Step 1: Submit an Application for Admission

To apply for admission, families create a Parent Portal Account to access the application and application checklist. There is no application fee.

• Early Admission Deadline: October 1 (Click here to learn more!)
• Regular Admission Deadline: December 15

Click Here to Create a Parent Portal Account (or login if already a Cathedral family) and Apply for Admission Online!

Step 2: Complete Additional Checklist Items

After completing your application, begin working on the Admissions Checklist Below is a list of required items. 

Early Admission—please complete checklist by October 31
Regular Admission—please complete checklist by December 31

• Student Essays
  Three short-answer essays will be reviewed along with your application information. Students, we look forward to learning more about you through your essays! You can begin your work and save for later if you choose. 
   
• Copy of the student's 7th-grade report card (and, eventually, the most recent 8th-grade report card)
   
• Copy of the student's 7th grade testing (if applicable)
  
  We understand typical standardized testing may not be available for the Class of 2025 (current 8th-grade students applying for 2021-2022 school year). Please submit NWEA Map scores or other standardized test if possible. 
   
• Two (2) recommendations - Request these electronically with the name and email of the student's current teacher(s), counselor, and/or principal

Step 3: Submit High School Placement Test Results

Each applicant must provide results from the High School Placement Test (no later than October 31 for Early Admission candidates). You may schedule a test date in the online Parent Enrollment Portal. 

These results can be from Cathedral's High School Placement Test Summer Academy, from our October test date, or results from a High School Placement Test (HSPT) taken at another school (please email score report to admissions@gocathedral.com). 

Click here for information on the High School Placement Test dates for admission to the Cathedral Class of 2025

Step 4: Complete an Interview

Each applicant for admission to Cathedral High School must complete an interview. A parent or guardian is required to join the student for the interview. Interviews will take place on the following dates:

• Early Admission Interviews —Sunday, October 25, 2020
• Regular Admission Interviews —Sunday, January 10, 2021

Step 5: Receive an Admissions Decision

The Cathedral Admissions Office will send official admissions decisions via mail and email. 

• Early Admission (October 1 deadline) decisions will be released the week of Thanksgiving.
• Regular Admission (December 15 deadline) decisions will be released the final week of January.

Step 6: Enroll and Join the Class of 2025 at Cathedral!

As soon as a student receives their acceptance, enrollment can be confirmed on the student application portal. Admitted students have until March 1 to finalize enrollment at Cathedral High School for the 2021-2022 school year.