admissions is open for the Fall 2025-26
Admissions is closed for the current 2024-25 school year.
To learn more about our admissions process, please complete our brief Admissions Inquiry form below, as well as read through our process further down on this page. Please also register for a Ravenna-Hub account so you may be invited to future admissions events once scheduled. Note that a separate inquiry form is required for each prospective applicant.
Application Deadline Extended - January 15th, 2025
Important Application Information for Fall 2025-26
The Manzanita Admissions Process
Involves the Following Steps
Inquiry: The first step is completion of an online Admissions Inquiry as well as creation of a Ravenna-Hub account at the time you submit your inquiry (required step).
Parent Information Meeting - Forest Kindergarten Applicants: Parents can register for a 60-minute, online presentation (required step for both parents).
Open House: Manzanita School will be conducting in-person Open Houses for all applicants (required step in lieu of campus tour for Kindergarten applicants).
Campus Tour: Manzanita School will be conducting group parent campus tours for families who have attended one of our in-person Open Houses (required step for both parents only).
Admissions Application: Submission of the completed Admissions Application. Families will complete an online admissions application, together with the required $156 application fee, by the extended application deadline of January 15, 2025. Supplementary materials, including teacher and administrator recommendation forms, are also due by January 15th, 2025 (required step).
Student Visit: Prospective students may be invited for a partial or full-day classroom visit at the school’s discretion.
Interview: Families will participate in an online Parent and Student Admissions Interview. During this one-hour virtual visit, parents and students are interviewed separately by a team of Manzanita administrators and teachers (required step).
Financial Aid: Families wishing to apply for needs-based, financial aid must complete the financial aid application by February 5, 2025. Please contact our Director of Admissions, Ms. Eva Sanchez-Calixtro for more information on applying for financial aid.
Admissions Offer: Once all previous steps are completed, an Admissions Decision will be sent via email by March 14, 2025. Financial Aid decisions are made at the same time as admissions offers, and are also sent via email.
Enrollment Contract/Deposit: Following an Offer of Admissions, families will have until 12:00pm on March 21, 2025 to accept the offer, sign an enrollment contract, make an initial deposit towards tuition, and submit their new student enrollment fee.
For further questions about admissions, please contact our Director of Admissions, Ms. Eva Sanchez-Calixtro, at (310) 455-9700, or email eva@manzanitaschool.org.
Manzanita School admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin in administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.