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We are fully enrolled for the 2023-24 school year. We welcome your application for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Applications for the 2024-25 School Year

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  • By virtue of how multi-age Montessori classrooms are balanced, our waitlist is a wait pool. Children are selected from the wait pool according to the needs of the individual classroom communities and as spaces become available.

    Candidates are selected from the wait pool, giving priority to applications from children of faculty and alums, siblings of children enrolled at the school, and applicants whose parents have demonstrated engagement in the admissions process by attending admissions events.
     
    We accept applications year-round for our Youngest Children's Community, Children's House, Elementary, and Adolescent programs. The initial admissions decisions are made in February of each year. An application by January 31, 2024, is encouraged to be considered for the first round of enrollment offers, which will be made on March 3, 2024.
     
    To be eligible for enrollment in the Youngest Children's Community, prior Montessori school experience is not required. After age four, children are accepted into the Children's House, Elementary, and Adolescent programs only if they are transferring from Montessori school programs. To find other AMI-accredited Montessori programs in your area, please visit the AMI/USA School Locator
     
    You will be asked to specify the program you are applying to enroll your child in. Please carefully read the information on the requirements below before submitting the application.

How to Apply

  • Click on the 'Apply Now' link below.
  • Select the Create Account link to create a myAMS username and password.
  • After entering your necessary information, select the Create Account button.
  • Please use the same email address you did when submitting the inquiry form and for all correspondence with our admissions office, so we can track your child's progress through the application process.
  • Once you receive a myAMS username and password, you will have access to complete the online application, and monitor your child's progress through the admissions process.
  • A non-refundable $100 fee is required with each application, for each new application including siblings of children and adolescents currently enrolled.
Please note:
Our system may recognize you by your email address. If the system recognizes your email address, your email address will be highlighted in red after you press  Submit. If this occurs, select the Forgot Login?  button. You will then be prompted to enter your email address to receive an automatic reply with your myAMS username and password.

Requirements: Please read carefully prior to starting an application

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  • Early Childhood: The Young Children's Community (16 months - 3 years)

    If applying to the YCC, you will be asked to select from one of two options: YCC Beginning Cycle and YCC Full Cycle.

    YCC Beginning Cycle: Children enter the Youngest Children's Community typically between 16 and 18 months and must be stable walkers. Children over 20 months old are moved to the waiting pool for the Children's House.
     
    YCC Full Cycle: Children older than 20 months and younger than three years old are transferring from another Montessori program.
     
    Although children in the Youngest Children's Community do not wear diapers (they wear underwear exclusively) they do not need to be fully toilet-independent to enter the Youngest Children's Community.
  • Early Childhood: The Children's House (3-6 years)

    If applying to the Children's House (CH), you will be asked to select from one of three options: CH Beginning Cycle, CH Mid Cycle, and CH Full Cycle.

    CH Beginning Cycle: Children between the ages of 2.5 and 3.5 years old. Prior Montessori experience is not required, but enrollment is contingent on the child being toilet-independent to the extent described on pages 44-45 of the Parent Community Handbook. Diapers or pull-up diapers are not permitted.

    CH Mid Cycle:
     Children who are 4 and 5 years of age. Please note that we typically do not enroll children over four years old into the Children's House unless they transfer from another Montessori program. If your child is over four years old, please contact our admissions office before applying.

    CH Full Cycle: Children between 5 and 6 years of age and are referred to in traditional schools as being in their "kindergarten" year. 
  • Elementary: Early Elementary (Grades 1-3)

    If applying to the Early Elementary (EE), you will be asked to select from one of three options: EE Beginning Cycle, EE Mid Cycle, and EE Full Cycle:
    • EE Beginning Cycle: 1st Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
    • EE Mid Cycle: 2nd Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
    • EE Full Cycle: 3rd Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
     
    Additionally, please note the following admissions requirements:
    • Age requirement: Children are typically six years old by September 1 to begin Early Elementary. 
    • Two (2) Teacher Recommendation Forms.*
    • Transcript Release Form with report card/transcripts (last two years if applicable).*
    *All recommendation forms and report cards/transcripts must be sent directly from your child's current school.
  • Elementary: Upper Elementary (Grades 4-6)

    If applying to the Upper Elementary (UE), you will be asked to select from one of three options: UE Beginning Cycle, UE Mid Cycle, and UE Full Cycle:
    • UE Beginning Cycle: 4th Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
    • UE Mid Cycle: 5th Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
    • UE Full Cycle: 6th Grade, with prior Montessori experience. 
     
    Additionally, please note the following admissions requirements:
    • Age requirement: Children are typically nine years old by September 1 to begin Upper Elementary. 
    • Two (2) Teacher Recommendation Forms.*
    • Transcript Release Form with report card/transcripts (last two years if applicable).*
    *All recommendation forms and report cards/transcripts must be sent directly from your child's current school.
  • Adolescent Community (Grades 7-9)

    If applying to the Adolescent Community (AC), you will be asked to select from one of three options: AC Beginning Cycle, AC Mid Cycle, and AC Full Cycle:

    AC Beginning Cycle:
    7th Grade, with prior Montessori experience preferred. 

    AC Mid Cycle: 8th Grade, with prior Montessori experience preferred. 

    AC Full Cycle: 9th Grade, with prior Montessori experience preferred. 

    Additionally, please note the following admissions requirements:
    • Age requirement: Children must be 12 years old by September 1 to begin 7th grade. 
    • Two (2) Teacher Recommendation Forms*
    • Transcript Release Form with report card/transcripts (last two years if applicable)*
    *All recommendation forms and report cards/transcripts must be sent directly from your child's current school.
Austin Montessori School is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex or gender, disability, or age in providing educational services, activities, and programs. Austin Montessori School complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ("ADA"), as amended, which incorporates and expands upon the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; and any other legally-protected classification or status protected by applicable law.