St. Catherine's School | Lower School Application process

Admissions Process

Our admissions process begins by building a relationship with your family and is designed to help us get to know each girl personally. Our goal is to make the process as streamlined as possible while gathering the required information. The Admissions Team is here to guide you through every step of the way with personalized attention. We look forward to working with your family!

Admissions decisions are based upon entrance testing, previous and current school records, personal interviews, and availability of openings. As a convenience to our applicant families, we utilize an electronic notification and enrollment process.

We know that the COVID-19 pandemic is serious and disrupting everyday life as we all know it. We thrive on relationships and love meeting prospective students and families in person. St. Catherinerine's students and teachers have transitioned to distance learning and our staff is working remotely while our campus is physically closed. Since we can't meet in person, we are committed to meeting you virtually and assure you that we are here to partner with you to complete the application process.

We do still have a limited number of spaces for the 2020-2021 school year and you can read about the process for applying to each grade below.

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Application for Grades 1-4

Submit an online application and non-refundable $50 fee. Once you submit an application, the Admissions Office will send you supplemental information and paperwork to complete the application process.
Supplemental Forms
As we learn more about your daughter, St. Catherine’s requires supplemental forms as a part of the application process.
- Parent/Guardian Statement
- Teacher Recommendation
- Administrative Recommendation
- School Transcript Release
- Testing Form
Applicant Visit Day
Each applicant spends a day visiting in her current grade. Families will receive additional information regarding the Lower School visit day once an application is submitted. Visit Days for applicants to grades 1-4 are offered on the following dates:
- January 16, 2020
- January 28, 2020
- February 6, 2020
Testing
St. Catherine’s requires two assessments as a part of the Lower School application process:
- WISC-V (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V): You’ll receive a testing form regarding this assessment. This test will be individually administered by a licensed educational psychologist at St. Catherine’s School on weekday mornings. There is a $115 fee for this assessment.
- Grade Level Skills Assessment: St. Catherine's requires a grade level skills assessment as part of the admissions process. This assessment requires no fee and will be completed during the applicant visit day.
Admissions Notifications

Notifications of admissions decisions for grades 1-4 will be made on a rolling-basis beginning in February 2020 and will continue as space permits.

St. Catherine's admits qualified students without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation or national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to the students by the School.

Let's Get Started

The best way to get started is to come to St. Catherine’s for a campus tour, catch a glimpse of School life, meet our teachers and see teaching and learning up close. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic our physical campus is closed and our students and teachers have transitioned to distance learning and teaching. The Admissions Team is working remotely and can't wait to share the School with you in other ways.