Thank you for your interest in Oak Hill Montessori Community School.
As a Minnesota public charter school, we are proud to offer tuition-free authentic Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) education for all children ages Kindergarten-8th grade.
More information about our school’s Mission, Vision and Core Values can be found here.
Under Minnesota state law, OHMCS’s Upper School enrollment process starts with an open enrollment period for each upcoming school year. The open enrollment window for the 2025-2026 school year will be Friday, January 3rd, 2025 9:00 AM through Friday, January 24th, 2025 4:00 PM.
The enrollment capacity for each grade will be determined by the OHMCS Board of Directors prior to the start of the open enrollment period each year.
More information about Association Montessori Internationale and Minnesota charter schools can be found in the links below:
Association Montessori Internationale
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2025/2026 School Year Enrollment
Open Enrollment Window
The open enrollment window for the 2025/2026 school year closed at 4:00 pm on Friday, January 24th, 2025.
For those wanting to join the waitlist, you may still fill out the Upper School Online Application Form.
Students applying at this time will be added to our waitlist in the order their application is received.
Waitlist
The 2025/2026 public facing waitlist can be found here.
For those that applied during the open enrollment window:
Enrollment Offers
Kindergarteners made initial offers of enrollment will receive an email on or before Friday, February 7th, 2025 confirming their offer and providing details on how to accept or decline enrollment.
Initial enrollment offers will be extended with an expiration date of Friday, February 14th, 2025 4:00 PM. At that time, the offer will be considered declined and we will extend the offer to the next child on the waiting list.
Once a student accepts an offer of enrollment, they will continue to be a student of OHMCS through their 8th grade year, unless they choose to withdraw.
Waitlist
Students placed on the waitlist will be notified of their waitlist status on or before Friday, February 7th, 2025 and provided a link to the Public Facing Waitlist so that they may monitor their position on the waitlist.
Please note that students can move both up and down the waitlist after initial publication. This can be due to declined offers and/or sibling and staff preference eligibility changes.
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2024/2025 School Year Enrollment
All grade levels are currently full for the 2024/2025 school year. Families are still welcome to apply. Students applying at this time will be added to our waitlist in the order their application is received.
Please note that students placed on the 2024/2025 waitlist that are interested in applying for the 2025/2026 school year must reapply.
The 2024/2025 Upper School Application Form can be found here.
The 2024/2025 Public Facing Waitlist can be found here.
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Non-Discrimination Statement, Legal Disclosures and Enrollment Preference
Oak Hill Montessori Community School’s Kindergarten – 8th grade levels are publicly-funded school programs. The enrollment process may not consider eligibility based on intellectual ability, aptitude, measurement of achievement, athletic ability or any other specific characteristic of children whose enrollment application is received in a timely manner.
No child will be denied admission to OHMCS on the basis of gender, religion, ethnicity, or intellectual or physical ability. Students from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Per Minnesota State law, Oak Hill Montessori Community School may not give preference to students currently enrolled in the tuition-based Pre-K program at OHMCS. Families wanting their child to continue their education at OHMCS must participate in the above enrollment process along with all other students.
As required in Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, Oak Hill Montessori Community School must offer preferential enrollment to siblings of students currently enrolled in Upper School (grades K-8) and to foster children of currently enrolled Upper School families. Sibling preference does not apply to siblings of students currently enrolled in the Lower School (Toddler or Pre-K programs).
As allowed for in Minnesota Statutes, section 124E.11, Oak Hill Montessori Community School offers preferential enrollment to children of all permanently employed school staff.