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214 Chestnut Street, Meadville, PA 16335Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. · Saturday and Sunday: ClosedMonday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Applications for next fall open in November(814) 555-0106

How to enroll

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    Step 1: Get in touch

    Call the office, write through the form on the visit page or stop by the front desk. The office answers within a school day or two.

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    Step 2: Visit the school

    Come to open house week in the winter or book a visit morning. You sit in on a class, see the building and talk with the principal. Children are welcome.

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    Step 3: Apply

    Applications open in November and are due in late February. Ask for the aid form when you apply; it is due in early March.

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    Step 4: Hear from us

    Every family hears in late March, by letter and by phone, and brothers and sisters are read together.

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    Step 5: Register

    Sign the enrollment agreement in April to hold the place. The office then asks for the forms the school needs, privately.

Open house week

What open house week is like

For a week in the winter, every classroom is open in the morning and the evening. The principal and the teachers are at the door, the lobby has a table for questions, and there is no sign-up.

  • Classrooms open mornings and evenings

  • Teachers and the principal at the door

  • Children welcome

An open house table in a school lobby with a pitcher of water, cups and a vase of flowers

The year at a glance

When to visit, apply and hear from us

Dates are set each year. The office gives the exact ones at a visit.

This school year
  • Wednesday mornings, October to March

    Tour

    Visit mornings

    Sit in on a morning class, then talk with the principal. Children are welcome.

    Book a visit
  • A Sunday in October, February and May

    Event

    Family Mass

    Families, grandparents and neighbors are all invited, whether or not you are Catholic.

  • November

    Applications open

    For the fall that is a year away.

  • Winter open house week

    Open house

    Open house week

    Classrooms are open all week, mornings and evenings. Bring the children, or come on your own.

    Plan your visit
  • Late February

    Deadline

    Applications due

    Every family's application is read at the same time.

  • Early March

    Deadline

    Financial aid form

    Ask for it when you apply. It is due in early March, and the answer comes with the admissions decision.

    Tuition and aid
  • Late March

    Decisions

    Admissions decisions

    By letter and by phone.

  • April

    Deadline

    Enrollment agreements

    Signed to hold a place.

  • Late August

    First day

    The school year begins with a school Mass.

Sample dates.

Our nondiscrimination policy

Matins Parish 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.

Start with a visit

A morning in a classroom answers most of what a page cannot.