Admissions
Admissions Process
Our Admissions Process
At Oak Hill School, we strive to create a learning community where all students can thrive. Our admissions process is designed to be welcoming, transparent, and equitable, giving families and students the opportunity to learn about each other and the school.
1. Open Enrollment Period
Families can apply during our designated open enrollment period each year, ensuring fair access for all prospective students.
Families can apply during our designated open enrollment period each year, ensuring fair access for all prospective students.
2. Brief Application
Submit a brief application to help us understand your student’s interests, strengths, and learning needs. This step allows both families and the school to begin exploring if Oak Hill is a good fit.
Submit a brief application to help us understand your student’s interests, strengths, and learning needs. This step allows both families and the school to begin exploring if Oak Hill is a good fit.
3. School Tour
After the brief application, our admissions team will contact you to schedule a tour. Tours provide families a firsthand look at our classrooms, meet faculty, and experience our experiential learning approach in action.
After the brief application, our admissions team will contact you to schedule a tour. Tours provide families a firsthand look at our classrooms, meet faculty, and experience our experiential learning approach in action.
4. Full Application
Following the tour, families submit a full application and $100 application fee. This allows the school to gather all necessary information to make an informed admissions decision, which is typically made in early spring.
Following the tour, families submit a full application and $100 application fee. This allows the school to gather all necessary information to make an informed admissions decision, which is typically made in early spring.
5. Assessments & Shadow Day
Some students may participate in brief assessments to better understand their learning needs. Students may also have the opportunity to spend a day at Oak Hill to experience school life firsthand.
Some students may participate in brief assessments to better understand their learning needs. Students may also have the opportunity to spend a day at Oak Hill to experience school life firsthand.
If you have questions or need accommodations at any stage, please contact our Director of Enrollment, Chrissa Dockendorf, at cdockendorf@oakhillschool.net.
We are happy to guide your family every step of the way.
We are happy to guide your family every step of the way.
Our Approach to Enrollment Evaluation
At Oak Hill School, we use a holistic and developmentally appropriate approach to understanding each applicant as a learner and as a person.
Our admissions team gathers information through:
Our admissions team gathers information through:
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Family conversations
to learn about your child’s strengths, interests, and needs -
Age-appropriate academic snapshots
including early literacy, math thinking, and writing samples -
Hands-on problem-solving activities
which allow students to show creativity, persistence, and collaboration -
Student conversations
to understand how they think about learning and community -
Reflections from families after the visit
Our goal is to build a complete picture of your child not just their academic profile, but also how they approach challenges, express ideas, and thrive in different environments.
Assessments are designed to be welcoming, equitable, and aligned with our mission of experiential learning and whole-child development. We do not expect applicants to “prepare” or study.
Grade-level Overview
At Oak Hill, academic excellence is rooted in doing.
As a nationally recognized leader in experiential and outdoor education, we blend rigorous academics with hands-on learning to deepen understanding, build leadership, and spark real-world problem-solving.
Our thriving community is guided by a cycle of experience, reflection, and application. We nurture social-emotional development, thoughtfully integrate technology, and form powerful partnerships to expand opportunities.
Everything we do reflects our mission, values, and bold vision for the future.
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Pre-Kindergarten
- Schedule: 8:10 AM – 12:00 PM
- Age requirement: Must be 4 prior to the first day of school
- Tuition/Financial Aid: Not available for Pre-K
- Focus: Early social-emotional development and foundational experiential learning
- Highlights: Play-based exploration, small group activities, introduction to arts and outdoor experiences
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Lower School K-5
- Schedule: 8:10 AM – 3:00 PM
- Focus: Core academics (English, math, social studies, science) integrated with hands-on projects that foster creativity, innovation, and collaboration
- Core Learning Areas: Foreign languages (Mandarin Chinese & Spanish), visual arts, music, P.E., theater, and public speaking
- Outdoor Learning: Access to 72 acres of trails, forests, orchards, and ponds for experiential learning in natural sciences and sustainability
- Athletics: Cross country, track
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Middle School (6-8)
Check out our new Middle School Prospectus.- Schedule: 8:15 AM – 3:15 PM
- Focus: Advanced experiential learning, critical thinking, and student-led projects
- Core Learning Areas: Foreign languages (choice of Mandarin or Spanish), visual arts, music, P.E., theater, and public speaking
- Outdoor Pursuits: Middle school students apply skills in snow camping, hiking (including summiting South Sister), shelter building, fire starting, map & compass navigation, and leadership in outdoor activities
- Athletics: Basketball, volleyball, track, cross country
Located on 72 wooded acres in Eugene, Oregon, Oak Hill School is an independent, secular (non-religious) private school welcoming pre-K to 8th grade students.
