Admissions Process

Welcome to St. Theresa Catholic School in Memorial Park!  We are very excited that you are interested in joining our school community.

St. Theresa Catholic School is now accepting applications for the 2020-2021 school year.  

Admissions application deadline for the 2020-2021 school year is Friday, January 31, 2020, for all new students, including siblings of current students.  Priority is first given to siblings of currently enrolled students, secondly secondly to applicants coming from our Early Childhood Center, thirdly to Parishioners, and then to Non-Parishioners.  Within these categories, applications will be prioritized according to the date received.
 
We strongly encourage you to take a tour of our school. School tours are available by appointment every Tuesday throughout the school year.  Please contact the Admissions office to schedule a tour by filling out our online information request form.  For more information about the admissions process, please contact our Admissions Director, Kelly McCarty, at 346-335-1706 or k.mccarty@sttheresa.cc.

At the time the application is made, each student seeking admission must provide the following:

• Completed Online Application
• Non-refundable application fee of $125
• Copy of Original Birth Certificate (Please bring original to assessment)
  • entering Pre-K 3 - Child must be three years old on or before September 1
  • entering Pre-K 4 - Child must be four years old on or before September 1
  • entering Kindergarten - Child must be five years old on or before September 1
• Baptismal Certificate, if applicable
• Current and Previous Year-Ending Report Card (if available for grades Pre-K - 1st)
• Standardized Test Results (if available for grades Pre-K - 1st)
• Immunization Records
• Signed Release of Records Form.  This is not applicable for applicants coming from a daycare.
• Teacher Recommendation Form (form is to be submitted by student's current school) 

Students seeking admission also require an assessment that will be scheduled at the time the application has been submitted.  A non-refundable testing fee of $50 will be collected at the time of the assessment:

Early Childhood Round Up Interview
Applicants for PK3, PK4, and Kindergarten will be asked to attend an Early Childhood Round-up Interview one Saturday in February.  The Round-Up will include formal and informal assessments of various early childhood skills such as fine and gross motor, number and letter awareness, and social and self-help skills. 

Admissions Testing
Students applying for First through Eighth grade are required to visit our school. This visit gives your child an opportunity to experience our community for a day. Applicants will be paired up with a “Viking Buddy” to help them maneuver through their day. This visit also gives St. Theresa the opportunity to meet your child and to get to know them in our school setting.  During your child's visit we will administer the Woodcock-Johnson III Test of Achievement.