The St. Mary - St. Joseph School admissions policy is per the following guidelines:

• The parents and student grade four or higher will interview with the principal or the principal’s designate.
• Applicants must submit transcript and records from prior schools, as well as required documentation as outlined in the registration material.
• Applicants may be tested for their reading comprehension level and math competence to assure appropriate placement in class.
• New students have a probationary period for the first semester to ascertain whether the school can meet the student’s needs and whether the student is able to adjust to the school.
• Students will not be accepted at the school if in the opinion of the administration it is felt that the school cannot meet the educational and/or developmental needs of the student.

During the regularly scheduled period for registration, the following prioritization is used to admit students to St. Mary-St. Joseph School.

1. Children from families already enrolled in the school.
2. Children from families registered at St. Mary and St. Joseph parishes.
3. Children from non-parish Catholic families.
4. Non-Catholic children.

 
After the deadline for re-registration, students will be admitted on a first come, first served basis as long as there is room in the classes.

St. Mary - St. Joseph School is proud to have students from the following parishes of the Diocese of Norwich:

St. Mary, Willimantic; St. Joseph, Willimantic; Our Lady of La Salette, Brooklyn; St. Andrew, Colchester; St. Columba, Columbia; St. Mary, Coventry; Our Lady of Lourdes, Hampton; The Church of the Holy Family, Hebron; St. Francis of Assisi, Lebanon; Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Windham; and St. Margaret, Scotland.