Re-registration of each student presently enrolled in school takes place in February and March of each year. In order to assure a place for your children for the following school year, re-registration forms must be returned by the indicated deadline. This form and the payment of the nonrefundable registration fee are required at this time.

At the discretion of the principal, registration for new students will be open throughout the year until maximum class sizes are reached.

Priority of Admission

There are several areas considered when establishing priority during the registration process. These include: (No specific order of preference is intended by this listing)

·      Active and participating parish affiliation at time of enrollment.

·      Legacy

·      Availability of space

·      Number of years enrollee attended Catholic School or Religious Education Program

·      Religion of child or parent.

Non-Discrimination Statement (DAH 501)

The Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego, mindful of their mission to be witnesses to the love of Christ for all, admit students of any race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the schools. The Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, and national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in the administration of educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. Likewise, the Catholic schools in the Diocese of San Diego do not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of sex, age, disability, race, color and national and/or ethnic origin.

Conditions of Admission

Parents who send their children to St. Patrick's subscribe to the school’s philosophy and agree to abide by the educational policies, practices and regulations of the school and the Diocese. Parents agree to fulfill this obligation both in spirit and practice.

·      A student is admitted to St. Patrick’s with the understanding that he/she will remain in school until he/she finishes (in a satisfactory manner) the course of study unless he/she voluntarily or gives cause for dismissal.

·      Registrations must be accompanied by a birth certificate or a Baptismal Certificate. Children transferring from another school are to bring report cards and parent copies of testing from that school. Health records and transcripts are requested from the previous school by the principal.

·      Parents are to supply the school with all immunization records.  Children who have not completed their immunizations will be excluded from school.

·      All parents must complete all registration forms during the assigned registration period.  This includes all emergency information and various forms necessary for admissions.  No student will be admitted to classes without his/her parents completing this registration process.

·      Kindergarten entrance age is 5 years old on or before Sep. 1, of the year of Kindergarten registration.  The parent or guardian of a child shall, present proof to the authorities of the district evidence that prior to admission of a child to Kindergarten or the first grade of a school district, such child is of minimum age fixed by law for admissions thereto.  Such evidence shall be in the form of a Birth or Baptismal Certificate duly attested, a passport, or an affidavit of the parent, guardian or custodian of the child. (Education Code, Sec 10504)

·      All new students will be tested. This test will be administered by school appointed personnel. The results of this test will be used for the purpose of placement or acceptance into the program.