Admissions

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2025-26 Lottery Form

Vista Charter Public Schools

WE TRANSFORM THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

 Vista Horizon Global Academy

 2025-2026 OPEN ENROLLMENT WINDOW November 12, 2024 - January 17, 2025

 The Last date to submit a Lottery Form is: 1/17/2025

Lottery Date: 1/21/2025

Lottery Time: 3:00 PM

We invite you to submit a student enrollment lottery application to enroll your child in the 2025-2026 school year. After we receive all lottery forms, on 1/21/2025 the Student Information System (PowerSchool) will conduct the lottery electronically for all our schools simultaneously.

Parents and guardians are welcome to be present at the Vista Horizon Global Academy’s main office (Address: 980 S Hobart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006) or follow the lottery procedure and results, or they can follow the process online on the parents’ enrollment dashboard.

For your child to be entered into the lottery, your lottery form must be received during November 12, 2024 - January 17, 2025. The lottery form must be submitted online to our SIS system through one of the following links:

English: https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=en

Spanish: https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=es

Korean: https://enrollment.powerschool.com/family/gosnap.aspx?action=200003895&culture=ko

The above mentioned links will be available on November 12th, 2024 at 12:00 AM through January 17th, 2025 at 11:59 PM

If you need any help completing the form or creating your parent enrollment account, please contact the school office by phone (213) 224-6800 or visit the school office.

Address: 980 S Hobart Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006

Our office staff is ready to help you set up your parent enrollment account and complete the lottery form in person or by phone.

Parents/guardians should keep a copy of the confirmation email or a printout of the submitted form until the lottery day.

Enock Benavides, Principal

(213) 224-6800

ebenavides@vistacharterps.org

Vista Horizon Global Academy

LOTTERY PROCEDURES

All TK-5th new students:

Parents/guardians may complete an electronic lottery application during the open enrollment window.

Incoming Transitional Kindergarten and Kindergarten grade students:

If on 1/17/2025 fewer than 75 lottery applications are received, parents/guardians will be notified of their child’s acceptance and invited to complete the online enrollment registration form.

If on 1/17/2025, more than 75 lottery applications are received, an electronic enrollment lottery will be held on 1/21/2025, at 3:00 PM by PowerSchool Enrollment Application. This process will randomly select 75 students to be enrolled. Students not selected for the first 75 seats will be placed on a waiting list and contacted for enrollment if and when any seats become available.

Incoming 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades students:

If on 1/17/2025the combined number of previously enrolled students and new lottery forms is less than 75, parents/guardians of new students will be notified of their child’s acceptance and invited to fill out an enrollment-registration form.

If on 1/17/2025, the combined number of previously enrolled students and letters of intent are more than 75 at each grade level, an electronic enrollment lottery for incoming students will be held on 1/21/2025 at 3:00 PM by PowerSchool Enrollment Application. This process will randomly select students to be enrolled to fill the remaining open seats after previously enrolled students are confirmed.

LOTTERY PROVISIONS

Students who are currently enrolled are exempted from the lottery.  Vista Horizon Global Academy offers the following enrollment priority in the lottery:  

  1. Siblings of admitted students, to help families and build community at the site
  2. Children of teachers and staff (up to a cap of 10% of enrollment) to benefit our hard-working teachers and staff.

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Students not selected for the remaining seats will be placed on a waiting list and contacted for enrollment if and when any seats become available.

Please contact Dr. Collin Felch, Deputy Superintendent, to address any questions at (650) 888-2030 or cfelch@vistacharterps.org or contact the school office at (213) 224-6800.

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After we finish the lottery process, parents can enroll their children in the remaining available seats(if any) on a first-come, first-served basis. Please follow the school website for our enrollment registration announcement.

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Vista Charter Public Schools do not charge tuition, are non-sectarian in admission policies, programs, and all other operations, and do not discriminate against any student, parent, community member, or employee based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Vista Charter Public Schools are schools of choice, and parents may choose to send their children to a different school in the area.  Parents can obtain additional information regarding enrollment procedures by contacting our authorizer:

Los Angeles School Unified District

Charter Schools Division

333 S. Beaudry Ave.

20th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Main Office: (213) 241-0399 - Fax: (213) 241-2054

LAUSD Main Number: (213) 241-1000

If you have questions regarding the charter schools enrollment process, you can also contact the California Department of Education - Charter Schools Division by phone at 916-322-6029 or via email at charters@cde.ca.gov

Shots Required for TK/K-12 Students

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP, DTP, Tdap, or Td) - 5 doses (4 doses OK if one was given on or after the 4th birthday. 3 doses OK if one was given on or after the 7th birthday.)

Polio (OPV or IPV) - 4 doses (3 doses OK if one was given on or after 4th birthday)

Hepatitis B - 3 doses (not required for 7th-grade entry)

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) - 2 doses (Both given on or after 1st birthday)

Varicella (Chickenpox) - 2 doses

These immunization requirements also apply to students entering transitional kindergarten.

California schools are required to check immunization records for all new student admissions at TK/Kindergarten through 12th grade and all students advancing to 7th grade before entry. Parents must show their child's Immunization Record as proof of immunization.

For more information regarding the vaccination requirements please visit: https://www.shotsforschool.org/

AB 699 Compliance

Dear Parents/Guardians,

If for any reason you don’t have your child's Birth Certificate or don't want to disclose your child’s birth country, you will be able to provide that information later when completing the “Students Information Update Sheet” during the school year. Completing this information helps your child’s school secure additional funding to support its educational program.

Don Wilson Ed.D.
Superintendent
Vista Charter Public Schools

Education Code Section 47605(D)(4) Compliance

Information for Parents:

Charter schools are not allowed to discourage a pupil from enrolling or seeking to enroll in a charter school because the pupil exhibits any characteristics such as students with disabilities, academically low-achieving, English learners, neglected or delinquent, homeless, socially economically disadvantaged, foster youth, or based on nationality, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.

Please review the information on the Charter School Complaint Notice web page at

https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/cscomplaint.asp

You can download the complaint form and notice from the school website.

Don Wilson Ed.D.
Superintendent
Vista Charter Public schools

Vista Charter Public Schools do not charge tuition, are non-sectarian in admission policies, programs, and all other operations, and do not discriminate against any student, parent, community member, or employee on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, or disability. Vista Charter Public Schools are schools of choice, and parents may choose to send their children to a different school in the area. Parents can obtain additional information regarding enrollment procedures from the Orange County Department of Education (714) 966-4000 or Anaheim Elementary School District (714) 517-7500 or Los Angeles Unified School District (213) 241-6701


If you have any questions, please call our main office at (213) 201-4000 or call our schools’ offices:

Vista Charter Middle School 213-201-4000, Vista Horizon Global Academy 213-224-6800, Vista Condor Heritage/Meridian Global Academy714-988-2719, Palm Lane Global Academy 657-213-8980.