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Recruitment and Preview Days


Preview Days

We highly encourage families to consider attending one of our Preview Days held on the WKU campus.  Preview Days are a wonderful opportunity for prospective applicants and their families to meet with current Gatton Academy students and their parents, visit our campus, and gain a better understanding of student life at The Gatton Academy. 

 

High School and Community Information Sessions

We are currently in the planning process for the fall of 2018.  As visits are planned or once we visit a school, we note both the school/community and the date below.

If you would like a representative to attend your area or your high school, email Zack Ryle.

 

2018 - 2019 Sessions

Each year, The Gatton Academy visits high schools and communities around the Commonwealth of Kentucky during the fall and spring semesters.  Information sessions are a wonderful opportunity to speak with Gatton Academy representatives without having to travel to Bowling Green.

The following information sessions, which could be school-day visits, lunchroom visits, or evening sessions with parents and students, were held during the 2018-2019 Academic Year.

  • Graves County High School
    September 11
  • Hickman County High School
    September 12
  • Webster County High School
    September 13
  • Barren County High School
    September 17
  • Madison Southern High School
    September 17
  • Jefferson County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    September 17 (6:00-8:00pm Eastern Time)
    Jeffersontown HS
  • Meade County High School 
    September 18
  • Hardin County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    September 18 (6:00-8:00pm Eastern Time)
    EC3
  • Franklin County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    September 20 (5:00-7:00pm Eastern Time)
    Franklin County Board of Education
  • Painstville High School
    September 24
  • Lawrence County High School
    September 25
  • Sheldon Clark High School
    September 25
  • Pike County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    September 20 (5:00-7:00pm Eastern Time)
    Pike County Central High School
  • Estill County High School
    September 26
  • Russell County High School
    September 27
  • East Carter County High School
    September 27
  • Pulaski County Schools
    September 27
  • Boyd County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    September 27 (5:00-7:00pm Eastern Time)
    Boyd County High School
  • McCracken County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    October 1 (6:00-8:00pm Central Time)
    McCracken County High School
  • Fulton County High School
    October 1
  • Morgan County High School
    October 2
  • Marshall County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    October 2 (6:00-8:00pm Central Time)
    Marshall County Board of Education
  • Ballard Memorial High School
    October 3
  • North Oldham High School
    October 5
  • Fayette County (including the surrounding counties - joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    October 8 (5:00-7:00pm Central Time)
    Frederick Douglass High School 
  • Southwestern High School
    October 9
  • Scott County High School
    October 11
  • Beechwood High School
    October 15
  • Adair County High School
    October 16
  • Lloyd Memorial High School
    October 16
  • Bullitt County (joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    October 16
  • Woodford County High School
    October 17
  • Northern Kentucky Information Session
    October 17 (held at Conner High School)
  • Larry A. Ryle HIgh School 
    October 18
  • Gallatin County High School
    October 18
  • Woodford County High School (Evening Visit)
    October 18
  • Boone County High School
    October 19
  • Somerset High School
    October 19
  • Montgomery County High School
    October 22
  • George Rogers Clark High School
    October 23
  • Walton-Verona High School
    October 31
  • Green County High School
    November 2
  • Washington County High School (joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    November 6
  • Spencer County High School
    November 9
  • Rowan County Senior High School (joint information session with The Craft Academy)
    November 13
  • Cumberland County High School
    November 16
  • Green County High School
    January 16
  • Edmonson County High School
    March 8
  • Paul G. Blazer High School
    March 19
  • Ashland Middle School
    March 20
  • Moss Middle School
    March 25
  • Frankfort Independent Schools 
    March 25

 

2018 - 2019 Visits to Counselors

We also visit schools and talk to Guidance Counselors and Administrators while we are on the road.  During these visits, we hand out our newest materials, answer any questions they may have, and, at times, have the opportunity to talk to current students who are interested.  

Details about these visits will be released in the fall.

 

Want to know where we have visited in the past?

The Gatton Academy actively recruits students from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Each year, we visit schools all across the state in order to inform students, their families, and school administration about the opportunities available at The Gatton Academy.

2015-2016 Academic Year (115 counties visited)

- 2016-2017 Academic Year (All 120 Counties Visited)

- 2017-2018 Academic Year (All 120 Counties Visited)

Important Dates

August 1, 2019 - #gatton2022 Application Opens

January 31, 2020 - #gatton2022 Deadline

February 29, 2020 - #gatton2022 Interview Day

Early March, 2020 - Acceptance/Wait List Decisions Announced via Email

 

 Important Links

Admissions

This page will introduce you to the requirements of The Gatton Academy.

Admissions Application

Here, one will find all the information needed on completing The Gatton Academy's admissions application.

Recruitment and Preview Days

Are we coming to your area of the Commonwealth?  Keep up to date with this page as we just may be coming to a town near you!

Timeline

Are you curious as to if you are too early or too late to apply?  If so, click on this link and you will find a helpful timeline so you can know what needs to be done. 


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 Last Modified 8/1/23