Admissions Process

Application Form & Parent Questionnaire

To start the admission application process, just click HERE to create an account in Ravenna, our application platform. You’ll enter background information for your family profile and then move forward with the online application form.

The application form should be submitted, with the application fee, by February 1. Applications are accepted after February 1 and students continue to be admitted into grades in which space remains throughout the spring, summer, and during the school year.

Once the application form, with the application fee, is submitted, parents submit a questionnaire in Ravenna about their child.

Supporting Documents

Once the application form has been submitted, parents delegate recommendation and school records request forms through Ravenna to the appropriate people. Applicants to middle and upper schools also submit an applicant statement. All materials are submitted to MVS through Ravenna and the contents of recommendations are kept strictly confidential.

The academic recommendation form is sent to all teacher references. For applicants in grades EC-5, this form is sent to the applicant’s current classroom teacher. For applicants in grades 6-12, the form is sent to the applicant’s current English and math teachers. Additional academic recommendations are welcome but not required.

The school administrator or guidance counselor recommendation form is sent to the applicant’s principal or counselor and that individual is asked to share their impressions of the applicant.

The school records request form is sent to the office at the current school, which then submits their records directly to MVS through Ravenna.

The personal recommendation form is sent to someone who knows the applicant in a non-academic setting. This could be a coach, music instructor, family friend, religious leader, etc. Personal recommendations are requested for upper school applicants and are optional for younger students.

The applicant statement invites applicants to the middle and upper schools to describe themselves independently with honesty, creativity, and clarity.

Student Visit

Applicants to the early childhood school (typically ages 3-4) visit campus in small groups on Saturday morning, March 4, 2023.

Applicants to kindergarten visit campus in small groups on Saturday morning, February 25, 2023.

EC and K applicants unable to attend the group visits come to campus individually on a school morning or video chat remotely with EC and/or lower school and admissions staff.

Applicants to grades 1-5 conduct a video chat with the lower school director and admissions staff and may also be invited to visit campus for a partial or full day.

Applicants to grades 6-12 visit MVS individually for a school morning or full day, or video chat remotely with admissions and division staff if an in person visit is not feasible.

Applicants may be asked to engage with MVS staff for academic assessment in addition to the above steps.

Early childhood school and kindergarten applicants should be 3, 4, or 5 years old, depending on the grade, by the first day of school in mid-August, and all early childhood school students must be toilet-trained by the first day of school. Applicants with birthdays between mid-August and September 30 will be considered and may be accepted if ready academically, socially, emotionally, and developmentally.