Middle School Application Process
The following admissions guidelines are designed to effectively guide prospective middle school students and their families through the admissions process. We have a limited number of openings in our 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes for next year so we encourage prospective families to apply as soon as possible:
- An admission application and the application fee of $50 should be submitted to Chaminade. We accept our own Application for Admission as well as the online Independent Schools of St. Louis (ISSL) Application.
- An official transcript should be mailed from the student's school directly to Chaminade. Please complete the front page of the Transcript Release and Recommendation Form and give this to your son’s school office. A representative from his school will complete the form and will send it and the transcripts directly to Chaminade.
- The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is required if a student has not taken a nationally standardized test in the last year, such as Iowa Basics, Stanford Achievement or ERB testing. The next ISEE administration is Friday, May 28, 8:30 AM at Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School. The cost of the test is $89.
- An interview is required This interview is scheduled once we receive a student's admission application and is scheduled at a mutually agreeable time, usually after school.
- Because a teacher completes the Recommendation Form, no additional letters of recommendation are necessary. However, if someone who knows the student well would like to submit a recommendation, the person may email the letter to Matthew Saxer '85, Director of Admissions, at msaxer@chaminade-stl.com, or may fax the letter to 314-993-5732.
Families wanting to apply for need-based financial aid should complete the SSS financial aid application. Applications are available online at sss.nais.org. While the primary deadline to apply for financial aid has passed, we will still accept financial aid forms for secondary consideration. Please note that separate committees determine admission decisions and financial aid grants. Families will receive our admission decision letter before the financial aid announcement letter.
Chaminade College Preparatory School admits qualified young men of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to all students at Chaminade, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletics or other school administered programs.