Registration and Enrollment

Admission Requirements

• Pioneer Charter School of Science will admit all students, on a space-available basis, will not charge tuition and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, or athletic performance. The School will not enroll student who is 48 months older than the youngest student in the respective grade level. There is no requirement of residence for the student, or for the student's parent or guardian.
• Parents/guardians will be encouraged to either attend Pioneer Charter School of Science workshops or meet with a designated Pioneer Charter School of Science member before admission to learn about the school mission, teaching philosophy, and how parents can contribute to the school. In these meetings and workshops, our staff will explain the expectations from the parents at home to enable their students to comply with the school schedule and homework requirements as well as how parents will participate in the activities of subcommittees that operate the school.
• A written application is required for each student.
• Students and their families will be asked to sign the Parent Student compact to promote the mission of the school. In no way student will be penalized for parents' incompliance or be denied admission if parents are not able to sign the Parent Student compact. However, the school has the responsibility of promoting itself in a way that will instill a desire on the part of families to participate in the school and thus their child's education.
• Pioneer Charter School of Science will hold a public lottery to select the students to be admitted. In the lottery, all names are drawn and listed in order separately for each grade level. Any sibling of the student automatically gains the privilege to be admitted with him/her. Admission of the sibling(s) is due to availability of space in the respective grade. Once the school capacity is exceeded, the remaining students are listed in the waiting list. The vacancies after the first enrollment period are filled with the students in the waiting list in the second enrollment period.

Notifications of Admission

• Notifications of admission status will be mailed to all applicants. Enrollment packets will be sent to admitted students. If the applicant number is lower than the spaces available we will be serving the students in the order the completed applications were received.
• If the enrollment forms are not returned within two weeks, then admission for that student is forfeited, and an admission notice will be mailed to the next student on the waiting list.

Waiting List Notification

• Students on the waiting list will be notified by mail immediately if space becomes available and they will have two weeks to return the enrollment forms. If the enrollment forms are not returned within two weeks, then admission for that student is forfeited, and an admission notice will be mailed to the next student on the waiting list.