Cincinnati Classical Academy’s application process for the 2025-26 school year is currently open. All applications submitted prior to December 31, 2024, were placed into a random lottery, which was run on January 6, 2025. Applications for enrollment submitted after January 6, will be offered seats or a placement on the wait list in the order they apply. If your student is placed on the waitlist for his/her grade level, please know that your student still has a viable chance to be admitted for the 2025-26 school year in coming weeks.
N.B. Cincinnati Classical Academy is adding 26 seats per grade level for grades 4, 5, 6, and 7 for the 2025-26 school year.
Please use the link below in order to complete the SchoolMint application for each child you wish to enroll in grades K-9 for the 2025-26 school year.
Important Enrollment Dates
| Nov. 8, 2024 | Applications for new students will begin for the 2025-26 school year. Re-Enrollment will begin for current students. |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | Enrollment and re-enrollment ends. |
| Jan. 6, 2025 | Lottery run and notifications via text or email will be sent to families at noon. |
| 3 Days from Seat Offering | Acceptance or decline seat offer deadline. |
| Jan. 7, 2025 | Beginning January 7, 2025, applications will reopen, and any available seats will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. If no seat is currently available, the student will be placed on the waitlist for that grade level. Please note: Being on the waitlist does not mean your student won’t be offered a seat. It is very likely that some families will decline their offered seats, change their plans, or move out of state between the lottery and the start of school in August. Give Mrs. O’Callaghan a call if you have any questions: 513-554-0285, extension 103. |
| Registration March through June | Registration appointments will be available with the registrar. |
Why Classical Education?
The pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful is good for everyone.
Cincinnati Classical Academy provides a time-tested, content-rich curriculum in the classical liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in moral character and civic virtue. We aim to prepare students for life, not just for college and career, through formation of the will to desire what is good, true, and beautiful. We rely on teachers, not digital devices, to teach, inspire, and form our students. We use primary sources and classic literature so that students can converse with and learn from the greatest thinkers who shaped Western culture and institutions.
Re-Enrollment – November 27, 2023 to January 31, 2024:
To re-enroll your current student, please access your SchoolMint account starting November 27th and complete the re-enrollment form. You have through January 31, 2024 to re-enroll.
Open Enrollment December 18, 2023-February 29, 2024:
Starting December 18, 2023, and running through February 29, 2024, applications will be accepted for the 2024-2025 school year for new students to Classical. To submit an application, create an account in our SchoolMint website, and submit an application for each child you wish to enroll.
Lottery Date is March 6, 2024:
Our random lottery will be run and published on March 6th at 10:00 am. At this time, a notification will be sent for each application that was submitted via text and email to parents. That email will communicate either a seat offering or a waitlist number. Please continue reading below the next steps for each event.
What happens if my child is offered a seat?
If your child is offered a seat in the 2025-26 lottery, please follow these directions in order to register for the 2025-26 school year.
The process includes 1) accepting the offer, and 2) completing the registration forms. In order to guarantee your child’s spot for the upcoming school year, you must accept the seat within three business days of the offer and subsequently complete the registration process with our Registrar Mrs. Janet O’Callaghan.
STEP ONE: Accept the Offer (within three business days)
Please log into the Parent Dashboard using the hotlink here. If you don’t remember your password, please use the “Forgot Password” link to reset your password. Once you log in, you should see the following screen. Please click on the “View Submitted Forms” button.
This will take you to the second screen. If you are ready to accept the seat for your child, click on the ACCEPT button:
Once you accept the seat, you will receive confirmation via email which will include a link to Final Forms. FinalForms is our student database and houses all pertinent information on the student. There you will start and complete the registration process.
STEP TWO: Schedule a Registration Appointment (within three business days of accepting the seat)
After you create your account in FinalForms and add your student, you will see a list of online forms on the left side of the page. The first one is titled New Student Registration Process. In that form, you will see a link to Mrs. O’Callaghan’s calendar. Please use that link to schedule that Registration Appointment.
Required documents: Please note that you will be asked to bring documents to the registration appointment with Mrs. O’Callaghan as well as upload others.
Further questions may be directed to our Enrollment Manager, Mrs. Janet O’Callaghan: jocallaghan@cincyclassical.org
What happens if my child is placed on the waiting list?
If your child is placed on the waiting list for his/her grade level, you will also receive a number that indicates where you are on that waiting list. You will be notified again when and if accepted students decline their seats and your child is moved up to the offered list. At this point you will have five business days to accept or decline the offered seat. If you accept, please follow the directions above.
Further questions may be directed to our Enrollment Manager, Mrs. Janet O’Callaghan: jocallaghan@cincyclassical.org