For Private Schools

Prospective families research schools after the kids go to bed.

Sam is an AI assistant trained on your school. It answers admissions questions, books campus tours, and captures interested families — including the ones browsing at 11pm — so your admissions team isn't chasing cold leads on Monday.

20 min · No commitment · Live in 1 week

oakridgeacademy.org

Welcome to Oakridge Academy

Independent K–12 day school in Princeton, NJ. Founded 1958. Small classes, six AP courses, 100% college placement.

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Hi! I'm Sam, your admissions assistant for Oakridge Academy. How can I help?
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Built for private and charter schoolsTrained on your school — never makes things upLive in 1 week — we do the setupCancel anytime — no long contracts
What changes for you

Built for the way private schools actually run.

More tour bookings

Capture families when they're browsing — not when your office happens to be staffed. Most inquiries come outside 9–5.

<2 min

Average answer time

Replace the back-and-forth email thread with one clear answer, on your site, the moment a parent asks.

100%

Trained on your viewbook

Sam answers from your admissions handbook, tuition sheet, and FAQ — and politely routes anything else to your team.

What Sam handles

From inquiry to scheduled tour, without a single email.

Tuition by grade band. Application deadlines. Financial aid availability. Whether you offer transportation from a specific town. The next open house date. Sam answers from your handbook, then offers to book the family directly onto your tour calendar.

See the ROI
oakridgeacademy.org
Oakridge Academy
Independent K–12 day school in Princeton, NJ. Founded 1958. Small classes, six AP courses, 100% college placement.
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Sam
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Tuition?
Sam pulls from your admissions calendar and offers to RSVP the family directly.
Tours?
Ask anything…
Built for private school admissions

Designed for the way enrollment actually works.

Sam isn't a generic chatbot pointed at your website. Every feature here was built because a private school admissions director asked for it.

Available today

  • Live

    Tour & open-house booking

    Sam books tours directly into your admissions calendar. Confirmation email to the family, calendar invite to your team.

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    Lead capture for prospective families

    Every family who asks more than one question becomes a soft lead in your dashboard, with their top questions and recommended next step. CSV export today; CRM push on the roadmap.

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    Financial aid intake

    Sam answers FA questions the right way and routes interested families to your application — without bogging down your admissions team.

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    After-hours capture

    Most prospective families research after 8pm. Sam captures them when your office is closed and they're actively comparing schools.

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    Source-attributed answers

    Every answer links to the exact page it came from. No hallucinations. No wrong tuition figures.

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    Conversation transcripts & search

    Browse every question prospective families have asked. Find patterns. Spot what your viewbook isn't answering.

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    Knowledge gap reporting

    Weekly email of questions Sam couldn't answer, so you know what's missing from your site.

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    FERPA-aware data handling

    PII redaction, configurable data retention, full audit log. Designed for school IT review.

On the roadmap

  • Coming May 2026

    Multilingual (Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, Mandarin)

    Parents ask in their language; Sam answers in their language.

  • Coming May 2026

    CRM push (Veracross, Blackbaud, Ravenna)

    Lead records flow directly into your admissions CRM. CSV export available today.

  • Coming May 2026

    Threat & safety alerts

    Flags concerning language for human review.

Sample Question Bank

The kinds of admissions questions Sam handles without staff time.

Q.01

When is your next open house?

Sam pulls from your admissions calendar and offers to RSVP the family directly.

Q.02

How much is tuition for 7th grade?

Sam quotes the right grade band and notes sibling discounts or aid eligibility.

Q.03

Do you offer financial aid?

Sam explains your aid program, average award, and links to the application process.

Q.04

What's the application deadline for fall 2026?

Sam answers from your admissions calendar and offers to send a reminder.

Q.05

Do you have a bus from Hopewell?

Sam answers from your transportation map and shares the morning pickup time if available.

Q.06

What's your average class size?

Sam quotes the number from your viewbook and adds context — student-teacher ratio, advisory size, etc.

Your ROI Potential

See what Sam saves you every month.

Adjust the inputs to match your school. Sam typically resolves 70% of inquiries without staff time.

Your business

Inquiries / month180
50800
Staff hourly rate$35/hr
$18$80
Minutes per inquiry8 min
2 min20 min
Sam handles 70% of these without staff time.

Annualized impact

Based on your inputs, scaled across 12 months.
$7,140
In recovered admissions team time, per year.
17
Hrs / month saved
204
Hrs / year saved
126 inquiries / month resolved by Sam without staff time. Plus the ones you would have lost overnight or on weekends.

"Our admissions team used to spend Monday mornings on email triage. Now they spend it on the families who actually want to enroll."

What we hear from school operators

Ready to give your families better answers?

15 minutes on a call. We'll show you a live demo trained on your real info. No commitment, no slide deck.

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