Welcome to Desert Christian Schools, and thank you for considering DCS for your child's education. If you would like more information, please Request Information, and our Admissions Office will contact you. If you have not already done so, we invite you to schedule a campus tour.
How to Apply:
Applying is easy using our Online Application. The online application provides parents a tool for tracking the status of their admission after their application has been submitted. A fee of $65 must be submitted with each application.
Create an Online Application:
To begin the Online Application process, Create an Account. Then log in to your account and Create A New Student Application for your child. You can then log in and out of your account and access your open application.
After submitting the application, you will be able to track your admissions status at the school by logging in to your account.
Before applying please read the desired program information listed below.
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2024/2025 DCS Kindergarten through High School On-Campus Program
Students enrolling for kindergarten must be five years of age by December 2, 2024.
Select one of the following applications:
You will pay the $65 application fee when submitting the online application and the $235 enrollment* when submitting the enrollment packet.
Fees are non-refundable
* Only the enrollment fee will be refunded if the student is not accepted.
Once all required documents are received, and the application and enrollment fees paid, the admissions file will be reviewed, and the application moved to the next step in the enrollment process.
Space in the program is only reserved for your family once you have paid the enrollment fee and completed the enrollment packet.
2023/2024 Enrollment
For mid-year enrollment for elementary, middle, high school, and home education program, please contact the admissions office at admissions@desertchristian.com for instructions and assistance for completing a mid-year application.
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2024/2025 DCS Home Education Program
Standard (Independent) Study or Cooperative Learning
Select the following application:
Choose your child's grade level in either the Standard Independent Study (HEP), Cooperative Learning (Co-op) or Fusion programs. For example, for Co-op 2nd grade, you will choose Co-op 02.
You will pay the $65 application fee when you submit the online application. The Enrollment fee will be due when you submit your enrollment packet.
Fees are non-refundable
* Only the enrollment fee will be refunded if the student is not accepted.
Once all required documents are received, and the application fees paid, the admissions file will be reviewed, and the application moved to the next step in the enrollment process.
Space in the program is only reserved for your family once you have paid the enrollment fee and completed the enrollment packet.
For mid-year enrollment into the current 2023/2024 home education program, please contact the admissions office at admissions@desertchristian.com for instructions and assistance completing a mid-year application.
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Learning Tree Preschool (Main, Eastside, and West Palmdale)
The 2024/2025 Preschool Term begins July 1, 2024.
Please select one of the following applications if you want your child to start after April 30, 2024:
(If you would like your child to start before April 30, 2024, please see the mid-year enrollment information below.)
You will pay the $65 application fee when you submit the online application. The Enrollment fee will be due when you submit your enrollment packet.
Fees are non-refundable:
*The enrollment fee is refundable only if a student is not accepted into the preschool.
Please feel free to contact us at the preschool location of interest if you have questions:
Learning Tree Preschool Mid-year enrollment:
If you would like to enroll your child in Learning Tree Preschool for the current 2023/2024 term with a start date before April 30, 2024, please Create An Account, follow the instructions, and select one of the following applications in the 2023/2024 term:
Desert Christian Schools admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. Desert Christian Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.