St.
Pius X School
Application and Admissions Policy
The
Open Enrollment period, in which new families can apply for
admission into the school, begins on January 1 and extends
to March 31. During this time, applications will be accepted
for children entering grades 1-8 in the fall of the upcoming
school year and for students entering kindergarten in the
fall of the following school year (in order to be granted
admission into kindergarten, students must be five years
of age prior to August 1 of the year they are entering the
school). For example, during the Open Enrollment period constituting
January 1-March 31, 2010, students entering 1-8th grade
in August 2010 and students entering kindergarten in August
2011 are invited to apply. Families of students in grades
1-8 are notified of their acceptance into the school or status
on the waiting list in the early spring. Admissions and waiting
list notifications for families of kindergarten students
are distributed no later than one year prior to the first
day of school. Families are invited to apply after the Open
Enrollment period, however the child's admission status will
be based on whether open positions are still available.
Applications
can be picked up in the school office or found online (click
here to view an Application Form now). Completed applications
should be sent to the school office (Attn: School Enrollment)
and include the per child application fee. Receipt of the application
fee ensures that the application will be processed, however
this cannot guarantee that every child will be accepted to
the school. Once a child has been accepted to the school, a
registration packet will be sent out which contains tuition
payment information, a list of pertinent school policies and
procedures and forms to be completed.
As
is often the case, more students apply to the school than
we can accommodate. In such cases, the school develops an
ordered waiting list to draw upon should an opening become
available. Children of current families with active parishioner
status at St. Pius X are given first priority for admission
(to be considered an active parishioner at the school, a
family must have completed and returned a current stewardship
pledge card to the parish office). The number of children
seeking admission and the date the family registered in the
parish are further considerations in cases where multiple
children of active parishioners are applying for a select
number of openings. The children of non-parishioners will
be accepted to the school when both of the following conditions
are met: 1) there are available positions in the respective
grade and 2) no children of active parishioners reside on
the waiting list at the time the application is received.
The
pastor and principal are given the discretion to make determinations
regarding which students will be admitted into the school.
No student applying to the school will be discriminated against
on the basis of race, gender or national origin.
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