In addition to completing the online application, your child's current teacher and current principal/director will need to complete an online referral to complete the application process. As you fill out your application, you will need to provide your child's current teacher(s) and principal/director's email addresses. The current teacher and principal/director will complete an online survey that will be submitted directly to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School. These Teacher Evaluations and Principal Recommendations are confidential and will not be released to parents.

Applicants for 5th-7th will need to submit referral information for both math and English. If your child only has the same teacher for math and English you will need to enter his or her information twice.

Individual Assessments

Students applying for K-3rd grade will test on the Lower School campus.

All K-3 tests are orally presented and includes some paper and pencil activities to assess fine motor skills. In addition, we also assess applicants' language, reading, and math skills using materials that are developmentally appropriate for their age/grade level. These are fun activities and exercises to help us measure where your child is compared to our student body at this time during the school year. The tests are administered by our teachers who are familiar with the content and grade-level expectations. The test protocols for each student are reviewed by Lauren Roberts, Principal and Padmini Dayal, Counselor/Learning Specialist.

NEW - PK Observation
Observations are only for applicants that do not attend a formal childcare program regularly and therefore cannot provide a teacher and director email address. We will contact you for dates and times.

Students applying for 4th-6th grade will test at the Upper School.

Applicants will be administered the IOWA Survey Battery by Cynthia Redden, US Learning Specialist. The battery includes Reading Comprehension, Written Expression, and Math sections. The test takes approximately one hour and 40 minutes. Results of the test will let us know where your child is in comparison to where our current students are at this time in the school year.

Shadow Days are only for students applying for 4th-6th grade.

Shadow days are tentatively scheduled in the spring after applications are submitted and testing is complete.

St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School always has the right to ask for a family interview as part of the application process. For the 2023-2024 school year, all families applying to 6th grade will be asked to participate in a 15-20 minute family interview on February 11.

The Admissions Checklist indicates if all documents have been received and completed. You can find your Admissions Checklist in the Admissions Portal. Use the same login that you used to complete the application.

VERY IMPORTANT: Admission files that are incomplete as of February 10th will not be reviewed.