Admissions
How to enroll
Come and visit before you apply. A visit day is how we get to know your child and how you get to know us.
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Step 1: Get in touch
Call the office, write through the form or come to an open house. Someone answers within a day or two.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Spend a morning in the grade your child would join, sit in on a seminar and talk with the head of school. Children come along.
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Step 3: Apply
The application asks about your child's reading and interests and for a note from a current teacher. Applications open in October.
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Step 4: Hear from us
Families hear in early March, by phone first and then by letter. Places are held with a signed enrollment agreement.
The year at a glance
When to visit, apply and hear from us
Families apply a year before the first day. Visits begin in the fall, and every family hears at the same time.
Open houses
October and January
Walk the building, hear from the head of school and sit in on a seminar.
Book a visit- Tour
Visit days
Most Wednesdays, October to March
A morning in the grade your child would join, then a talk with the head of school.
Book a visit Applications open
October
For the fall a year away.
- Deadline
Application deadline
Early February
Applications arriving after this are read as places allow.
Decisions
Early March
By phone first, then by letter.
- Deadline
Enrollment agreements
Late March
Signed to hold a place.
- Event
Families' seminar evening
April
Parents read a short text together and see how the talk runs.
First day
Late August
Sample dates.
Nondiscrimination notice
Athenaeum School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Start with a visit
Book a visit day, or come to an open house.