Admissions

Enrollment for the 2025-26 school year OPENS SOON

Welcome to RSI!

Choosing the right school for your child is a life changing decision. Through the admissions process, we look forward to sharing with you the incredible benefits of language immersion education and showcasing the many ways in which our students thrive in and out of school. We are eager to get to know you and your family!

Admissions Process

1. Visit Our Campus

Although many things can be conveyed with photos, video and print, the only way to truly understand what a school is like is to visit in person. This will give you the opportunity to connect to the heart of our organization, experience the commitment of our staff and see our campus. Your personalized tour will allow you to witness firsthand what makes RSI exceptional and how we can help prepare your child for a lifetime of worldly success. You’ll meet our faculty and staff, see our students in action, and learn more about our unique educational model.

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2. Student Assessment and Family Interview:

Following your campus tour, we invite you to schedule a student readiness assessment and trial day.

After the readiness assessment, you will then have a family interview. This is your opportunity to meet with our director, ask any additional questions, and get more acquainted with the school and our learning community.

3. Apply

After your tour, trial day and assessment, we will collect the remainder of the information needed to complete enrollment. This includes the submission of an online application form and the documents outlined below:

  • Copy of Birth Certificate
  • Copy of Immunization Record (up to date)
  • Teacher recommendation form
  • Transcripts

4. Admissions

The last step in the enrollment process is for our team to conduct a final review of your application materials, determine space available in your child’s grade level and confirm acceptance. New student fee and admission fee will need to be submitted in order to secure your student(s) spot.

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Admissions Timeline

Important dates to remember when starting your child’s enrollment process

  • Returning RSI families re-enrolling for the next school year will be given a priority enrollment period in or around November of the current school year.

  • Open enrollment for new RSI students begins in early December and remains open as long as space is available.

  • A student’s space is secured after a favorable admission decision has been communicated to the family and the admission fee has been paid to RSI.

  • All programs have rolling admissions, applications will continue to be evaluated until all spaces are filled.

Schedule a Private Tour or Request Information

We invite you to request a private tour or reach out to our admissions team for more information.

Private tours allow you to step into our classrooms and witness multilingual education in action. We will work with you to schedule a tour when it’s convenient for you.

Please fill out the form below and our admissions team will be in touch to schedule a tour or answer your questions.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Spaces are secured for the families when favorable admission decision is communicated and the admission fee is received.

For Elementary: 65% Mandarin Chinese, 17.5% English, 17.5% Spanish.

*Spanish in Kindergarten is optional to keep the day shorter and allow time to focus on other subjects

RSI students excel in English because multiple languages also enhances the ability of English language learning.

You will see your child using the languages within 3-4 months and can carry on a simple conversation by the end of the year. Generally, it takes 3-4 years for a child to build the foundation for language proficiency.  Our students will achieve functional fluency by the end of  middle school and working fluency by the end high school in reading, writing, listening and speaking of Chinese and Spanish.  At that time they will be qualified to earn the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

Elementary and up: 8:00 – 3:30 pm
Kindergarten: 8:30-3:00 pm

In addition to a fence for the playground, our campus is monitored by surveillance cameras 24/7 and a security guard during school hours.

We credential with the Global Seal of Biliteracy.

The Global Seal of Biliteracy is an international credential that conveys proficiency with language skills in two or more languages for our students. This credential offers a competitive advantage for our students by helping them earn scholarships, higher pay, college credit, increased study abroad opportunities and so much more. The Global Seal is and will be FREE for all.

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Communicate through WeChat.

RSI于今年开始使用微信作为新的交流平台和渠道，为家长朋友们提供更直

接和有效的互动。对于倾向使用中文交流的家长，我们将通过微信提供所需

要的信息或资源.

RSIOC WeChat: RSI瑞纳森国际学校
WeChat ID: RSI-OC