Admission Process:
1. Return the completed Application Form (Download application form) with application and testing fee.
2. Have your pastor complete the Pastor’s Recommendation Form (Download Pastor's Recommendation form) and return it to Calvin Christian School.
3. Have your school official complete the School Recommendation Form (Download School Recommendation form) and return it to Calvin Christian School.
Application Deadlines:
- Early application: all documents (listed above) received by May 15
- $50.00 application fee + $50.00 (per student) testing fee*
- Most likely placement for eligible families
- Standard application: all documents (listed above) received by July 15
- $75.00 application fee + $50.00 (per student) testing fee*
- Likely placement for eligible families
- Late application: all documents (listed above) received by August 15
- $100.00 application fee + $50.00 (per student) testing fee*
- Less likely placement for eligible families
4. Interview with principal – Parents/guardians and student(s) all attend.
5. Entrance evaluation – Families are contacted and a test will be scheduled.
6. Interview with Education Committee (sub-committee of Board of Directors) – Meeting for parents/guardians; prospective students are welcome to attend.
If approved, families will receive registration materials, including: Bus, Extended Care, Tuition Assistance, Health and general registration information. A student will only be included in a class when registered; therefore, prompt registration is advised. Some classes may reach capacity and students would then be placed on a waiting list.
* Application fees are non-refundable; student testing fees are refundable if the student is not tested.
Calvin Christian School is open to students from homes where Christ is honored and served. No discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or national origin is made in the admission of students or the employment of staff.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The admissions requirements are as follows:
1. "Enrollment is available to children of parents of which at least one is a member in good standing of a Christian church. The administration and Board of Directors have the right to establish enrollment limits per grade."
2. "All children of members in good standing of this Society shall be admitted to the school provided the parents agree to sign without hesitation the 'Foundational Beliefs of Calvin Christian School' and support the efforts of the administration and teachers in all aspects of the educational environment. If the parents cannot in clear conscience agree with all twelve points of the 'Foundational Beliefs of Calvin Christian School," they must submit an explanation of their reservations in writing. The Board of Directors must consider this explanation before granting admission to children of such parents."
3. "Notwithstanding the above, the Board of Directors reserves the right to accept any applicant whose admission would be consistent with the mission and purpose of the school. The Board of Directors also reserves the right to reject any applicant when it believes admission would be contrary to the mission and purpose of the school. The Board of Directors is obliged to provide a written explanation of rejection if requested."
Taken from Calvin Christian School Constitution and By-Laws, Revised, March 2003.