Student Admissions Interest Form
PLEASE READ COMPLETELY-This is the only way that we consider potential students for admission.
25-26 Student Admissions: Please utilize this form if you are interested in a spot for the upcoming instructional year. In December 2024, we will start the reenrollment process for current students. In January 2025, we offer spots to siblings first before we open up spots to students on our waitlist, then our 25-26 Student Admissions Interest Form We are a small school, so we do not expect many openings but we will contact those families that have completed this form and are interested in 24-25 enrollment in mid January to the first part of February 2025.
24-25 Student Admissions: Thank you for your interest in the 24-25 Instructional Year. We are a small, holistic faith based school. Currently, we have the following openings for the 24-25 instructional year:
Inclusion Classes Due to opening up new classrooms over the summer, we are happy to announce we have one opening in each of the following grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
What is an inclusion classroom? At our school, an inclusion classroom means that some students may need additional academic supports (remedial or gifted-not behavioral) & all students benefit from our faith based, holistic (hands on, project-based learning with lots of outside time for all grade levels-weather permitting) education model. Additionally, our student/staff ratio supports optimal learning opportunities.
Additional Supports Classroom (formerly called the ESE Classroom) At our school, an Additional Supports Classroom (ASC) is comprised of 4th-12th grade students that may have one or more learning disorders, intellectual disability, or just need more academic (not behavioral) support than our inclusion classroom setting can provide. ASC students benefit from our faith based, holistic, hands on, project-based learning model.Most students in our ASC are working at a 2nd to 5th grade level. During core instructional time and other times of the day (as deemed necessary), this classroom will break up into small groups of 6 or less. This classroom has an instructor and a paraprofessional thorugh the entire instructional day (baring sickness, etc. which can occur from time to time).
Waitlist We do our best to update this form as often as possible, however, there may be other classes that go on waitlist.
Inclusion: Kindergarten, 6th-12th Additional Supports Classroom: 4th-12th
Before/After Care We do not offer before and after care, however, ONG’S TAEKWONDO ACADEMY does offer before and aftercare (and transports students to/from their location) for a fee. Please visit their website for more information by clicking here.
To Be Considered For Enrollment You must submit our Student Admissions Interest Form filled out completely to be considered for enrollment for openings now or in the future. Also, all students seeking admission must spend at minimum one week "trialing" in a classroom and complete STAR assessments to determine if Ocala Preparatory Academy is a good fit. During the summer, a minimum of two weeks trialing is requirement. If your child has a 504, IEP (noting we are not required to follow IEPs), or any other supports needed, this must be disclosed on our form.
SUFS Choice Scholarships Accepted We accept SUFS (we do not accept AAA Scholarships) FTC, Empowerment, HOPE and the Unique Abilities Scholarship. Please note that parents are required to pay out of pocket costs for tuition and fees. If you are unable to pay out of pocket costs for enrollment, please make sure that you talk to family, churches or businesses to make sure that someone can pay these costs or kindly do not submit a student interest list form. Thank you.
Parent Partnership (exerpt from our policy) We believe that a positive constructive working relationship between our staff & a student’s parents/guardians is essential to the fulfillment of our mission. As a community, it is important that we all collectively engage in an affirming, encouraging atmosphere. The expression of negative feelings & even supposedly "constructive" criticism can do much to undermine any school’s atmosphere. end exerpt from policy All parents/guardians must be in agreement with our parent partnership to start the enrollment process. Furthermore, all parents/guardians need to understand that your conduct/behavior and attitude are considered in the admissions process and at all times in your relationship with us.
Hours of Operation August-May 8:45am-2:15pm Monday-Friday June 8:40am-12:15pm Tuesday-Friday.
We are closed during the following times and will not respond during these periods: Spring Break, Good Friday (1/2 day), the last week in May, the entire month of JULY, the first TWO weeks in August, Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Break, staff work days major holidays,inclement weather, etc.