Admissions Application for New Families
“New Families” are families who have never had a child attend Westminster Weekday Schools and are NOT active church members at WUMC.
If you have questions, you can email our Registrar, Erin Lanier at elanier@wumc.com.
Please Read ALL Steps Before Application
- Check Fee Schedule for class to apply for, based on your child’s date of birth
You will enter this information on your child’s application.
2. Click link and create an account in Brightwheel.
3. Complete the New Family Application for Admission.
If your child’s application is not complete, it cannot be processed.
4. Enter payment information.
Once you’ve completed the application, you will be taken to your child’s profile page. (Minimal information autofills until application is “accepted” for submission.) From the menu button at the top left, select “Payments” and enter your payment information.
5. Submit $500 for the Registration and Supply fee.
You will do this in the “Accounts” tab in “Payments”. We cannot process any applications without the Registration and Supply fee.
*When you submit the fee, your child’s account will have a $500 credit. Once we review your application, we will charge your account for the fee. Then you will receive an email letting you know that your account balance is $0.00.
NOTE: Parents are responsible for any ACH fees or credit card processing fees for the method of payment
selected.
Placement Notification
Please note that Priority Family Applications will be processed before New Family Applications.
You will be notified via Brightwheel by the end of February if we have a spot for your child, or if they are on the waitlist.
*If we offer your child placement in our program, even if you do not accept it, the Registration and Supply fee is non-
refundable. If we do not have an opening for your child, $400 of the Registration and Supply fee will be refunded to you, and your child will be placed on our waitlist.
More Than One Child
If you have more than one child you would like to apply, please return to this page and click the link again to complete an additional application. DO NOT use the “add a child” function in Brightwheel.
Fee Schedule
2025-2026 (August – May) Tuition and Fees
Registration/Supply Fee: $500 for all students
This fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. If we cannot offer a place to your child in our program, then you will receive a $400 refund.
May 2026 tuition is due the first week of May 2025 to ensure placement for your child. This is non-refundable and non-transferable.