Admissions Policies

​

Eligibility

​

SSNS does not discriminate based on age, ancestry/national origin, color, disability, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation in matters affecting admissions, membership, or in the employment of faculty and staff.

​

To enter each class, students must be the following ages. This ensures that all SSNS 4s graduates will be able to enter kindergarten.

SSNS 2s Class: age 2 by Sept 1st
SSNS 3s Class: age 3 by Sept 1st
SSNS 4/5s Class: age 4 by Sept 1st
 

Visit SSNS!

​

Since SSNS is a parent–run co-operative, we require all interested parents to tour our school (at our annual Open House, held each January, or by private tour) before applying.

​

Submit an application!

​

You’ll find an application attached to your information packet, or apply online! A non-refundable $75 application fee is due upon application.

Selection Process

​

Current SSNS families, children and grandchildren of current staff, alumni families, applicants who have been on the waiting list since the previous Open House enrollment lottery, and members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring (UUCSS) for at least six months receive priority registration.

​

After admitting families who meet the criteria for Priority Admission, in the Order of Preference, SSNS will select applicants by lottery, with an effort to maintain a diverse student population and gender-balanced classrooms. If we have more applications than space available for a given classroom, families will be placed in a general waiting pool, which we then draw from to fill spaces as they become available.

​

Upon notice of acceptance, a signed enrollment agreement and non-refundable one-month’s tuition deposit is required to hold your child’s place at SSNS. This deposit will be applied toward June 2024 tuition.