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612 Liberty Street, Pella, IA 50219Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. · Saturday and Sunday: ClosedMonday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.Applications for next fall open in January

How to enroll

Families who apply a year ahead have time to visit more than once.

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    Step 1: Get in touch

    Call the office, write to us or use the form. The head of school or the office manager answers within a school day or two.

  2. 02

    Step 2: Visit the school

    Come to an open house in the fall or book a visit day. You sit in on a morning lesson and talk with the head of school. Children are welcome to come along.

  3. 03

    Step 3: Apply

    Applications open in January for the next fall. The application asks about your family and your hopes for school, and we meet the child in a short, friendly conversation with a teacher.

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    Step 4: Hear from us

    Decisions go out in late March, by letter and by phone. If a grade is full, we offer a place on the waitlist.

  5. 05

    Step 5: Register

    Sign the enrollment agreement and make the first payment to hold the place. The school's online system then asks for the forms we collect privately.

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    Step 6: The first day

    The first day is in late August. Buses run from the first morning, and the head of school greets every child at the door.

Admissions calendar

When to visit, apply and hear from us

Families apply a year before the first day. Visits begin in the new year, and decisions go out in March.

This school year
  • Late August

    First day

    Buses run from the first morning.

  • November

    Open houses

    Walk the building and meet the teachers.

  • Most Thursdays, January to March

    Tour

    Visit days

    A morning in a classroom and a talk with the head of school.

    Book a visit
  • January

    Applications open

    For the fall a year away.

  • Early March

    Deadline

    Application deadline

    Every family hears at the same time.

  • Late March

    Decisions

    By letter and by phone.

  • April

    Deadline

    Enrollment agreements

    Signed to hold a place.

Sample dates.

Nondiscrimination notice

Prairie Hollow Christian School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Spend a morning with us

A visit day is the first step, and children are welcome to come along.