FAQs - Saint Margaret of York

No. Students of all faiths are welcome at Saint Margaret of York. Our students come from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds, and we are proud of our diversity. Currently, 10% of our students practice outside of the Catholic faith.

St. Margaret of York offers a variety of resources and services, and we do accommodate many students with IEPs. Our principal, with the help of our intervention team, will review your child's IEP to ensure we can provide the necessary assistance. If we are unable to meet your student's needs, we would be happy to refer you to neighboring schools with more appropriate support in place.
St. Margaret of York School is a Jon Peterson Scholarship provider, which allows students with an IEP to receive state funding for services.

Our school day is from 8:00 AM-3:00 PM. We offer After-School Care from 3:00 PM-6:00 PM. We do not offer Before-School Care, however students may be dropped off as early as 7:30 AM.

Bus transportation to and from SMOY may be provided by the local school district you reside in. Contact your local school district's transportation office for more information and to register your student for bus service. Currently, Kings, Little Miami, Loveland, Mason and Princeton school districts provide transportation for SMOY students. Parents may request reimbursement of transportation costs from their public school district if they do not provide bussing.

In general, current students, siblings of current students, and children of active SMOY parishioners receive priority placement. Please see our full Admissions Priority Policy please visit the Parent/Student Handbook.

Open registration occurs during the first two weeks of February each year. Applications for new students should be submitted during this period using our Online Application Portal. If you would like to receive email reminders and information about the upcoming enrollment window, contact Admissions Coordinator Amy Eisele at aeisele@smoyschool.org and ask to be added to the prospective parent email list.

Provided there is space available in the grade you're interested in, we do accept new students on a limited basis throughout the school year.

Sign up to receive reminders and information about the next open enrollment window by joining our Prospective Parent email list.

Students graduating from St. Margaret of York have many options available for high school. Over the years, our students have chosen to attend many different local high schools, both public and private. For more information on where our most recent 8th grade students chose to attend high school, please visit high school information.