Steps for Applying to & Enrolling at Branches & Vine Cottage School!
STEP 1: Interest Form
Fill out our Interest Form. We'll respond to answer questions and get to know you a little bit in a warm and encouraging phone conversation.
(Although let us warn you: our first and top priority is to our existing B&V students and families. All of our staff are working all of the time ... pouring into our precious families and serving up the "feast" of a beautiful education and life. This means our email response times to inquiries aren't always that great ... they're borderline horrible! We deeply apologize - but our priority is to our existing families and then we talk to prospective families as we have time and space. It helps us when we know your connections to B&V families who give references and referrals.)
We are looking for eager families who are earnestly desirous to find their place in our unique learning community. We want families and students who are convinced this educational lifestyle is a great fit for your children. This takes a combination of patience and persistence.
STEP 2: Tour
Sign up for a tour! These are roughly one hour time slots either during or after school based on our availability. Tours take place beginning in the spring season each year.
STEP 3: Application
To signal your interest in proceeding with us and to hold your place in our wait list line, fill out the New Student Application Form and pay the one time $65 fee (select Branches & Vine in the drop-down menu).
Some families choose to skip directly to STEP 3 (because they are already nearly convinced they want their child(ren) at B&V. This will expedite your process with us. However, we will still look forward to meeting together for a tour and interview. *Completed application and fee does not guarantee admission into Branches & Vine Cottage School.
STEP 4: Interview
Family and Student Interview. This is about a 30 to 45 minute warm conversation that helps us to get to know prospective families better and discern whether we are on the same "radio frequency" with regard to education, lifestyles, and shared goals.
STEP 5: Final Determination
Our Leadership Team will pray and consider ... and then reach out to you to communicate our decision.
Some families are waitlisted. Some families are encouraged to try again with an application next year. Some families are accepted immediately. We do our very best to accept the students and families we believe will best flourish in our living books atmosphere, and will understand our unique methods and approach.
STEP 1: Interest Form
Fill out our Interest Form. We'll respond to answer questions and get to know you a little bit in a warm and encouraging phone conversation.
(Although let us warn you: our first and top priority is to our existing B&V students and families. All of our staff are working all of the time ... pouring into our precious families and serving up the "feast" of a beautiful education and life. This means our email response times to inquiries aren't always that great ... they're borderline horrible! We deeply apologize - but our priority is to our existing families and then we talk to prospective families as we have time and space. It helps us when we know your connections to B&V families who give references and referrals.)
We are looking for eager families who are earnestly desirous to find their place in our unique learning community. We want families and students who are convinced this educational lifestyle is a great fit for your children. This takes a combination of patience and persistence.
STEP 2: Tour
Sign up for a tour! These are roughly one hour time slots either during or after school based on our availability. Tours take place beginning in the spring season each year.
STEP 3: Application
To signal your interest in proceeding with us and to hold your place in our wait list line, fill out the New Student Application Form and pay the one time $65 fee (select Branches & Vine in the drop-down menu).
Some families choose to skip directly to STEP 3 (because they are already nearly convinced they want their child(ren) at B&V. This will expedite your process with us. However, we will still look forward to meeting together for a tour and interview. *Completed application and fee does not guarantee admission into Branches & Vine Cottage School.
STEP 4: Interview
Family and Student Interview. This is about a 30 to 45 minute warm conversation that helps us to get to know prospective families better and discern whether we are on the same "radio frequency" with regard to education, lifestyles, and shared goals.
STEP 5: Final Determination
Our Leadership Team will pray and consider ... and then reach out to you to communicate our decision.
Some families are waitlisted. Some families are encouraged to try again with an application next year. Some families are accepted immediately. We do our very best to accept the students and families we believe will best flourish in our living books atmosphere, and will understand our unique methods and approach.
Onboarding Checklist:
For those who have received official confirmation of acceptance at Branches & Vine Cottage School
1. Parent Communications: join our Band App (our private messaging platform) and receive the Parent Portal password.
2. Placements: complete all placements for Math, Science, Music, Latin, and Grammar & Composition.
3. Finances: receive your customized financial worksheet, work out any finance questions and concerns you may have, and sign the 2025-2026 Financial Agreement Form.
