2025-2026 Admissions Policies & Procedures


Westminster School for Young Children’s 2025-2026 application cycle has closed. You may still apply to join our waitlist. If you have specific questions about the waitlist before applying, please email your child’s birthdate to tyarber@wsycnashville.org. Thank you!



Westminster School for Young Children is open to children of all faiths, ethnic backgrounds, and abilities. Admissions eligibility for enrollment is based on the age of children. 
 
The table below outlines the age-levels, the age cut-off dates for the 2025-2026 school year, and birthdates. Due to our licensing requirements, children entering the 1s need to be one year old by August 31, 2025. The cut-off date for all other age-levels is September 30.

Age Level Age Cut-off for 2025-2026 Born Between Dates
1's 1 by August 31, 2025 Oct. 1 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024
2's 2 by September 30, 2025 Oct. 1 2022 – Sept. 30, 2023
3's 3 by September 30, 2025 Oct. 1 2021 – Sept. 30, 2022
4's 4 by September 30, 2025 Oct. 1 2020– Sept. 30, 2021
5's 5 by September 30, 2025 Oct. 1 2019 – Sept. 30, 2020

  • Enrollment Procedures

    • Currently enrolled students and their siblings should apply for the upcoming school year (2025-2026) beginning Monday, December 2nd at 10:00 AM via a link emailed to them from the school. Active members of Westminster Presbyterian Church may also apply at this time.  Active Church members should email admissions@wsycnashville.org for application instructions.  Applications from returning families and active Church members are due by Wednesday, December 11th at 5:00 PM. A nonrefundable fee of $75 per student is due with each application. Admissions notifications will be sent with contracts on Friday, January 31, 2025. Contracts are due by Thursday, February 13th at 5:00 PM with a non-refundable $550 deposit.  $500 of this deposit is applied to the annual amount of tuition for the coming year and $50 is retained as an Activity Fee.


    • New students whose families are not currently enrolled at WSYC and do not meet the above criteria may apply beginning on Monday, January 13th at 10:00 AM via a link on the website. A non-refundable application fee of $75 per student is due with each child’s application. Applications are due by Friday, January 17th at 5:00 PM. Acceptance letters will be sent with contracts on Friday, January 31, 2025. Contracts are due by Thursday, February 13th at 5:00 PM with a non-refundable $550 deposit.  $500 of this deposit is applied to the annual amount of tuition for the coming year and $50 is retained as an Activity Fee

    • If your child is not admitted, you will receive a waiting pool notification. Should openings become available after the February 13th enrollment deadline has passed, we will consider waiting pool applicants and notify you should an appropriate spot for your child become available.

  • Application Priorities of WSYC

    1. Currently enrolled students are given first priority in application to WSYC, followed by:


    2. Siblings of currently enrolled students and active members of Westminster Presbyterian Church (WPC). WPC defines an active member as “a person who, in Christ, has been baptized, has been received into the membership of the church, and who participates in the church’s work,

    worship, and financial support.”


    3. Community members (all those applicants who are not noted above) have the remaining priority

    in application.


    4. When the number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available in any age group, the

    date and time of application may be one factor used to determine placement. Other

    considerations may include legacies (parent or formerly enrolled siblings WSYC attendance) and

    gender/age range balancing in classrooms.


  • Classroom Placements

    Regarding all class placement, a reasonable effort is made to balance gender and other factors within

    each class to ensure the best placement of each child.


    Requests for specific teachers are not among the factors contributing to the child’s placement. It is not possible for us to field specific teacher requests equitably. We ask that in fairness to your fellow parents that you not make such requests. Please know that our faculty is highly qualified and attuned to individual children’s personalities and learning styles. We consider the best placement for each child and the composition of each classroom carefully. Our end goal is setting up the students and teachers for success. Feel free to send us an email with specifics if you feel your child has particular circumstances of which we should be aware. Parents are notified of each child’s class assignment and teachers’ names in August each year.

 
When a particular age-level is enrolled at full capacity, all remaining applicants are added to a waiting pool for a given age-level. A child may remain in the waiting pool during the current academic year. The waiting pool does not carry over from one school year to the next. Students in the waiting pool should re-apply for each academic year. If you decide you are no longer interested in remaining in the waiting pool, we ask that you kindly let us know.
 
To accept a child's enrollment in WSYC, parents must return completed enrollment contracts with a deposit of $550 per child. Of the non-refundable $550 deposit, $500 is applied to the academic year tuition and $50 is the annual Activities Fee. On acceptance of enrollment, parents are bound by the terms of the contract to fulfill tuition payment for the entire school year(September through May) and tuition payment is required accordingly. 

If it becomes necessary for parents to withdraw a child from the program after the enrollment contract is signed and at any time during the year, parents must notify the Director, Logan Lyman, in writing at loganlyman@wsycnashville.org as soon as possible.  

Tuition is only refunded or a family is released from the contract at the Director’s discretion when the child’s place can be filled by a subsequent applicant who is accepted into the program and the withdrawn student’s obligation is thereby fulfilled.