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We invite you to come for a tour of our school. The best way to understand our approach is to experience first-hand the collaboration of teachers and students in our classrooms and across our campus. In order for you to be able to ask all your questions freely and give us an overview of your goals for your child, this tour is designed for adults. Children are usually introduced to the school during an admission screening, once their parents have decided to submit an application.

To make an appointment to visit the school, or to receive a packet of information, please call Jennifer Weeden at 508-839-0038, or e-mail admissions@touchstoneschool.com Tours are scheduled on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday mornings.

Once you’ve had a chance to tour the school, you may submit an application. A complete application consists of:

Application for Admission form

Consent to Release Records form

A non-refundable application fee of $50

For our four- and five-year-olds, we ask that the children have had their applicable birthdays by September 1 of that school year.

For our Middle School Program, designed for students ages 12 to 14, we find that a two-year placement (the full program) is optimal.

Once we receive your complete application, we will:

Request records from your child’s current/previous school, if applicable, and will send an evaluation form to your child’s teacher.

Meet with you to learn more about your child, your goals and expectations, and to answer any remaining questions you may have.

After receiving records from your child’s current/previous school, we will schedule a visit for your child.

Children applying for entrance into our 4- or 5-year-old classrooms will meet with teachers and a small group of children for no more than 2 hours. They will experience a condensed school day, with story time, group time, snack, and clean-up time.

Older children will spend a full school day here in one of our classrooms. Our teachers will assess your child’s math, reading, and writing levels as well as his or her ability to participate as a member of the class.

Our Admissions Committee will make a decision about admitting your child based on the following factors:

An assessment of your child based primarily on our observations and secondarily on written records and assessments from other schools he or she has attended.

Compatibility of your family’s educational values and goals with the program that we offer.

Suitability of our educational program in relation to your child’s developmental needs.

A balance of boys and girls and a good learning group overall in each classroom.

Touchstone has neither testing nor evaluation services. Should additional information about your child be required, we must ask you to provide this at your own expense.

If your child is accepted into the school, you will receive a letter of acceptance and an Enrollment Agreement. The return of the signed Enrollment Agreement, along with the required deposit returned, indicates that you have accepted the placement offered. Enrollment becomes official only after the school has received the signed Enrollment Agreement and deposit. If we are unable to offer a place to your child at the school, you will be notified by letter.

Touchstone Community School does not have support services for children with special needs.

Touchstone Community School does not discriminate in admission or access to, or participation in its programs and activities on the basis of disability, race, color, creed, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship or national or ethnic origin. In addition, Touchstone Community School does not discriminate on the basis of gender in its programs and activities. Nor does Touchstone Community School discriminate in employment on the basis of any of these categories. Any questions in this regard should be directed to the Head of School.