How to enroll
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Step 1: Get in touch
Call the office, send the form on the visit page, or write to us. The head of school answers within a day or two.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Come on a visit day, sit at the back of a room for a morning, and talk with the head of school afterward. Children are welcome to come along.
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Step 3: Apply
The application is a short form, a conversation with a guide and a morning in the room for your child. Applications open in January.
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Step 4: Hear from us
Every family hears in March, by phone first and then in writing, whether it is an offer, a place on the waitlist or a later start.
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Step 5: Register
After an offer, you sign the enrollment agreement and send the forms we need to the office, privately.
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Step 6: The first day
New children come in for a short morning before the full week begins, and meet the other children and their guide.
The year
When to visit, apply and hear back
Families apply a year ahead, and visits start in the fall.
Early November
Open house
Both rooms are open and the guides talk with families. Children are welcome.
Most Tuesdays, October to March
January
Applications open
The application is a form, a conversation and a morning in the room.
Early March
DeadlineApplication deadline
Families who apply after this hear back as places open.
Mid-March
Decisions
Every family hears by phone, then in writing.
Early April
DeadlineReply to an offer
A place is held when the enrollment agreement is signed.
Late August
First day
New children come in for a short morning before the full week begins.
Sample dates.
Nondiscrimination notice
Pilcrow School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Ready to look around?
Visit days run most Tuesdays from October to March.