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Signing up for school at Medina Academy
Enrollment for the 2021-2022 will begin in early February 2021 for current students.
Who must submit a registration application?
Anyone who wishes to enroll their child for next year, including 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.
Registration fees
New students need to pay $50 Application fee. All students are required to pay Enrollment and Facilities fees. Families will be informed of these fees when tuition is updated for the 2021-2022 year.
Space Priority
If there is space, new students will be contacted during the month of March.
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.
Kindergarten applicants NOT meeting the age requirement will not be admitted to kindergarten. For kindergarten applicants not meeting the age requirement, assessments will not be given nor accepted from a third party.
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 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. Medina Academy administration reserves the right to test any new or returning students.
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 your child to our waiting list, please write to elementary@medinaacademy.org or preschool@medinaacademy.org and waitlist instructions and link will be emailed to you. 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. During the month of April, Medina Academy will notify wait-listed applicants of space availability.
If you have additional questions about registration, you may email elementary@medinaacademy.org or preschool@medinaacademy.org .
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 for the 2021-2022 will begin in early February 2021 for current students.
Who must submit a registration application?
Anyone who wishes to enroll their child for next year, including 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.
Registration fees
New students need to pay $50 Application fee. All students are required to pay Enrollment and Facilities fees. Families will be informed of these fees when tuition is updated for the 2021-2022 year.
Space Priority
If there is space, new students will be contacted during the month of March.
Space priority is as follows:
- 1st - Existing Medina Academy students and children of staff receive priority until March 1st.
- 2nd - Siblings of existing Medina Academy Students receive priority until March 1st.
- 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 March 31st. 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 from date of offer. If no contact, return call, or email is made to the school within this time, the wait-list student may lose his or her priority.
- 5th - If any spots are available after March 31st, 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.
Kindergarten applicants NOT meeting the age requirement will not be admitted to kindergarten. For kindergarten applicants not meeting the age requirement, assessments will not be given nor accepted from a third party.
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 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. Medina Academy administration reserves the right to test any new or returning students.
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 your child to our waiting list, please write to elementary@medinaacademy.org or preschool@medinaacademy.org and waitlist instructions and link will be emailed to you. 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. During the month of April, Medina Academy will notify wait-listed applicants of space availability.
If you have additional questions about registration, you may email elementary@medinaacademy.org or preschool@medinaacademy.org .
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.