Please include the following in your child’s application:
- Copy of child’s passport
- Copy of child’s birth certificate
- Copy of child’s Immunization Records or our Immunization Form filled out by your child’s pediatrician.
- Copy of both parent’s passports
- Copy of all academic records including current school year’s grades (Note: Balboa Academy accepts copies in English or Spanish.
*Panama’s Ministry of Education [MEDUCA] will require originals translated into Spanish by a notarized translator in Panama if records are not in Spanish.)
Evaluation Process
Students invited for an evaluation will schedule a date and time with one of our Educational Specialists. Our Preschool evaluation has a duration of approximately 30 minutes and covers such concepts as shapes, letters, and numbers. The Kindergarten to 12th grade evaluation has a duration of approximately one hour and covers reading, writing, and arithmetic. The evaluation is not an English proficiency test but is proctored entirely in English.
Admissions Committee Decisions
Balboa Academy’s Admissions Committee will review complete applications for a final decision within 10 calendar days. Students may be accepted without conditions, accepted with conditions, denied, or placed on our waiting list.