Students are assessed at the beginning of each school year to determine instructional level. Progress is reported three times a year updating parents on mastery of content areas. Instructional groupings are flexible and are adjusted as the need arises. The process begins with parents attending an Open house to tour the school and receive an Admission Packet of information. Next the family submits an application, including a parent inventory, school records, and recommendations, and results from either the Wechsler or Stanford-Binet IQ tests.
All parents are members of the non-profit corporation that governs the school.
Parents elect Trustees to guide the mission of the school at the annual meeting of the Corporation each spring. Parents are active volunteers, lending their support to the Admissions Office, the Sage Parent Association, and committees of the Board of Trustees. Parents are frequent volunteers in the classroom and on field trips. The Sage Parent Association meets monthly to discuss issues and plans for social gatherings and support of classroom activities. At The Sage School students have a variety of clubs.