Our Application Process
1.INQUIRY
Online Admissions Inquiries are CLOSED for the 2024-2025 School Year. Please contact the front office for information.
2. INTERVIEW
At this time, you will be able to learn more about our school and the programs we offer as well as tour the facilities and meet the administrative staff. This is also a great time to ask questions that will better help you determine if Countryside Christian School is a good fit for you and your student.
3. ONLINE APPLICATION
Following your interview, you will receive an email with instructions on how to begin the Online Application Process.
Required Documents:
-Academic Reference
-Pastoral Reference
After submitting the application, you will be able to track your admissions status at the school by logging in to your account.
4. ADMISSION DECISION
After application submission, the Principal will review the student’s entire application and respond via email with one of three decision types: Acceptance, Wait List, or Non-Acceptance.
Acceptance – These students are qualified to attend Countryside Christian School and show promise of not only benefiting from but also contributing to the school. These students are offered enrollment positions. The school’s offer must be accepted or declined within 2 weeks of the acceptance date.
Wait List – These students are admissible, but all available enrollment positions have been filled. Instead of being offered an enrollment position, a wait list position is offered. The wait list does not carry over from year to year.
Non-Acceptance – These students are not offered enrollment at Countryside Christian School.
5. ENROLLMENT
After acceptance, parents will receive an enrollment packet link via email. The following additional documents will be necessary to complete the online enrollment process:
-Copy of Student Birth Certificate
-Copy of Immunization Record
-Copy of Social Security Card
-Copy of Parent Driver’s License
Enrollment is complete once the enrollment packet is signed and submitted to Countryside Christian School. A $100 Registration Fee is due upon submission of your enrollment. The billing office will handle all financial questions and transactions regarding tuition and fee payments from this point forward.
6. ENTRANCE ASSESSMENT
Kindergarten Assessments
Students entering Kindergarten will be administered an age-appropriate readiness test to determine eligibility for Kindergarten. Testing will be scheduled during the summer.
5th-9th Grade
Diagnostic testing will be conducted to determine PACE levels in each subject. Testing will be scheduled before the start of the new school year. If a student is enrolled during the school year, diagnostic testing will take place during the first few days of attendance.
10th-12th Grade
Upper High School students will be placed in courses and electives based on previous transcript records.
Admissions Criteria
- Countryside Christian School is open to any and all children from homes of “like faith” in our community. Applicants are welcome regardless of race or social status.
- We do request that at least one of the child’s parents be a practicing Christian and a faithful member of a local, Bible-believing church. Is it also necessary that parents share our philosophy of education and discipline. Parents will be asked to sign a parental Pledge of Support.
- Countryside Christian School is not a “reform school”. We do not accept students who have been in trouble at or expelled from other schools due to drugs, alcohol, immorality, or bad behavior.
- Although we do offer a complete high school curriculum, we do not routinely offer initial enrollment to students above the 8th grade.
ELIGIBILITY
PK2 - Child must be 2 years old on or before September 1
PK3 – Child must be 3 years old on or before September 1
PK4 – Child must be 4 years old on or before September 1
K5 (Kindergarten) – Child must be 5 years old on or before September 1
1st Grade – Child must be 6 years old on or before September 1
2nd-12th Grades – Must show proof of satisfactorily completing the previous grade.
Non-Discriminatory Statement
Countryside Christian 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. Countryside Christian School 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.