How can your family make an impact in the world?
Friends School provides a dynamic community, strong academics, and self-awareness –
essentials for making an impact on yourself, your family, and in the world.
Admissions Process
1 - CONNECT
2 - VISIT
Attend one of our Coffee Tours or schedule a private tour with our admissions team. For parents and caregivers only.
3 - APPLY
After your tour, we’ll send you an application.
4 - EXPERIENCE
Schedule your Student Visit.
5 - OFFER
Once your application is accepted, we’ll extend an offer of admission to Friends.
Open Houses/Tours
LOWER SCHOOL (Early Childhood-5th Grade)
Call 303-499-1999 x227 for a private tour.
Monthly Coffee Tours:
MIDDLE SCHOOL (6th-8th Grade)
Call 303-499-1999 x227 for a private tour.
Monthly Coffee Tours:
Continuous Enrollment
We use a continuous enrollment model. This simplifies the re-enrollment process for families and means that you will only need to complete the enrollment process once for the entire time your child attends Friends School.
Your child will be automatically re-enrolled each year, unless you notify the school during the annual continuous enrollment window in January each year.
Our Graduates are:
Curious
Creative
Collaborative
Resilient
Compassionate
Advocates
...and Friends
Affording Friends
We believe in every child having the opportunity to access the individualized and comprehensive education offered at Friends School. Our Personalized Affordable Tuition (PAT) plan is designed for families in a range of socioeconomic situations and ensures that tuition is affordable for each family.
Friends utilizes Clarity, a third-party tool, to process applications, verify documentation and make recommendations for PAT based on school policies and documented family need.
Friends School’s community board establishes a PAT budget as a percentage of gross tuition. The PAT budget is limited, set annually by the community board and is determined based on a percentage of gross tuition revenue.
Friends School does not participate in Universal PK.
2026-2027 Tuition will be published in early January 2026
Our Community Board determines Tuition each December and published it to families early January.
A nonrefundable deposit is paid at the time an initial enrollment contract is signed and in January each year of continuous enrollment.
Friends School participates in the Dewar Tuition Refund Plan; tuition insurance is utilized by over 1,000 independent schools nationwide and is a way of protecting the school and our community.
NOTE: Cost for AfterCare, Enrichment classes and lunch are not included in tuition.
We’re pleased to share that Friends School is participating in the Colorado Universal Preschool (UPK) program!
Please contact Friends Director of Enrollment Management, Mel Leggett, with any UPK questions at mleggett@friendsschoolboulder.org or 303.499.1999 x227
UPK Enrollment Process per the Colorado Department of Early Childhood
Families looking to continue care with a known provider can pre-register a child who is currently enrolled, who has a sibling currently enrolled, or who has a parent or guardian currently employed with a Universal Preschool provider at upk.colorado.gov.
Families looking for a ne preschool provider can visit upk.colorado.gov to browse 2,000+ high quality, licensed providers, see if they qualify for additional hours, and register to be matched with one of their top o10 providers of choice.
Registration is kopen for the 2025-26 school year. Families can register for the 2026-27 school year in April.
Families who have yet to register to Colorado Universal Preschool by the end of July will be able to work directly with a Universal Preschool Provider to enroll, through the end of the school year, as space allows.
More details can be found at https://cdec.colorado.gov/universal-preschool-colorado
