Admissions and Class Placements

RPMS strongly believes in the practice of encouraging families to make a long term commitment to a full Montessori education. The following priorities are observed when determining admission and class placement:

• Availability of space in program
• Current enrollment
• Siblings of children currently enrolled whose families have demonstrated a commitment to the entire Montessori program. The Board has the discretion to rescind priority placement for any sibling, even currently enrolled siblings, if the family withdraws any of the siblings before the sixth grade 
• Balance of age and gender in each classroom
• Transfer students from other Montessori schools

Upon admission to the school, the following requirements must be fulfilled before the enrollment process is considered complete:

• Payment of a non-refundable Registration Fee
• Payment of a non-refundable 10% tuition deposit
• Payment of non-refundable Building Fund Fee (one time per family)
• Parent Contract Form
• Authorized pick-up/Emergency Information Form
• Parent Volunteer Sheet
• Dental/Medical Examination/Immunization Report (required for all children entering Toddler and 3-6 Programs and Elementary students entering first and fifth grades)
• Parent Fundraising Commitment (e.g., Annual Fund form)
• Tuition management service enrollment form

Children will not be admitted to class on the first day of school without all of the preceding completed and returned to the office.