2021-2022 Admissions information 

Two ways to apply - online or paper application
ACSA offers an online version of the application, as well as a traditional paper application. Both versions require the same information. There are links below for both types of applications. You may print the paper application at home, or obtain a paper application at ACSA or from the secretary at Nome Elementary School during school hours. 

The deadline to be included in the lottery for 2021-2022 enrollment is Friday, April 16, 4pm.

2021-2022 Expected number of open slots to fill
5th Grade - 14
6th Grade - 3
7th Grade - None*
8th Grade - None*

​* Although at this time we do not expect to have any openings for next year's 7th and 8th grade classes, you may still submit an application that will be held in a waiting pool in case openings occur during the school year.

IMPORTANT
A receipt number will be given to you when the application is received. It is your responsibility to ensure that the application was received – your receipt number is your assurance that your application will be entered in the lottery. If you complete the online application, or scan and email the paper application, your receipt number will be emailed to you within 2 days (weekends excluded). If you turn in the paper application at the school, you will be given your receipt number at that time. 

HAVE QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER INFORMATION?
Members of our Academic Policy Committee (APC) are happy to help you. Members of the committee are past and current parents of ACSA students and can answer your questions from a parent's perspective about our school and its operation . Email acsanome@gmail.com with your questions or requests for further information.

You may also contact our principal, Lisa Leeper, at lleeper@nomeschools.org, phone: 443-6207.

Online application

You may elect to complete your application online, using the link below. Please note the following:
  • If you would like a preview of the information you will be required to provide in the online application, you may download the paper application. The online application requires the same information, in the same order, as the paper application.
  • Once you finish a section in the online application, you cannot return to that section.
  • The application is to be completed by a parent/legal guardian, and also contains a section for student responses. 
  • Just like the traditional paper application, the online application requires a receipt number to be entered in the admissions lottery. Your receipt number will be emailed to you within 2 days (weekends excluded) of your completion of the online application.

Lottery Process

A. All new applications will be held without numbers between April lotteries.

B. Lotteries will proceed as follows:
Applications are sorted first by grade level, and then by the following enrollment priority categories within grade level:
1.) Children of ACSA certified staff,
2.) Siblings of enrolled ACSA students,
3.) Founding Family children, and
4.) District-wide applications.

Openings are filled first from these priority categories in the order given. When applications exceed the remaining openings, the openings are filled
by random lottery, where each applicant has an equal chance of being drawn.

After all openings are filled, applications not chosen remain in separate waiting pools determined by the grade level and the lottery date.

C. After each lottery, families will be notified of their status and advised that they must notify the school if they wish to remain in the waiting pool. At that time they should provide updated information (address, telephone
number, etc.) if necessary.

Paper Application

A paper application is available for you to print at home. (Paper applications are also available at ACSA and from the secretary at Nome Elementary School.) Once completed, the paper application may be submitted using any of these methods:

  1. Scan and email the completed application to acsaregistrar@nomeschools.org. You will receive an email back from the registrar within two days (weekends excluded) with your receipt number, OR
  2. Bring the application to ACSA and turn it in to the registrar during school hours. Please call 443-6207 for directions to the school. You will be given your receipt number when you turn in the application, OR 
  3. Turn in the application at the ACSA application workshop at the Nome Elementary School library on April 7th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. You will be given your receipt number when you turn in the application.

                             DO NOT MAIL the application.