How to enroll
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Step 1: Get in touch
Write to us with the form on the contact page, or call the office. The head of school or the office manager answers, usually within a day or two.
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Step 2: Visit the school
Come for a visit day. Your child sits in on a morning lesson, and you talk with the head of school about what your family is looking for. A visit is a conversation, not a test.
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Step 3: Apply
Apply after a visit. The application asks about your family, your child's school so far and what you hope for. Applications open in October for the fall a year away.
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Step 4: Hear from us
Every family hears in mid-March, by letter and by phone. If every place is taken, a family can join the waitlist.
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Step 5: Register
To hold a place, sign an enrollment agreement by early April. Families who need help with tuition ask for the aid form after applying.
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Step 6: The first day
The first day is in late August. Families come to a short meeting, then children start their first morning in Mandarin.
The year at a glance
When to visit, apply and hear from us
Families apply a year before the first day. Open houses begin in the fall, and decisions go out in March.
Open houses
October and January
Walk the building, sit in on a morning lesson and meet the teachers.
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Visit days
Most Tuesdays and Thursdays, October to March
A morning in a classroom, then a conversation with the head of school.
Applications open
October
For the fall a year away.
- Deadline
Application deadline
Early February
Every family hears at the same time.
Decisions
Mid-March
By letter and by phone.
- Deadline
Enrollment agreements
Early April
Signed to hold a place.
- Closed
Lunar New Year break
Late January or February
The school closes for the holiday week.
First day
Late August
A short family meeting, then the first morning in Mandarin.
Sample dates.
Open houses
What an open house is like
An open house is a morning with the school at work. You hear Mandarin in the halls, sit in on a lesson, look at the classrooms and ask the teachers anything. Families who cannot come in the fall can book a visit day instead.
A morning lesson in Mandarin to sit in on
The head of school and the teachers, at one table
Time to ask about a grade, the day and tuition
Nondiscrimination notice
Stylus Mandarin Immersion 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. It 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.
Ready to hear the classrooms?
Book a visit day and spend a morning at the school.