Grades 1-8 Admissions

Application Checklist:
Step 1: Contact
  • Please contact our Enrollment Director, Rebecca Briamonte at 520.325.5514 for a brief conversation and to schedule your private or group tour (Talk & Tour).
Step 2: Parent Visit
  • Attend a Talk & Tour.
Step 3: Application
  • After your Talk & Tour, you are invited to apply. To begin your application, follow the application link to TADS (an online and secure tuition and admissions management site) at http://mytads.com/a/TucsonWaldorf.
  • You will create an account and password. Select the academic year for which you are applying.  IMPORTANT: We’re here to help. For assistance with this process at any time, contact Enrollment Director, Rebecca Briamonte at 520.325.5514.
Step 4: Student Assessment and Three-Day Visit
  • Once you’ve completed your admissions application to the Grades program, you will be contacted to schedule an assessment for your child with a member of our grades faculty.  The assessment takes approximately 45 minutes and is a relaxed, informal visit.
  • Based on your child’s assessment, a recommendation will be made regarding class placement. You will be contacted soon after your visit to discuss the faculty’s admission recommendation.
  • Your family will have the opportunity to meet with the class teacher after the assessment and before the three-day visit (Step 5).
Step 5: Meeting
  • Your child is invited to attend his/ her prospective class for a minimum three-day visit.  The class visit is designed to ensure that your child’s needs can be met  and gives your child a sense of what it is like to attend Tucson Waldorf School.
Step 6:
  • The Enrollment Director, Rebecca Briamonte, and/or a faculty member will contact you to discuss the admissions decision following your three-day visit.

Grades 1-8 Enrollment Information

  • We accept ongoing admissions in all of our programs as space allows. Applications for the current school year are accepted at any time.
  • Applications for the upcoming academic year are accepted beginning in late January. Applicants are considered for placement in the order the applications are received. When applying through TADS, please check to ensure you are applying for the correct year (the year your child will be attending TWS).
  • Admission is considered complete upon receiving school records from your child’s current (or former) teacher.
  • All enrollments are subject to a 45-day trial period.
  • Enrollment is considered official when your TADS online enrollment form has been completed and you have set up a billing agreement with initial payment.