Admissions Process

• Completed application
• $100 Non-Refundable Application Fee
• Birth Certificate (copy acceptable) 
• Sacrament Certificates (copies accepted, not required for non-Catholic applicants)
• 504 Service Plan or IEP (if your child has one)
• Immunization Records
• Records Release Form
  • One copy should be used by you to obtain records from your child's current school.
  • One copy of the records release form should be included in your child's application to St. Francis Xavier which we use in the event that we need to contact their current school.

• For the 3 Year Old program, students must be 3 years old by June 1st of the year they will enter preschool. 
• If your child has attended preschool prior to St. Francis Xavier, please download and print the Preschool Confidential Teacher Evaluation Form.
• You will need to sign the form and give it to your child's current teacher to fill out and return directly to Lisa Appelbe via email. 

• Students must be 5 years old prior to September 1st of the year they will enter Kindergarten.
• Additional $75 Gesell Observation fee. For more information on the Gesell screening, please visit their website. 

• Two most current report cards (current year and previous year) 
• Two most recent Standardized Test Results (2nd-8th Grade) 
• Essay required for students entering 6th, 7th and 8th Grade. The essay requirements are included in the application.
• In-house educational screening and applicant(s) and their parents will meet with our Principal.

St. Francis Xavier School gives first preference in admission to our current families who have incoming children, Catholic students of families registered and active in St. Francis Xavier Parish; Catholic students in other parishes and then to students of other faiths.

Note: Catholic families who are moving from out of town and who are enrolled in a Catholic school will be brought in at in-parish category if they enroll in the parish. All applications are evaluated for academic readiness. Accommodation for students with special academic or physical needs can be made only within the limits of our resources.

If a student develops an academic or physical need while enrolled at St. Francis Xavier School, and the need cannot be addressed within the limited resources, school personnel will assist the family in finding an appropriate learning environment that can address the need.

St. Francis Xavier does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, nationality, or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school administered programs.

If you'd like to schedule a school tour, please contact our Admissions Director, Lisa Appelbe. We will also have a Preschool and Kindergarten Open House on Tuesday, October 28th.

There is no way for the Admissions Office to anticipate the number of openings that will be available for the coming school year. Current student re-enrollment is not complete until mid-March. Once re-enrollment is complete we have more accurate understanding of how many seats will be available. When considering the applicant pool, St. Francis Xavier follows the priority list for acceptance.

Those instances would be considered on a case by case basis. Please email Lisa Appelbe

Kindergarten applicants will go through a Gesell Observation. These screenings will begin in January. You will be contacted by the Admissions Office of your screening times in mid December once your completed application has been submitted. Preschool and Kindergarten applications will then be assessed in mid February and any available seats will be filled at that time. 1st grade – 8th grade will be contacted by the Admissions Office to schedule their testing and interviews. This will begin in mid March.

Preschool and Kindergarten acceptances will begin in mid-February. 1st grade – 8th grade acceptances will start in mid-March and continue through the summer.

The best form of communication is email. You can reach Lisa Appelbe at lisa.appelbe@sfxphx.org. Please allow 24 business hours for an email reply and 48 business hours for a return phone call.