Admissions Information Checklist
Thank you for your interest in the Waldorf School of the Peninsula! It is our goal to get to know you and your child/children as much as possible during this process. We’ve included this checklist as a guide and a helpful tracking tool for you.
- Enrollment Information Packet: Please carefully read through the enrollment information and address any questions to the Enrollment Director. Our office number is 650-948-8433.
- Attend a School Tour: Call us or sign up directly via our website. Our tours are usually twice a month, always on Tuesdays, from 9:30–11:00 and for parents only (babies in arms are ok.) Also note, this is a formal tour group that visits classes in session, so plan to arrive before 9:30 to sign in.
EARLY CHILDHOOD
- Nursery & Kindergarten: Sign up for Early Childhood special events after your tour (Parent Evening and Children’s Nursery or Kindergarten Experience).
- Application: Online via our website preferred - please complete as early in the year as possible (although we are happy to accept at any time.) Form may also be faxed to us at: 650-949-2494.
- Application Fee: There is a non-refundable $100 fee.
- Early Childhood Interview Form: Online preferred, or form may be faxed or emailed.
- Kindergarten & Nursery Interviews: Children’s Hour Group Observation Interviews are held on Saturdays, January – March. Once we have received your application, $100. fee, and completed interview form, we will invite you to attend.
INCOMING GRADES STUDENTS
- Teacher Recommendation: If your child is coming from another school this will assist us in determining whether the Waldorf curriculum and philosophy will be educationally beneficial for your child.
- School and other Records: Grades, teacher reports, assessments and/or observations from the past two years.
- Grades Interview Form: Must be submitted with Application, Fee & Teacher Recommendation Form.
- Interview & Assessments: decided by WSP Admissions Team based on items #1-3 above. You and your child will meet with the class teacher and your child will be academically assessed by the teacher and also by our Ed Support Director.
Class Visit: Grades school students applying during the school year must visit the classroom (“shadow”) for a minimum of one, but in some cases up to two weeks prior to acceptance.
- Acceptance: The Waldorf School of the Peninsula Admissions Team and Early Childhood Teachers make all admissions decisions. The decisions are based on the Children’s Hour Observation Interviews for Kindergarten and Nursery, and for Grades, the application and supporting documents, the parent & child interviews and assessment, the classroom visit and the particular make up and needs of the class for which the child is applying, as well as available school space.
- Enrollment Contract: Upon acceptance to the school, an enrollment contact must be signed and accompanied by a non-refundable enrollment deposit to ensure your child’s space in the class.
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