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Application
Please
complete the application and submit it with the non-refundable
application fee to:
Friends’ School
5465 Pennsylvania Avenue
Boulder, Colorado 80303
Applications are accepted beginning in August one year prior
to the application school year. The admissions process, including
school visits, begins in the fall one year prior to the application
school year.
Friends’ School
does not accept students on a first come basis (see Admissions
Decisions below). The earlier you submit
an
application, however, the greater the likelihood your application
will be considered. The best time to submit an application
is August through October one year prior to the application
school
year. Applications continue to be accepted throughout the year
for any available openings or for our wait pool.
A
completed Teacher Feedback Form is required, except in the
case of Preschool applicants who have not previously attended
a formal Preschool. Submit this enclosed form to your child’s
most recent teacher or the teacher who knows your child best.
It is the responsibility of the parent to ensure that Friends’ School
has received this form, faxed or mailed by either the teacher
or by the parent. This form need not be submitted with the
application, but it must be returned to Friends’ during
the admissions process for your application to be considered
complete. If your
child is just beginning with a new teacher, it is preferable
to give the teacher some time to know your child before completing
the Teacher Feedback Form.
All
previous school records and reports, tests, evaluations and
screenings are also required. Submit the enclosed Consent
and Authorization for Release of Records and Information form
to
all of your child’s previous schools and any independent
therapists or evaluators. Please make additional copies
of this form as needed. Records and information do not
need to be submitted with the application, but must
be received during the admissions process for your application
to be considered complete.
In
addition to the Teacher Feedback Form, school records, tests
and evaluations, etc., it may be necessary for a Friends’ teacher
or staff member to talk to your child’s current
teacher or therapist for additional information.
School
Visits
Parent
school visits are mandatory and usually scheduled in the morning
for approximately one hour without your child. A school
visit for your child will also be scheduled as a part of the
application
process. Your child’s visit will take place in her/his
current grade level class during a regular school day and will
include a teacher interview. The length of the visit is determined
by the grade level of the applicant. Preschool and Kindergarten
applicants typically visit for 30-45 minutes, 1st grade applicants
visit for 1-2 hours, 2nd – 5th grade for a full day. A
mid-year application into our elementary program will require
two full day visits with an optional third visit if needed.
Admissions
Decisions
In
February, Friends’ School current families re-enroll
for the next school year. This process determines the number
of openings available at each grade level for applicants. The
admissions committee meets and applicants who have completed
all the steps are considered for acceptance. If enrollment is
offered, a contract and tuition deposit are required for acceptance.
The application and admissions process continues throughout the
year until all classes are full. A number of factors are considered
in applicant priority and admissions decisions. Some of these
include: appropriate fit for Friends’ School, siblings
of returning students or alumni, applicants of diversity, gender
balance in each class. We welcome children with learning differences
and special needs into Friends’ School as long
as we feel we can provide a successful environment for a child’s
needs and for the rest of the students in the class. We may not
be able to accept a child if we determine we cannot adequately
accomodate the child’s needs.
Wait
Pool
We cannot
offer enrollment to every application request. In most cases,
if you are not offered admission, you can choose
to be in the wait pool. Friends’ School maintains a wait
pool for the upcoming school year only. If an accepted student
withdraws unexpectedly at any point before the school year begins
or during the school year, applicants in the wait pool will be
offered the space using the same priority factors mentioned above.
We do not keep the wait pool for longer than the current school
year. Wait pool applicants who are not offered admission as the
result of a withdrawal, have the option to re-apply for the next
school year and begin the application process over again. In
this situation the application fee will be waived.
Important
Information for all Preschool Applicants
In an effort
to provide a quality Preschool choice to parents who want an
independent school setting for Preschool only and
to parents who want a Preschool through Elementary setting, we
have approximately twice as many Preschool students as we have
space for in our Kindergarten. All Friends’ Preschoolers
must apply for admission to Friends’ Kindergarten. In the
event that we have more Preschoolers who want to continue to
Kindergarten than we have available openings, we will use the
same priority factors mentioned above to make enrollment decisions.
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