Kindergarten

Forming children in good habits of thinking, and nourishing them with the lovely, good, and noble

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We will be taking applications for

the 2024-2025 School Year starting October 1, 2023.

After we receive your application, we will schedule a tour and interview on our campus.
There is a $50 admissions fee per student.

Kindergarten students must be 5 years old by July 31, 2024 (born before July 31, 2019)

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Read the Kindergarten Syllabus

Kindergarten for the 2024-2025 School Year will cost $3,970 and can be paid in 10 monthly installments of $397.

KINDERGARTEN

SAINT BENEDICT HALL APPLICATION

Select the academic year you are applying:

Family Name

First Name

Last Name

Name of Kindergarten Student

Name of Student

First Name

Last Name

Birthday

YYYY

Home Address

Place of employment of family's primary income

Phone

(###)

###

####

Primary email address:

Secondary email address:

1. At the bottom of this form is a link to the SBH Statement of Faith. Do you agree to have your children taught in accordance with the SBH Statement of Faith?

Do you have any concerns with the Statement of Faith? If so please explain.

2. How did you hear about Saint Benedict Hall?

3. Why do you want your child to attend Saint Benedict Hall?

4a. Being a hybrid program, SBH partners with parents in the education of their children. This means that parents will need to commit to between 5-10 hours a week giving structure and direction for their children at home. Is this something you have any reservations about? Please explain.

4b. Participating in hybrid education requires the parents to have a comfort and familiarity with regularly going online to see assignments and communicating with teachers on Slack. Is this something you have any reservations about? Please explain.

5. What else do you plan to do to supplement with the Saint Benedict curriculum?

6. Does your family attend Church?

If so, which church and how often?

7. Please explain your family’s schooling aspirations (and if applicable experiences). What kind of school methods, educational philosophy, or name of schools have worked well and not worked well for your children in the past?

8a. Has your child ever been diagnosed with a learning disability?

8b. Has your child ever seen a counselor/doctor/psychiatrist for any type of social, behavioral, or mental struggles? If so, would you be open down the road in sharing what you've learned from these sessions for the context of school?

8c. Has your child ever been examined or treated by a counselor/doctor/psychiatrist for hyperactivity or attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD)?

9. Do you know of families who are a part of St. Benedict Hall? If so, please list their names.

10. Having parents join our teaching team is needed for the sustainability and life of our program. Are you interested in joining us as a tutor in the program? If so, what age level and subject areas are you most comfortable with? If you are willing to teach, your family will be given priority in the selection process.

11. As you see your child/children graduate from high school, what kind of person do you hope they will have become and what kind of relationship do you hope to have with them?

12. Would you like to start receiving weekly email newsletters from SBH?

13. At the bottom of this form there is a link to the SBH Philosophy & Policies. Do you support the following aspects of our philosophy and policies?

If you have qualifications, these can be discussed at our interview.

14. Does your child have any food allergies or other medical conditions that we should be aware of?

Please let us know anything else that you'd like us to consider.

Parent/Guardian Application Consent

I, the below signed, am the parent or guardian of the minor, the candidate/candidates of this application. I have the legal right to consent to and do consent to the terms and conditions of this release. After the program receives the completed application and other required materials, SBH will arrange an interview. I state that I have read the SBH Philosophy & Policies and the SBH Statement of Faith. ONLINE PARENTAL SIGNATURE I certify that this application is correct from both parents/guardians:

Photograph Release Agreement

Grant For consideration which I acknowledge, I irrevocably grant to St. Benedict Hall the right to use my student’s image in all forms and media including composite or modified representations for the purposes of advertising/marketing and our newsletters. I waive the right to inspect or approve versions of my image used for publication or the written copy that may be used in connection with the images. Release I release St. Benedict Hall from any claims that may arise regarding the use of my image, including any claims of defamation, invasion of privacy, or infringement of moral rights, rights of publicity, or copyright. St. Benedict Hall is permitted, although not obligated, to include my name as a credit in connection with the image. St. Benedict Hall is not obligated to utilize any of the rights granted in this Agreement. ONLINE PARENTAL SIGNATURE I certify that I agree to grant and release according to these terms:

Please complete the SBH General Liability Waiver here

After submitting your application our Program Director, Deacon Ben, will contact you to set up a tour and interview with your family.

We have a $50 admissions fee for each student ($100 maximum for two or more students). Please bring a $50 check made out to “Saint Benedict Hall” with you to your Kindergarten tour and interview.

Learn more about what to expect on your tour and interview

Saint Benedict Hall admits students of any race, color, or national or 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, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, or other school-administered programs.

*TO MAKE THIS APPLICATION COMPLETE, PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Submit the SBH General Liability Waiver above.

• According to Hawaii State Law: “The parent must provide the local public-school principal with a notice of intent to home educate the child before initiating homeschooling. The notice of intent may be submitted on a HIDOE-developed form (Form OIS-4140) or in a letter containing the following items: name, address, and telephone number of the child; birthdate and grade level of the child; and signature of the parent (Hawaii Administrative Code (HAC) §8-12-13). The notice of intent must be acknowledged by the principal and the district superintendent. The notice of intent is used for record-keeping purposes and to protect families from unfounded accusations of educational neglect or truancy. HAC §8-12-13(b).” Please send us your notice of intent letter that you’ve sent to your local public-school principle by August 1st prior to starting classes.