• a two-payment plan with 45 percent of annual tuition due on July 1 and Oct. 1.
• a monthly, nine-payment plan with 10 percent of annual tuition due each month on May 5 through Jan. 5.

• a one-payment plan with 90 percent of annual tuition due on July 1.
• a two-payment plan with 65 percent of annual tuition due on July 1 and 25 percent due on Oct. 1.

• Domestic families will pay tuition, according to the schedule on your selected payment plan, by an auto-draft using the bank account selected while completing your enrollment contract in the parent portal.
• International families have the option to pay tuition according to the schedule on your selected payment plan, by an auto-draft using the U.S. bank account selected while completing your enrollment contract in the parent portal or they can wire all tuition amounts, including the deposit, according to the following instructions (funds are to be transferred in U.S. dollars):

• Domestic students: by auto-draft on your scheduled payment plan date. Additional drafts to settle other fees will be made on Dec. 1, Feb. 1, and June 1 for families that have elected the two-pay plan. For families that have selected the monthly installment plan, additional drafts to settle other fees will be made on Feb. 5, March 5, April 5, May 5, and June 5.
• International students: by wire transfer (please see instructions, above).

• Registration Form (Due Aug. 1)
• Travel Form (Only required for boarders, due Aug. 15)
• Health Forms (Due Aug. 1)

Please Note: The Health Forms tab will link to our secure student electronic medical record called Magnus. Health forms consist of a number of parent/guardian consent forms, health history questions, and forms that must be filled out by a medical provider. The consent forms need to be signed after June 15 so they will not expire before the end of the school year. Physicals are valid for 13 months after the examination date and must be renewed annually. Proof of immunization is also required per state guidelines. Lawrence Academy also requires COVID vaccination – a primary series at a minimum is required and boosters are recommended per CDC guidance. Students with medications or certain medical conditions must have additional forms, which can be downloaded from the Magnus site.

All registration and health forms must be submitted through the parent portal by August 1. The Pre-Arrival Task List must be submitted by August 15.

During the registration process, you will receive your student ID number, advisor’s name, school email address, network access information, mailbox information, and dorm assignment and room key/fob if you are a boarding student. Boarding students will pick up their laundry bag if they have pre-registered with E&R Laundry. You can also sign up for laundry service during registration. All medications, (prescriptions, over the counter, supplements, inhalers and epipens) must be brought to registration and reviewed with the nursing staff. After completing the registration process, boarding students may move into their rooms.

Please bring your laptop with you to registration. Our Technology Department must register your laptop to work on the school network.

Both Mac- and Windows-based laptops are supported on our network. iPads and Chromebooks are NOT suitable replacements for laptops but can be very useful supplements.
Laptop - Minimum Requirements
Processor: 1.6 GHz (or higher), 2 core (also called dual-core)
Memory: 4.0 GB RAM
Hard Disk: 128 GB or higher (SSD drive recommended)
Laptop – Recommended Requirements
Processor: 1.6 GHz (or higher), 4 core (also called quad-core)
Memory: 6.0 GB RAM
Hard Disk: 256 GB or higher (SSD drive recommended)
If you have any questions regarding laptops you currently own, or laptops you are considering purchasing, please read the Student Technology Information Booklet. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact the Technology Department at support@lacademy.edu.

Click here for the must up-to-date information.

Each dorm room contains a bed, a desk, a chair, a bureau, and closet space. Each room also has at least one window, and the windows are supplied with shades. The shapes and sizes of the rooms vary greatly, so new students are advised to delay bringing extra furniture, large rugs, or window curtains until they have lived in the room for a while. Usual items to bring for your dorm room include a desk lamp, a wastebasket, closet hangers, and other decorations.

• Bedding and Laundry: Students must bring their own sheets, pillows, blankets, and bedspreads. You will need extra-long fitted twin sheets (mattress size 36 in. x 80 in.; flat sheet size 66 in. x 102 in. or 167 cm. x 259 cm.; fitted sheet size 99 cm. x 203 cm.). Students who wish to do their own laundry will find coin-operated machines in several locations on campus. An outside laundry service is also available, if that is your preference. You may register online by visiting the E&R website.
• Room Decorations: Room decorations are limited by good taste, and dorm parents may ask that offensive material be removed. To preserve the paint and plaster, students may not tack, nail, or use adhesive tapes to affix anything to the walls. Students must use non-permanent hooks and hangers if displaying decorations directly on the walls. Due to the hazard of fire, no fabric wall hangings are permitted.
• Clothing: During the academic day, Lawrence Academy expects students to adhere to a dress code designed to allow for comfort and individuality while maintaining a standard conducive to an academic setting. All clothing must be neat, clean, modest, and in good repair. Further explanation of LA's dress code may be found in the student handbook, accessible via your Veracross Portal.
• Prohibited Items: For safety reasons, no electrical or cooking appliances may be used in dormitory rooms, except UL-approved stereos, computers, radios, clocks, electric blankets, irons, lamps, and low-power hair dryers. Prohibited items include halogen lamps, heating coils, hot plates/pots, rice cookers, refrigerators, monitors that exceed 25 in., candles or incense burners, any other open flame, televisions, and all types of pets.

