Applications for the 2027–2028 school year will open in early September. If you’re interested in Speyer for your child(ren), please click the blue box and fill out the form.

We look forward to connecting in the fall!

How to Apply to Lower School

We take great care to get to know each applicant child as comprehensively as possible in order to ensure that all accepted students thrive in our educational environment and contribute to our vibrant classrooms. We accept students who bring with them a range of personalities, interests, and backgrounds. We also seek students who are academically motivated, effective collaborators who share an innate love of learning.

Speyer is a community of collaboration and kindness, with a consistent emphasis on social and emotional development as critical components of optimal health and intellectual engagement.

Speyer’s main admissions entry points are Kindergarten and Sixth Grade. We do accept applications for all grades up to and including grade 7; however, enrollment availability varies based on each grade’s specific enrollment.

APPLYING TO KINDERGARTEN

Below is a list of "How to Apply" steps in suggested order. Click each step to read more details.

  • As an applicant for Kindergarten, you will receive a School Tour as part of the admissions process. In addition, once you have filled out our INQUIRY FORM through Veracross, you will be able to register for additional events. Be sure to fill out our INQUIRY FORM using an email address you will have access to throughout the admissions season, as this will be your primary email contact with our school. 

    Meet & Learn
    Our Meet & Learn evening gives parents a chance to hear directly from educators across divisions and to discover how our program nurtures intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning at every stage. The evening will end with a brief School Tour.

    Fireside Chat
    Fireside Chats are a collection of dynamic, insightful conversations designed to give prospective families a closer look at what makes Speyer unique. Hear directly from our alumni in the Speyer Alumni Panel, explore the benefits of our K-8 model in Why K-8?, and gain expert insight into gifted education in Is My Child Gifted?. 

    Dragon Adventure
    Children, alongside their parent, will have the opportunity to participate in a 45-minute interactive classroom event designed to spark creativity and curiosity.

  • Please CLICK HERE and enter your email address to begin the online admissions process. A photograph of your child and payment of $100 is required at the time of application.

    At any time in the process, feel free to email admissions@speyerschool.org with any questions.

  • Parent Perspective
    The Parent Perspective is a series of questions meant to guide parents through a thoughtful portrait of their child.

    Virtual Parent Conversation
    Parent Conversations provide an opportunity for an applicant child’s parents to speak with a member of our Admissions team about their child and educational expectations. These virtual conversations are scheduled for 30 minutes on a day separate from your child's visit.

  • Child Onsite Visit
    Kindergarten applicants are required to participate in an onsite visit. The onsite visit provides an opportunity for the Admissions Committee to meet each Kindergarten applicant. The children visit with a small group and work both collaboratively and independently.

    While the children are participating in the onsite visit, at least one parent and/or guardian is required to stay on campus. During this time, parents/guardians will take a tour led by our Parent Ambassadors. This tour fulfills your application tour requirement. If you have toured previously, you are more than welcome to join again, or you are free to spend your time in our waiting area.

  • Please download this form and share with your child’s current homeroom teacher via email. Once the teacher fills out the form, they will submit it directly to Speyer. After we have received the form from the teacher, we will mark this step as complete. Please allow us time for processing.

    By emailing this recommendation form to your child's teacher, you waive any right to access this recommendation and authorize the teacher to provide an evaluation and all relevant information to the school for purposes of your child’s application to the school.

  • We welcome additional relevant information that may help us more fully understand your child’s academic capacity. If your child has test results available, such as Stanford Binet, ECAA, or other recognized independent standardized tests, and you believe they will provide a helpful perspective, we are happy to receive them. We are also happy to review any additional accomplishments or things you’d like us to know about your child.

  • The application deadline for regular admissions is December 5, 2025; all supplemental documents must be received by January 8, 2026.

  • Speyer offers an early decision option to applicants of currently enrolled students, as well as to children of school staff and faculty. 

    If a family has more than one child, and each of those children is applying for entry to different grades, the family may receive notification for all applicants on the earliest notification date of the grades to which the children have applied. Reply dates will remain unchanged. 

    Families who are eligible for early decision should contact the Admissions office in the summer, or early in September of the application year, and must follow all early decision deadlines. It is important that you follow the dates outlined below:

    — November 14, 2025 - All early decision applications must be submitted by noon.

    — November 26, 2025 - All other components of the applicant child’s file must be completed, including onsite visit, school records, teacher evaluations, test scores, and parent conversation.

    — November 26, 2025 - If applying for financial aid, please complete your application in Clarity, along with all required documentation, by midnight.

    — December 5, 2025 - Early decision notifications are sent out.

    As a community-minded school, we appreciate the support and commitment that sibling families have to deepening their ties to Speyer. However, please be aware that all siblings, and other early decision candidates, are evaluated individually using the same criteria as regular applicant children to determine their fit within our educational environment.

