Admissions

Ste Jeanne d'Arc School's practice is to admit children based on the following procedure:

* Parent contacts the school to place child(ren)'s name on the pre-registration list by filling out the appropriate form; at this point there is no financial commitment. Parents are given a brochure and fact sheet and general information questions are answered. For those who cannot visit the school, forms are mailed to the interested families and returned to us by mail. Click here to download the Application for Admission form that can be mailed directly to us.

* As openings occur for the following school year, parents on the list are contacted to determine if they are still interested in registering. Because we are a parish school, preference is given first to present school families and parish families. Selection is made based on the date of the pre-registration form for students outside the parish. Children are not tested to screen for eligibility.

* Formal registrations are held during Catholic Schools Week at the end of January. At this evening registration meeting, the principal provides parents with all program and financial information they need to enroll their child. At that time a registration deposit is required, and paperwork (medical information, baptismal records, birth certificate, family data, etc.) is collected.

  Transfer Students

* Students in grades 1-7 are accepted on a space-available basis following our re-registration of current students in early February.

* Appointments can be made for the child to visit the school and spend some time with students at the appropriate grade level. Younger children are usually accompanied by a parent; older students may spend an entire day with their prospective classmates.

Children are accepted at Ste Jeanne d'Arc School solely on the basis of available space. The student body is heterogeneous as to gender, socioeconomic mix, race, and creed. We do not attempt to pre-determine a child's academic potential and promise before acceptance. It is our philosophy to educate each child taking into consideration his/her individual needs and to work with individual potential.

We are not equipped, however, to deal with serious learning disabilities and cannot accept children who require some special services that we do not offer.

Kindergarten students must be five years old by September 1st of the year they begin school.  Students who will be five by December 31st may apply for admission and will be evaluated on a case by case basis.  Kindergarten applicants are rejected only on the basis of space availability. Transfer students may be rejected on the basis of space or special needs that we cannot meet. The final admissions decision is made by the principal.

Open House

An annual Open House is held the first Sunday of Catholic Schools Week at the end of January and is advertised in the local newspaper. Personal invitations to the Open House are mailed to each family that has expressed interest in the school during the past year.  Our next Open House is scheduled for Sunday, January 27, 2008.