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Signing up for School at Medina Academy
Enrollment registration for the 2016-2017 will begin in early March 2016.
Who must submit a registration application?
Anyone who wishes to enroll their child for next year, this includes all existing students and students on the wait list. Turning in an application for enrollment does not guarantee a place. If there is no space, your registration fee will be returned.
Space Priority
The week of April 15th, all new students will be contacted and informed whether or not space is available for their child for the 2016-2017 school year
Space priority is as follows:
Age Requirements for Registration
Preschool & Pre-K Registration
The Preschool program is designed for children ages three (3) to five (5) years old. Children must be 3 years and potty-trained to enroll. A 3-year-old student may be admitted any time during the school year once he or she turns 3, if there are available spots. In order to reserve a seat for a student, in such a case, parents will be required to pay tuition on all months prior to his or her start of the preschool.
Kindergarten Registration
To be eligible to attend Kindergarten, the child's fifth (5th) birthday must fall on or before August 31.
Underage Registration for Kindergarten
Seats in Kindergarten are first given to children who have turned five (5) years old by August 31 before the upcoming school year. If there is space leftover, we may admit underage children who have passed the Kindergarten Early Entrance evaluation from their local school district.
First through Eighth Grade Registration
Underage children who have completed the previous grade at Medina Academy will be admitted into the next grade. Underage children who have previously been enrolled in another school system for a period of not less than four consecutive months may request transfer into a similar placement at Medina Academy. Otherwise, children will be enrolled in the grade appropriate to their age, based on the following and to be admitted to the specified grade, the child must reach the specified age by August 31:
Requirements for 3rd grade through Middle School Students
All students entering 3rd grade through middle school must pay a $50 non-refundable application fee, take a placement test, have an interview with the principal and/or Medina Academy staff, and provide documentation of the previous and current report cards and standardized tests.
Registration Procedure
Step 1. Get on Our Wait-List
Due to limited capacity, we cannot accept all students who wish to register. We give admission priority as stated above. To add a child to our waiting list, please write to Sr. Zarine at elementary@medinaacademy.org and she will send you the link to the wait list. It is free to add your child's name to our list.
Step 2. Attend our Springtime Open House
Elementary & Bellevue Preschool for parents with siblings in elementary – (Dates to be announced) at the Elementary Campus at 16242 Northup Way, Bellevue
Redmond Preschool @ MAPS – (Date to be announced).
We strongly encourage all parents of prospective students to attend our Open House in the spring before the upcoming school year. Tour our facilities, meet our teachers and principal, learn about our curriculum, and get answers to your questions.
Step 3. Complete & Submit All Registration Materials by the Registration Deadline.
Step 4. The week of April 15th, Medina Academy will notify wait-list applicants of space availability. All wait list students must register prior to this week to confirm any spot that may be available.
If you have additional questions about registration, you may email Sr. Zarine at elementary@medinaacademy.org
For our 2016-2017 Tuition and Fee schedule, please click here.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY
Medina Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Enrollment registration for the 2016-2017 will begin in early March 2016.
Who must submit a registration application?
Anyone who wishes to enroll their child for next year, this includes all existing students and students on the wait list. Turning in an application for enrollment does not guarantee a place. If there is no space, your registration fee will be returned.
Space Priority
The week of April 15th, all new students will be contacted and informed whether or not space is available for their child for the 2016-2017 school year
Space priority is as follows:
- 1st - Existing Medina Academy students and children of staff receive priority until March 25th.
- 2nd - Siblings of existing Medina Academy Students receive priority until March 25th.
- 3rd - Returning Medina Academy Students
- 4th - All other students on the waiting list. Wait-list students will be accepted in the order they provided a request to be wait-listed. Interest to be wait-listed must be renewed each year. Priority of wait-list students is only until April 29th. We will contact parents by email and/or phone, according to contact information that was given to the school. Parents will have a maximum of 2 days to respond. If no contact, return call, or email is made to the school within three days, the wait-list student may lose his or her priority.
- 5th - If any spots are available after April 29th, applications will be accepted and spaces filled on a first-come first-serve basis.
Age Requirements for Registration
Preschool & Pre-K Registration
The Preschool program is designed for children ages three (3) to five (5) years old. Children must be 3 years and potty-trained to enroll. A 3-year-old student may be admitted any time during the school year once he or she turns 3, if there are available spots. In order to reserve a seat for a student, in such a case, parents will be required to pay tuition on all months prior to his or her start of the preschool.
Kindergarten Registration
To be eligible to attend Kindergarten, the child's fifth (5th) birthday must fall on or before August 31.
Underage Registration for Kindergarten
Seats in Kindergarten are first given to children who have turned five (5) years old by August 31 before the upcoming school year. If there is space leftover, we may admit underage children who have passed the Kindergarten Early Entrance evaluation from their local school district.
First through Eighth Grade Registration
Underage children who have completed the previous grade at Medina Academy will be admitted into the next grade. Underage children who have previously been enrolled in another school system for a period of not less than four consecutive months may request transfer into a similar placement at Medina Academy. Otherwise, children will be enrolled in the grade appropriate to their age, based on the following and to be admitted to the specified grade, the child must reach the specified age by August 31:
- First Grade - 6 years
- Second Grade - 7 years
- Third Grade - 8 years
- Fourth Grade - 9 years
- Fifth Grade - 10 years
- Sixth Grade - 11 years
- Seventh Grade - 12 years
- Eighth Grade - 13 years
Requirements for 3rd grade through Middle School Students
All students entering 3rd grade through middle school must pay a $50 non-refundable application fee, take a placement test, have an interview with the principal and/or Medina Academy staff, and provide documentation of the previous and current report cards and standardized tests.
Registration Procedure
Step 1. Get on Our Wait-List
Due to limited capacity, we cannot accept all students who wish to register. We give admission priority as stated above. To add a child to our waiting list, please write to Sr. Zarine at elementary@medinaacademy.org and she will send you the link to the wait list. It is free to add your child's name to our list.
Step 2. Attend our Springtime Open House
Elementary & Bellevue Preschool for parents with siblings in elementary – (Dates to be announced) at the Elementary Campus at 16242 Northup Way, Bellevue
Redmond Preschool @ MAPS – (Date to be announced).
We strongly encourage all parents of prospective students to attend our Open House in the spring before the upcoming school year. Tour our facilities, meet our teachers and principal, learn about our curriculum, and get answers to your questions.
Step 3. Complete & Submit All Registration Materials by the Registration Deadline.
Step 4. The week of April 15th, Medina Academy will notify wait-list applicants of space availability. All wait list students must register prior to this week to confirm any spot that may be available.
If you have additional questions about registration, you may email Sr. Zarine at elementary@medinaacademy.org
For our 2016-2017 Tuition and Fee schedule, please click here.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY
Medina Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
