IMMACULATE CONCEPTION SCHOOL REGISTRATION

Our parish school is now accepting applications for new students in kindergarten through seventh grade for the 2009-2010 school year. Information packets will be available during the Open House on Sunday, January 25, following the 9:30 Mass marking the opening of Catholic Schools Week. Applications will also be available at the school office between 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM on Monday, January 26. Beginning at 8:30 AM on Tuesday, January 27, completed application packets may be returned to the school office between 9:00 AM and 3:30 PM on school days.

Age Requirements for Admission

Immaculate Conception School follows the age requirements for admission as defined by the Jenkintown School District: a student who is 5 years old by September 1 is eligible for admission into kindergarten.

Required Application Materials

At the time of application for admission to Immaculate Conception School, parents are required to provide the following documents for each individual child making application:

  1. a completed application form
  2. a copy of the child’s birth certificate
  3. a copy of the child’s baptismal certificate (required of all, except those baptized at Immaculate Conception)
  4. an up-to-date certificate of immunization
  5. non-refundable application fee of $50 for each child

Acceptance Guidelines

It is our desire to provide a Catholic elementary education for all who seek it. Registered parish families who regularly participate in Catholic liturgical celebrations and contribute to the parish community by offering consistent financial support to the parish will receive first priority in order of acceptance into our parish school. Applicants are accepted in this priority order:

  1. Parishioners with Catholic children already in the school.
  2. Parishioners with Catholic children registered in the parish the longest.
  3. Parishioners who are new to the parish school community.
  4. Catholic students from a parish without a school.
  5. Catholic students coming from a parish that has closed its school enrollment.
  6. Non-Catholic students who live within the geographic boundaries of Immaculate Conception parish