Admissions
Applying to Battery Park Montessori
2025-2026 Admissions
Applications for the 2025-2026 school year are open!
Limited spaces are available for a mid-year start for the current school year. Please contact admissions@greenivy.com to inquire about joining this year!
Rolling Admissions and Age Cut Offs
Battery Park Montessori is pleased to accept applications and offer admission decisions on a rolling basis for students eligible by December 31st * of the year they enroll. You can apply year-round and receive a decision in a short time frame. This application process is particularly friendly to our international relocating families and other whose circumstances do not necessarily fit the traditional NYC private school admissions calendar, known as the ISAAGNY calendar.
- Children entering our Nursery Ones program must be 1 year and 1 day old before beginning their phase-in.
- Children entering our Nursery Twos program must turn two before December 31st.
Admissions Events
Please join us! We have several tours and open houses scheduled for interested families. Get started by filling out an inquiry form here.
2025-2026 Program Offerings
NURSERY / ONES (1 year olds) - Full day (8:30 AM - 2:30 PM) | Students must turn one and one day before beginning their phase-in.
NURSERY / TWOS (2 year olds)
Full day (8:30 AM - 2:30 PM) | Students must turn two before December 31st. They can start school on their second birthday.
CASA DEI BAMBINI / PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN (3 to 5 year olds)
Full day (8:30 AM -2:30 PM) | Students must turn three, four, or five before December 31st.
Admissions Checklist
- Submit an inquiry form
- Schedule & attend a school tour (we request that both parents/guardians tour - together or separately)
- Submit the $100 application fee (non-refundable) & complete the parent questionnaire
- Schedule and attend:
- Nursery Ones: Onsite family class meeting (student and parents) with Head of School and/or Admissions Director
- Nursery Twos: Onsite playgroup visit with teachers & parent meeting with the Head of School and/or Admissions Director
- Casa (3-5y): Onsite playgroup visit with teachers & parent meeting with the Head of School and/or Admissions Director
About Rolling Admissions
For the 2025-2026 School Year:
Green Ivy International Schools operates on a rolling admissions basis for our Early Childhood Programs: Nursery Ones to Casa de Bambini (3-year-old to 6-year-old mixed ages Montessori classrooms).
Once the admissions application and supplementary materials have been received and all admissions steps completed, families can expect a decision notification promptly. Families who complete all admissions steps by the second Thursday of each month, can anticipate learning of their admissions decision by the third Thursday of each month.
When accepted, a family is offered an enrollment agreement and has two weeks to review, ask questions, and sign the document to enroll their child.
Applying to Both Sister Schools
Battery Park Montessori has a sister school – Pine Street School – just a short walk from us, in the heart of the Financial District. While each school offers unique programming, they are joined pedagogically by our belief that students learn best when empowered to be independent and active participants in their own learning.
We invite you to consider both of our schools if your child is entering a Ones, Twos,Preschool, or Kindergarten Program. You can find more information about applying to our sister school, Pine Street School, here. The application requirements are unique to each school, so please take time to review those requirements carefully.
You must apply to each school separately. Once requirements are completed for a school, you will receive an admissions decision for that school according to the schedule. If your child is admitted, you will have two weeks (14 calendar days) to accept the invitation to enroll in that school. If we do not receive your acceptance in that time frame, we will offer that spot to another family. If you receive admission to one of our schools but wish to wait for the decision from the sister school, you may do so, but please bear in mind the two-week decision time frame remains the same. If you do have a preference of one sister school over the other, kindly let us know before both applications are considered.