Application Steps

​The application process for the 2025 - 2026 academic year is open! Applications accepted until classes are full.
We have limited availability for the upcoming academic year.

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Step 1. Join us for an Online Information Session

Join one of our upcoming admissions events. Register through Ravenna.
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Step 2. Attend an In-Person Parent Tour

See our school in action during a Parent-Only School Tour. Tours take approximately one hour. Register through Ravenna.
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Step 3. Complete the Online Application Form

Submit an online application and pay the registration fee.
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Step 4. Submit Available Testing & Academic Records

• Report cards:
  • Submit the most current progress report or report cards and the final report from the previous two years.  
• Testing Information:
  • Review the testing information for accepted tests. 
  • In addition, if your child has ever been diagnosed with a learning disability or difference, emotional difference (e.g., anxiety), and/or receives special services at their current school, we require the submission of all prior testing done as part of the application process, including any IEPs or 504 plans from their current school.

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Step 5. Teacher Recommendations

The Admissions Committee requires two recommendations from teachers who are not parents that have worked with the child in an educational capacity in the last year. For middle and high school applicants, one must be from a humanities teacher and the other from a STEM teacher. Recommendations should be submitted through Ravenna.
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Step 6. Complete your Application

To be considered for the visit, all application materials must be received. The preferred application deadline is January 17, 2025, by 5 pm EST. Applications are accepted after that date as space allows.

​A complete application consists of the following:

• Application Form (completed online in Step 2)
• Application fee: $75 USD
• Academic records (report cards from this year and last year—unofficial copies acceptable)
• Testing results
• Teacher recommendations
• Essay: "Why Ideaventions?" (for students applying for high school)
• Any additional records and/or testing if your child has ever been diagnosed with a learning disability or difference, and/or receives special services or accommodations at their current school.​​

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Step 7. Invitation for your child to visit 

Once application materials from Steps 1-6 are complete and the student appears to be a fit for our community, they will will be invited to visit us. This will provide the faculty an opportunity to work with the student in an educational (and fun) capacity, as well as allow the student to experience the teaching model and environment of Ideaventions Academy.

• Select 1st and 2nd graders will be invited to spend the morning with us (9:15 AM - 11:45 AM).
• Select 3rd graders and higher will be invited to join us for one day (8:25 AM - 4:00 PM).

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Step 7. Invitation for Parent Interview

After all information has been received and the student has visited, the Admissions Committee will meet and evaluate each candidate individually with a goal of ensuring that admitted students have a successful educational experience at Ideaventions Academy, both academically and socially. The final step of the process is a parent meeting to answer any questions and to discuss educational philosophy and goals.

​Admissions decisions will be made within 2-3 days following the parent meeting.