Admission Process

List of 6 items.

• Toddler Program

  Serves children ages 18 months to 3 years
   * Students in this program are admitted up to the age of 2.2 years

   

  • Both parents Prospective Parent Meeting.
  • Parent Questionnaire – Complete online.
  • Family interview
    
    
    • In-person (all adults masked): child stays with parents for 45-minute interview
    • Virtual: family connects from home

• Primary Program

  • Both parents attend Prospective Parent Meeting.
  • Parent Questionnaire – Complete online.
  • Additional document: Teacher evaluation where applicable.
    
    

  Half Day serves children ages 3 and 4

  • Family interview
    • In-person (all adults masked): child stays with parents for 45-minute interview
    • Virtual: family connects from home
  • In-person Primary Group Interview: January 14, 2022

  
  Extended Day serves children ages 5 to 6 years 
  

  • Virtual Parent Interview
  • In-person Classroom visit and Kindergarten Readiness Test: January 14 (Students and teachers will mask indoors on campus unless otherwise directed)

• Elementary, Middle School & Upper School

  • Both parents attend Prospective Parent Meeting.
  • Parent Questionnaire – Complete online.
  • Student records/report cards – for 2020-21 and for first semester of 2021-22
  • Virtual Parent Interview
    
    

  Lower Elementary Program (1^st – 3^rd grade)

  • Teacher Evaluation
  • In-person Classroom visit: January 14
  • In-person Assessment
  • First Grade – in-house assessment January 14
  • 2^nd and 3^rd Grade – ISEE test

  (Students and teachers will mask indoors on campus unless otherwise directed)

   

   

  Upper Elementary Program (4^th – 6^th grade)

  • Teacher Evaluations for Math and Language
  • In-person Classroom visit: February 18
  • Assessment – ISEE test

  (Students and teachers will mask indoors on campus unless otherwise directed)

   

   

  MIDDLE SCHOOL (7^th and 8^th grade) and UPPER SCHOOL (9^th – 12^th grade)

  • Both parents attend Prospective Parent Meeting.
  • Parent Questionnaire – Complete online.
  • Student records/report cards – for 2020-21 and for first semester of 2021-22
  • Teacher Evaluations – Math and English
  • Virtual Parent Interview
  • In-person group visit
  • Middle School:  January 13 and January 27
  • Upper School: January 20 and February 10

  (Students and teachers will mask indoors on campus unless otherwise directed)

   

  • Assessment
  • ISEE test
  • Standardized test scores

• Acceptance

  Applicant acceptance is based on several factors, one of which is a successful match of the family's and the school's educational goals. Siblings of currently qualifying students and children transferring from other Montessori schools are given priority. New applicants are admitted for remaining spaces, while gender and age balance is maintained within the classrooms. Evaluations, test scores, or grades from an applicant's recent school, if applicable, also play an important part in the selection process. Each application is reviewed by the Admission Committee. The first notification of acceptance takes place mid-March. Accompanying the acceptance letter email are directions for completing enrollment online. A one time, new student fee of $1,000.00 will be required in order to submit an enrollment contract for all students.

• Wait Pool

  Applicants who have been accepted for all reasons other than space availability will be placed in our wait pool. Families will be notified when a place becomes available.

• Admission Policy

  The School admits students regardless of race, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, color, creed, ethnic, or national origin who possess the motivation, ability, and character which would enable them to succeed in our School community to the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School and the School does not discriminate on the basis of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression race, color, creed, ethnic, or national origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.