How to Apply

List of 9 items.

• 1. Let’s get Started!

  • Click to create your online inquiry or call the Admission Office at 405.749.3200 and we can do it for you! For interested families outside the US, please review our admission procedures for international students.

• 2. Getting to know each other

  • Once an inquiry has been submitted, an Admission Director will call you to schedule a campus visit or answer any questions you have.
  • Check our Events page for important events for prospective families and students.

• 3. Submitting an Application

  • Once an inquiry has been submitted, you will receive a follow up email with login credentials for our online portal called “MyCasady”.
  • Visit www.casady.org and click on MyCasady in the upper right-hand corner. Login using your issued username and create a new password.
  • Once logged in, select your child’s tab and click “Apply Now”
  • Complete the online Application and Parent Statement, pay the $75 application fee, and click “Thank You” to submit.

• 4. Admission testing and other required documents

  • Primary Division (PreK, Kindergarten)
    • Developmental Assessment (age-normed)
    • Classroom observation
    • Teacher Recommendation Form (optional)
  • Lower Division (Grades 1-4)
    • Admission Testing
    • Teacher Recommendation Form
    • Transcript
  •  Middle & Upper Divisions (Grades 5-12)
    • Admission Testing
    • Student Essays Form
    • Extracurricular Form
    • Teacher Recommendation Form – Math or Science
    • Teacher Recommendation Form – English or Social Studies
    • Transcript

• 5. Schedule a Shadow Day

  • Lower Division
    • Grade 1: All applicants are required to fulfill a shadow day visit in Kindergarten which includes a developmental assessment.
    • Grades 2-4: All applicants are required to fulfill a shadow day visit in Casady’s Lower Division. Students are placed in a classroom of their current grade level.
  • Middle and Upper Division
    
    • Grades 5-12: All applicants are required to fulfill a shadow day visit in Casady’s Middle or Upper Divisions. Students are typically matched with a Student Ambassador in their same grade level. For rising 9th graders, students are matched with a current 9th grade Student Ambassador. Applicants will meet with the Division Director, Assistant Director or Dean of Students at some point during the day.

• 6. Admission Checklist

  • You may login to MyCasady at any time to check the status of your checklist and to see what items have or have not been completed.

• 7. Deadlines, Decisions & Notification

  • Early Decision Deadline - December 1
    • See more information about Early Decision below
  • Regular Decision Deadline - January 15
    • For admission files completed by January 15, decisions will be emailed on February 10.
  • Rolling Admission - Admission files completed after January 15
    • For admission files completed after January 15, files will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as space permits in the grade level.
    • For grades that are full, students will be placed in a waitpool.

• 8. Enrollment Contracts

  • Continuous Enrollment Contracts for accepted students will be issued at the time of acceptance.
  • Families are given 2 weeks to accept the enrollment contract, after which point the contract will no longer be available and the space will be given to another qualified candidate.

• * Early Decision Candidates

  • Primary Division
    • Legacy Candidates have the opportunity to apply for Early Acceptance in full-day PreK and Kindergarten to ensure a spot early in the year.
    • If offered Early Acceptance, families will pay the $400 enrollment fee to hold their child’s space in the class.
  • Upper Division
    • 9th grade candidates have the opportunity to apply for Early Acceptance to ensure a spot early in the year.
    • Early Acceptance can be offered to outstanding candidates if files are complete by December 1.
    • If offered Early Acceptance, the candidate will be given the opportunity to pay a $1,000 non-refundable deposit to hold their space in the class. When the Continuous Enrollment Contract is issued in February, the $400 enrollment fee will be waived.
  • If a student is not offered Early Acceptance, their file will be deferred to the regular review process and more information may be requested by the Admission Office.