Admissions & tuition

We look forward to meeting new students and families and we encourage you to get to know us via our Campus Tours and Information Sessions.

Campus Tours:

Campus Tours are the best way to see the campus and experience a bit of our school in action!  During your visit our Head of School will tell you more about our program and will answer any questions that you may have.  As we want to meet our families we do ask that at least one parent or guardian do a campus tour, but this may occur before or after submitting your application.  We have tour dates and times that you can reserve via the links below, but if you do not see a time that works for you please either call us at 925-440-1229 or email us at admissions@sondercreekacademy.org and we will be happy to find a time that works for you.

Modified Tuition

Sonder Creek Academy is an inclusive community that is meant to be accessible to a broad range of families and promising students.  To further support this goal, we are pleased to offer a modified tuition option.

Applying for modified tuition will not impact admissions decisions.  We have partnered with a third party provider, School and Student Services (SSS), to help process modified tuition applications.   

In addition to completing the application steps shown above, to apply for modified tuition please use the SSS program portal button below.  On this SSS site you will create an account,  be prompted to provide certain information and upload financial documents as well.  SSS utilizes this information to help determine a potential modified tuition amount.

We do not want our application fee or the SSS processing fee to be a barrier to applying.  Please let us know if you have any concerns.

To start your Modified Tuition Program Application via our SSS platform, please visit our:

We operate on a rolling admissions basis, meaning that there is no specific deadline, and we will continue enrolling new students until the class reaches its twenty-student limit.

• Complete the 2025 / 2026 Application, available via the link below.  We request one application per student, which may mean more than one per family.
• Get a Teacher Recommendation from a teacher, coach, or mentor that knows your student well. The Recommendation Form will be sent to the teacher of your choice. In the Application, please provide their name, relationship to your child, and an email address where we can send the form. Teachers can provide the recommendation up to two weeks after you submit your application.
• Email us the most recent Current Year’s Report Card and the Full Year Report Card from the prior year.  We understand that every school does report cards differently, and that our younger applicants may not have report cards at all.  Please send report cards to admissions@sondercreekacademy.org, subject line “Report Cards for Applicant Name”
• Please mail us the Non-Refundable $100 Application Fee.  Mailing instructions are included in the application.  Families are encouraged to tour and/or attend an information before applying.  The Shadow Day experience (below) is reserved for applicants.​

Once we receive your application we will reach out within a few days to schedule your applicant’s Shadow Day, or, class visit.  As part of the application process our potential students will spend a half day with us (shorter for JK and Kinder) so that they may experience a mix of academics and social activities, as well as meet their new friends.  Within about two weeks of the Shadow Day experience we will then communicate next steps. Families will then have two weeks to either confirm enrollment by paying the registration fee (applicable towards tuition) or release their seat.

We look forward to meeting new students and families and we encourage you to get to know us via our Campus Tours and Information Sessions.

Campus Tours:

Campus Tours are the best way to see the campus and experience a bit of our school in action!  During your visit our Head of School will tell you more about our program and will answer any questions that you may have.  As we want to meet our families we do ask that at least one parent or guardian do a campus tour, but this may occur before or after submitting your application.  We have tours available by appointment only. 

Please either call us at 925-440-1229 or email us at admissions@sondercreekacademy.org and we will be happy to find a time that works for you.