Enrollment - Learning Style Student Assessment

Enroll with Laurel Springs for a college prep education

Enrollment at Laurel Springs gives you everything from curricula to community. Our students receive a college prep education and benefit from the leadership and guidance of their teachers, getting to know them well, as they would in a day school.

Year-round enrollment is available at WASC-accredited Laurel Springs School.

LSS serves students in all 50 states and over 46 countries.

How to Enroll

About the Registration Process
Simple Steps to Enroll
Full-Time Student Status
Student Assessment
Optional Services

About the Registration Process

Enrollment at Laurel Springs School is as unique and personal as our approach to education. We offer open enrollment so you can enroll at any time of the year. During the registration process our Enrollment Advisors learn about the student's needs, interests, goals and educational choices. Your personal Enrollment Advisor will help you to choose the curriculum package best suited for the student. For high school students the registration process will also include reviewing the student's transcript before completing an academic plan and choosing the best courses to achieve the student's academic goals. Payment plans are arranged for our All-Inclusive program or you may choose to pay in full. (Payment must be made in full when a student is working at an accelerated rate or on a block schedule). We accept major credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express. Tuition Information
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Simple Steps to Enroll

Our tuition includes everything a student needs; full enrollment, course materials, teacher services, Learning Style Profile, Diagnostic Assessment and Standardized Assessment.

Just follow these simple steps:

Fill out our online enrollment application. One of our Enrollment Advisors will be contacting you within two business days to complete the enrollment process after receiving your application.
At your appointment, it is important that you have a transcript from each child's previous schools. Your Enrollment Advisor will ask questions designed to let us help you select the appropriate curriculum and teacher for each individual student.
Your Enrollment Advisor will walk you through the course offerings, learning styles and assessments, and payment options.

At Laurel Springs your child will have access to wonderful teachers and services unmatched by any other distance learning program, and an empowering atmosphere filled with choice and educational freedom. If you have questions or would like to speak to a representative, please look at the FAQ or call Laurel Springs at 1-800-377-5890 today.
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Full-Time Student Status

Full-time students must carry at least 40 credits per year, with 30 of those in core courses. Semester students must carry at least 20 credits per semester, with 15 of those in core courses. The remaining credits may be earned in electives.
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Student Assessment

Working with each student’s unique learning style is transformative for students whose needs may not met by traditional schools. These assessment programs and services give parents and teachers a road map to support the student’s academic growth, talents, interests, learning personality and dreams for the future.
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Learning Style Profile

Laurel Springs assesses five aspects of learning style: disposition, modality, interests, talents and preferred environment. The profile helps parents better understand their child’s blueprint for learning and offers helpful study tips and techniques. By understanding their child’s learning style, parents can help their children excel not only in school, but in life. A more in-depth interpretation is available for an additional fee. Free with each child's enrollment.
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Standardized testing

The National Norm-Referenced Standardized Assessment is administered to Laurel Springs students in 4th through 11th grade. It provides valuable information about the student’s academic progress in language arts and mathematics. Free with each child's enrollment (full time, full year enrollments only)
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diagnostic assessment

Diagnostic assessments are designed to provide parents, students and teachers with specific information about what skills the student has and has not mastered. The results empower parents and teachers to pinpoint, assign and review those areas the student must master before moving on
to more complex materials. Free with each child's enrollment
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Optional Services

Placement Assessment

We offer a standards-based diagnostic assessment for placement in math and language arts. This assessment helps to determine the academic level of the student and appropriate placement in the Laurel Springs School curriculum. The placement fee includes a written analysis of language arts and math skills and a learning styles profile. Talk with your Enrollment Advisor about fees.
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Learning Styles Profile Interpretation

Parents can purchase and schedule a learning styles profile interpretation with our learning success coach. This consultation will help you make informed choices for supplementing curriculum throughout the school year, and give you information to bring out the best in your child. This service
is valuable for those who want more clarity and confidence about how to handle daily scheduling, organization, best teaching methods, and potential challenges. Learning Styles Profile Interpretation Fee
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Customization Services

Customization is a program that enables our teachers to develop a learning plan that is aligned to students’ specific goals and learning styles. Customization can be beneficial for remediation or enrichment, incorporating interests and research areas, fulfilling special college entry requirements, and incorporating resources such as travel and career. If your child usually finds courses too easy or too difficult, customization might be a good strategy to get learning back on track. Customized
learning programs require ample and extensive parental involvement. Call for fees and information.
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Personalizing a course lesson:
Personalizing a lesson usually happens within a lesson; customization takes on altering the whole course. One-to-one teaching enables our teachers to modify the pace or focus of the lesson to serve the child as the need arises. Learning objectives and standards for the course are still reached through assessment. Student interests, strengths, challenges, long-term goals or learning style lessons. Options may be to personalize the activity, adjust content to accommodate student interest, adjust evidences of learning or personalize the enrichment of a lesson. (As much as one-quarter of the lesson may be personalized.) No extra fees apply to personalizing a course lesson.

Customization of a course:
Fully customizing a course involves a more extensive alteration to a course. Learning objectives and standards are still met but a course can be significantly altered to accommodate a student's needs. An extra fee is charged for customizing a course. Laurel Springs has two levels of customization; speak with your Enrollment Advisor regarding fees. Also additional fees may be required if a curricular source other than Laurel Springs School is used. Customization Pricing

LEVEL 1 Customization occurs when more than one-quarter of a Laurel Springs course is altered to meet the needs of the student or when an alternate curricular source is used. It includes an initial one-hour phone consultation with a Learning Success Coach, who will provide a Learning Style Profile interpretation and create an academic learning plan with recommended materials.

LEVEL 2 Customization occurs when extensive original curriculum creation is required. It includes two to three hours of phone consultations with a Learning Success Coach during which you will receive a Learning Style Profile interpretation and the creation of a comprehensive academic learning plan with recommended materials.

All customized learning programs require ample and extensive parental involvement. Please ask your Enrollment Advisor about our customization options.

Extension Program

When do I need an extension?
Extensions are granted at the discretion of the Student Services Department, based on the extension policy and the student’s progress and academic standing as of their enrollment end date. They are intended for courses that are at least 2/3rds complete (through week 24 submitted for each full-year course and through week 12 submitted for each semester course). Laurel Springs grants only one extension per course. If eligible, an extension will allow the student an additional four months for each full-year course and an additional two months for each semester course. If not eligible, the family must re-enroll their student and pay tuition for the incomplete portion of the course(s).

For High School, each full-year course extension costs $190, and each semester course extension costs $100. For Elementary and Middle School, each full-year course extension costs $47.50, and each semester course extension costs $25. All fees are due at the time of extension.

Please contact Student Services to request an extension or send an email to extensions@laurelsprings.com if a student has not completed course work before the enrollment period is over.

When would I have to re-enroll in a course instead of getting an extension?

Re-enrollment is needed when the student has submitted less than the first 2/3rds of their course(s) by their enrollment end date. This requires that the incomplete portion be retaken and tuition fees paid again. However, the student will be allowed to continue from where they left off in the coursework.

Please contact your assigned Enrollment Advisor to request a re-enrollment.

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