A. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
1. AGE REQUIREMENTS
Pre-Nursery - Required age should be three (3) years old by June 1 of every calendar year.
Nursery - Required age should be four (4) years old by June 1 of every calendar year.
Kindergarten - Required age should be five (5) years old by June 1 of every calendar year. However, the school may consider learners entering Kindergarten who will turn five (5) years old by the end of August on the condition that the Philippine Early Childhood Development (ECD) Checklist must be administered to the learner prior to the start of the opening of school year, to ensure that the learner is capable of meeting the expectation of the grade level.
(DepEd Order No. 020 s. 2018, Omnibus Policy on Kindergarten)
Grade One - Learners who completed Kindergarten ca enroll in Grade 1 provided that the required age should be six (6) years old by June 1 of every calendar year they will enroll in.
2. NAME REQUIREMENT
Students should be enrolled only under their true names, or those names appearing in their NSO/PSA birth certificate or, for foreign students, their alien certificate of registration. No aliases are allowed unless their use has been judicially approved.
Illegitimate children shall use the surname of their mother and have no right to use their fathers’ surname unless the latter acquiesced in the use thereof or were duly acknowledged by him/her as his/her illegitimate children or unless they were adopted by their father.
*stated with remarks of updated surname appearing in their NSO/PSA birth certificate.
3. ENROLLMENT CONTRACT
The enrollment of pupils or students in every private school shall be conducted during the registration days indicated on the approved calendar and the pertinent procedures of the school, and subject to the following rules;
a. When a student registers in a school, it is understood that he is enrolling for the entire school year for pre-elementary, elementary and secondary courses;
b. Aside from the specified registration period, a pupil or student may enroll and be admitted in accordance with the reasonable rules of the school for late enrollment.
c. No pupil or student shall be officially enrolled unless he presents the proper school credentials on or before the end of the enrollment period for the school term namely:
- Duly accomplished Application Form
- Pays the Assessment Test Fee of Php 300.00 for New Students and/or upon Early Enrolment Fee* for Old Students (*deductible from tuition fee but not refundable)
- Student’s Report Card (Form 138 or SF9) and Permanent Record (Form 137 or SF10) for Elementary & Secondary
- Certificate of Good Moral Character
- PSA Birth Certificate
- Baptismal Certificate
- Medical Health Record (Latest)
- Three (3) pieces 2”x2” latest colored picture in white background
- Letter of Recommendation (optional)
- ESC student number (for Government Scholars)
- Learner’s Resource Number (LRN)
Additional Requirements for Foreign Student
- Present Original Passport with photocopy
- Present Original Alien Certificate of Registration (ACR) with photocopy
- Student’s Visa
NOTE: ORIGINAL COPIES OF ALL PHOTOCOPIED DOCUMENTS
SUBMITTED SHOULD BE PRESENTED FOR AUTHENTICATION.
d. A pupil or student is deemed officially enrolled after he has submitted his appropriate admission or transfer credentials, has made an initial payment of his school fees which has been accepted by the school, and has been authorized to attend classes in the school.
4. PROVISIONAL ENROLLMENT
Upon complete submission of the documentary requirements, the learner shall be tagged as officially enrolled in the LIS. Otherwise, the learners retain the status of temporarily enrolled. Learners will be given until August 31st of the school year they will enroll in to produce and submit the required documents; the learner cannot be officially promoted to a higher-grade level, and the learner cannot officially graduate from the school.
The learner will not be recognized should he/she should attain the qualifying average and other criteria for academic honors, and the receiving school shall not release official documents such as the SF9, SF10, Certificate of Completion, Diploma, etc. (DepEd Order No. 03, S. 2018)