Middle School Application Process
The following admissions guidelines are designed to effectively guide prospective middle school students and their families through the admissions process. These guidelines apply to students applying for the 2010-2011 school year:
- 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. Applications should be submitted by Friday, February 5 for primary consideration.
- 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 the applicant's school will complete the form and will send it and the transcripts directly to Chaminade by as soon as possible.
- The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is required of all middle school applicants. Chaminade will administer the ISEE on Saturday, February 13 starting at 8:30 AM. 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 or school representative completes the Recommendation Form, no additional letters of recommendation are necessary. However, if someone who knows the student well would like to submit a letter of 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.