Admissions

Welcome to AJA!

Thank you for your interest in Austin Jewish Academy where you can find the best of both worlds: a project-based academic curriculum with the highest of standards integrated with timeless Jewish values and traditions. We encourage you to visit our campus where you’ll find a supportive community of teachers and students collaborating on creative projects, exploring the world around them near and far, and thinking critically about ways to transform the future. We are an inclusive community of learners, with a faculty dedicated to inspiring a lifetime love of learning and to developing a meaningful connection to Jewish life past and present. At AJA, we empower students to reach their full potential both in the classroom and in the world at large.

The best way to learn more about AJA is to visit!

During a tour you will:

  • Meet with the Admissions Team to discuss your child.
  • Visit classrooms and see students and teachers “in action.”
  • Learn about the online application process.

Tours are available Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 8-8:30am and Wednesdays 1-1:30pm.

We look forward to your visit!

 

How To Apply

The admissions checklist outlines all steps and documentation required to complete your child’s application to Austin Jewish Academy.

Once you complete and submit your application including teacher impressions (kindergarten, first – fifth grade or middle school) and the $130 non-refundable application fee, you will be asked to:

  • Schedule a Shadow Day for your first through eighth grade applicant to spend a full or half-day with his/her peer group.
  • If your child is applying for kindergarten, he/she will be invited to participate in Kindergarten Round Up with AJA teachers in March.
  • If your child is applying for sixth, seventh or eighth grade, he/she will be required to submit a Middle School Student Applicant Statement.

Tuition & Fees

Acceptance

If you are applying for the upcoming Fall, the admissions team will meet in mid-March of the spring before to discuss the application. During the first week of March, we will mail decision letters to all applicants whose materials were submitted by the priority deadline (January 28). While we do recommend submitting applications by the priority deadline, we have a rolling admissions process, and if space is available, will continue to accept applications through the year.

Nondiscrimination Policy

Austin Jewish Academy admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color and national or ethnic origin in the administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and school administered programs, or in employment of faculty and administrative staff.