: "At the girls' school I attended, academics and being smart was the focus of most students." "I was constantly challenged, stimulated, exposed to new ideas, encouraged and supported." "Because of my girls' school experience, I developed a strong sense of myself and the confidence to make important choices in my life."

Girls' schools know that students who are held to the highest expectations, given access to the best resources, and who are led to understand that serious schooling is theirs for the taking do not turn back. This is exactly the culture of a girls' school, and time spent within one transforms girls. It is a sound investment for life.