Enrollment Policy
Our Enrollment Policy
Enrollment Eligibility
AXIS International Academy is a State Institute Charter School and is open free of charge to any child who resides in the state of Colorado in any district, meets minimum age requirements set forth by state law and school policy, and has not been expelled from a school in the preceding 12 months. Kindergarten students must meet a minimum age of 5 years by October 1. Students are eligible for first grade if they are a minimum age of 6 years by October 1. AXIS may approve enrollment of students eligible for Early Access in accordance with state law, please see Early Access Policy for more information.
Selection Process

Lottery
If during the open enrollment period, more students submit Letters of Intent to AXIS International Academy than can be admitted, a lottery will be conducted. Our lottery is a computerized random selection process held in public at AXIS International Academy on the dates set forth in the Enrollment Timeline. There will only be a lottery for grade levels where the number of applicants exceed the number of spots available. The lottery will begin with the highest-grade level and end with the lowest-grade level.
Waitlists

Determining a Student's Partner Language
Once all the slots are drawn in the lottery, then the student’s partner language placement will be determined. Partner language preference has no bearing on the results of the lottery. On the student’s Letter of Intent, the parent will indicate 1) which language(s) they speak at home and 2) a preference for each of the AXIS partner languages: first, second, and third. Using the same order students were drawn in the lottery, AXIS staff will first assign students to partner language classes based on which language they indicate they speak at home. Then AXIS staff will assign students in the order they were selected in the lottery based on identified partner language preference. Parents will receive notification of acceptance into AXIS and which partner language placement their child has received.
Notification

Withdrawal Policy
Students withdrawing from the school will be asked to complete the withdrawal packet which includes a parent survey/questionnaire regarding reasons for withdrawal from the school, the contact information for the new school, and a release form so that AXIS can send any pertinent academic records and all legally required documents to the new school. General student fees are nonrefundable.
Transfer Policy

Scholarships and Supports
AXIS wants to ensure all students accepted via the lottery that want to attend AXIS, can attend AXIS. We want to remove any barriers for families that may prevent children from attending after they are accepted and enrolled. Many potential barriers may be general student fees, uniform costs, food insecurity, transportation, or other. Students that qualify for free and reduced lunch will not be required to pay general student fees. The AXIS International Academy Board of Directors Social Justice Committee will also offer scholarships to families who may need additional financial assistance with items above to others, even those experiencing financial hardship that do not qualify for free and reduced lunch. The opportunities for scholarships and supports with the items listed above will be shared in English and Spanish on our website and included in our marketing packet and enrollment packet. More information on scholarships, including the decision process, will be voted on by the Board and will be found in a specific Scholarship and Supports document and on the AXIS website.
To view our complete Enrollment Policy, visit the Policies and Procedures section of our website here.