Day Student Application Process
- Online Application (APPLY NOW!)
- Three Letters of Recommendation (click here to download)
- Transcript Release Form (Click here to download)
- $25 Application Fee (Submit Payment by check / by credit / wire info: please contact dnolan@mh-ma.com)
- Complete Enterance Exam
- School will review and make decision on applicant
If accepted, family will be notified and step 6 continues the process.
- Confirm students intentions by submitting $250 registration fee. (Allows for enlisting in courses.)
- Now enrolled and ready for Registration day.
Domestic Residency Student Application Process
- Online Application (APPLY NOW!)
- Three Letters of Recommendation (click here to download)
- Transcript Release Form (Click here to download)
- $50 Application Fee (Submit Payment by check / by credit /wire info: please contact dnolan@mh-ma.com)
- School visit (Meet w/ Principal, Residency Director, and Admissions Director)
- Complete Enterance Exam
- School will review and make decision on applicant
If accepted, family will be notified and step 7 continues the process.
- Confirm students intentions by submitting $250 registration fee. (Allows for enlisting in courses.)
- Now enrolled and ready for Registration day.
International Residency Student Application Process
- Online Application (APPLY NOW!)
- Two Letters of Recommendation (click here to download)
One Counselor Recommendation (click here to download)
- Transcript Release Form (Download form)
- Letter of bank solvency or financial support
- $100 Application Fee (Submit Payment by check / by credit /wire info: please contact dnolan@mh-ma.com)
- School will review and make decision on applicant
If accepted, family will be notified, and step 7 continues the process.
- Confirm students intentions of attending by submitting $500 deposit. (Deposit refunded if visa is denied.)
- School can then issue I-20, acceptance letter, and other documents to assist student in obtaining student visa. A registration packet will also be sent for families to complete and student will bring to the school when they arrive to campus
- Tuition is due on August 1st.
- When student arrives to campus, the deposit becomes the student's security deposit.
International Programs
An international student at Maur Hill - Mount Academy is defined as a non-US resident student who requires an I-20 to attend school in the US. Upon arrival, all international students are tested for English proficiency to determine class placement.
There are several program options available to international students, as explained below.
| 1. High School Diploma Program |
(August – May) |
Full year $24,000 |
Semester $13,350 |
| A college preparatory curriculum offered for grades 9-12 is available to international students meeting the English proficiency requirements. Students in this program must meet all graduation requirements to be awarded a diploma. The English proficiency and graduation requirements can be found on the Graduation Requirements page, and also clicking on the ESL Policy. |
| 2. 8th Grade Program |
(August – May) |
Full year $24,000 |
Semester $13,350 |
| A Catholic school curriculum offered for 7th and 8th grade is available to international students meeting the English proficiency requirements (see ESL Policy page). Students in this program will board at MH-MA, but will attend classes at Atchison Catholic Elementary School. ACES is our local Catholic day school. Students will be bused over to ACES after breakfast and will attend classes in a regular 7th and 8th grade curriculum setting. These classes can be revalidated for credit in the student’s own country. |
| 3. English as a Second Language Program |
(August – May) |
Full year $24,000 |
Semester $13,350 |
| English as a Second Language programs are available on full-year, semester and short term basis, as explained below. International students who wish to learn or increase their proficiency in English are tested upon arrival and then placed in 1 of 3 levels of instruction. A certificate of completion is awarded to the student at the end of the program. Courses are taught in the following areas: vocabulary keyboarding listening reading composition/writing survey of literature grammar conversation chorus physical education/health. Please see ESL Policy. |
| 4. Summer 2008 Program |
July 7th - Aug. 13th, 2008 |
Cost: $4,200 |
| The summer ESL program is designed to give students an immersion experience in English. Classes are conducted fromin the fully air-conditioned academic building. Each weekend and some weekday evenings, there are additional cultural and recreational activities planned in and around the Atchison and Kansas City areas. This program gives the students and opportunity to learn about the local culture and customs as well as to use their conversational English. See summer school attachment. |
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