Admissions

TOURS AND OPEN HOUSES

FALL TOURS FOR CURRENT 5th GRADERS

Booker T. tours are for ONE 5th grade student and ONE PARENT per family. After a brief presentation by school leadership, families will visit a few classrooms.

FOR TWINS, please be sure to RSVP for each child under their MySchools profile. No other siblings, please.

Tour Dates:

  • 10/09/2025 Thursday
  • 10/14/2025 Tuesday
  • 10/16/2025 Thursday
  • 10/21/2025 Tuesday
  • 10/23/2025 Thursday
  • 10/28/2025 Tuesday 
  • 10/30/2025 Thursday
  • 11/6/2025 Thursday
  • 11/18/2025 Tuesday
  • 11/20/2025 Thursday - Tour for students with IEPs

Each tour is from 8:30am to 10:15am. Please enter our school at the 108th St. entrance.

For more information and to register for tours go to MySchools. Parents MUST register on MySchools in order to participate in an in-person tour.

Booker T. will also host a Virtual Open House (Zoom) on November 19, 7:30pm. Register here.

We look forward to hosting you at Booker T. Washington, MS54.

Middle School Fair and Application Timeline

Our Middle School Fair will be held on Monday, November 10th, 6-7:30pm, at Joan of Arc, 154 West 93rd Street, Manhattan.

District and DOE dates to keep in mind: 
 
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 Middle School Application Opens
Wednesday, Nov 5 - Friday Nov 7, 2025 D3 Middle School Virtual Assembly (MS Principals will facilitate informational assemblies in every elementary school for 5th graders.) 
Tuesday, Oct 21, Weds, Oct 22, Thurs Oct 23 Virtual Middle School Event hosted live on Zoom. Details below.
Monday November 10, 2025 D3 Middle School Fair, JOA, 6-7:30pm
Friday, December 12, 2025 Middle School Application Closes
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Middle School Offer Release

 
Virtual Middle School Admissions Event

During these sessions we will cover how to explore middle school options, understanding admissions priorities, and how to build a balanced application. 

All events are in English, each with interpretation services into different languages. Check the events below to find out what interpretation services will be available at each event.

  • October 21, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Bangla, Korean, Spanish, Albanian, ASL 
  • October 22, 5pm to 6pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Chinese (Mandarin), Haitian Creole, Urdu, Ukrainian, ASL
  • October 23, 1pm to 2pm | Event held in English. Interpretation provided in: Arabic, French, Russian, Uzbek, ASL

How to join:

Can’t attend, or want to learn more? 

  • Visit schools.nyc.gov/MS. A captioned recording of the presentation will be available on our website one week after the first event. 

VIRTUAL SCHOOL TOUR -- with Dr. Elana Elster, Principal (​2020)

DISTRICT 3 MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FORUM -- with Assistant Principal Laura Lynch Geraghty ​(September 25, 2018)