What are the application requirements?

The application process has three required elements.

1. Parent attendance at DCS Information Night
2. Parent attendance at a thirty-minute classroom observation
3. Mail, fax, or bring the following 3 completed application forms to the DCS office:
   
   
   1. DCS Application for Enrollment
      PDF Application or
      MS Word Application
      
      
   2. DCS Parent Survey
      PDF Survey or
      MS Word Survey
      
      
   3. Family Participation Commitment and Waitlist & Enrollment Procedures Agreement
      PDF Agreement or
      MS Word Agreement

Due dates for the 2012-13 school year:

DCS Information Night has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. Join us to learn about Discovery Community School. Attendance is required for anyone applying to Discovery Community School (parents only please.) Meeting will be held in the lower building. Enter at the main entrance to Carl Sandburg and follow the signs.

Classroom observations are scheduled at Information Night. A classroom observation must be completed by Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Application forms must be submitted before the classroom observation begins.

Sibling Policy
DCS philosophy calls for the integration of family involvement into the child's school experience. As a practical matter, the involvement of families with multiple elementary students is best supported when elementary-grade siblings are in the same school. Thus, DCS enrollment policy provides preference in Kindergarten and First Grade admission for the 2012-13 school year to students who will attend DCS concurrently with a previously admitted sibling.

Lottery
Admission to Kindergarten through 5th Grade openings will be determined by a lottery for eligible children who have completed the application requirements.

• The lottery will be conducted on a date chosen by Lake Washington School District, usually early February.
• All families will be notified of their lottery number within two weeks of the lottery.
• Prospective families must notify DCS of their plans to accept or decline an opening within one week of notification.

Once all positions have been filled, remaining applicants will be placed on a waitlist.

Enrollment Questions?
Contact Janet Zins, DCS Secretary:
jzins@lwsd.org
Phone: 425.936.2704
Fax: 425.823.3542

Discovery Community School
12801 84th Ave NE
Kirkland, WA 98034
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DCS Enrollment Policy

DCS Office Hours
Mon–Fri from 8:15 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

School Hours
M, T, Th, & F from 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
W from 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.