Admission Process

St. Thomas the Apostle School begins accepting applications on July 1 of the year prior to desired entry.  Children must turn five years of age by December 31 of the year in which they enter Kindergarten.

Preschool applicants must be completely potty-trained, and must be three and four years of age, respectively, by December 31 of the year in which they enter PreK 3 and PreK 4.

No admissions decisions will be made before January 1.  After families of current students have re-enrolled for the next school year, acceptances for the remaining seats will be offered to new applicants who have completed the application process.  If necessary, applicants may be offered a spot on the waiting list.

Complete files include the following components:

  • Two-sided application, as well as a non-refundable, $75 application fee per child.  Checks should be made payable to St. Thomas the Apostle School, and all information should be mailed to the Office of Admissions, St. Thomas the Apostle School, 25 Dover Road West Hartford, CT  06119. 

  • Copies of the child’s birth certificate and baptismal certificate (if Catholic).

  • Copies of child’s most recent Health Assessment Record.

  • Complete records from the child’s current school (if applicable).

  • Results from in-house academic screening (applicants for grades K- 5 only).

Preschool applications will be reviewed in December and January.  Upper-school applicants will be reviewed in early spring.  Upon completion of the application process, students will be offered admission based on the following priorities:

    1.  Contributing parishioners of St. Thomas the Apostle Church or The Church of St. Timothy.

    2. For PreK3 applicants, those choosing a full-day option.

    3. Siblings of STA alums or current students who will still be enrolled at STA when the applicant enters school.

    4. Catholics (contributing non-parishioners) who are enrolling more than one child at St. Thomas the Apostle.

    5. Contributing parishioners from other parishes.

    6. Non-Catholics who are enrolling more than one child at STA.

    7. Non-Catholics.

Accepted students will receive a tuition contract.  With the return of the signed contract and nonrefundable tuition deposit by the stated deadline, a student’s spot is secured.

 

St. Thomas the Apostle School admits qualified students of any race, sex or national origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or national origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, athletics and other school administered programs.

 

Email the school for a complete admissions package.  Please include your name, address, phone number, student’s name, age and grade of interest.