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Now accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year. 2025-2026 applications open August 1, 2024.
You will need to create an account so that you can access the Application Portal. Keep track of your username and password so you can return to the Application Portal later.
Complete all of the required forms in the Online Application. Once finished, you’ll be directed to Complete Review and Submit Application. You will receive an email confirmation when the application has been submitted.
No need to create a new account. You can log back into the Application Portal and pick up where you left off.
Once logged in to your account, click on the student name for the open application you wish to complete.
Complete all of the required forms in the Online Application. Once finished, you’ll be directed to Complete Review and Submit Application. You will receive an email confirmation when the application has been submitted.
We review every application for completeness and fit with the GCS Family Profile:
All references, testimonies, academic history, IEPs, and other relevant information are considered. Applicants may be asked to provide additional information, participate in a screening phone call, or complete placement testing.
Incomplete applications will be returned to the parent to complete and resubmit.
Complete applications that have passed the review stage will be placed on the waitlist. We cannot disclose waitlist positions. We may request additional information if needed.
Final approval is contingent upon an in-person interview.
Interviews are conducted in recurring cycles as openings become available at the applicant’s grade level. An interview does not guarantee enrollment.
You will receive an email with instructions to submit an enrollment packet. The student’s birth certificate and immunization records will be required in order to submit this packet.
Please be prepared to pay a non-refundable $200 enrollment fee and a one-time per-family building fee of $750.
In addition to completing the application forms, the following items are required to complete the application:
If you have trouble obtaining any of the required documents, please contact us at admissions@gcsaz.org.
Please answer all questions for each student. We process each application individually, and as such, we cannot cross-reference sibling applications. You may copy and paste from a sibling’s application by downloading the PDF of the application through your Application Portal.
References must be completed for each student. You may use the same person as a reference for multiple students, but that reference will need to complete the form for each student.
Applying to GCS is free. However, please be prepared to pay a non-refundable $200 enrollment fee and a one-time per-family building fee of $750 at enrollment.
Applications open in August for the upcoming school year.
If you forget your username or password, do not create a new account. Use the forgot password link to have a new temporary password emailed to you. If you forget your username/email, reach out to Admissions.
As of the 2023-2024 school year, GCS will no longer offer an international student program. Students must be U.S. citizens to enroll at GCS.
Please do not submit multiple applications for the same student for the same school year. You must select a primary campus preference. In that application, you will be able to select other campuses in which you are willing to enroll.
An applicant’s name may only exist on their primary campus’ waitlist. You will be considered by the other campus(es) only once they exhaust their current waitlist options and still have open spots available to offer.
Applications cannot be rolled over to a future school year. If you are applying for a school year that has already started, please consider applying for the upcoming school year as well.
We do not disclose waitlist positions. You are welcome to reach out anytime for an update on the waitlist numbers. Our waitlists are loosely organized based on application date. Other variables affect decisions on enrollment offers. For example, we give priority to siblings of current GCS students and children of GCS staff members.
We do our best to enroll as many students as possible, but we are limited by classroom space. To improve your chances of receiving an enrollment offer
When we send an enrollment offer, they typically have a 5-day deadline. Be prepared by having the following ready:
Although we can service some students with IEPs and 504s, we are limited in the services we can provide, as we do not have a full resource department. We will review your child’s IEP as part of the application process to evaluate whether we can accommodate his/her needs.
If you have any questions about the application portal or process, please contact us at admissions@gcsaz.org or call 480-809-6690. Our Admissions Committee is looking forward to reviewing your application.
Notice Of Nondiscriminatory Policy: Gilbert Christian Schools 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.
