Application Process

For the 2024-2025 application year, we are using Ravenna, a third-party web-based application service. Through Ravenna, you will be able to:

• Submit an Application
• Email recommendation forms (LMAIS Common Recommendation Forms) directly to your child's teacher/principal
• View a full list of admission documents required

To initiate the application process, you must create an account on Ravenna and register your child.

The application process will begin once we receive your child's completed application form along with the submission of the $75 application fee (if the fee is a barrier to completing your application, please contact admission@ccookschool.org for assistance). We begin accepting applications one year prior to the fall your child would enroll. Applications for the 2024-2025 school year open September 1, 2023.

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Once we receive your child's application, a member of our Admission team will contact you to schedule a student visit. Catherine Cook holds play dates for students applying to Preschool, Junior Kindergarten, and Senior Kindergarten. Students applying to Grades 1-8 will have a classroom shadow day. 

Once we receive your child's application, the Office of Admission will be able to schedule a parent meeting, in addition to your child's visit. We require that all parents or guardians attend the interview, which will last approximately 45 minutes.

1. Submit copies of transcripts/report cards from your child's current school. Copies of transcripts/report cards from the last year and the current year are required for applicants of Grades SK-8. We would also like to receive copies of any standardized test scores, for 5th-8th Grade applicants. These items can be submitted separately from the application form, however, we require that all transcripts and test scores be submitted no later than January 26, 2024.

2. Complete the required information in Ravenna to send the LMAIS Common Recommendation Form (CRF) to your child's current teacher(s) and principal. Ravenna refers to these people as "Delegates." You will need to enter their names and email addresses.

   For the Early Childhood students that do not currently attend school, this form can be completed by a non-relative adult that knows your child well such as a nanny, coach, or single class instructor. These forms are not required at the time you submit your application. We must receive this form no later than January 26, 2024, for all applicants. For applicants to each grade listed, we require the following forms:

   • Preschool - Senior Kindergarten: CRF Teacher Form
   • Grades 1-5: CRF Teacher Form, Head of School/Division Form
   • Grades 6-8: CRF Math Teacher Form, English Teacher Form, Head of School/Division Form
      
3. We are required to collect “Certified Copies of Birth Certificates” for every enrolled student, as mandated by the Illinois State Board of Education, no later than January 26, 2024. These Certified Birth Certificate Copies can be mailed or delivered in person during a planned visit.

Eligibility for admission is determined independently from a family's application for financial support. Families applying for financial support will need to complete an online application and submit the necessary supporting documentation to FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment.

1. Applications can be completed online on the FACTS Grant & Aid Assessment website. Applicants can apply online beginning November 1, 2023. Applications must be received by January 9, 2024, for review for the 2023-2024 school year. Please note, there is a $42 application fee for FACTS (if the fee is a barrier to completing your application, please contact admission@ccookschool.org for assistance).
    
2. Submit copies of your 2023 W2/1099 form(s)* as soon as available. Applications are not complete until FACTS receives your 2022 submitted tax return(s) and your 2023 W2/1099 form(s). FACTS may request additional documentation to verify information provided on the application.
    
3. If you have questions or concerns about the application process, you may speak with a FACTS Customer Care Representative at 866.315.9262.
    
4. For specific information regarding FACTS, please view the FACTS Flyer.
    
5. Please note, we will be offering a FACTS workshop on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

*In cases of divorce or separation, both parents must submit all required forms. The family's ability to contribute is based on both parents' income and assets.

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FACTS Website, Phone Number, and Office Hours
https://online.factsmgt.com/signin/41XZY
866.315.9262
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. CST Monday-Thursday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CST on Friday

Admission decision notification dates for the 2024-2025 school year will be sent by email on the dates below. Admission decisions are made by committee, and are confidential and final.

• Sibling/current family and faculty applicants: Thursday, December 21, 2023
• Preschool: Friday, February 9, 2024
• Junior Kindergarten through 8th Grade: Friday, March 1, 2024
• Rolling admission applicants and mid-year transfer students will be notified as soon as possible

The deadline for families to respond with their enrollment agreement is Monday, March 11, 2024.