Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
The school is fully accredited by the National Council for Private School Accreditation and the Florida Catholic Conference.
The application fee is $50.00 per child. This fee includes the entrance exam and is nonrefundable.
Prospective students entering 1st Grade - 8th Grade will be contacted with an entrance exam date.
Applicants will be considered as registered for the entrance exam once an application for admission is received and date has been set.
The entrance exam tests reading comprehension, language arts skills and mathematics.
Decision notices will be emailed by February 14, 2020 for applicants taking the entrance exam on January 16, 2020. Students taking the entrance exam after January 16, 2020 will be notified within three weeks of taking the entrance exam.
Any student, who meets all acceptance criteria and cannot be accepted because space is not available, will be placed on a waiting list. A new waiting list is started each school year. Students, who are not accepted, must reapply for the following school year.
At the present time, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School accepts Family Empowerment Scholarship offered by the Florida Department of Education, AAA Scholarship’s Florida Income Based Scholarship, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and the Gardiner Scholarship funded by Step Up for Students.
Students in grades PK3 and PK4 have a daily 45 - 60 minute rest period.
All students attend Mass on a weekly basis and on Holy Days of Obligation.
If your child is entering the second grade and is not up to date with his/her sacraments, he/she may be required to attend Christian Formation classes (CCD). Students in grades 3 – 8, who have not received the sacraments, may be required to attend Christian Formation classes.