CSHM Admissions

Admissions

Admission to Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High School is based on student interview, intellectual ability, character, willingness to study, past performance, good discipline, record of regular attendance, and the recommendation of former teacher or principal. All new students are accepted on a probationary basis.

Prospective students for the ninth grade take a placement test to determine ability. Transfer students are accepted at the discretion of the school administration. Transfer students are expected to have a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. and to be able to meet the school's  graduation requirements in the normal sequence of courses. Three recommendation forms are required from an English teacher, math teacher and administrator. Students with outstanding F's on their transcripts will not be accepted. Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary  High School has established open enrollment policies in concert with the California Interscholastic Federation State Rule 222 with the following conditions:

1. Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary is a Catholic coeducational high school whose philosophy and mission is based on the call of the United States Catholic Bishops, "To Teach as Jesus Did."
2. CSHM accepts students on a space available basis.
3. CSHM charges tuition for its educational services.
4. CSHM has admissions requirements pertaining to academic standards, behavior and attendance.

Transfers

Transfers from Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary to other schools are issued only at the request of the parents or guardians.

Transcripts will not be issued until all school obligations have been fulfilled. The receiving school must request an official transcript by mail.​

13.1.3 High School Admission Procedures​​​

The Department of ​Catholic Schools​​ recommends the following procedures for testing and evaluating high school applicants and transfer students:

• Parents/guardians of a student applying for admission must obtain the high school's application packet. The application packet must include a permission form for the current school to release records to the high school. Parents/guardians must ensure that the current school releases all documents that the high school requests. See the Student Application for High School (sample) and the High School Applica​tion Checklist for Admissions Folder (sample).

• ​All high schools administer the entrance examination for incoming students on the day established on the archdiocesan school calendar. 

• Schools shall cooperate with parents/guardians who request that test scores be sent to other schools. 

• Admissions procedures ordinarily include an interview with students and parents/guardians and confidential recommendations from teachers or administrators at the current school. Recommendations are confidential, should not be kept with pupil records, and shall not be shared with families. See the Confidential Common Evaluation Form for Students Applying to a Catholic High School.

• Schools shall notify applicants concerning their admissions status on the dates indicated on the archdiocesan school calendar. See the High School Acceptance Letter (sample), and the High School Conditional Acceptan​​ce Letter (sample)​​.

• At the end of the school year, high schools will request that elementary schools submit a complete transcript for each incoming freshman.