Click here to see our Admissions Schedule for 2010-2011 Enrollment

Our admissions process consists of the following steps:

• Families inquire and learn about our philosophy and the approach to education at the school. In most cases, parents attend an Open House or schedule an individual tour with the Director of Admissions. Printed material is available through the Director of Admissions, either by mail or at the school. (617-972-1733 ext. 205)
• An application form (which can be downloaded from this web page if not received at school or in the mail) is submitted with a $100 application fee. The form offers parents the opportunity to describe their children in as much detail as they wish.
• When written authorization is given as part of the application, JCDS sends for school or preschool records.
• Materials and instructions for applying for Flexible Tuition are provided to those who request them on the application for enrollment.
• Student visits are arranged at a mutually convenient time. Applicants for kindergarten and first grade typically visit for an hour. Students ages 7 – 13 are invited to spend a whole day or a part of a day at the school.
• An Admissions Team comprised of staff and faculty reviews information about each applicant to assess whether or not each candidate is likely to be a happy and successful learner at JCDS, with the school’s high level of expectation for individual responsibility, independent and group work, and with its challenging curriculum (two languages, Jewish studies in addition to secular studies, and the integration of subject areas).
• Kindergarten enrollment is offered to students among the applicants who, in the opinion of the Admissions Team, are developmentally ready for kindergarten and who will come together as a dynamic class that is balanced and diverse.
• Students are invited to enroll in grades 1 though 8 as space permits, after a review of their learning styles and needs on the backdrop of the learning styles and needs of the other students in the classroom. Our Admissions Team reviews the information available for each applicant thoroughly in order to determine the school’s response.
• Parents are asked to return signed contracts with enrollment deposits to secure their child/ren’s space/s a few weeks after invitations to enroll are received.
• Families who apply for Flexible Tuition are sent decisions by the Flexible Tuition Committee soon after their students have been invited to enroll. The Admissions Team, which remains focused on the students and their learning profiles, is not involved in financial decisions.

OUR ADMISSIONS SCHEDULE FOR 2010-2011 ENROLLMENT

תאריכים חשובים להרשמה לשנת תש”ע – תשע״א

• We continue to accept applications year-round as space permits.
• January and February 2010: Applicants visit the school to meet with our Director of Admissions and to see our classrooms. The JCDS Admissions Team collects and reviews school/preschool reports.
• February 9, 2010: Deadline for Flexible Tuition Applications.
• March 10, 2010: Admissions letters will be mailed out to main-cycle applicants.
• Mid-March: Flexible Tuition notifications will be sent out to new families who have applied to the Flexible Tuition Program.
• April 12, 2010: Signed enrollment contracts and tuition deposits are due for all new students to enroll in September.