Application Process

Follow the application guide to begin your future at Forman and beyond.

Fill out an inquiry form

If you're interested in learning more about Forman School but aren't ready to apply yet, submit an inquiry form, and our team will reach out to you with the next steps.

Inquire

Schedule a visit

The best way to get to know Forman is to visit and see us in action. We're looking forward to getting to know you and hope to be as helpful as possible as you search for the right fit school—one that matches your learning style with the unique programs and opportunities at Forman.

Visit Forman

Submit evaluations & recommendations

Along with the application form, please submit educational testing taken within the last three years. We require testing prior to scheduling a campus visit and interview. Testing must include measures of cognitive ability, such as a WISC/WAIS test, as well as measures of achievement, such as WJ-IV or WIAT-III.


Please provide your test results by:

Email: admission@formanschool.org
Fax: 860.567.3501
Mail: Forman School | Admission Office | 12 Norfolk Rd. | P.O. Box 80 | Litchfield, CT | 06759

We look forward to meeting you. In the meantime, if you have any questions, we encourage you to contact us directly at 860.567.1802 or admission@formanschool.org.


Teacher Recommendation Forms

For Summer Program applicants, please select one of the three recommendation forms to submit as part of your application. 

Principal Recommendation English Recommendation Math Recommendation Transcript Request

Submit an online application

Begin your online application anytime by clicking one of the buttons below. The preferred method of application is through the online Forman School Application. In addition, we support the Standard Application Online (SAO).

Forman School Application Standard Application Online (SAO)

It has never been easier to apply to Forman. We operate on a rolling admission basis. Beginning in December, the Admission Committee will begin reviewing completed applications, and students typically receive a decision within two weeks.

To apply, complete these steps at any time.

“Forman helped nurture me into a person with the discipline, skill sets, and abilities to succeed in the world. I am forever in their debt.”
Eli Morgan Gesner Forman Graduate


It is a joy and an honor to welcome you to Forman School. 

As the new Director of Enrollment Management, I’m deeply inspired by the extraordinary community that calls this place home, one that has set the standard for what education can look like when it truly honors the individuality of every learner.

For more than 90 years, Forman has led the way in understanding how bright students with learning differences learn best. Here, education is both grounded in research and deeply human. We integrate decades of cognitive research with compassionate, individualized teaching that allows students to discover not just what they can do, but who they are. Proudly standing at the forefront of LD education, we continue to evolve, research, and refine our methods to meet the needs of today’s learners.

At Forman, students approach each day holistically. They learn to see their journey through adolescence not as something defined by limitation, but as an ongoing process of discovery and growth. In classrooms, art studios, laboratories, and on athletic fields, students come to understand themselves as learners and as people. They realize that challenges in school are not deficits–they are opportunities to build resilience, confidence, and purpose.

Forman graduates go on to thrive in colleges and universities around the world, equipped with a profound understanding of how they learn best and the tools to succeed in any environment. They are empathetic, confident, and prepared to lead lives of meaning and impact.

We warmly invite you to visit our campus and experience this work firsthand. You’ll find a community that radiates warmth and purpose, filled with students who are confident, curious, and engaged, teachers who see potential everywhere, and a shared belief that every learner, when understood and supported, can flourish.

At Forman, we don’t simply prepare students for college–we prepare them to lead productive, fulfilling lives. We look forward to welcoming you to campus and showing you what makes Forman a global leader in empowering bright minds who learn differently.

Best,

Ira B. Miles, Director of Enrollment Management

“We were impressed with Forman right from our first website visit. Here is a school that is very clear in its mission to support kids exactly like our daughter.”
Current Forman parents
Matriculations Academics at Forman
Our Admission Team
Ira Miles
Director of Enrollment Management
860-567-1895
Tyler Harrington
Associate Director of Admission
860-567-1840
Ryan Yursha
Assistant Director of Admission
860-567-1803
Julia McDarren
Admission Assistant
860-567-1802
Why Forman School Tours

There's no place like Forman.

Mission Statement

Forman School is an independent, coeducational, college preparatory school for boarding and day students with identified learning differences. Forman develops the whole student, based on each individual’s learning profile, so that all graduates become educated, confident self-advocates throughout life.


Non-Discriminatory Policy

Forman School admits students of any race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, religious affiliation, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities made available to accepted students. The school does not discriminate in the administration of any institutional programs.

Forman School
12 Norfolk Road, P.O. Box 80
Litchfield, CT 06759
860.567.8712