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For the 23/24 school year:
Preschool, Core and Discovery Studies applications are available in the front office, or you can access a printable TK-8th grade CORE or TK-8th DS. Pre-K applications will be available starting on March 31st at the PreK Roundup.  Please contact our school secretary, Val Bringolf, if you have any questions. vbringolf@gvsd.us
 
We have installed a locking mailbox in the front half circle of the school, on the left side, to drop off all hard copies of applications. Please make sure all forms are dropped off prior to the deadlines outlined below.
Grass Valley Charter School is open to any student living in Nevada, Placer, Yuba or Sierra counties. Students will be considered for admission without regard to ethnicity, national origin, gender, or disability.
 

The application process for our Core program is as follows (see Discovery Studies and Preschool  for specifics regarding those two programs):

  •  Registration application
    •  Lottery (priority status is given to siblings of existing students and those enrolled in other GVCS programs – see below for priority status criteria)  
    •  Intake conference for middle school transfer students
 
Prior to being admitted into GVCS, students and parents will be required to:
 
  •  Attend a mandatory orientation to complete the registration process
    •  Understand the school’s philosophies, values and growth areas
    •  Select the student’s educational program or option
    •  Sign and agree to abide by the Grass Valley Charter School Agreement
    •  Agree to abide by the guidelines set forth in the GVCS Core Handbook.
 

We’re offering a school tour for prospective families.  Please call our office in advance to confirm these dates and to reserve a spot on a tour.

April 14th @ 1:30
       
 

The timeline for Core enrollment for the 2023/24 school year is as follows:

Enrollment for the 23/24 school year will begin March 13th, 2023.
 
    •  March 3 – Open re-enrollment for the next school year (2022/23) for continuing Core students, their siblings, and other GV Charter students and their siblings
    •  March 24 –  TK and Kindergarten Roundup – 1:30 PM – adults only, please
    •  March 31 –  Pre-K Roundup – 1:00 PM – adults only, please
    •  March 13 – Open Enrollment begins for new students for the 2023/24 school year
    •  March 17 – Close re-enrollment for 2023/24 school year for continuing Core students
    •  March 24 – Close Core enrollment for the current school year (22/23)
    •  May 4 – Deadline to turn in new student registration packets to be eligible for first lottery                              
 
 
Lottery Draws
  • May 5  – First lottery draw ~ Subsequent draws will take place as openings occur.
 
Mandatory Orientation for students drawn in lottery   
Date: TBD
6:00 ~ Optional tour
6:30 ~ Madatory meeting 
 
Parents/guardians of ALL NEW students DRAWN in the lottery (priority or regular) must attend a mandatory orientation in May, date and time TBD, to complete the registration process.  Another orientation meeting must be rescheduled if this meeting is missed.  NO new student drawn will be placed in a class for the 2022/23 school year until this step has been completed.
 
GVCS Enrollment and Lottery Draw Sequences
2022/23 School Year
Grass Valley Charter School uses the following pre-determined priorities and sequences for acceptance of applicants to the different programs of our school.  The reenrollment procedures and the order of enrollment are as follows:
 
Core Program:
  • Currently enrolled Core students and children of .50 FTE or greater GVCS staff
  • Siblings of currently enrolled Core students, and currently enrolled GVCS Preschool and Discovery Studies students whose current entry date in GVCS is prior to Oct. 1st.  Lottery draws within this priority group will be necessary if there are more applicants than spaces available in a grade level.  Siblings from blended or split households: his/her primary residence must be more than 50% with the currently enrolled Core student to qualify for sibling priority status. 
  • Siblings of both GVCS Preschool and Discovery Studies students whose sibling has been placed in Core. (Current GVCS Preschool and DS students’ siblings do not have priority status for enrollment into Core until the child who has been in one of these programs has been placed into Core.)  –   Lottery draws within this priority group will be necessary if there are more applicants than spaces available in a grade level.
 
     New applicants – lottery draw procedures:
          – Draw for the order of the draw (grade level)
          – The first lottery draw will consist of all new applicants who turn in a registration  application by the specified deadline.
          – Registration applications turned in after the specified deadline will be placed in the lottery for subsequent lottery draws as openings become available.
 
The first lottery draw will take place on Friday, May 5, 2023.  This draw will consist of all new applicants who turn in a registration application by the deadline, Thursday, May 4, 2023.  Registration applications turned in after the deadline will not qualify for the first lottery draw, but will be placed in the lottery for subsequent draws as openings become available.
 
Discovery Studies Homestudy Program
     1. Currently enrolled Discovery Studies students
     2. Siblings of currently enrolled DS and Core students
     3. New Applicants
 
Grass Valley Charter School Preschool: (Preschool draws are for future Core K placement.)
     1. Currently enrolled preschool students
     2. Siblings of currently enrolled GVCS Preschool and Core students
     3. New Applicants