Admissions Process

Our website and social media channels are excellent resources for prospective families. Explore a day in the life of a student, learn about our campuses, and check out our curriculum for the grade you’re interested in. You can also request more information about Julie Billiart Schools, here. Or, schedule a call with an admissions representative by emailing admissions.

Attend an Interested Parent Open House or Virtual Discovery Session
No words, or even photos and videos, can adequately describe the JB Way. Meeting our faculty and staff, chatting with our Principals, and touring our sensory-friendly classrooms helps parents see the true value in a JB education. We hold dedicated Open Houses multiple times throughout the school year and we encourage all interested families to attend.

Register for an Open House

Applying for admission is easy and fast using our online application. There is currently no fee to apply. In the application, you will be asked to upload your child’s full IEP and ETR. Your application cannot be reviewed without the IEP and ETR. If you do not have these items, or if your IEP or ETR are out of date, please reach out to us. It’s important that you remember your username and password in the event that you need to leave and/or revisit your open application.

Start Your Application

Continue a Current Application

As soon as your application is complete, you'll receive an email confirmation. Our admissions team will review your child's completed application and documents and your child will be invited to our next Screening Activity.

We encourage you to consider possible openings at other JB locations, as all JB schools offer the same supportive environment for children with learning differences.

When your application is fully submitted, you'll be invited to a Screening Activity. We hold multiple screening days each year. Our highly qualified Screen Team, composed of Intervention Specialists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Behavior Analysts, and Administrators, work together to engage your child in a warm, friendly school setting. We explore your child's academic abilities through developmentally-appropriate tasks and assessments to better understand your child's academic levels. The most important part of our screening is the social and emotional component, as we want to ensure that Julie Billiart Schools has the appropriate supports in place to help your child thrive. We do not expect perfection and understand that students come to JB with a wide range of academic and social skills.

What Happens at a Screening Activity

Receive determination
Within a week of the Screening Activity, Julie Billiart Schools will notify you of our determination.

If we have the services in place to support your child and we have an immediate opening in the grade level/campus you requested, we will reach out to schedule a meet and greet and an acceptance meeting.

If we can support your child but do not have an immediate opening in your grade level/campus, we will notify you of this and add your child to our waitlist. We will share with you if we have any openings at our other campuses.

If we do not have the services in place to support your child, we will notify you and offer as much assistance as possible as you look for other options.

Families using the Jon Peterson Scholarship are invited to apply for need-based financial aid on a first-come basis. After your child has been accepted into Julie Billiart Schools and a spot is available for him/her, we will share the financial aid application as part of the enrollment process. Families accessing the Autism Scholarship will not need financial aid, as the Autism Scholarship covers our entire tuition. We will work with you to complete the Autism or Jon Peterson Scholarship at the time of acceptance.

Welcome to the JB Family! We look forward to providing a warm, nurturing, and educational environment for your child for years to come.

If you have questions about the admissions process, please contact Admissions. Thank you for joining us on this journey. We hope that your child finds a home at Julie Billiart Schools.