Applying to Lower Division

List of 6 items.

• Campus Visit

  • Parents are encouraged to schedule a campus visit to discuss the admissions process.

• Application

  • Application is best made in the fall of the year before anticipated entrance
  • Complete online application
  • Upload applicant’s birth certificate and optional photograph
  • Submit $75 application fee
  • Application Deadline: February 1 - Admissions applications received after February 1st will be considered for our waiting pool

• Student Record Release Form (Grades 1-5 only)

  • Sign and submit to the appropriate official at your child’s school (ie. registrar or school principal)

• Teacher Recommendation Form

  Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
  

  • Sign Permission for School to Release Student Records, located on the School Recommendation Checklist, and deliver to applicant’s current school after the first grading period
  • PK&K School Recommendation Checklist
  • This recommendation should be completed by your child’s current teacher and signed by the principal or head of school.
  • Please have completed School Recommendation Checklist and transcripts (if applicable) forwarded directly to the Admissions Office before your child’s admissions visit.
  • As a courtesy, please include a stamped envelope addressed to the Berkeley Preparatory School - Lower Division Admissions Office.

  1st-5th Grade
  

  • A Teacher Recommendation Form is required from the child’s current teacher before your child’s admissions visit.
  • 1st Grade Recommendation
  • 2nd-5th Grade Recommendation
  • As a courtesy, please include a stamped envelope addressed to the Berkeley Preparatory School – Lower Division Admissions Office.

• Visits to Berkeley

  • Expect Berkeley to confirm receipt of your application via letter scheduling your child’s individual visit/testing for January and February.

• Financial Aid

  If you anticipate requesting financial aid, please review our financial aid webpage for important deadlines and procedures.