Admissions Process

List of 7 items.

• 1. Visit Campus For a Tour or Admissions Coffee

  There are a couple of ways you can visit Central's campus. We would love to host you for a tour with our Director of Admissions to share more with you about Central and hear about what's important to you for your child's education. 
  
  Additionally, one of the best ways to hear from many leaders in our school community is by attending one of our Admissions Coffees. These small group gatherings are designed to give prospective families an opportunity to hear from school leadership, ask questions, and tour our campus.  We know families are quite busy, so we offer these events on a variety of days throughout the fall and winter.  Admissions Coffees will be hosted on the following dates:
  
  Friday, October 18
  Friday, November 15
  Friday, January 17
  
  To schedule a tour, submit an inquiry form or reach out to our Admissions Assistant, Lindsey Hunsicker, at lhunsicker@centralschoolstl.org or 314.727.4535. Visit our Admissions Events page to sign up for an Admissions Coffee.   We look forward to meeting you soon!

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• 2. Apply

  The online application is an opportunity for you to tell us about your family, your child, and the values that inform your life. If you already have an online account on Central's site, navigate to your child's admissions process checklist and complete the online application found there. If you do not have an online account, you may begin your application here. When you're all finished, you'll submit the application along with a processing fee of $75 per child.
  
  For families applying after the January 31 deadline, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as space is available.
  

• 3. Faith Story, School Records & Teacher Referral

  Faith Story
  As a Christian school, we value unity among our families as Christ followers, and we value partnership between our families and the school.  Though we come from over 60 different churches, Central employees and parents are united in our agreement with this Christian Statement of Faith and, most of all, our love for Jesus and our commitment to raise our children to know Him.  After submitting an application, we ask each parent to submit a written Faith Story.  In this part of the application process, we invite you to share about your personal faith in Jesus Christ and how it has impacted your life and your family.
  
  

  Request for School Records
  Also available via your child's checklist is a link to request School Records from your child's current school. If your child does not currently attend school, or if you have questions about requesting records through the link, please contact Lindsey Hunsicker by email or by calling 314-727-4535. Please note: you must first have an online account and have completed an Application in order to request school records through the site. Click here to get started.
  
  Request for Teacher Referral
  An important part of the admissions process is hearing about your child's experience in his or her current classroom setting.  If an applicant is currently enrolled at a different school, we will receive a teacher referral from their homeroom teacher from their most recent school year.  On occasion, additional teacher referrals may also be requested.
  
  

• 4. Academic Screening

  Part of us learning about your child is learning about his or her previous academic experience, as well as his or her learning style. Each applicant will visit campus for an academic screening with a Central staff member. The purpose of the screening is to 1) inform us of what your child has been taught at their current school, and 2) help us identify if your child may benefit from additional academic enrichment or support at Central. If the admissions screening, coupled with your child’s school records, indicates he or she may benefit from academic support, you will be notified when a decision regarding acceptance is extended.

• 5. Shadow Day

  All applicants will visit Central to spend time in our learning environment and allow a chance for us to get to know them better. The length of time differs based on the grade level a student has applied for.  More details about your child's specific shadow day will be shared when the date is set.

• 6. Parent Interview

  Our Director of Admissions will meet with you to conversationally learn more about your family and why you're interested in Christian education, understand what drew your family specifically to Central Christian School, and hear about your faith in Christ and your values. At Central, one parent must be a Christ-follower and align with our Christian Statement of Faith in order for us to fulfill our mission to partner with families. Parent interviews typically last an hour, and Lindsey Hunsicker will reach out to schedule this for you.

• 7. Admissions Decisions

  The Application deadline for the 2025/26 school year is January 31, 2025. Once all steps of the application process listed above are complete, our Admissions Committee will thoughtfully and prayerfully make an enrollment decision based on the information in your student’s admissions file, his or her fit in relation to our current student body, and Central’s available resources to serve his or her academic needs. Admissions decisions for applicant families will be made in March for the 2025/26 school year and shared with families on March 14.
  
  For families applying after the January 31 deadline, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as space is available.