Admission Policies
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Registration Dates
Registration Fees
Student Testing
Probationary Period
Dismissal
The Registration Process

Mount Airy Christian Academy admits students of any race, color, nationality, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities made available to students of the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, nationality, or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, or any other school administered programs. It does reserve the right to admit only those students whose educational needs can be met by the school.

Registration Dates

Current Mount Airy Christian Academy and Mount Airy Bible Church families are given priority during an early registration session each year. Applications will be taken from new families beginning Monday, March 3, 2008 to fill any vacant positions in K-11. MACA will maintain a waiting list for each class; however, it is not reviewed on a first come, first served basis. Waiting list placement is at the discretion of the administration.

Registration Fees

Registration fees must accompany the application in order for the application to be processed. Registration fees become non-refundable when a position is offered to your family and a Letter of Acceptance is issued.

Returning MACA Families

Incoming K: 2/1 - 2/28/09 - $210.00
After 2/28/09 - $260.00
Grades 1-12: $260.00
After 2/28/09 - $310.00

New MABC Families

Incoming K: 2/18 - 2/28/09 - $210.00
After 2/28/09 - $260.00
Grades 1-12: 2/18 - 2/28/09 - $260.00
After 2/28/09 - $310.00

New Families

Beginning 3/2/09
Incoming K: $260.00
Grades 1-12: $310.00

Late Entry Families (families registering after the 1st day of school)

Incoming K: $285.00
Grades 1-5: $360.00
Grades 6-12: $385.00

Student Testing

All new students and incoming kindergartners will be tested to determine their place in our program. We want to ensure each child’s success in school. Testing arrangements are explained under the Registration Process section. Review of a student’s previous records will also be used in determining placement at MACA.

Probationary Period

All new students are under a probationary period of 45 days. At the end of that time, the students will be evaluated to determine whether they will continue at MACA. In addition, if a child is accepted and later becomes a discipline problem, the school reserves the right to have full discretion in the discipline process and to place such students on corrective probation for a reasonable amount of time.

Dismissal

Mount Airy Christian Academy reserves the right to dismiss any student who does not cooperate with the total educational process. We also reserve the right to dismiss any family non-supportive or disruptive to the school. This includes such areas as gossip, bad-mouthing the school, failure to support the staff or administration, and poor treatment of other families or students. These fall under scriptural teaching in James 3:5-9 and Romans 16:17-18.

The Registration Process

The following procedures must be followed to apply for admission to Mount Airy Christian Academy:

1. Submit the following to the school:
• Completed Application for Enrollment (one per applicant)
• Registration Fee (per applicant)
• Signed Parental Pledge (one per family)
• High School Student Pledge (one per student grades 9-12)
• Secondary Student Questionnaire (new students only; grades 6-12)

2. New students and incoming kindergartners must complete a testing session before they can be accepted to MACA. Testing sessions for grades K-5 are approximately one hour in length. Testing sessions for grades 6-12 are approximately 1½ hours in length.

Please call the office to schedule your child’s testing time. Students applying for grades 1-12 must bring copies of past academic records to the testing session. Failure to provide all pertinent school records may result in the student’s expulsion from the school. Should a student be refused admission to MACA based on admission testing performance, fifty percent of the Registration Fee will be refunded. No refunds are given after a Letter of Acceptance has been issued.

3. Once all the criteria listed above have been completed, a Letter of Acceptance will be sent to you. If MACA offers a position to your child(ren), as indicated by the issuance of the Letter of Acceptance, the registration fee becomes non-refundable at that point. Your child’s enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year becomes official with the Letter of Acceptance.