Forms:
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Application for Admission
Admission Checklist
Teacher Reference Form For Lower School Grades K-5
Teacher Reference Form For Upper School Grades 6-12
TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: Due to limited space availability, applications for admission will be accepted once the parent has gathered sufficient information upon which to make a decision. Applications for admission during the current School year will be considered only if spaces are available. Application submission does not guarantee admission. This is determined by entrance assessments specific to each grade level.
ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN: In light of current knowledge of child development as it bears on appropriate grade placement, and considering the crucial necessity of children's physical, social, and emotional readiness for success in a structured program, along with their cognitive readiness, Marywood-Palm Valley School is understandably very careful in the admission of younger children to kindergarten. While chronological age is not an absolute indicator of children's readiness, those whose fifth birthday falls after the first of September tend to be especially at risk, and the School will be particularly cautious in considering them for admission.
APPLICANT POOLS: Those applicants for whom no space is immediately available will be assigned to the applicant wait pool. Places will be filled from this group of qualified students as they occur.
PREFERENCES IN ADMISSION: In considering applications, the Admissions Committee will grant preference to students who have brothers or sisters already enrolled at Marywood-Palm Valley School. Equivalent applicants will be admitted based on the date of application.
Applicants will not be considered for admissions until the following have been completed:
- The completed application form and fee are submitted.
- Academic records/standardized test scores from the previous school are received.
- Required entrance tests are completed.
- The requisite recommendations from previous teachers are received.
- The family is interviewed by the Head of School or Director of Admissions.
Once the student has been accepted, but before the student attends, parents must also submit the following:
- A signed Enrollment Contract.
- The California School Immunization Record.
- The Field Trip/Emergency Waiver and Release.
All information contained in these documents shall be held in strict confidence and used only as necessary to serve the student's well-being.
