School Information

SAINT ANDREW SCHOOL

535 Mason Avenue

Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026

6l0 259-5145

Fax: 610-284-6956

Emergency Closing Broadcast Number 448

hmclean@saintandrewschool.com

Administrative Assistant:  Mrs. Jo Ann Colden

Receptionist:  Sister Roberta Hoolahan, S.S.J.

Saint Andrew School provides an outstanding spiritual and academic environment by which parents are supported in their primary duty to educate their children in faith and morals. The Parish Community financially commits itself to the Catholic education of its children as one of the many ministries of the parish. Children of active parishioners may participate in this ministry at no tuition charge. An active parishioner is defined as a registered member of Saint Andrew the Apostle Church who attends Sunday Mass, is active in parish ministries, and contributes 7% of their gross household income to the parish (or has made arrangements with Msgr. Grous for assistance).

For parish families electing the tuition option and all other non-parish school families, please click here for the new tuition and fee schedule for the 2010-2011 school year.

Interested families are invited to visit the school.

Open House 2010

For parents interested in Preschool, Kindergarten and Grade 1

Wednesday, January 20

8:45am to 10 am in the lower school

located at 535 Mason Avenue

Open house for all grades

Thursday, January 21   6:30 pm

Followed by

 Home & School Meeting at 7:30 pm in Msgr. McGettigan Hall

located on the corner of Foss Avenue and School Lane

Also open house for all grades on Sunday, January 31

(Opening of Catholic Schools Week)

Opening Mass 11 am in church

followed by open house 12 noon to 1 pm

Registration of New Students

Wednesday, February 17 and Friday, February 19

9 am to 11 am     Msgr. McGettigan Hall

Class sizes are limited. The number of classes per grade is determined by the number of paid registrations.   Preference will be given to parishioners of Saint Andrew the Apostle, followed by Catholic families from parishes that do not have a school. 

Saint Andrew School is a Catholic elementary school that is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.  (For a full Description of our Accredited School go to www.ces-msa.org.  Click on DOAS. Type in 19026 next to zip code, then select St. Andrew School) 

In order to be accepted, your child’s registration papers must have the following:

- A copy of your child’s birth certificate.

- A copy of your child’s Baptismal Certificate.  (If Baptized in St. Andrew Church, we will need date of Baptism.  If you need a record of your child’s Baptism, please call the

Rectory of the Church in which your child was Baptized)

- Copy of up-to-date immunization records (to be retained in school).  No student can be accepted without up-to-date immunization records).

- Copy of most recent school records (satisfactory academic and behavioral grades required).

- Registration fee.

- Families new to our school:  if you are Catholic and reside within the boundaries of another parish, our principal must have the written permission of that parish’s Pastor in order for your child to attend our school.

For students applying for admission to our upper grades (5 to 8), we will also need the following:

-  Completed application.

-  Copy of latest report card/testing/academic records/discipline records.

-  Satisfactory academic records.

      -      Satisfactory behavioral records.

      -      Student will visit our school for a day to meet their new classmates.

      -      If a student is coming from a school other than a diocesan school, student will be asked to take a 

              grade level exam, and there will be a meeting with parents/guardians of student and our principal.

      -      Permission (in writing) for our principal to contact student’s homeroom teacher or principal.        

To be eligible to enter a grade, your child must meet the following age requirements:

  Grade 1                   Age 6 by 8/31/10

  Kindergarten                        Age 5 by 8/31/10   Full day program:  8:05 AM to 2:45 PM

  4 Year Old Pre-school          Age 4 by 8/31/10   Morning class:   8:05 AM to 11:30 AM -  Monday, Wednesday and Friday

   3 Year Old Pre-school        Age 3 by 8/31/10  Morning class:  8:05 AM to 11:00 AM,  - Tuesday and Thursday     

We also have morning C.A.R.E.S. and after-school C.A.R.E.S.

If you would like further information or would like to visit our school, please call our school office (610-259-5145) between 9 AM and 3:30 PM.

                                                            Thank you.

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