Admissions ApplicationREGISTRATION AND ADMISSION
There are three steps to the registration process at Elizabeth Academy. Previously registered students may skip Step One and Two, fill out the Blue form (available at the front desk) and return it with the re-enrollment fee before proceeding to Step Three. ALL new students (including siblings of currently enrolled students) must complete Step One through Step Three below to register.
STEP ONE: APPLICATION – (Admissions form, Appointment, Processing fee)
Filling out the ADMISSIONS APPLICATION and arranging for a personal APPOINTMENT are the first steps to be taken in the enrollment process. Download and completely fill out the application. Then call our office at (801) 281-4848 to make an appointment for us to meet with you and your child. Bring your Application and $50.00 PROCESSING FEE with you to the appointment.
WHAT TO EXPECT AT YOUR APPLICATION APPOINTMENT
Bring your completed application and processing fee to 154 E. Myrtle Avenue (5065 S.) in Murray. We are in a 3-story brick building on the first floor. Our building is located near IMC Hospital and just east of State Street behind a Key Bank, next to the big Indian head at the entrance of Murray Park. Ring the buzzer to our door and the receptionist will let you in. She will greet you and introduce you to a member of our qualified head staff. While the staff member meets with your child in another room, you will be introduced to the Montessori Method either by video or by another staff member. This appointment usually takes about 15-20 minutes.
The application appointment is intended to be a friendly introduction of parent, student, classroom and staff at Elizabeth Academy. It is also a time for us to make an informal assessment of your child’s needs, such as the ability to separate from mom/dad and attend to a few tasks one-on-one with a member of our head staff. Other needs may be discussed between parent and staff at this time. This is a moment of cordial acquaintance, with the purpose to mutually gather information and is unlabored with extensive testing or judgment.
The one-time non-refundable $50.00 Processing fee which must accompany the application lets us know your level of commitment and also compensates us for time spent assessing your child’s level of need so that we can make a proper placement. It also affords you the opportunity to either enter into a truly unique learning environment at Elizabeth Academy upon acceptance, or enter into a waiting pool if deferred. If you give us an honest idea of your child’s needs before the application process, we will give you an honest opinion about enrollment availability and chances for immediate acceptance BEFORE accepting the fee, scheduling the appointment or in any way further initiating the application process. It is your choice at this point to continue the process with the application, appointment and fee. In the event that acceptance is denied or deferred, we will offer resources, suggest programs, techniques or other avenues we feel would benefit your child.
We ask for your understanding with this application process as it is critical to our mission at Elizabeth Academy and the success of your child as well as all children at our school. Ours is a unique “legitimately” inclusive school, bound to ratios for documented special needs. But recognizing that each and every child has his own special needs and wanting to serve all to the best of our ability, we seek balance in our classrooms. This imposes assessments and limitations on enrollment. We want to valiantly serve your children. And so we need to know them.
STEP TWO: ENROLLMENT – (Acceptance, Enrollment form, Registration fee)
Shortly after your application appointment you will be advised as to acceptance. We will contact you usually by mail. You may expect this letter within a week to ten days after your appointment. This gives us enough time to confer together as a staff, talk about variables and make decisions as to proper placement which we feel will maximize the benefit of your child’s education and needs. If your child is accepted, you will receive a Parent packet which includes the following:
Welcome letter and Acceptance notice
Enrollment form
Parent Handbook (includes information, calendar and contract)
Other forms (such as immunization) needed for registration
You will then need to complete the Enrollment form and send it to the school with a Registration fee of $100.00. This fee secures your position at Elizabeth Academy and is non-refundable. It will be applied to (deducted from) your tuition payment. The Enrollment form, which is available upon acceptance and after March 15th for new students enrolling the following school year, must be accompanied with the $100.00 Registration fee and returned to the school as soon as possible. Currently enrolled students will receive a Blue form after March 1st, which renews their contract and commits them to continued enrollment (a Registration fee must also accompany this form). Orientation and Supply fees may be paid later but must be collected before classes begin.
STEP THREE: PAYMENT – (Tuition options, Orientation and Supply fees)
Enrollment is for the entire academic year. Tuition may be paid upfront annually and will receive a 5% discount if paid in this method. For your convenience, you may also pay tuition in 10-monthly installments using FACTS Tuition program. A yearly $41.00 fee is assessed for this service with payments beginning August 1, 2010 and ending May 1, 2011. Registration with the FACTS program must be completed before July 15th to enjoy the benefit of the 10-month installment program. Registration with FACTS after that date will result in September collection and therefore an increase in the amount of the monthly installment. See our Tuition table to review the amounts collected for 10-month and 9-month installments as well as the discounted amount for payments made annually.
Before classes commence, we must also receive the signed Student Contract (located in the back of your Parent Handbook) as well as collection of the following fees:
Orientation Fee: $100.00 (waived for 2010/2011)
Supply Fee: $100.00
Orientation fees are a one-time fee for new students. This fee covers the required Orientation Week for any new student who has not attended Elizabeth Academy before. Orientation is scheduled for the week before students begin classes.
The Supply Fee is for materials that your child will be using throughout the year. There might also be additional fees for things such as field trips, photos, school tee shirts, bussing, lunch offerings and special events. You will be notified and have options for these fees. The non-negotiable Orientation and Supply fees are due and must be collected along with the signed Student Contract before your student can attend classes.
PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED STUDENTS
Previously enrolled students need not re-apply year to year but must recommit to the academy each year by filling out a Blue form (sent home with the student during the re-enrollment period starting March 1st) and including the yearly registration fee. This form and fee will hold the student’s space for the next year at Elizabeth Academy and will be applied to tuition for that year.
FAMILY DISCOUNT AND SIBLINGS
For families enrolling more than one child at Elizabeth Academy, the first student must pay the full tuition price. Additional children will receive a 10% discount. This applies only to children living in the same household.
Siblings of current or previously enrolled students at Elizabeth Academy are given preference for enrollment but must also go through the full admission process. Please complete Steps One –Three to begin registration.