Admissions Process

Schedule

The annual Open House, scheduled the last Sunday in January of Catholic Schools Week, is the beginning of our admissions process.  Invitations with the date and times are posted on the website or can be are sent out upon request.  

This is an excellent opportunity to tour the school, meet the teachers and speak with parents who presently have children attending HFCS.

At this time "Application for Enrollment" forms are available. Upon receipt of the completed application and testing fee, placement testing can be scheduled.

The first two weeks in February are reserved for returning students to be re-enrolled.  The next week is for members of Holy Family Church and other Catholic Churches in the Diocese.  After this time enrollment is open to the public.

Evaluation

Holy Family Catholic School is a special ministry of Holy Family Catholic Church.  Our mission involves providing a quality education within a nurturing, Catholic, family environment.  As a parish school receiving a substantial amount of financial assistance from the parish, our first commitment is to the members of the parish.  Therefore, our admission process gives priority to parish families but does not automatically admit a student simply on the basis of parish membership. The decision to enroll a new student in Holy Family Catholic School will be based on, but not limited to, the following criteria:

1. An evaluation of the following information:

  • The Application for Admission form(PreK 3 - Gr. 8)
  • Students from other Catholic schools in the Diocese of Fort Worth must have an Exit form from their current school before their application can be processed.
  • birth certificate (PreK 3 - Gr. 1)
  • last year's report card (Gr. 2 - 8)
  • the most current report card (Gr. 1 - 8)
  • achievement test scores
  • verification of "parishioner" status if registered in another Catholic Church in the Diocese.
  • PreKindergarten 4/Kindergarten readiness assessment by Holy Family Catholic School; and
  • Placement testing of students (Gr. 1 - 7) by Holy Family Catholic School to evaluate the child's mathematical, reading and language arts abilities.  The non-refundable testing fee of $40 per child is payable at the time testing is scheduled.

2. After the placement test has been completed and scored, parent will be notified.

Ranking for students applying for admission to grades PreKindergarten through grade seven during the regular pre-registration period shall be determined by the following:

1st Group:      Children presently enrolled in HFCS, their siblings and children of HFCS                           employees

2nd Group:     Children who are members of a Catholic Church in the Diocese

3rd Group:      Children who are not members of Holy Family Catholic Church.

When screening several students within any one "priority grouping," special consideration will be given to children:

  • who have been successfully enrolled in a Catholic school;
  • who are parishioners
  • who are Cathoic

When several students within a particular "priority grouping" are equally eligible for a limited number of positions, a lottery will be used to determine the sequence of selection.

Admission to Grade 8

Students are not admitted to the 8th grade unless they have been successfully enrolled in a Catholic school for the previous two school years and are relocating from another geographical area or if there are extenuating circumstances.