Welcome to Saint Louis! 

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Our application for the 2024-2025 school year will go “live” on Friday, November 3rd, 2023.  Please check back throughout the day to access the application link for the 2024-2025 Admissions Application.  

 

Available spaces in all of our grade levels fill up quickly and waitlist status begins as early as February, so we encourage you to submit your family’s online application as early as possible. Registered Saint Louis Catholic Church parishioners actively involved in parish life will receive priority consideration for acceptance into the Covenant School.

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Our application for admissions process begins with the completion of an online application, inclusive of online payment of the $100 non-refundable family application fee, payable at that time.  Upon receipt of the completed online application and the requested supporting documents (detailed below), you will be contacted by the school (via email) to schedule a family interview. It is the policy of our school to personally meet and speak with prospective families, including the child(ren) for whom admissions is being sought, before a formal offer of admissions is determined. Family interviews are scheduled during morning hours on a weekday when school is in session.

 

Prospective students (applying for PK2 through 8th Grades) are also required to take an entrance exam/screener administered at the time of the family interview. There will be a non-refundable $50 screening fee assessed per child, payable via an online link provided at the time the family interview appointment is confirmed. Please note that the submittal of the online application and the required supporting documents does not constitute a guarantee of acceptance.

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It is the customary practice of Saint Louis Covenant School to only consider 7th and 8th grade applicants for admissions on a case-by-case basis whose application is resulting from extenuating circumstances.  Therefore, 7th and 8th grade admissions is extremely limited due to the fact that our retention rates remain very high and spaces in the upper grades often range from an available few to none at all.

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As a matter of policy, Saint Louis Covenant School adheres to Immigration and Naturalization Services' regulations which do not allow admittance of any child who is in the country on a Tourist (B-1 or B-2) Visa to our school, however, the school is authorized under Federal Law to enroll nonimmigrant alien students {8 CFR 214.3(J)}. The school has an open admission policy. race, sex, color, and ethnicity are not factors in consideration for admission.

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Below is a listing of required documentation that will be required to submit via the online application. Such documents will not be accepted via email.  Only applicant forms that have reached “completed” status will proceed to the family interview and student screening step of the application for admissions process.  Incomplete applicant forms will be marked "incomplete" and not eligible for consideration.

 

• A completed Prospective New Family “Student Questionnaire” (one per child) 

• A completed Prospective New Family “Family Faith Questionnaire” (one per family)

• A current family photograph (non-returnable)

• A letter from your Pastor confirming Parish membership/ active Parishioner status – applicable only if your family is not a registered Parishioner at Saint Louis Catholic Church

• Early Childhood Recommendation Form – requested of all PK3 through 1st grade applicants. Please note that if this is the first time your child will be attending school, this item does not apply. 

• Teacher Recommendation Form – requested of all 2nd through 8th grade applicants.  

• If your child has had an academic or psychoeducational evaluation administered and/or has been diagnosed with a learning difference that requires classroom accommodations, please submit a copy of the report/results (for example: 504, IEP, etc.) via the online application process for review by our School Counselor, Mrs. Mary Jesurun. This initial review is conducted in order to determine whether our current educational program is equipped to meet the child’s needs and ensure academic success.

• A copy of the child's most recent standardized test results - some examples are: SAT (the Standard Achievement Test is administered within Miami-Dade County Public School system from Kindergarten through 2nd grade), FSA - inclusive of Language Arts and Mathematics (the Florida Standards Assessment is administered within the Miami-Dade County Public School system beginning in 3rd grade), Terranova (this exam is administered within Archdiocese of Miami elementary schools beginning in 2nd grade), i-Ready (this diagnostic tool is administered within the Miami-Dade Public School system in grades Kindergarten through 8th)

• A copy of the child's most recent report card – requested of all Kindergarten through 8th grade applicants.  If you are seeking admissions for a Preschool or Kindergarten child, please submit a copy of the most recent Preschool progress checklist provided by the teacher and/or a copy of any formal assessment administered if the child is currently enrolled in a Preschool program. Please note that if this is the first time your child will be attending school, this item does not apply.

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Should your child(ren)’s current school require a parent-completed Authorization for Release of Education Records in order for them to release and send the records directly to Saint Louis Covenant School, the PDF form may be downloaded below. This form must be submitted to the child(ren)’s current school by the parent. Saint Louis Covenant School will not submit this form to the current school on a parent’s behalf.

As mandated by the state of Florida, students entering Kindergarten must be five years old on or before September 1st. Therefore, students entering PK2 must be two years old on or before September 1st, students entering PK3 must be three years old on or before September 1st and students entering PK4 must be four years old on or before September 1st.

All students in PK3 and PK4 must be toilet-trained to attend Saint Louis Covenant School.

Please feel free to contact the school office at (305) 238-7562 Extension 1000 (between the hours of 7:45am to 2:00pm on weekdays when school is in session) should you have any questions regarding our application for admissions process.

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We are blessed to have so many families consider Saint Louis Covenant School for their children’s academic and spiritual growth journeys! All for His Glory!