Boston Collegiate Charter School

The application for the 2012-13 school year is now available!

Applications are due by 5:00pm on Friday, March 2, 2012. Our lottery will take place on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at our 215 Sydney Street campus. Click the links below to download an application now (more languages coming soon):

Cape Verdean Creole

Chinese

Also, learn more about the school by attending an Information Session:

Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Orchard Gardens Community Center, 2 Dearborn St., Roxbury, MA

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Fields Corner Branch Library, 1520 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, MA

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Thursday, January 19, 2012 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Viet AID, 42 Charles St., Dorchester, MA

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Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, 650 Dudley St., Boston, MA

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 from 6:00pm-7:00pm

Boston Collegiate Charter School, 215 Sydney St., Dorchester, MA

The Boston Collegiate student body is chosen at random through a publicly held, independent lottery, with no regard to a student's background or family situation.

Enrollment eligibility is met if:

the student is a resident of Massachusetts, and
the student has successfully completed (or is expected to successfully complete) the grade preceding the grade to which he/she seeks admission.

We accept applications during our enrollment period, which opens in the fall and runs through mid-March of each year. If you would like to be added to our mailing list or have any questions, please email Nicole Toon, Boston Collegiate's Director of Student Recruitment.

The enrollment process involves extensive, city-wide outreach, multiple information sessions, and broad application distribution, and information sessions are held both at the school and in other communities.

The enrollment process concludes in mid-March with a publicly-held lottery to allocate available slots to applicants in the new 5th grade or on the waiting lists of the 6th, 7th, and 8th grades. The charter school law, M.G.L. c.79, s. 81, provides a sibling preference provision that gives siblings of enrolled students preference over non-siblings in enrollment. A full description of our enrollment policy is available at the school and is on file at the Charter School Office of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Please review our Frequently Asked Questions for additional information.

Click here for advice from current students.

If you are interested in learning about other public school options in Boston, please visit the Boston Charter Schools page here or the Boston Public Schools page here.