APPLYING TO GRADES 1—4

The number of spaces available in Grades 1–4 varies from year to year. All successful candidates should begin the process with strong academic records and/or test scores.

Below is a list of "How to Apply" steps in suggested order. Click each step to read more details.

  • Once you have filled out our INQUIRY FORM through Veracross, you will be able to register for informational events. Be sure to fill out our INQUIRY FORM using an email address you will have access to throughout the admissions season, as this will be your primary email contact with our school. 

    Fall Tour
    We believe that witnessing our school in action is the only way to start to understand the phenomenal experience that our students have each and every day. These tours are for parents only. 

    Meet & Learn
    Our Meet & Learn evening gives parents a chance to hear directly from educators across divisions and to discover how our program nurtures intellectual curiosity, creativity, and a love of learning at every stage. The evening will end with a brief School Tour.

    Fireside Chat
    Fireside Chats are a collection of dynamic, insightful conversations designed to give prospective families a closer look at what makes Speyer unique. Hear directly from our alumni in the Speyer Alumni Panel, explore the benefits of our K-8 model in Why K-8?, and gain expert insight into gifted education in Is My Child Gifted?.

  • Please complete all required sections on our INQUIRY FORM. Once you’ve answered all questions, as well as uploaded a photograph of your child and paid our $100 application fee, you will be able to continue with further application steps.

  • Parent Perspective
    The Parent Perspective is a series of questions meant to guide parents through a thoughtful portrait of their child.

    Virtual Parent Conversation
    Parent Conversations provide an opportunity for an applicant child’s parents to speak with a member of our Admissions team about their child and educational expectations. These virtual conversations are scheduled for 30 minutes on a day separate from your child's visit.

  • Student for a Day
    Applicants to Grades 1–4 are required to participate in a student visit. During this visit, each student will be given an opportunity to spend time in classes with peers, followed by a Math and Literacy assessment. This is a drop-off visit.

    Please email a graded writing sample from your student's current school year to admissions@speyerschool.org. If you do not have one, please do not worry, as we will have the students complete a writing assignment during their school visit.

  • Please download one of the forms below and share with your child’s current homeroom teacher via email. Once the teacher fills out the form, they will submit it to admissions@speyerschool.org. After we have received the form from the teacher, we will mark this step as complete. Please allow us time for processing.

    — If you are applying to Grade 1, please download this form and share the PDF with your child’s current homeroom teacher via email.

    — If you are applying to Grades 2-4, please download this form and share the PDF with your child’s current homeroom teacher via email.


    By emailing this recommendation form to your child's teacher, you waive any right to access this recommendation and authorize the teacher to provide an evaluation and all relevant information to the school for purposes of your child’s application to the school.

  • For applicants to Grades 1–4, we welcome a whole host of external testing (i.e. SSAT, ISEE, Stanford Binet, WISC, SCAT, CTP, MAP Testing, state testing scores, etc.), as long as the testing took place no more than 12 months prior to your application date to Speyer.

  • We require the most recent report card from your child’s current school. 

  • We welcome additional relevant information that may help us more fully understand your child’s academic capacity. We are also happy to review any additional accomplishments or things you’d like us to know about your child.

  • The application deadline for regular admissions is December 5, 2025; all supplemental documents must be received by January 8, 2026.

  • Speyer offers an early decision option to applicants of currently enrolled students, as well as to children of school staff and faculty. 

    If a family has more than one child, and each of those children is applying for entry to different grades, the family may receive notification for all applicants on the earliest notification date of the grades to which the children have applied. Reply dates will remain unchanged. 

    Families who are eligible for early decision should contact the Admissions office in the summer, or early in September of the application year, and must follow all early decision deadlines. It is important that you follow the dates outlined below:

    — November 14, 2025 - All early decision applications must be submitted by noon.

    — November 26, 2025 - All other components of the applicant child’s file must be completed, including onsite visit, school records, teacher evaluations, test scores, and parent conversation.

    — November 26, 2025 - If applying for financial aid, please complete your application in Clarity, along with all required documentation, by midnight.

    — December 5, 2025 - Early decision notifications are sent out.

    As a community-minded school, we appreciate the support and commitment that sibling families have to deepening their ties to Speyer. However, please be aware that all siblings, and other early decision candidates, are evaluated individually using the same criteria as regular applicant children to determine their fit within our educational environment.

The Speyer Legacy School does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, physical disability, age or sexual orientation in selecting its students, faculty or staff. While law requires inclusion of the above declaration, the position it states is foundational to the philosophy that guides our community and to the policies that naturally derive from that philosophy. We strive to promote in our community not only tolerance for the differences amongst us, but also a deep and abiding appreciation for the depth and richness those differences contribute to our school culture.