Leelanau Montessori Enrollment
Our enrollment application is found on our website or may be emailed upon request. We enroll incoming students each year in late March during our Open Enrollment period. We accept applications year-round.
After initial contact or inquiry, parents/guardians visit the school for a classroom observation. Observation is an essential practice to learning about the Montessori method and seeing Leelanau Montessori in action. It will help generate questions and begin to frame your understanding of the learning culture here. This appointment is for adults only and gives you time to watch with undivided attention. You may complete and return an enrollment application at any time.
After your child is enrolled at LMPSA, you will receive further registration materials and be contacted by your child’s classroom guide. We offer home and classroom visits for children in our Toddler and Primary programs.
After initial contact or inquiry, parents/guardians visit the school for a classroom observation. Observation is an essential practice to learning about the Montessori method and seeing Leelanau Montessori in action. It will help generate questions and begin to frame your understanding of the learning culture here. This appointment is for adults only and gives you time to watch with undivided attention. You may complete and return an enrollment application at any time.
After your child is enrolled at LMPSA, you will receive further registration materials and be contacted by your child’s classroom guide. We offer home and classroom visits for children in our Toddler and Primary programs.
Enrollment Process
Open Enrollment purpose and process
Open enrollment is an annual process that is followed by public charter schools in order to establish and maintain equitable access to a school of choice. Open enrollment applies to all our programs for children ages 3-12. Toddler children are not eligible and enjoy a rolling admission.
Thank you for giving your attention to our enrollment process. We are happy to answer your questions along the way!
- Call or email the school to inquire and share your contact information. This is a nice way to begin our shared communication.
- Complete an enrollment application and return to the school. There is rolling admission when space is available. We use an Open Enrollment process each year to ensure equitable access for children 3 and older. See those details below.
- You will receive a confirmation upon receiving your child’s form and class list or waitlist status. Each spring, families are notified by May 1st of their child’s enrollment status.
- Schedule a conversation and Classroom Observation with the Head of School.
- Return Signed Contracts and Commitment Letters by due date in June each year.
- Financial Aid papers and process can be found on our website. Children ages 5 and older come at no cost. Tuition programs are offered for children ages 1-4. These are due annually on May 15th.
Open Enrollment purpose and process
Open enrollment is an annual process that is followed by public charter schools in order to establish and maintain equitable access to a school of choice. Open enrollment applies to all our programs for children ages 3-12. Toddler children are not eligible and enjoy a rolling admission.
- In order to participate in our open enrollment process, we require new families to complete the current application each March. This is due on the last Friday in March.
- We emphasize the importance to return this paperwork by its due date in order to secure a space for your child in our lottery, if we should need one. A lottery is not always necessary. However, your completed application puts your child onto our list of applicants in case a lottery is needed.
- You may send this application back via email, drop it by the school, or send through the postal service.
- After we receive your completed application, you will get an email confirmation of receipt of your child's application. Your child will be added to our waiting pool and confirmed for enrollment by May 1st.
- Lastly, your classroom observation can be scheduled, if you have not already had an opportunity to do so.
Thank you for giving your attention to our enrollment process. We are happy to answer your questions along the way!
