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Allendale Columbia School Application Checklist

1. We look forward to talking with you about the educational options for your son or daughter. We are here to guide you through the process, so please call us, email us, or complete an online inquiry form. When you contact us, we will schedule a visit for you to tour the campus and talk with a member of the Admissions team. If you prefer to apply immediately, skip to the next step.
2. Complete and submit our online parent application.
3. Submit a student application (grades 4-12).
4. Request records to be sent to AC from your current school (applicants to grades pre-kindergarten – grade 12). You do this by completing our Records Release Form and submitting it to your child’s current school.
5. Request teacher recommendations to be sent to AC from your child’s current or most recent teacher(s). We require one teacher recommendation for applicants to nursery through grade 5. We require two teacher recommendations for applicants to grades 6 – 12. All teacher recommendations and admissions materials are available on the downloadable resources page.
6. Schedule a student visit during a school day to help your child become familiar with the campus and our offerings; we will offer the admission assessment at this time too.
7. Priority decisions are mailed to families who have submitted complete applications by January 31st.

Curious if there is space available in a given grade? Have other questions? Please contact us at 585.641.5282 or admissions@allendalecolumbia.org.

For more details about the application process, we have checklists for each division:
Pre-Primary Checklist | Lower School Checklist | Middle School Checklist | Upper School Application Checklist

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