Application for Admission to St. Monica School

Information and Application packets are available by calling the school office at 415-751-9564. The applications can also be downloaded from our Website. All guests are welcome to schedule a school tour presented by the principal, teachers, student representatives, and parent ambassadors. Tours are offered on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. Please call the school office to make an appointment. Visitors are also welcome and encouraged to attend an Open House event. (download .pdf flier) Please see our Community Open House schedule for the current school year listed below. Families seeking placement for this current school year or for next school year are encouraged to attend tours and/or Open Houses.

Application Procedures

A student will be considered for admissions when the following items have been received:

1. a $50 non-refundable application fee.
2. a completed application form
3. a copy of the child's birth certificate
4. a copy of the child's Baptismal certificate (if applicable)
5. a copy of the report card from the previous school or pre-school

Eligibility For Enrollment

• Transfer students are welcome at any time.
• A child must be five years of age by December 1st to be eligible for entrance into Kindergarten. It is advisable that children have pre-school experience before attending kindergarten.
• A child must be able to understand English.
• At St. Monica School, the development or behavioral age of the child is a strong factor in considering acceptance. The developmental age is the age at which the child is functioning as a total person: physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. Each child is individually assessed. Intellectual development and chronological age are not necessarily guarantees of readiness.
• A child may not be guaranteed acceptance into St. Monica School if the child is not academically performing at grade level. An assessment for applicants for all grades is required as part of the application process. Children applying for Grades 1-8 may not be accepted if the previous school indicates that there has been a continuing problem in the area of self-control or poor study habits.

Acceptance Policy

1. Siblings of currently enrolled students
2. Child is Catholic, and parents are registered parishioners of St. Monica Church
3. Child is Catholic, and parents are registered in another Catholic parish
4. Child is not Catholic

Non-discrimination Policy

St. Monica School, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at this school. St. Monica School does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex, or disability in administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Admissions for Kindergarten 2010-2011

School Tours for Kindergarten Families
School Tours are held on Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. Please call the school office to make an appointment and/or to request an application package. After submitting the application packet, Kindergarten students will be invited to take a Kindergarten readiness assessment, scheduled by appointment on Saturday's in December, January and/or February. The preferred deadline for applications is January 31st. Applications received early will be given a priority readiness assessment appointment on December 12th 2009. For applications received at later dates, Kindergarten readiness assessment appointments are scheduled on weekday afternoons during the school year and/or as necessary.

Admissions for Grades 1 - 8

Application & Student Visitation Day
Transfer students are welcome at any time throughout the school year. Prospective families are encouraged to take part in our regular Tuesday, 1:30 p.m. tours. Students applying for admission into grades 1 - 8 will have the additional opportunity to join the class for a typical day of school as part of the application process. The student will perform the regularly scheduled tasks during that day, as well as join in all class activities, while being assessed for academic readiness by the classroom teacher. Visitation days for students entering grade 1 - 8 are scheduled by appointment after an application has been submitted. Please call the office to schedule parent tour and interview at 415-751-9564.

Community Open Houses