Valley Arts & Science Academy

Currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 school year. Limited openings in all grade levels!

The Board of Directors of Valley Arts & Science Academy is pleased that you are interested in enrolling your student in our school.

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

• Each application is date stamped on the day it is received.  To meet the deadline, applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. on December 1.
• Information from each application is entered in a database, and families are notified that the application has been received.
• After the deadline, if there are more than 48 applications per grade level, the names of the applicants will be entered in a blind lottery with three entries for each student living in the Lowell, Jefferson, or Jefferson Transport attendance areas defined by the Fresno Unified District and two entries for each student living outside these areas.
• If a lottery is necessary, it will be held after the December 1 deadline and you will be notified by phone, email, or mail in the month of January.
• If a grade level has fewer than 48 applicants, VASA will continue to accept applications past the deadline until capacity is reached.

VASA’S EXPECTATIONS OF PARENTS

• Each parent or guardian who chooses to submit an application for a child to enroll in VASA will be invited to attend an informational parent meeting.
• Parents/guardians can support their child’s school success by limiting television viewing, by making sure their child attends school regularly and punctually, by encouraging daily reading, and by providing a home atmosphere conducive to study and intellectual curiosity.  Parents/guardians are asked to give a minimum of 20 hours of volunteer service yearly.  Failure to agree to or to abide by this volunteer commitment will not affect a student’s admission or enrollment status.
• Before formal, written, periodic progress reports are sent home, parents are expected to attend regularly scheduled conferences with their student’s teacher to review and evaluate the student’s progress and the parents’ support at home.  Goals for the next reporting period are set at this meeting.  The student will be present to provide input on his or her progress and to participate in setting his or her goals for the next reporting period.  Conferences without the student may also be scheduled, and parents/guardians are strongly encouraged to visit the school to observe instruction and to review and evaluate with the teacher evidences of learning or concerns about lack of achievement.

Rights of students leaving VASA – This is to inform parents or guardians, of each student enrolling in VASA, that a student leaving VASA has no right to enroll in a particular school, as a consequence of enrollment in VASA, except to the extent that such a right is extended by the Fresno Unified School District.

Affirmations – VASA will be non-sectarian in its programs, admissions policies, employment practices, contracts, and all other operations, shall not charge tuition, shall not discriminate against any pupil on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or disability, and shall not otherwise to any extent engage in unlawful (Federal and State of California) discrimination.

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