In order to apply for admission to St. Richard's School, families must complete and submit an Application for Admission along with a non-refundable application fee of $75. The following three options are available for completing the application for admission:

• Submit the Application for Admission and application fee online
• Download the Application for Admission and return it, along with the application fee, via mail (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free of charge)
• Contact the Admission Office for a paper copy of the application

The application process varies slightly depending on the grade level into which the student will enter. For a more detailed description of the application process, click on the link below that corresponds with the grade into which the student will enter.

• Pre-Kindergarten 3, Pre-Kindergarten 4, Kindergarten and Grade 1
• Grades 2-8

The deadline for submitting applications for the 2007-2008 school year is January 158, 2007. We will mail admissions decisions March 14th, 2008. The number of students to whom we can offer admission depends on the number of spaces available, which we will know only after our current families have returned re-enrollment contracts in mid-February. After the initial round of admission decisions in mid March, we will enroll new students until available spaces are filled. On a case-by-case basis, students may be admitted after the start of the school year if space remains available.

Admission Policy

In keeping with the School's mission, St. Richard's admits and welcomes students of all racial, religious, national, and socioeconomic backgrounds of above average to exceptional ability. A diverse school community is part of the St. Richard's tradition.  In fact, seventeen countries are currently represented by our student body.

Students are selected for admission to the School on the basis of academic potential, developmental and social maturity, school achievement, behavior, and readiness for our School's program.

Applying for Admission to Pre-Kindergarten 3*, Pre-Kindergarten 4*, Kindergarten* and Grade 1*

In order for an applicant to be assessed for admission to St. Richard's School at these levels, the following need to have been completed:

• Parent tour/interview
• Student's Application for Admission with $75 application fee
• Parent Questionnaire
• Permission for School to Release Student Records — The parent/guardian must complete this form and give it to the student's current school. This will allow the student's current school to forward any standardized tests, grade transcripts, and health records to the Admission Office at St. Richard's School. Your student's current school should retain this Release form.
• Early Childhood Teacher Recommendation — An Early Childhood Teacher Recommendation Form is to be given to your child's teacher, and the teacher is to mail the recommendation directly to the Admission Office here at St. Richard's School. Teacher recommendations are strictly confidential and will not be accepted from parents directly. In a case where a child has not attended preschool, please have someone who knows your child independently (e.g. music teacher, gymnastics teacher, etc.) complete and return this form.
• After we receive your application, we will forward to you information regarding our screening process for admission. A licensed psychologist completes this screening, and the family makes payment for this screening directly to the psychologist. The fee for this screening is $225 for students applying for PK3, PK4 and Kindergarten. The fee is $600 for students applying for Grade 1. If a licensed psychologist has performed educational testing for the applicant prior to the student's family submitting an application, the family must submit a complete copy of the testing report as part of the application process.
• Students applying for Pre-Kindergarten 3, Pre-Kindergarten 4 and Kindergarten will be asked to participate in a play-based observation group (January, February or March) for approximately 45 minutes to an hour here at St. Richard's School.
• Students applying for Grade 1 will be asked to “shadow” a current student for approximately three hours (morning) in a Kindergarten class.

At times the Director of Admission may speak with the applicant's current teacher or observe the child in his/her school.

For more information about applying for admission to Pre-Kindergarten 3, Pre-Kindergarten 4, Kindergarten or Grade 1, please contact  Melinda Fisher , Director of Admission and Communications and Michele Young, Assistant to Director of Admission.

* Please note that the child must be at least 3 years old by June 1 in order to enter Pre-Kindergarten 3, 4 years old by June 1 to enter Pre-Kindergarten 4, 5 years old by June 1 to enter Kindergarten, or 6 years old by June 1 to enter Grade 1.

Applying for Admission to Grades 2-8

In order for an applicant to be assessed for admission to St. Richard's School at these levels, the following need to have been completed:

• Parent tour/interview
• Student's Application for Admission with $75 application fee
• Teacher Recommendation — A teacher recommendation is to be given to your child's teacher, and the teacher is to mail the recommendation directly to the Admission Office here at St. Richard's School. Teacher recommendations are strictly confidential and will not be accepted from parents directly. There is only one Grade 2-5 Teacher Recommendation Form. Students applying for Grades 6-8 must submit both a Language Arts Teacher Recommendation Form and a Mathematics Teacher Recommendation Form.
• Permission for School to Release Student Records —The parent/guardian needs to complete this form and give it to the student's current school. This will allow the student's current school to forward any standardized tests, grade transcripts, and health records to the Admission Office at St. Richard's School. Your student's current school should retain this Release form.
• After we receive your application, we will forward to you information regarding our screening process for admission. This assessment will test for intelligence, achievement and behavior/emotion levels. A licensed psychologist completes this screening, and the family makes payment for this screening ($600) directly to the psychologist. If a licensed psychologist has performed educational testing for the applicant prior to the student's family submitting an application, the family must submit a complete copy of the testing report as part of the application process.
• A student applying for Grades 2-8 will be asked to “shadow” a class at his/her current grade level (not the grade for which he/she is applying) for an entire day.

At times the Director of Admission may speak with the applicant's current teacher.

For more information about applying for admission to Grades 2-8, please contact Melinda Fisher, Director of Admission and Communications , and  Michele Young, Assistant to Director of Admission.