Pre-School Admission

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Learn more about our Pre-School!

Our Pre-School offers programs for two-year-olds, three and four-year-olds, and students benefitting from a bridge from Pre-School to Kindergarten. Our Pre-School embraces our School’s youngest learners in a nurturing environment through interdisciplinary and inquiry-based study to encourage a life-long love of learning, while also emphasizing emotional and social development.

Apply today! Questions? Please reach out to the Admission office: (434) 296-5106 or admission@stab.org

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If you've already started an application, you may continue it here.

More About pre-School

Steps to Apply

Step 1: submit an inquiry.

Step 2: Sign up for your parent/guardian interview.

Step 3: Review the complete application process outlined below.

Application Deadlines

Round 1

Jan. 12: Pre-School Application Deadline
- Feb. 2: PS Decisions Released
- Feb. 16: PS Accepted Family Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due
Jan. 26: K – 12 Application Deadline
- Feb. 13: K – 12 Decisions Released
- Feb. 27: K – 12 Accepted Family Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due

Round 2*

March 17: PS – 12 Application Deadline
- March 31: PS – 12 Decisions Released
- April 14: PS – 12 Accepted Family Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due

We continue to review admission applications for the 2022-23 school year on a rolling basis.

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* Please note that some grades may be full by this point.

What does the Application Process Include?

For the Parent/Guardian

Family Info

Parent/Guardian Questionnaire

Parent/Guardian Interview

We look forward to meeting with you to learn more about your child!

It is our goal to easily meet with all parents/guardians in each applicant’s household. Interviews may be in-person or on Zoom. A member of our Admission team will contact you to set up this meeting.

These appointments will begin in November and will take place after you have submitted the Family Information and Parent/Guardian Questionnaire forms.

Follow this link to submit an inquiry. If you have already started an application, please click here.

For the Candidate

For the Candidate’s School (if Applicable)

School Records

Teacher Recommendation

Application Fee

Dates and Deadlines

Application Deadlines

Round 1

January 12: Pre-School Application Deadline
- February 2: Pre-School Admission Decisions Released (Round 1)
- February 16: Pre-School Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due for accepted families (Round 1)
January 26: K – 12 Application Deadline
- February 13: K – 12 Admission Decisions Released (Round 1)
- February 27: K – 12 Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due for accepted families (Round 1)

Round 2*

March 17: Pre-School – 12 Application Deadline
- March 31: Pre-School – 12 Admission Decisions Released (Round 2)
- April 14: Pre-School – 12 Enrollment Contract & Deposit Due for accepted families (Round 2)

*Please note space in some grades may already be limited by this date.*

We continue to review admission applications for the 2022-23 school year on a rolling basis.

Meet Our Team

Stacey Gearhart, Director of Admission for Pre-School – Grade 4

Stacey Gearhart, M.Ed., P. '32 is the Director of Admission for Pre-School – Grade 4, and a member of the Residential Life team. If she had to sum up the School in one word, Stacey would say “inspiring” because she is inspired by the genuine care and concern our students and teachers have for each other.

She earned a B.S. in geology from Washington & Lee University in 2003, and went on to earn a M.Ed. in educational psychology from the Curry School at the University of Virginia in 2013.