Application Information

Admissions Dates and Items Required

Once all application requirements have been received and processed, you will be emailed a confirmation.

Online: We are now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 school year. Please click the link below.

2023-2024 Academic Year - The Basilica School of Saint Mary

To apply to multiple schools in the Diocese of Arlington, including The Basilica School of Saint Mary, you may use the following system as well. However, all applicants must complete the Basilica School of Saint Mary application in addition to the Diocesan application.

Only one application per student please.

Please note that, an applicant's packet is not considered complete until all requirements (detailed on this page) have been submitted and processed. 

Online: Non-refundable application fee of $55.00 per applicant. Please click the following link to process your payment. 

2023-2024 Application Fee - BSSM

Upload or Mail:  A copy is required with your application and may be uploaded directly into the online application.

If you prefer to mail, please collect and send all additional required documents that you are responsible for in one packet.

After acceptance, the original birth certificate must be presented to school office personnel for verification.

Upload or Mail: Catholic applicants only. This includes Baptismal certificate and First Communion (if it has been received). 

May be uploaded directly into the online application. If you prefer to mail, please collect and send all additional required documents that you are responsible for in one packet.

MAIL or EMAIL: Applies to those students applying to grades 1-8. Must be sent directly from applicant’s current school. Include current and two previous academic years’ (minimum required), report cards (including comments), and standardized test scores.

The Release of Student Records Request Form

Please utilize the form to authorize the applicant’s current school to send records to The Basilica School of Saint Mary.

Sign and date this form and bring it to the administrative office of the applicant’s current school. These records must be received before a student can be evaluated for acceptance.

MAIL or EMAIL: The student evaluation form should be completed and returned by
your child’s current teacher. The form must be received before a child can be evaluated for
acceptance.

Use this form for students applying for PreK or K:

Prospective Student Evaluation Form - PreK & K

Use this form for students applying for Grades 1-8

Prospective Student Evaluation Form - Grades 1-8

Parents should only complete the top section in gray to authorize child's current teacher to provide an evaluation on behalf of the applicant.

Teachers may use additional sheets of paper to offer additional comments. Teachers must mail or email the form directly to Christina Lindh's attention at The Basilica School of Saint Mary or clindh@smsva.org.

MAIL OR EMAIL: This form must be completed by the parish office where the applicant is a registered member and submitted directly from your parish to The Basilica School of Saint Mary. 

Please use this form if you are a parishioner of The Basilica of Saint Mary:

Parish Acknowledgement Form - The Basilica of Saint Mary

Please use this form if you are a parishioner of another parish:

Parish Acknowledgement Form - All Parishes Except The Basilica of Saint Mary

MAIL or EMAIL: Immunization record is required with the application.

The Commonwealth of VA School Entrance Health Form must be submitted prior to the start of
school, but is not required to make the application complete.

The Commonwealth of VA School Entrance Health Form

Mail or Email: A copy of the custody decree must be included in the application packet demonstrating custody and/or legal arrangements. 

Mailed or Emailed: If the applicant has been tested or evaluated for any disability, English as a second language or medical condition we ask for additional information.

If applicable, provide a copy of IEP, 504 plan, Student Assistance Plan, Speech and Language Evaluation, Psycho-educational test results, Special Ed Child Study, Special Ed Eligibility Date from base public school and Special Ed Triennial.

If the applicant has ever been suspended, dismissed, expelled or not permitted to re-enroll in a
school we will require additional information.

Applicants to kindergarten will be required to complete a kindergarten readiness screening with staff of The Basilica School of Saint Mary.

Applicants will be emailed information on the screening process in January and sessions will be scheduled with each prospective student.

Admission to the middle school at The Basilica School of Saint Mary 

Applicants to grades 6, 7 and 8 may be asked to visit with the Principal or Assistant Principal as a part of the admissions process.

If applicable, applicants will be invited via email after completing an application packet and prior to admissions decisions.