How to Apply

Nursery - Age 3 by September 1; must be toilet trained

Pre-Kindergarten - Age 4 by September 1

Kindergarten - Age 5 by September 1

Grade 1 and up - Next sequential grade or as determined by parents and NPS

Deadline: January 15, 2021*

Priority Applicants (NPS sibling, faculty/ staff, NPCCC, NPC member): November 23, 2020

All applications are submitted online via Ravenna. To begin, click on the “Apply Now” button on this page.  There are no required essays, so filling out this form is quick and easy. If you would like to share additional information about your child or family, there is an Optional Parent Statement that you may submit from your Ravenna application page.

*Though the application deadline for SY 2021-22 has passed, we may take late applications in certain grades.  Please contact Admissions Director Katy Harvey before filling out an application.

Visits for parents applying for the 2021-2022 school year will be conducted virtually.

A parent visit is required for all applicant families who don’t currently attend NPS, either a small group information session or an individual visit with Admissions staff. These informative meetings are a great way for you to take a first look at our school and ask questions. You may schedule a visit before you submit an application, and once you apply, we will consider this application requirement complete.

To supplement your required visit, we will post additional events that will dive more deeply into our curriculum and other important components of the NPS experience.  Please complete an inquiry form via Ravenna to be notified once these events are scheduled.

This year, rather than an in person playdate or classroom visit, we will meet your child virtually via Zoom.   

Our goal is to get to know your child “in-person” under constraints during the pandemic. We know that a Zoom meeting is less than ideal, especially for our youngest applicants.  Please know that we approached these meetings with humility, and we will do all that we can to make this connection work and even have some fun.

Once the application is submitted, we will contact you to schedule this visit.

Deadline: January 29, 2021

Priority Recommendations Due: December 7, 2020

Teacher Recommendations (All):  For all applicants, we require a recommendation form to be filled out and submitted by the student’s current teacher. Once you apply, you will email (or delegate) the AISGW Common Recommendation Form to your child’s teacher from your NPS application page in Ravenna.

Testing:  Given pandemic restrictions, the testing requirement is waived this year. 

Transcripts: (Grades 2 and above) :  For our older applicants, we require your child’s current school to send us a transcript.  A Transcript Request Form to be submitted to your child's current school is available to print from your NPS application page in Ravenna.

Notification Date: March 5, 2021

Making these decisions for young children, admittedly, is more art than science. We use the range of information we gather through the admissions process, but we have no rigid formulas or checklists. The entire admissions process is designed to get to know parents and applicants personally with a goal to have a dynamic, close-knit, inclusive learning community. 

National Presbyterian School does not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, color, or national origin, religion or creed, gender, sexual orientation, family composition, economic status, age, learning style or physical ability.

Admissions Decisions will be posted on Ravenna.