Admissions Process at Village School

Village School includes grades 5-8. Rising 5th grade classes are formed in the fall and early winter of each year. Applications from interested 4th graders are accepted until late January. Admissions decisions are made in late February. You will be notified by mail of our decision.

Applications for other grades are taken when and if there are openings. Openings for an academic year are usually known in early April of the previous year. Families of interested applicants for 6th, 7th, and 8th grades should leave their name with Village School staff. You will be contacted if an opening occurs, and applications will be accepted for the opening(s).

The admissions process usually begins with one or both parents visiting during a school day to meet teachers and see school in session, sometimes sitting in on a class. Alternatively, prospective parents and students can visit during our annual Open House, held one Saturday in early November.

Interested 4th grade students are asked to spend part of a day at Village School, usually 8:00am-12:00pm, shadowing a current 5th grader. This can occur before or after an application is submitted, but should occur before the end of the application acceptance period in late January.

The application consists of four parts:

1. The Application completed by the student’s parents
2. The Applicant Questionnaire completed by the prospective student
3. Teacher Recommendation Form completed by any teacher who knows the applicant well and mailed directly to Village School–this can be her 3rd grade, 4th grade, gifted or other teacher
4. Request for Release of Academic Records to be given to the applicant’s current school administration

After the Application and Applicant Questionnaire are returned to Village School with an application fee of $100, the remainder of the application process can be completed.

Next, the applicant takes the Woodcock-Johnson skills assessment test. This is a one-on-one untimed test administered by an educational psychologist independent of Village School. The $100 application fee covers the cost of the test. The psychologist will contact you directly and schedule the test at her office.

The final step in the process is a parent interview with Jamie Knorr, one of the co-directors of the school; at the same time the prospective student meets with Proal Heartwell, the other co-director. These interviews usually occur during after school hours.

Tuition

Tuition for 2011-2012 will be $11,300. Tuition can be paid in full or in three installments of
$3,767 each due August 1, 2011, October 17, 2011, and February 1, 2012. In addition to the tuition, there
is a $500 book and activity fee due upon admission to Village School. While the Village School
scholarship fund is limited, we make every effort to provide financial aid to those who qualify. Please
contact the school for additional information on scholarship funds.