We welcome you and your student and it is our hope that our school’s culture and curriculum are right for your family. Before submitting your application, we invite you to take a tour of our school. Email registrar@cscharter.org or call us at (719) 636-2722 to schedule a tour.  

Once you feel CSCA is the right school for your family, submit your application.  

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What's Next?: 

Once your application is submitted: 

• Our Registrar will reach out to your previous school (when applicable) to request current transcripts.  

• Once transcripts are received, our Registrar will e-mail you a link to the final Enrollment Form.  

Please allow up to two weeks for this process to be completed. If you have questions, please contact our registrar at registrar@cscharter.org 

Enrollment for the 2027-2028 will open in January 2027.  

Early Access Identification 

“Early Access” means early entrance into Kindergarten or first grade for highly advanced gifted children under the age of six and means a gifted student is placed in a grade level above other same aged peers. 

Early Access shall be provided by the Authorizing Unit (AU) to identify and serve highly advanced gifted children who are: • 

• Four years of age and for whom early access to kindergarten is deemed appropriate by AU. 

• Five years of age and for whom early access to first grade is deemed appropriate by AU. 

• Early Access shall not be an acceleration pattern recommended for the majority of age 4 or 5 gifted children who will benefit from preschool gifted programming. 

• The purpose of early access is to identify and serve the few highly advanced gifted children who require comprehensive academic acceleration. Criteria for Early Access are based upon Aptitude, Achievement, Performance, Readiness, Social Behavior and Motivation. All criteria must be considered in making the determination. Test scores alone do not meet determination. 

The Lottery System 

In anticipation of letters of intent exceeding available seats, CSCA will hold an enrollment lottery. The lottery is held the third Wednesday of every February at 10:00 a.m. (MST), at which time all applicants who complete an application by 8:00 a.m. that day are randomly chosen to fill available seats and waitlist order. The lottery results will be available within 10 days of the drawing. Parents/Guardians will be notified of the lottery result by email or telephone number provided on the application, based on order drawn. If offered enrollment, parents/guardians will have 3 business days from date notified to accept the offered seat through email or written communication to CSCA. If there is no response within those 3 business days, CSCA will consider this an effective declining of the offered seat. 
 
If enrollment requests exceed the capacity of the school, the following criteria will be used to establish priority for admissions: 
•Children of all staff 
•Siblings of enrolled students 
 
Families must comply with all admission deadlines in the enrollment calendar found on the school’s website (cscharter.org) in order to complete enrollment. Failure to complete these requirements within the given deadline will become an effective decline of acceptance and student will be placed at the bottom of the waiting list.