Apply To Lower School

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• Admissions Process

  STEP 1:  COMPLETE AN INQUIRY FORM

  • Begin the application process by completing an online Inquiry Form. The Inquiry Form for the 2022-23 year will be released September 1. 
  • Applicants for Kindergarten must be five years of age by July 15 of the year they will be entering Kindergarten.

   

  STEP 2:  REGISTER FOR A TOUR (REQUIRED)

  • After September 1 you may register for events through Ravenna. 
  • We require all prospective parent/guardians to attend a Tour and Parent/Guardian Interview, but all other adult events are optional. All events are in-person, unless indicated otherwise.

   

  STEP 3:  COMPLETE THE APPLICATION

  • The Cathedral application may be accessed via Ravenna
  • The Kindergarten Application is due 48 hours before your Parent Interview, or January 4, whichever comes first.
  • The 1st - 8th Grade Application is due 48 hours before your Parent Interview, or January 17, whichever comes first.
  • There is an application fee of $100 that is due upon submission of the application. If you need a fee waiver, please contact José Zamora via email or at 415.614.5183.

  
  

  STEP 4:  SUBMIT ADMISSION DOCUMENTS

  • Cathedral requests that a student's current school complete an evaluation on their behalf. Student Evaluations can also be found on Ravenna.
  • Applications to Kindergarten only require the Kindergarten Student Evaluation. *No Records Request is needed.*
  • Applications to 1st - 8th Grade require a 1st - 8th Grade Student Evaluation and a Records Request. 
    
    

  STEP 5:  PARENT/GUARDIAN INTERVIEW (REQUIRED)

  • You may schedule your Parent/Guardian Interview on Ravenna. Interviews will be conducted from October through January 31. Interview dates will be released on a monthly basis.
  • Please submit your son's application at least 48 hours before your Parent Interview.

  
  

  STEP 6: ASSESSMENTS & SCHOOL VISITS (REQUIRED)

  • KINDERGARTEN ASSESSMENT & VISIT  Information to come.

  • 1st - 4th GRADE ASSESSMENT & SCHOOL VISIT  We welcome your son to spend a day with us in January or February. An assessment will be administered during his visit.
    
    

  STEP 7: ATTEND ADDITIONAL ADMISSIONS EVENTS (OPTIONAL)

  Cathedral School for Boys offers Admissions events so that families can get to know our school better; other than the tour, the events are not required. Registration will be available through Ravenna.

• Admissions Policy

  Cathedral School seeks to enroll boys who will benefit from our program, and will contribute to our community life through their interactions with others, and their integrity and sense of responsibility. We seek boys of strong character, who are excited to learn, are curious about the world around them, are not afraid to take risks, will lean into difficult conversations, and never stop growing.
  

  
  

  The School assesses all applicants to ensure that we are setting each boy up for academic success. This is based not only on academic aptitude, but also attitude. We seek boys who are eager to learn and work respectfully and collaboratively with their peers and teachers alike. In making admissions decisions, Cathedral School gives special consideration to siblings of boys currently enrolled at the school, as well as the sons of legacy families and faculty members. We endeavor to create a student body that is racially, ethnically, culturally, and socio-economically diverse, and represents a full-range of family structures and religions. We do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, ability, or national or ethnic origin.

   

  It is the earnest desire of the entire Cathedral community that no boy who is qualified for admission should be denied the opportunity of attendance solely because of an inability to pay the full tuition fees. Cathedral School for Boys’ Adjustable Tuition program, which is funded to a large degree by the School's endowment, exists so that we can maintain a socio-economically diverse student body.

  
  

  Cathedral School is proud to offer the Community Scholars Program, through which the School strives to attract socio-economically diverse students of high academic potential who will be entering the fifth or sixth grade within the Bay Area. For more information, please contact José Zamora, Assistant Director of Admission and Outreach, by email at zamora@cathedralschool.net, or by phone at 415-614-5183.

  
  

  Interest in Cathedral's Adjustable Tuition program has no influence on the consideration of an application to the School. The same standards and criteria apply to all candidates who apply for Adjustable Tuition.

   

• Admissions Deadlines

  September 1, 2022: Inquiry Form released; now you can sign up for Admission events and access the application via Ravenna!
  
  November 1, 2022: Sibling Application & Student Recommendations due

   

  January 4, 2023: Kindergarten Application preferred deadline

   

  January 17, 2023: 1st- through 8th-grade Application preferred deadline

   

  February 1, 2023: Adjustable Tuition PFS forms due

  
  

  February 15, 2023: Adjustable Tuition Supplementary Forms due (2022 1040)

   

  March 16, 2023, at 12 p.m.: Admission Decisions are posted

   

  March 23, 2023, at 10 a.m.: Enrollment Contracts and deposits are due