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How to Apply

Grades 1-5 Application Steps

We'll guide you through the following steps:
Step 1: Parent Tour and Interview
Step 2: Preliminary Online Application
Step 3: Student Shadow Day
Step 4: Teacher Recommendation 
Step 5: School Report Cards
The Lower School experience at FCDS is designed to provide each boy with the foundational skills and knowledge to become lifelong learners and leaders. We want to ensure that every boy learns to take risks and develop confidence in their abilities.  Students in Grades 4-5 are gradually introduced to a scaffolding that prepares them for Upper School demands. 
 
Step 1: Parent Tour and Interview
Take a guided tour with a member of our Admissions team to see what makes FCDS such a special place. Tour our vibrant campus, meet some of our faculty, and see our classrooms in action.  To schedule your tour, please fill out our inquiry form and we will be in touch to schedule a visit time that's convenient for you. 
 
Step 2: Preliminary Online Application
Create an online account on Ravenna, our application portal.  Ravenna will provide you with our preliminary application, instructions for each step of the admission process, and a completion checklist for you to track your progress. 
 
Step 3: Student Shadow Day 
Shadow Day Visits provide a wonderful opportunity for your son to experience a day-in-the-life of a FCDS student.  Visits for Grades 1-3 are from 8:15AM - 12:30PM, and 8:15AM - 2:15 PM for Grades 4-5.  Your son’s Shadow Day will include class time with future classmates, lunch in our dining room, and a brief admissions assessment.  Registration for this event is available within your Ravenna account. 
 
Step 4: Teacher Recommendation
Ravenna will provide you with instructions on how to email our Teacher Recommendation form to your child’s current teacher.  

Step 5: School Report Cards
Students are required to submit last year’s report card as well as their most recent report card from the current school year.  Students applying for first grade need only submit their most recent report from the current school year.
 
Step 6: Tuition Assistance Application (optional)
We offer need-based Tuition Assistance to those who qualify.  To find out if your family would qualify,  you must complete an application via Clarity.  Clarity is a secure website that shares your information with FCDS upon your request.  Note that both your Ravenna application and your Clarity application share the same priority application deadline in February.
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Fairfield Country Day School (FCDS) is a private, all-boys day school in Fairfield, Connecticut.

FCDS admits students of any race, color, national and 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, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

FCDS is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected status.