Edward Brooke Charter School

How To Enroll

If you are interested in enrolling your child at Edward W. Brooke Charter School, you MUST attend one of the following information sessions. Please be advised that applications for enrollment will be distributed only at these public information sessions held at the Edward W. Brooke Charter School at 190 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, MA 02131.

Enrollment Information Sessions

December	January	February	March
Monday 12/1/08 6 p.m.	Thursday 1/8/09 6 p.m.	Tuesday 2/10/09 6 p.m.	Wednesday 3/4/09 6 p.m.
Thursday 12/11/08 6 p.m.	Wednesday 1/21/09 6 p.m. English and Spanish
	Saturday 1/31/09 9 a.m.

ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON MARCH 4, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Public lottery for enrollment will be held on March 11, 2009 at 6 p.m.

Application Process

Edward W. Brooke Charter School, a tuition-free public charter school in Boston, admits students through a public and open lottery process. We welcome applications from all students who are residents of Massachusetts and who expect to enter Kindergarten (K2 only), grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, or grade 6 in the fall of the coming school year.

The enrollment process concludes in March with a publicly held lottery to allocate available slots to applicants in Kindergarten and 5th grade and to allocate waiting list spots for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grades.

For the 2009-2010 school year, EWBCS will admit:

64 new kindergarten (K2) students
48 new 5th grade students
New 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade students on a space available basis
No new 7th or 8th grade students

All applications are due in-hand (not post-marked) at the school by March 4th at 7:00 p.m. Any application received after that time and date will be held and considered during the next application process, if and when it is held.

All applicants and their parents/guardians are strongly encouraged to read the application and accompanying brochure, before completing the two-page application and signing the statement of expectations.

Eligibility Criteria

Enrollment eligibility in a specific grade is met if:

the student is a resident of Massachusetts; and
the parent/guardian of the applicant has signed the application stating that he or she understands their family obligations to the school, including attending mandatory orientation sessions in May or June; and
for kindergarten enrollment, the student will be at least 5 years old by September 1. Note: Students who are not able to demonstrate passing marks in all major subject areas for the previous grade will NOT be denied admission to the school if they unable to demonstrate proficiency on the school's diagnostic exam, which students take only after gaining admission to the school. However, the school does reserve the right to change a students' grade placement within the school on the basis of the results of the diagnostic exam.

Applicants who fail to meet the eligibility criteria will be notified by mail.

For More Information
If you have any questions regarding enrollment policy or application procedures, please contact Lori Adamczyk, our Director of Operations, at 617-325-7977, ext. 319, or via email at ladamczyk@ebrooke.org.

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