How to enroll
If you work shifts, tell us: each step can be done in the afternoon, on a Saturday or by WhatsApp.
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Step 1: Get in touch
Message us on WhatsApp, call the office or use the form on the visit page. The principal or the secretary answers in Spanish or English within a school day or two.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Come to an open house or ask for a visit. You walk the school, sit in on a class and talk with the principal. Children may come along.
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Step 3: Apply
Applications open in January for the next fall. We ask about your family and what you hope for from school, and we talk with your child in an easy, friendly way. If you need financial aid, the form comes with the application.
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Step 4: Hear from us
You hear in mid-April, by phone and by letter. If a grade is full, we offer a place on the waitlist.
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Step 5: Register
Sign the enrollment agreement and make the first payment to hold the place. We collect the health and contact forms privately, after you enroll.
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Step 6: The first day
The first day is in late August. A teacher greets each child at the door, and families may stay a few minutes.
The year at a glance
The admissions calendar
Each step opens in a different month. Here is the whole year, so you know when to call, when to visit and when to apply.
Open houses
One evening in October and one Saturday in January
Walk the building and meet the teachers. Children may come, and an adult stays with them while you talk.
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Visits
All year, by appointment
In the afternoon after your shift, or on a Saturday morning.
Ask for a visit Applications open
Early January
For the fall that follows. You may apply at the office or online.
- Deadline
Financial aid form
With the application, until late March
Asked for with the application and decided with admissions.
- Deadline
Application deadline
Late March
Applications that arrive later join the waitlist.
Decisions
Mid-April
We call you and send a letter, in Spanish or English as you prefer.
- Deadline
Enrollment agreement
Early May
Signed to hold your child's place.
- First day
First day of school
Late August
Sample dates.
Nondiscrimination notice
Escuela San Isidro 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.
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Write to us and we will find a day this week that suits you.