Students must be at least 3 years of age by September 30 of the year the child enters Preschool.

Applications are only accepted online.  Please use the application link below only for the upcoming 2024-2025 school year.  

Preschool Application Package must be complete when submitted and include:

• Preschool Online Application - link can be found here:  Arlington Diocese Online Application 2024-2025
• Copy of a Birth Certificate - Original must be presented to school personnel for verification once the child is accepted
• Copy of Baptismal certificate (if applicable)
• Proof of Exact Dates of Immunizations  (please upload with VA health form when submitting the application.  If you do not have a current health form you may still upload the immunization record and submit the health form at a later date)
• Proof of Custody (if applicable)
• Non-refundable $100 Application fee ($100 per child) payable through our secure online site via Faith Direct. 
• Custody papers (if applicable)
• Physical (VA Form MCH-213G or other state Equivalent) required by August 15

If you require additional information, please email us or 703.938.3600. The school office is open Monday - Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

Our link for the 2025-2026 school year will go live on Monday, November 18, 2024. 

Students must be 5 years of age by September 30 of the year the child enters Kindergarten.

• K-8 Online Application - link can be found here:  Arlington Diocese Online Application 2024-2025
• Copy of a Birth Certificate - Original must be presented to school personnel for verification once the child is accepted
• Copy of Baptismal Certificate (if applicable)
• Proof of Exact Dates of Immunizations (please upload with VA health form when submitting the application.  If you do not have a current health form you may still upload the immunization record and submit the health form at a later date)
• Proof of Custody (if applicable)
• Non-refundable $100 Application Fee ($100 per child) payable through our secure online site via Faith Direct.  
• Custody papers (if applicable).  
• 1st-8th Grade Release of Records (Do not complete form in browser. Please download, fill out form, save it and either print it or email it with all documents)
• Kindergarten Release of Records (Do not complete form in browser. Please download, fill out form, save it and either print it or email it with all documents)
• Kindergarteners Preschool Information (Do not complete form in browser. Please download, fill out form, save it and either print it or email it with all documents)
• Copy of an IEP, 504 Plan, SAP or Child Study document, if applicable
• Physical (VA Form MCH-213G or other state Equivalent) required by August 15

If you require additional information, please email us or call 703.938.3600.  The school office is open Monday - Friday from 8 am to 4 pm.

Our link for the 2025-2026 school year will go live on Monday, November 18, 2024.

We ordinarily entrance test all applicants and we plan to do so for the 2025 applicants.  We will be in touch regarding the testing after the application packet is received.

IMMUNIZATIONS & HEALTH PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Admission Physical and Vaccination Records:

Our Lady of Good Counsel School’s admission policy related to vaccines and state health assessments is as follows: Completed Commonwealth of Virginia School Entrance Health Forms MCH213G are required by August 1^st of the year of enrollment.  The MCH213G form cannot be dated more than 12 months from the first day of start of the school year per Virginia Department of Health and Department of Education regulations.  A current copy of your child’s vaccine history (immunization report) is required with application. Please upload the immunization record with the VA Health Form.  We recognize additional vaccines maybe needed before start of the school year, but we utilize the most current copy to verify the student is current with their school required vaccines to date. We, at OLGC, will not be accepting students for admission with religious or personal exemptions from the Commonwealth of Virginia required school vaccinations.  Medical exemptions for vaccination will be accepted with physician documentation of medical reason for delayed schedule or inability to vaccinate.  We will not be able to complete the admission process until the vaccine report is received to our admission’s office.  Please direct any questions regarding the vaccination policy to the school nurse.

VDH Vaccine Requirements for School Admission: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/requirements/
Summary of effective July 2021, Virginia State Requirements for vaccination for school admission require Minimum Immunization Requirements:

•  Three (3) hepatitis B vaccine (HepB).
•  Three (3) diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine (Dtap). One dose shall be administered on or after the fourth birthday.  Booster dose (Tdap) shall be administered prior to entry into the seventh grade.
•  Two or three primary doses of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine
•  Two (2) live attenuated measles (rubeola), mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
•  Two (2)  varicella vaccine.
•  Three (3) or more polio vaccine (IPV). One dose shall be administered on or after the fourth birthday.
•  One to four doses, pneumococcal conjugate (PCV).
•  Two (2) hepatitis A vaccine (HAV).
•  Meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY). The first dose shall be administered prior to entry to seventh grade.

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV): Effective July 1, 2021, a complete series of 2 doses of HPV vaccine is required for all students both male and female. The first dose shall be administered before the child enters the 7th grade. After reviewing educational materials approved by the Board of Health, the parent or guardian, at the parent’s or guardian’s sole discretion, may elect for the child not to receive the HPV vaccine.

For more information, please go to:
VDH School Required Immunizations Website
FDA Vaccines Website