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There is a $35 application fee for new students or $75 for transfer students, coming from another public or private school. That fee will reserve your child’s place for the placement test administered in the next step.

We are capping the number of students we accept and are confident the spots will fill up extremely fast.

Also, we are planning to open the school with a full 9th and 10th grade class for the 2022-2023 school year, however we are open to accepting a small number of 11th graders who will receive a custom, blended form of the curriculum. 

In order to sit for the placement test, the application must be submitted and the fee must be paid.

All incoming students are required to take the CLT8 (Classical Learning Test 8) as a high school placement test. This test will be used as a diagnostic tool to ensure students are placed in the appropriate section of each discipline, and to help identify areas of academic strengths and opportunities for growth. (An optional Latin placement exam is also offered to students who have previously taken Latin.)

The test covers the following:

• Verbal reasoning skills
• Grammar and writing skills
• Quantitative reasoning skills

We will work with parents to administer this test with their student.

Each family (student and parents) will also need to take part in an interview with the headmaster or Board members from Chesterton Academy. The purpose is to ensure that both the family and the school are a good fit for one another.

After the application process is complete, and all materials have been reviewed by Chesterton Academy staff, acceptance letters will be mailed out to students.

Once your student is accepted, you are then ready to formally enroll your student in the school! This involves signing a tuition agreement, setting up tuition payments, meeting the other students, families, staff, and teachers, and preparing for the upcoming school year!