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 (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 Pre-Kinder and Kindergarten evaluation has a duration of approximately 30 minutes and covers such concepts are shapes, letters, and numbers. The 1st-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. The evaluation has a $100 fee to be paid on the date of the evaluation.
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.