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 14, 2022

Priority Applicants:  November 22, 2022
(NPS sibling, faculty/ staff, NPCCC, NPC member applying  to Nursery (PK-3) or PK-4.

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 Comments form that you may submit.

From your Ravenna application page you may complete all steps of the application process.

Visits for parents applying for the 2022-2023 school year will be conducted virtually via Zoom.  Please complete an inquiry form via Ravenna to stay up-to-date on opportunities to explore NPS.

For all applicant families who don’t currently attend NPS, a parent visit is required.  Either an information session or an individual visit with Admissions staff fulfills this requirement. 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, please note that there are additional virtual events that will allow you to dive more deeply into our curriculum and other important components of the NPS experience. 

We also plan to offer opportunities to tour our school in person before you are asked to make your school decisions. In the meantime, you may explore our virtual tour.

This year, student visits will be virtual via Zoom.  Our goal is to get to know your child “in-person” while engaged in necessary health and safety mitigations. We know that a Zoom meeting is less than ideal, especially for our youngest applicants.  Please know that we will approach these meetings with humility, and we will do all that we can to make your child feel comfortable, and even have some fun.

For applicants to Nursery - Kindergarten, once the application is submitted you will schedule the visit from your NPS  application page in Ravenna.

For applicants to First Grade and above, once the application is submitted you will work with Admissions to schedule the visit.

Deadline: January 28, 2022

Priority Recommendations Due: December 6, 2021

Teacher Recommendations (All):  For all applicants who attend a day care or school, 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:  This year, we do not request admissions testing.

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 4, 2022

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.