Admission Process
Thank you for your interest in Canterbury School. Please contact our Admission Office at (336) 288-2007 to set up a tour, to ask questions, or to request information about the application process, admission timetable, application for financial aid, and tuition and fees for the upcoming school year.
Applications for the current school year will be considered based on available space in the class. Applications for financial aid can be made at the time of application. In general, the timeline for the admission process is:
PreK
- Schedule a personal tour and/or attend an open house.
- Submit an application.
- Parent and child attend a scheduled play date in late winter/early spring. A PreK teacher observation form and parent questionnaire will be mailed in the winter.
- Give current preschool teacher the teacher observation form.
- Spaces in the next year’s PreK class are generally offered in March.
Kindergarten
- Schedule a personal tour and/or attend an open house.
- Submit an application.
- Parent and teacher questionnaires will be mailed to the family in mid-winter.
- Parent and child attend a Saturday observation session in February.
- Spaces in the next year’s kindergarten class are generally offered in March.
Grades 1-8
- Schedule a personal tour and/or attend an open house.
- Submit an application.
- Give current math and English teachers teacher evaluation forms.
- Submit current and past year’s report cards.
- Submit a transcript request to current school.
- Submit copies of standardized test reports (for grades 4-8).
- Students will be invited to spend a day at Canterbury in late January/early February in their current grade if spaces are available in that grade. That day, students will do reading, writing, and math assessments, and will be able to experience a typical Canterbury day.
- Spaces for the next year are offered as they are available.
Forms
Printable application, online application