How to enroll
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Step 1: Get in touch
Write to us with the form on the contact page, or call the school. Elise or Titus answers, usually within a day or two.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Come for a visit day on a Wednesday. Your child joins the group outdoors, you walk the ridge with us, and we talk about what your family is looking for.
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Step 3: Apply
Apply after a visit. The application asks about your family and what a day outdoors means to you. Applications open in January for the fall, and we read them as they arrive.
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Step 4: Hear from us
We write back within two weeks of a visit day, by letter and by phone. If every place is taken, a family can join the waitlist.
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Step 5: The first day
The first day is in late August. Families come to the meadow gate for a short meeting, and then students begin at their own pace.
The year at a glance
The admissions calendar
Applications are read as they arrive, so there is no single deadline.
October and March
Open houses
Walk the meadow and the room, and meet both guides.
Wednesdays, September to May
January
Applications open
For the fall a few months away.
Within two weeks of a visit day
Decisions
By letter and by phone.
Late August
First day
Families come to the meadow gate for a short meeting.
October
ClosedFall break
December
ClosedWinter break
March
ClosedSpring break
Sample dates.
Nondiscrimination notice
Docent School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
Ready to walk the ridge?
Book a visit day and see the meadow, the room and the trail.