Students who wish to do their own laundry will find coin-operated machines in several locations on campus. However, there is an outside laundry service, E&R Laundry, that offers a full-service plan to accommodate your cleaning needs. E&R Laundry will be on site during registration for those students who would like to sign up. You may also register online by visiting the E&R website.

Roommate and dorm information will be made available to students and families only upon arrival on registration day. The school does not release housing information prior to this time.

The sign-out system will be reviewed with all boarding students during the first weeks of school.

For a general overview, see below:

• Weekday Sign-Outs: All weekday absences or sign-outs must be called in by a parent/guardian (978-448-1518), emailed by a parent/guardian (LA@lacademy.edu), or submitted in person by the student to the Office of Student Life or the faculty member on duty (OD).
• Weekend Sign-Outs: All boarding students who plan to leave campus for a weekend must sign out through their Veracross student portal by 12:30 p.m. on the Thursday before their departure from campus. For three weekends during the school year, our boarding community will come together for on-campus weekends, when no sign-outs are permitted. Typically, these on-campus weekends occur the first weekend of each term, although dates are subject to change each year. Please review the Travel Calendar for this year’s on-campus dates. The Travel Calendar is available via your Veracross Portal.
• Boarding Student Returns: Sunday evenings are crucial to the boarding life of our school. We ask that families organize their weekends so that students arrive back on campus by 7:30 p.m. the night before classes resume.

A boarding student may not have a car on campus.

The Lawrence Academy residential facilities close during Thanksgiving vacation, winter vacation and spring vacation. All students must depart campus during these breaks. During vacation, students must be supervised by a responsible adult that is 25 years of age or older. This adult must be present for the entirety of the student's stay. Students may not stay in a hotel by themselves. Families that do not have a plan for the above vacations should contact the office of student life (LA@lacademy.edu) no later than July 31st. We can provide you with a list of possible home-stay options.

Please refer to our 2022-2023 academic course guide and diploma requirements at www.lacademy.edu/academics. The 2023-2024 catalog will be added in May.

All incoming ninth graders will be enrolled in Artistic Expression, Physics, Global Cultures (history), The Journey (ninth grade English), and math and language courses based on their placement assessments (held in May in person at LA, or remotely by special arrangement with the registrar for students who are unable to come to campus). If your student has never taken a world language, they can select a language with the Language Department at this time as well.

If your child attended ninth-12th grade at any other school prior to enrolling at Lawrence Academy, you must provide LA with those transcripts to complete the admissions process.

Please have the prior school send official final transcripts to admiss@lacademy.edu or by mail to the Lawrence Academy Admissions Office no later than July 1. These will be required to determine appropriate course selections.

All students must be enrolled in a minimum of five classes in any term. Math and language classes will be determined by placement assessments and current teacher recommendations. New 10th, 11th and 12th grade students may sign up for elective courses (using a course request form that will be available in the new parent portal) in July if their prior school final transcripts been received.

Tenth graders will be enrolled in The Individual and Society (10th grade English), Conflict and Change in Society (10th grade history), and chemistry. Students who have completed chemistry will be enrolled in biology. Math and language courses will be determined by departments. Up to three term-length art courses may be requested.

Eleventh graders will be enrolled in English Composition (11th grade English). They also take biology and U.S. History; if you have completed either of these classes, you may contact the registrar to discuss your science and/or history enrollment options. Or you may simply make your science and history selections, along with up to three term-length art electives, using the course request form in July.

Twelfth graders will be enrolled in Senior English Seminar. Other course selections can be discussed with the registrar to ensure that diploma requirements are met, in consultation with the director of college counseling, and based on prior school transcripts.

• May: Math and language placement exams are offered on campus; dates and times will be announced. Students who are unable to come to campus in May must make alternate testing arrangements with the registrar or department chair. Placement test results, together with teacher recommendations and your transcript, help us place you in the most appropriate course level. Incoming ninth graders who have not yet studied a world language will have an opportunity to choose a language at this time. New students who do not speak English as the primary language at home and/or who have not been studying in a school using an English-taught curriculum for the past four years will also need to take an English placement test.
• June: Placement tests should be completed by June 5.
• Mid-June: Summer reading and assignments for all grades will be accessible through a link in the new parent portal. Transfer students can select elective classes via a link to the course request form that will be available in the new parent portal.
• Late-July: Course enrollment lists are made available (classes are confirmed; students learn which electives they are enrolled in). Bookstore link will be available in new parent portal. The bookstore has LA’s lists of required and recommended books by class.
• Early September/Orientation: Class (block) schedules are available.

Please refer to the academic course guide and diploma requirements, which explain the English as a Second Language program requirements and ESL course credits, at www.lacademy.edu/academics. Contact Director of International Student Programming Katy Svec at
international@lacademy.edu or the registrar at registrar@lacademy.edu with any questions.

Once the registrar has received your complete transcripts from all prior schools, you will have an opportunity to speak with the Director of College Counseling as well; both can assist with this review.