How do I get an application?
Applications for admission are available August 1st, one year prior to the student’s enrollment. Please call the school making sure you give us your child’s birth date, grade level, address, and phone number. We limit the number of applications accepted into our applicant pool depending on the number of projected openings at each grade level. Therefore, it is important to return completed applications in a timely fashion since we fill our applicant pool on a first come-first served basis.

We will be processing seventy Kindergarten boy applications and seventy Kindergarten girl applications. Applications should be accompanied by a copy of your child's birth certificate, a $125.00 processing fee, and returned, by regular mail, no earlier than Wednesday, September 17, 2008. Please do not postmark any application before this date. We are required to return them if they are postmarked before September 17, 2008. We do not accept Fed-Ex, faxed, or drop-off applications.

What birth date qualifies a candidate for
a particular class?
In order to apply to our Kindergarten, boys must be five, by June 1st and girls by September 1st, the year the student is entering the school.

The number of new students accepted at JTD varies depending on the number of applicant siblings of present students, faculty children, and openings made available through attrition. Our three Kindergarten classes have a total of forty-two students. Each class consists of fourteen students and two teachers. There are two classes for each grade level, first through sixth grades and twenty-one to twenty-four students with two teachers in each class. In the first through sixth grades the number of new students varies according to openings and qualifications of each year's applicants.

Do you have a sibling policy?
We do consider ourselves a family school and will try, whenever possible, to keep families together. Siblings of present students and children of those legacy families who have sustained a positive relationship with our school since graduating will be given preference once they have met the admissions requirements. In addition, the school's policy is that it may accept up to 40% new families in the Kindergarten grade.

Upon what do you base admission?
Admission is decided by a thorough assessment of the child's developmental readiness, academic ability, previous school record, and performance on testing administered at our school. School-developed evaluations are used for Kindergarten through First grade and the Educational Records Bureau Comprehensive Testing Program is used for grades second through sixth. They are given to determine the applicant's readiness and ability to achieve success in our program when compared to the students presently attending our school.

Yet, testing is only a part of our evaluation. Our classes are composed of many different types of students who bring their own strengths and gifts to share with us all. Interviews with parents and students help us get to know you. We will interview parents at the Kindergarten level and interview parents and students at the First through Sixth grade levels.

Do you have tours available?
Tours for prospective parents are held every day throughout the months of April and May each year. Simply contact the admissions office after the first of each year to schedule a time. Observations are limited to those families included in the applicant pool. Once you have received our letter informing you your child is part of our applicant pool, we encourage you to come to campus and observe any grade level, not just the grade level of your child. We believe it is very important for our applicant families to understand and feel comfortable with The John Thomas Dye School. The only way to get to know us is to see us in action.

What will it cost to send my child to John Thomas Dye?
Tuition for the 2008-2009 school year is $20,800 Kindergarten through Sixth grade. Required uniforms are extra.

Do you offer financial aid?
The School, through the generosity of alumni, parents, and friends, has established a major endowed financial aid fund: The Dye Family Scholarship Fund. A portion of the interest earnings from this source, along with the one-time $2,000 new student fee, provides money for financial aid. John Thomas Dye awards over a quarter of a million dollars a year in aid.

If a family would like to request financial aid, simply check the appropriate box on the back of the application for admission. A Financial Aid Packet, including complete instructions on how to apply for aid, and the financial aid timetable, will be mailed to parents in early December. The usual admissions application fee of $125 is waived for financial aid applicants.

Financial aid awards are based primarily on the following criteria: