Application Schools include top-ranked schools by Excellent Schools Detroit, new gifted and talented program, language immersion programs and more
Detroit Public Schools kicked off its Application Schools Period on Monday, March 2 for its 21 Application Schools. Families seeking to apply for spots in these schools should apply at the school building site for the 2015-16 school year. This is the first of two periods during March-April for families to select schools. An Open Enrollment Period for all schools will follow, from April 13-24 and include additional opportunities to visit and learn more about schools.
DPS Application Schools range from a number of top-ranked schools by Excellent Schools Detroit to new programs such as the Mark Twain School for Scholars, a gifted and talented school in Southwest Detroit, to language immersion programs, such as those offered at Academy of the Americas and Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School.
The two-week Application Schools period runs from March 2-16. Schools criteria and application packets are on the district’s website at www.detroitk12.org/enroll.
Two after-school Enrollment Fairs at the Application Schools will be held during the Application Period, beginning this week, on:
- Wednesday, March 4, 2015
- Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Applications are open to families of current DPS students as well as those newly enrolling or attending school elsewhere.
Further information is available at 313-240-4377 or detroitk12.org/enroll
The Application Schools are as follows:
- Academy of the Americas
- Ann Arbor Trail Magnet Elementary/Middle School
- Bates Academy
- Ben Carson High School of Science and Medicine
- Burton International Academy
- Chrysler Elementary School
- Clippert Academy
- Communication and Media Arts High School
- Davis Aerospace High School
- Detroit Collegiate Preparatory Academy
- Detroit International Academy for Young Women
- Detroit School of Arts
- Douglass Academy for Young Men
- Edward “Duke” Ellington Conservatory of Music and Art
- Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies School (FLICS)
- Golightly Education Center
- Ludington Magnet Middle School
- Marcus Garvey Academy
- Paul Robeson – Malcolm X Academy
- Spain Elementary/Middle School
- Mark Twain School for Scholars
Application Guidelines Parents Should Know:
- All application schools have their own application process. For example, schools may require applicants to participate in an interview, take a test or submit a portfolio of their work.
- Parents should research all the schools of their interest. They may apply to as many schools as they wish.
- The grade point average, disciplinary record, attendance record and the interests of the child may be assessed.
- Limited slots are available at each school.
- Each school maintains a “wait-list.”
- The application period will run through March 16, 2015. All applications must be submitted to the school of interest no later than 4:00 p.m. on March 16, 2015.
- Late applications will not be accepted.
- The decision of the school review committee is final.
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