Primary Admission Process

We look forward to meeting you and getting to know your child! These steps will walk you through the Primary Admission Process.

STEP 1. Tour Our Primary Program

Attend an in-person or virtual tour of Bellevue Montessori School’s Primary Program.

STEP 2. Submit an Application or Request Waitlist Status

If spaces are available, Bellevue Montessori School will email you a link to our application form to complete online.  The application must be accompanied by a one-time, non-refundable application fee of $150, paid by credit card. This application fee is for new students only.  Please note that an application does not guarantee a spot in our program.  If enrollment is full, your child will continue to have a spot in our applicant pool.  Students not offered an application due to a lack of spaces available can request to be on our waitlist.  There is no fee to go on our waitlist. 

If your child is entering Kindergarten, we will send you an additional link to a Request for Records form.  This allows Bellevue Montessori to request the previous year’s progress report and ask for a teacher recommendation from your child’s prior school.  A link for this form will be sent to you following your tour along with the application form link and schedule a time for your child to visit a classroom.

STEP 3. Review the Enrollment Decision 

Bellevue Montessori School will email you the school’s decision on enrollment.  Enrollment decisions may include an offer of enrollment, or having your child continue in the admissions pool due to a lack of spots available at that time, or denial of enrollment.  Please see the enrollment schedule below.

STEP 4.  Complete the Enrollment Acceptance Steps

Complete the registration contract and make the non-refundable deposit payment within 14 days of receiving the enrollment offer. The non-refundable deposit payment is your tuition payment for the upcoming school year.

STEP 5. Complete All Required Forms

Complete the required forms online. These include the current school year Health Form, medically-verified Immunization Form (CIS), Consent for Emergency Treatment, Photo Use Permission, and Kindergarten Field Trip Form (if applicable). 

Additional Details

It is important for parents to understand that when they choose a Montessori education they are committing to a multi-year educational process. During the first year, the younger child learns the process of making their own choices, increasing their focus as they work on their chosen activity and gaining fine motor control, problem-solving skills, focus, and the ability to follow multi-step instructions and complete a full work cycle through their work in the Practical Life and Sensorial areas.  Younger students also learn how to be a positive member of the classroom community.  As the child shows readiness, they are introduced to lessons in the math and language areas where they gain basic skills. In the child’s final Kindergarten year, all of these skills come together as the older child takes on larger works, expressing their knowledge through creative projects in all areas and reinforcing their knowledge, and gaining leadership skills by teaching their younger peers.

Application Requirements

• Bellevue Montessori School welcomes all children. We do not discriminate with respect to race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, or physical ability.
• Children must be using the bathroom independently unless the child has a documented physical limitation.
• Children must demonstrate a willingness and ability to cooperate with the staff and other children and meet classroom expectations. 
• Once the application and $150.00 non-refundable application fee is received, your child will be considered for enrollment.
• Children must be five years old by August 31st to be considered a Kindergarten student.
  

Admission Details

• Early admission offers begin the first week of January.
• Additional offers are made every two weeks in January through March. Those on the waitlist will be notified when space becomes available.
• Priority is given to siblings, three-year-olds, and students coming from other Montessori programs. 
• Limited spaces are available for four-year-olds with no Montessori experience.
• We welcome Kindergarten students from other Montessori programs.  For those students in their Kindergarten year with no Montessori experience, admission will be offered based on the child’s demonstrated independence, self-motivation, and ability to emotionally self-regulate and follow adult instruction.
• Bellevue Montessori’s academic school year begins in Late August, or early September and ends in mid-June. We follow the Bellevue Public School calendar for the Winter Holiday Break at the end of December during which we are closed. Additionally, school is closed, but care is available for those contracted for full day care during parent-teacher conferences, teacher in-service days, the Mid-Winter Break during the President’s Day week, and Spring Break in April.