4. Forms & Handbooks: read and sign the current Handbook/Tech Agreement Form and Authorization & Emergency Form.
5. Fees: pay initial fees
6. Public School District Excusal: we will work with you on preparing and submitting your paperwork
7. B&V Uniforms: purchase B&V t-shirts and hoodies from our online apparel company
8. Class Placement (Form I, II, III, IV/V and customized classes): we will confirm your child's customized classes (Math, Latin, Grammar & Composition, Music, and Science) and Form placement.
9. Start Date (if different from the first day of school).
10. Overall Curriculum Plan & Amazon Booklists: click on your books and resources links for your incoming student(s)!
11. Attend our New Student & Family Q&A Gathering
12. Enjoy some Home and Hearth Events to get to know other mothers and parents
13. Attend our 2025 Fall Parent Meeting
14. Get ready for an amazing year together!
2. Placements: complete all placements for Math, Science, Music, Latin, and Grammar & Composition.
3. Finances: receive your customized financial worksheet, work out any finance questions and concerns you may have, and sign the 2025-2026 Financial Agreement Form.
4. Forms & Handbooks: read and sign the current Handbook/Tech Agreement Form and Authorization & Emergency Form.
5. Fees: pay initial fees
6. Public School District Excusal: we will work with you on preparing and submitting your paperwork
7. B&V Uniforms: purchase B&V t-shirts and hoodies from our online apparel company
8. Class Placement (Form I, II, III, IV/V and customized classes): we will confirm your child's customized classes (Math, Latin, Grammar & Composition, Music, and Science) and Form placement.
9. Start Date (if different from the first day of school).
10. Overall Curriculum Plan & Amazon Booklists: click on your books and resources links for your incoming student(s)!
11. Attend our New Student & Family Q&A Gathering
12. Enjoy some Home and Hearth Events to get to know other mothers and parents
13. Attend our 2025 Fall Parent Meeting
14. Get ready for an amazing year together!
Interest Form Link
Are you looking for a rich learning atmosphere rooted in living literature & God's creation?
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TIME-TESTED EDUCATIONAL METHODS & PROVEN LONGTERM FRUIT IN STUDENTS' LIVES
MASTERY OF LEARNING WITH DEGREED & SPECIALIZED CM EDUCATORS PARENT RESOURCES, EQUIPPING & SUPPORT |
STIRRING A REFRESHING LEARNING ATMOSPHERE WARMED BY LOVE
SHEPHERDING GOOD HABITS OF THOUGHT & LIFE SPREADING A WIDE AND GENEROUS FEAST OF LIVING IDEAS |
All applicants and BVCS parents are expected to have read: For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay and In Vital Harmony by Karen Glass. Our families must be supportive of classically-based Charlotte Mason principles and methods to ensure that your hopes for your children resonate with our vision and priorities for B&V, and are in keeping with the philosophical distinctives of our work.
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INTEREST FORM & ENROLLMENT PROCESS NEW STUDENT APPLICATION FORM RETURNING STUDENT FORM |
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Branches & Vine Cottage School is a four-day Charlotte Mason/Classical Cottage School walking alongside families located in Dayton, Ohio.
Abiding in Christ and His Word, aligning with Charlotte Mason’s classically-based principles, and partnering alongside parents ... we spread a rich and varied feast of a life-giving education (truth, goodness, beauty) through three-fold knowledge with deepening relationships (God, humanity, universe). Our three instruments of education are atmosphere, discipline, and life. This is to be used by the Holy Spirit in transforming students to genuinely love the Lord and others, lead gracious and flourishing lives of knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, and bear much fruit for His glory. (Deut 6:4-9, Prov. 24:3-4; John 15:1-11) |
“I am the VINE, you are the BRANCHES. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:5
A 501c3 educational ministry initiative of Calvary South Dayton |