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Application Process
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Student applications for the
2008-2009 school year will be available on Sunday, October 7,
2007, in the lobby of Stephens Hall from 8:30am to 1:30pm.
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Completed applications for the
2008‑2009 school year should be filed by February 22, 2008.
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All applications must be returned in
the envelope provided by first-class mail to St. Mary's School via
the U.S. Postal Service and postmarked no earlier than October 8,
2007. Each envelope will be date and
time-stamped upon receipt. St. Mary's does not accept applications
that are hand-delivered; or that are returned by certified mail,
registered mail, Federal Express, second-day express mail, express
mail, e-mail, fax; or in any other envelope. Only one application
per child will be accepted; any other applications and fees received
will be discarded.
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Before an application can be
considered:
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Please print and leave no blank
spaces. For questions that do not apply, write “N/A” on the
line.
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Please sign and date your
application.
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Enclose a non-refundable
application fee of $40.00 per applicant made payable to St.
Mary’s School.
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If Catholic, include a copy of
baptismal (required), and reconciliation and Eucharist
certificates (if applicable).
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If non-Catholic, include a copy
of the birth certificate.
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Include current plus two previous
years’ report cards.
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Include current plus two previous
years’ standardized test scores.
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Include a copy of a custody
decree (if applicable).
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Immunization records, the School
Entrance Health form, and the Student Information Form may come
under separate cover, but must be received before a child is
accepted.
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Please give the Student Information
Form to your child’s current teacher, who is responsible for
returning it to St. Mary’s.
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For first through eighth grades, the
Release of Student Records Request Form authorizes the child’s
current school to send copies of progress reports/grades and
standardized test scores to St. Mary’s.
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Available openings in all grades are
offered in the order that follows. Applications will be placed in
the appropriate category by the time and date on which they were
received:
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Siblings of returning students
currently attending our kindergarten through eighth grade who
are children of
active parishioners of St. Mary’s Catholic
Church
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Siblings of returning students
currently attending our kindergarten through eighth grade who
are children of non-parishioners
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Children of
active parishioners
of St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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Children from families registered
at parishes without schools
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Children from families registered
at parishes with schools
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Other Catholics
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Children from non-Catholic
families, if openings remain
Please
note: Attendance in St. Mary’s pre-kindergarten program does not
guarantee a space in kindergarten.
Catholic Church parishioner status is
confirmed with the applicant’s home parish office. To qualify for
St. Mary's in-parish tuition rate, formal registration and active
participation in parish life, as measured by regular offertory
envelope use, for a period of one year is required.
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