APPLICATION PROCESS

Thank you for your interest in attending Peace Lutheran School for the 2010-2011 school year. We are committed to providing an educationally challenging program in a Christ-centered environment where students and their families feel valued and accepted. All students on campus enjoy individual Bible classes, weekly chapel services and ongoing community service projects.

We are committed to offering a culturally diverse Christian community. To accomplish this, our International Student Program will host up to 10 students in grades 1-8 annually. Peace Lutheran will work in cooperation with approved agencies specializing in assisting families who want their students to participate in a Christian study-abroad program in the United States.

ADMISSION PROCESS

Families and/or their agency representative are responsible for the following:

1. Submit an International Student Application Form. (PDF)
A non-refundable international application fee must be included. It must be disclosed if applicant is currently in the United States on a B2 visitor VISA or if the applicant has attended another school in the United States on an F1 student VISA prior to making application to Peace Lutheran School.

2. English proficiency requirement. These must be submitted with the International Student Application Form.

Students applying for grades 5-8: Provide a DVD with the applicant speaking in English for three minutes. This is required to assess the applicant’s English proficiency in relation to the grade level they are applying for. In addition, each applicant is required to write a 100-200 word (auto-biography) essay in English.
This essay may be written on the Student Essay Form provided here. (PDF)

Students applying for grades 3-4: Provide a DVD with the applicant telling or reading a story in English for two minutes. In addition, each applicant is required to write a 50-75 word (auto-biography) essay in English.
This essay may be written on the Student Essay Form provided here. (PDF)

Students applying for grades 1-2: Provide a DVD with the applicant telling or reading a story in English for two minutes. In addition, each applicant is required to write out each letter of the alphabet and counting numbers 1-30 in digits. This may be written on the Student Essay Form provided here. (PDF)

3. Obtaining an I-20 student visa prior to August 15th of the school year.

4. Arranging for home stay – Students in grades 1-2 must be placed with a family where both English and the child’s native language is fluently spoken. Students in grades 3-8 should be placed in homes where English is the primary language spoken.
Host Family Information Form (PDF)

5. Comply with all other general school enrollment procedures as stated in the Peace Lutheran School Handbook.

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