Inquiry Form

St. Charles School will host in-person tours for prospective families. To participate, please register by calling our office.

The priority deadline for Kindergarten applications is January 30th. (Kindergarten students MUST be 5 years of age by September.) Applications (for all grades) will be accepted on a rolling basis.

Application Form

The following forms must be submitted by email to office manager Becky Ott via Email  or via U.S. Mail to formally apply to St. Charles School, 850 Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos CA 94070, Attention: Ms. Ott.

Completed Application Form
Copy of Applicant's Birth Certificate
Copy of Applicant's Baptismal Certificate

Please contact our Principal. We welcome all families who are interested in financial aid to submit a TADS application form. Please visit our Tuition Assistance page, or download forms from the TADS® system.  

We ensure that every child who joins St. Charles will thrive! To assess readiness for our programs, we require all applicants to complete an assessment.

Kindergarten applicants participate in an individual readiness screening.  Children will engage virtually in age-appropriate activities designed to assess preparedness and social-emotional readiness.  

Prospective students for all other grade levels will have an opportunity to shadow a student for a day and will take an academic assessment during their visit.

A $40.00 assessment fee is charged for all applicants who plan to complete a readiness or academic assessment.

All families applying for Kindergarten will complete an interview with our pastor and principal. Kindergarten interviews are scheduled for parents and should last approximately 30 minutes. In order to register for a parent interview, prospective families must first submit an application, child's Birth Certificate, and child's Baptismal Certificate.

Acceptance letters will be sent to families of student applicants:

• Kindergarten acceptance letters in February and on a rolling basis afterwards
• All other grade level acceptance letters-rolling acceptances beginning March 1st

Acceptance priority of applicants is based on the following criteria:

• Children of St. Charles Parish families
• Children of neighboring parish families
• Children of non-Catholic families

Within the context of the guidelines enumerated above, siblings of children enrolled at St. Charles will be given appropriate consideration, including the child’s academic and personal development as indicated by tests, personal interviews, and recommendations from preschool. Enrollment is limited to 36 students per class. Vacancies are filled according to the listed criteria. Those students who meet the criteria for acceptance, but for whom we have no available space, will be placed on the waiting list.

“Parish Family” is defined as one with at least one parent who is Catholic; the family is formally registered in the Parish, regularly participates in liturgical worship with the parish community, and contributes regularly to the support of the parish (not merely financial but also support of parish ministries). All other persons or families are considered, for the purpose of school registration, to be “out-of-parish."  If further clarification of “in-parish” or “out of parish” is needed, questions would be referred to the Pastor.