Application process

Students applying for Montessori and Kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year must be toilet-trained by first day of school and should be the following ages by September 1, 2023:

• Montessori, age 3
• Montessori, age 4
• Kindergarten, age 5

✔ Complete Application ($50 non-refundable fee)

✔ Admission Testing

• Montessori 
  • Applicants will participate in a developmental screening on campus. Before an assessment can be scheduled, applicants must be at least two years and eight months old. 
• Kindergarten – Form 1 
  • Applicants will take a cognitive abilities assessment with Dr. John Cannell.  Please call Dr. Cannell at 210-690-0595 to schedule testing. Dr. Cannell’s address is 11107 Wurzbach Road, Suite 401, San Antonio, TX 78230. Testing fee is $175.
  • Applicants will also participate in an academic assessment on campus. 

✔ Parent Meeting – After an application has been received, we will schedule an appointment, either via Zoom or in-person, with Julie Hellmund, Head of Admission and Enrollment Management.

✔ Progress Report – For students currently attending preschool.  Click here to download our Records Release to submit to your child’s current school.

✔ Recommendation Forms -

• Teacher Recommendation Form: Montessori and Kindergarten – Download and submit to your child’s current school.
• Teacher Recommendation Form: Form 1 – Download and submit to your child’s current school.

✔ State-Certified Birth Certificate (required through Form 1)

✔ Immunization Records 

✔ Complete Application ($50 non-refundable fee)

✔ Admission Testing

• Form 2 – Form 5 applicants are required to take the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE). The ISEE is offered throughout the academic year at many locations in San Antonio and around the United States. It is not mandatory to take it at the Saint Mary's Hall campus.  Please visit www.iseetest.org to register and for more information.

✔ Transcripts - Click here to download our Records Release to submit to your child’s current school.  We require records from the previous two school years and a current progress report.

✔ Teacher Recommendation Form: Forms 2 – 5 – Download and submit to your child’s current teacher.

✔ Parent Meeting – After an application has been received, we will schedule an appointment, either via Zoom or in-person, with Julie Hellmund, Head of Admission and Enrollment Management.

✔ Immunization Records

✔ Full Day Visit – We require our applicants to visit SMH and experience a day in the life of a Lower School Student! Upon receipt of an application, a member of the Office of Admissions will contact you to schedule this visit. 

✔ Complete Application ($50 non-refundable fee)

✔ Admission Testing

• Form 6 – Form 12 applicants are required to take the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE). The ISEE is offered throughout the academic year at many locations in San Antonio and around the United States. It is not mandatory to take it at the Saint Mary's Hall campus.  Please visit www.iseetest.org to register and for more information.

✔ Transcripts - Click here to download our Records Release to submit to your child’s current school.  We require records from the previous two school years and a current progress report.

✔ Recommendation Forms – Please download and submit to your child’s current school:

• Administrator's Recommendation – Completed by a current school administrator or guidance counselor
• English Teacher Recommendation – Completed by a current teacher
• Math Teacher Recommendation – Completed by a current teacher
• Extracurricular Recommendation – Completed by an adult other than an academic classroom teacher who has worked with your child recently in an activity or special interest enjoyed outside the classroom(e.g. arts, clubs, drama, music, sports, volunteer or paid work, etc.)

✔ Full Day Visit and Student Interview – After an application has been received, we will schedule a visit so your child may experience a day in the life of a student at SMH! During the visit, your child will follow a Baron Ambassador through their schedule and enjoy lunch, as well as complete a student interview with Julie Hellmund, Head of Admission and Enrollment Management

✔ Parent Meeting - After an application has been received, we will schedule an appointment, either in-person or via Zoom, with Julie Hellmund, Head of Admission and Enrollment Management.

✔ Immunization Records