Apply | Duchesne Academy of The Sacred Heart

The application for the 2024-2025 school year is now open! Please submit an inquiry to begin the application process. Upon submitting the inquiry form, you will receive instructions to set up your Veracross account. Once logged in, you will be directed to Duchesne's Admission Portal where you can manage applications for each of your candidates.

Application Timeline

For New Families, Current Families, Alumnae, Faculty and Staff:

For New Families, Current Families, Alumnae, Faculty and Staff:

October 15, 2023	Blackbaud Tuition Assistance Applications available online.
December 15, 2023	Application Deadline
January 15, 2024	Supplemental Application Items Due Including items such as test scores, portfolio, teacher recommendations, transcripts, etc.
January 22, 2024	Blackbaud Tuition Assistance Application Due
March 27, 2024	Common Reply Date/Contracts Binding for New Families Students offered enrollment must respond by this date and signed contracts are binding. Please note, this date only applies to newly enrolled students, not to the re-enrollment of current students.

Application Process

The admissions process is designed to determine the level of compatibility between Duchesne Academy and the prospective student. This application process builds a candidate profile, which includes the following tasks and documents:

Entering Pre-K 3

Parent(s) attend campus tour and/or Open House
Applicant classroom visit and evaluation (please reserve Saturday, February 3, 2024)
HAIS Early Childhood through Kindergarten Teacher Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

To apply for the Pre-K 3 program, students must be three years old by July 1 of entry year and must be potty trained by the start of the school year.

Entering Pre-K 4

Parent(s) attend campus tour and/or Open House
Applicant classroom visit and evaluation (please reserve Saturday, February 3, 2024)
WPPSI administered by Collaborative Academic Testing Service (www.catstexas.com)
HAIS Early Childhood through Kindergarten Teacher Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

To apply for the Pre-K 4 program, students must be four years old by July 1 of entry year.

Entering Kindergarten

Parent(s) attend campus tour and/or Open House
Applicant classroom visit and evaluation (please reserve Saturday, February 3, 2024)
WPPSI administered by Collaborative Academic Testing Service (www.catstexas.com)
Transcript from current school
HAIS Early Childhood through Kindergarten Teacher Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

To apply for the Kindergarten program, students must be five years old by July 1 of entry year.

Entering Grade 1

Parent(s) attend campus tour and/or Open House
Applicant classroom visit and evaluation (please reserve Saturday, February 3, 2024)
WPPSI administered by Collaborative Academic Testing Service (www.catstexas.com)
Transcript from current school
HAIS Grades 1-5 Teacher Recommendation Form
HAIS Principal/Head of School Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

Entering Grades 2–4

Parent(s) attend campus tour and/or Open House
Applicant classroom visit and evaluation (please reserve Saturday, February 3, 2024)
WISC-IV administered by Collaborative Academic Testing Service (www.catstexas.com)
Transcript from current school
HAIS Grades 1-5 Teacher Recommendation Form
HAIS Principal/Head of School Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

Entering Grade 5

Parent(s) and applicant attend campus tour and/or Open House
Two years of school transcripts and standardized test results
Take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE)
HAIS Grades 1-5 Teacher Recommendation Form
HAIS Principal/Head of School Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Student Questionnaire
Student Interview
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

Entering Grades 6–8

Parent(s) and applicant attend campus tour and/or Open House
Two years of school transcripts and standardized test results
Take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE)
HAIS Grades 6-12 English and Math Teacher Recommendation Forms
HAIS Principal/Head of School Recommendation Form
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Student Questionnaire
Student Interview
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

Entering Grades 9-12

Parent(s) and applicant attends campus tour and/or Open House
Family interview
Student writing sample to be completed at same visit as the family interview (Only candidates not taking the ISEE are required to complete a writing sample after the family interview.)
Two years of school transcripts and standardized test results
Submit a student portfolio (optional)
Take the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE)
HAIS Grades 6-12 English and Math Teacher Recommendation Forms
Birth Certificate
Parent Questionnaire
Student Questionnaire
Recent Student Photo
Recent Family Photo

Wait Pool

Candidates qualifying for a grade in which there are no spaces remaining may be offered a wait pool position. These positions are unranked. If a space becomes available, the profiles of all candidates in the wait pool are reviewed.

Additional Information

Teacher Recommendations

Online Form: After submitting an application, the teacher recommendation form(s) will be available to delegate via the application portal. You will enter the teacher or school administrator's email address, and they will receive a notification to fill out the form electronically. If they have trouble submitting this through the portal, we can accept a PDF copy of the form sent to admissions@duchesne.org.

Testing

Lower School (Pre-K 3 - fourth grade) applicants are required to attend a group classroom visit and observation. Information regarding these visits will be forthcoming from the Office of Enrollment Management.

PK4-1^st grade applicants must register for a WPPS Test and 2^nd-4^th grade applicants must register for WISC Test through Collaborative Academic Testing at www.catstexas.com.

Middle School applicants are required to register for the ISEE test online at www.iseetest.org. Middle School applicants are also required to have an interview and lunch shadow time. The Office of Enrollment Management will coordinate these visits.

Upper School applicants must submit standardized testing from the past two academic school years. If this is unavailable, they should register for the ISEE test at www.iseetest.org. Please note, if a candidate does not take the ISEE test, the candidate will be required to complete a writing sample at the conclusion of the family interview. Upper School applicants may also submit an optional digital portfolio about themselves.

Transcripts

The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, or any other status protected by applicable law in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, tuition assistance, or other school administered student programs. As a girls’ school, Duchesne Academy admits only girls.

Siblings of current students will receive preferred consideration for admission.