Welcome to the River Valley Charter School Enrollment Process

Welcome to the River Valley Charter
School Enrollment Process
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Chartered Region
Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport, West Newbury, Salisbury

Dear Applicant:

Thank you for your interest in the River Valley Charter School. Each fall, we have openings for approximately 32 new five-year-old children in our Kinderhaus class and potentially a few in the other age groups up through our Middle School which is a seventh and eighth grade program. We accept applications throughout the year and process them in a lottery held in February.

The following procedures are required for admission:

1. File an application and proof of residency (utility bill) for each student applying.
2. Attend a school information meeting.
3. Observe a classroom, including a tour of the school.
4. Sign a Parent Agreement.

There are two ways that enrollment occurs:

1. In the lottery, applications are selected in a ranked order for entrance into the school. When there are more applicants than openings in a given age group, the additional names are maintained on Wait Lists. The categories of Wait Lists are:

*Sibling Wait List: applicants of current students
*General Wait List: applicants from chartered region
*Non-Resident List: residents of Massachusetts out of chartered region
*Out-of-State List: applicants moving to chartered region by July 1

2. In the event that there are openings in an age group and no Wait List for those positions, a lottery is held to rank the accumulated applications, they are added to the Wait List, and then offers are made.

For an application package, please contact RVCS:

River Valley Charter School
2 Perry Way
Newburyport, MA 01950
978-465-0065