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The Burkard School Admissions Form

Please fill out this form as completely as possible. If necessary, you can save your progress (bottom of the page) and finish at a later time. All information you supply is kept private and confidential. We will not share this information with anyone outside of The Burkard School organization.

Student’s Personal Information

Name(Required)
Address(Required)
Gender(Required)

Kindergarten Readiness Questionnaire

The checklist is designed to help us consider your child's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. The checklist contains items that are important to your child's success in Kindergarten. It is designed for four and five year olds. There is no one quality or skill that children need to do well in Kindergarten; a combination of factors contributes to school success. School readiness also depends upon the "match" between children's skills and knowledge and the expectations of the school.

Part 1: Concept Development

Part 2: Physical Development

Part 3: Health and Safety

Part 4: Number Concept Development

Part 5: Language

Part 6: Reading

Part 7: Writing

Part 8: Social & Emotional Development

Parent/Guardian Information

1st Parent or Guardian Name(Required)
Address same as applicant's?(Required)
1st Parent/Guardian Address
1st Parent/Guardian Email(Required)
2nd Parent or Guardian Name
Address same as applicant's?
2nd Parent/Guardian Address
2nd Parent/Guardian Email

Additional Parental Information

Parents’ marital status

Legal custody
Physical custody

Family Information

Complete the following for all additional members of the applicant's household
Name
Gender
Name
Gender
Name
Gender
Name
Gender
Name
Gender
Name
Gender

Educational History

School Address
Has the applicant attended any additional schools?(Required)
Please include all schools attended from preschool on.

Previous Schools

Fill in the following information for all previously attended schools
School Address
School Address
School Address
School Address
School Address
School Address

Behavioral and Educational Background

What are your child’s strengths?
Please describe your child’s personality (i.e. social interactions, motivators, general attitude, habits).
What are your child’s hobbies and interests?
Please describe your child’s academic skills and challenges.
Please describe your child’s student citizenship skills and challenges. (i.e. ability to sit at a desk, raise a quiet hand, participate in group lessons, etc.)
Please describe your child’s communication skills.
Please describe your child’s self help skills (including eating, dressing, bathing, sleeping, toileting).
Please describe any disruptive or maladaptive behavior your child exhibits. Include whether you see those behaviors at home or at school. Please describe your child’s behavior when he or she is in the “yellow” zone as well as in the “red” zone.
How often does your child exhibit the behaviors described above?
What are some of the triggers that can result in challenging behavior for your child?
Are there special privileges that are motivating for your child? If so, what are they?
How does your child relate to family members? Friends? School faculty? Strangers?
Does your child participate in community groups such as soccer, camp, etc? If so, please describe those interactions.
Describe what you feel is the optimal learning environment for your child.
What are your child’s areas of greatest need?
Are there additional areas of concern of which we should be aware?
What else would you like us to know about your child?

Behavior and Personality Checklist

Please remember that your accurate responses are in service of being able to determine the right placement for your child.

My child displays:

Please rate on a 1-5 scale for what has been true for your child in the past 6 months

Tactile sensitivity(Required)
Reports that things “feel funny” and/or has specific preferences for clothing or blankets of a certain feel
Tactile sensitivity(Required)
My child’s tactile sensitivity causes him or her regular distress or disruptions to his/her day.
Auditory sensitivity(Required)
Reports that sounds bother him or her, has difficulty screening out noises
Auditory sensitivity(Required)
My child’s auditory sensitivity causes him or her regular distress or disruptions to his/her day.
Orientation(Required)
Not orientated to what is going on in the moment, in their own world for the moment.
Orientation(Required)
My child tends to be in his/her own world especially during non-preferred activities.
Gross motor challenges(Required)
My child often bumps into things or exhibits difficulty riding a bike, playing sports, or other gross motor challenges.
Fine motor concerns other than writing(Required)
My child exhibits difficulty with fine motor tasks such as working with Legos, buttoning a button, picking up small items.
Easily tired, little stamina in physical activity(Required)
Poor ability to read facial or behavioral cues of others(Required)
Inflexible(Required)
Believes rules are black and white, intolerant of changing rules or rules not meeting expectations.
Finds it difficult to bounce back when upset(Required)
Easily frustrated(Required)
Limited ability to tolerate feelings of frustration without acting out.
Aggression towards objects(Required)
Throws things, knocks over furniture, but does not aim at persons.
Verbal aggression(Required)
Name calling, inappropriate/rude language, insults, antagonism.
Low level physical aggression towards peers(Required)
May make light contact such as shoving, elbowing.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
Low level physical aggression towards adults(Required)
May make light contact such as shoving, elbowing.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
Medium level physical aggression towards peers(Required)
May hit, kick, scratch. May be painful and leave a bruise but does not result in significant physical injury.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
Medium level physical aggression towards adults(Required)
May hit, kick, scratch. May be painful and leave a bruise but does not result in significant physical injury.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
High level physical aggression towards peers(Required)
Results in injury needing medical attention.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
High level physical aggression towards adults(Required)
Results in injury needing medical attention.
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
If none, please write “None".
Meltdowns(Required)
Experiences meltdowns that may include lack of awareness of what they are doing, loss of control
How many times per week might your child exhibit this behavior?
Rigidity, inflexible thinking(Required)
Has significant fears or phobias that exceed actual threat and interfere with daily activities(Required)
Has difficulty leaving preferred activity(Required)
Struggles with transitions to the point of interfering with daily activities(Required)
Personal space violations(Required)
Invades others’ personal space in a way that makes people take a step back or ask for space
Excessive off topic comments(Required)
Excessive interruptions(Required)
Difficulty in seeing another person’s perspective(Required)
Fidgety – cannot sit still(Required)
Physical regulation challenges(Required)
Has trouble controlling physical actions
Emotional regulation challenges(Required)
Refusal to attend and/or leave school(Required)
Difficulty attending during instruction(Required)
Needs one-on-one support to complete tasks(Required)
Requires frequent redirection for activities that they have the skill and knowledge to complete(Required)
Tests boundaries more than others his/her age(Required)
Has trouble starting tasks(Required)
Has trouble finishing tasks(Required)
Easily overwhelmed(Required)
Disruptive(Required)
Very sensitive to slights or comments(Required)
Cries easily(Required)
Clingy(Required)
Worries about academic performance disproportionate to skills(Required)
Is frequently sad(Required)
Is frequently withdrawn(Required)
Is frequently irritable(Required)
Expresses hopelessness(Required)
Express not wanting to be alive, that they would be better off in the next life, talks of self harm(Required)
Acts in a way that may harm self(Required)
Expresses sense of worthlessness(Required)
Difficulty concentrating except in most preferred activities (like screens)(Required)
Has stopped enjoying activities that they used to like (with the exceptions of an activity that they have grown out of)(Required)
Uses technology devices to self-regulate(Required)
Has had a recent drop in grades(Required)
Recent changes in friendships(Required)
Wants to leave the classroom or school frequently(Required)
Please check all the words that describe your child regularly

Additional information

Is your child on a special diet?
Please list any allergies to medications, foods, animals, etc.
Please upload any transcripts, grade reports, or other pertinent documents. (The maximum upload size is 16Mb. If you feel you will exceed that size, send what you can in this form, and send us an email with the rest of the files)
Drop files here or
Max. file size: 512 MB.

    Thank You

    Upon successful completion of this application, you will be taken to a confirmation page and sent a copy of your application via email. If you do not receive this confirmation message, your application did not go through. Please check and see if any required information was omitted, and resubmit.

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