Our Application Process
1. Call or email the office for information about our program. Fill out our inquiry form here to get started. We are offering individual, in-person school tours by appointment.
2. Once an Inquiry Form has been completed, we will contact you to schedule a tour. When you are ready to apply we will send you a link to access our online application. We recognize that home-schooled students may have different types of records; please consider submission of your home-school curriculum, a recent assignment, any written assessments of student work, and ask an adult mentor to complete our teacher questionnaire.
Once the school has received all necessary materials, you will be contacted to discuss next steps in the admissions process.
Possible Next Steps Include:
1. Family Interview: These interviews, with at least two teachers, provide a chance for parents to ask in-depth questions about Madrona School, and the Waldorf curriculum, and allow the teacher to meet your child and learn more about your family. It’s important to use this time to make sure Waldorf education is a good fit for your family and your child.
Please note: Parent-Child applications are enrolled directly without an interview; Preschool applications are also enrolled directly as space permits; Kindergarten teachers may meet with parents and their child in the play yard during non-school hours.
Grades applicant families meet with two grades teachers, both with the child, and then without children present. We can either conduct an interview outside, socially distanced, or remotely via Zoom. Madrona School’s program is designed to serve children of an average range of intelligence and ability. Children with greater-then-average needs at either end of the capability or behavioral spectrum may be admitted under special circumstances, to be determined on a case-by-case basis when there is a strong commitment by the parents to arrange and pay for extra support needed. Additional assessment may be requested as indicated by the child’s records and information gathered during the family interview. These assessments will be arranged and paid for by the parents at the request of the admissions staff.
Please forward the forms below to your child’s current school:
Transcript Release Form (1-5 grade applicants only)
Teacher Questionnaire (1-5 grades applicants only)
2. Classroom visit and assessment: Grades applicants spend one to three days visiting the class in which they would be placed. At some point during the visit, your child will participate in a developmental and/or academic assessment. The cost is included in the application fee. These assessments provide valuable information to the teacher about learning styles, academic skill acquisition, and etc.
Post-Admission:
1. Paperwork: Enrollment paperwork will be sent via email. The enrollment/materials fee is due immediately to secure your child’s place in the class; this fee is non-refundable and covers the materials that will be purchased on your child’s behalf.
2. You will be asked to enroll with Blackbaud. This third party service handles our tuition payments, and allows for flexibility in how payments can be made.
3. Before beginning school, families may meet with administrative staff to review paperwork and the contract, discuss school life and policies, volunteer opportunities and mutual expectations.
Madrona School accepts children for mid-year enrollments on a rolling basis, as space allows.
Application Fee: A non-refundable application fee of $75.00 for preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1-5 applications, is due when the application is submitted.
