How to Apply

Complete the Application

Once you have completed a consultation:

1. Our Admissions Team will e-mail you the online application and checklist.
2. Carefully complete all items on the application checklist including:
   • $150 non-refundable application fee per child
   • all required supporting documents per the application checklist
3. Our Admissions Team will record the date your fully completed application package is received and prioritize your application accordingly. Please note that applications will not be considered complete until:
   • the application fee has been paid in full
   • all supporting documents have been received
4. All potential students whose applications are fully completed will be placed in our wait pool.

Faith Interview

Once the application is fully complete and classroom space is available, our Admissions Team will contact you to schedule a Faith Interview with our school administrators. BCS Families are authentically committed to discipleship-based education. This is a big commitment so we want to get to know you personally! The Faith Interview will give you a chance to tell us about how Jesus is making a difference in your family’s life. We’ll also have a chance to talk about what it means for families to partner with BCS to influence this generation for Christ.

Grade Placement Assessment / Student Interview

In order to make sure we can support the unique needs of our BCS students, your child may be part of a language/ learning assessment, which will be scheduled after the faith interview meeting is completed. In addition, all Middle School and Senior High students will be interviewed by our Principal.

Student Selection

The Admissions Team will review and prioritize applicants for open positions. We use the following criteria to prioritize applicants:

• Results of the faith interview and assessments/student interview
• The number of children within a family who are applying (we want to be able to accommodate enrollment of all children within a family, if possible)
• Availability of tuition assistance funding where it has been requested

Registration

At the time the classroom placement is offered, you will be given registration and fee payment forms to complete. The $5000 capital fee/bond is due to secure the classroom space at the time the placement is offered.

The completed registration, fee payment forms, and capital fee/bond must be completed within five (5) business days of this offer. If not completed within five (5) business days, the offer for a classroom placement is withdrawn by BCS and the student is placed back into our wait pool.

Grade Placement Assessment / Student Interviews

In order to make sure we can support the unique needs of our BCS students, your child may be part of language / learning testing which will be scheduled after the application has been received. In addition, all middle school and senior high students will be interviewed by our Principal.

Student Selection

All potential students of BCS from existing families whose applications are fully completed will be placed on our waitpool until the February time frame. This is when the school will know the number of classroom vacancies and the teachers and resource staff that we will have available to meet unique student requirements for the upcoming school year.

Beginning in February of each year, the Admissions Team will review and prioritize applicants from existing families for open positions.

The Admissions team will use the following criteria to prioritize applicants against grade openings and staffing availability:

• Results of the student interview/assessment
• Availability of tuition assistance funding where it has been requested

Registration

Offers for classroom positions for existing families adding new students will be made in the mid to late February time frame.

At the time the position is offered, you will be given registration forms and a financial agreement to complete. All forms must be submitted within 5 business days of this offer. If not submitted within 5 business days, the offer for a classroom position is withdrawn by BCS and your child is automatically placed on our waitpool.

Re-enrolment for Existing Students

Bearspaw Christian School has implemented an automatic re-enrolment process for existing students.

Currently, enrolled students are our first priority as we fill positions for the following school year. BCS will automatically re-enrol all existing students for the upcoming school year on the last business day of January unless we receive a Not Returning / Withdrawal Form from you.

If you have children that will not be returning to BCS for the upcoming school year, you will need to complete a Not Returning / Withdrawal Form. If you have any questions about our admissions process, the Admissions Team can be reached at 403-295-2566 Ext. 5751 or [email protected].