Admissions

Owlbert with Scholar in the gym.

Take the first step in enrolling your child at the Grande Innovation Academy by submitting the form below.

Once we receive your application submission, our enrollment coordinator will contact you by phone to provide more information and discuss the next steps of the enrollment process.

Applications must be turned in within our Open Enrollment period to be eligible to enter into the lottery. Open Enrollment takes place online. Applications received after the Open Enrollment deadline will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis behind applications received during the open enrollment period.

This application is for families interested in enrolling at the Grande Innovation Academy.

Submitting this application does not guarantee enrollment.

An office team member will reach out and call you once your child has been accepted, and you will receive a registration packet.

Contact the office for an enrollment packet, complete the full packet, and return it to the front office with the following documents:

Enrollment: The parent or guardian must provide proof of residency. The document must have the name of the parent or guardian registering the student and the residential address of the property where the student resides.

Examples of acceptable proof of residency:
      • Valid Arizona driver’s license, Arizona identification card, or Arizona motor vehicle registration
      • Real estate deed or mortgage documents
      • Recent property tax bill
      • Valid residential lease or rental agreement
      • Utility bill (water, electric, gas, cable, or phone)
      • Bank or credit card statement
      • W-2 wage statement or recent payroll stub
      • Certificate of tribal enrollment (506 Form)
      • Military transfer documentation 
      • Arizona Section 8 agreement (issued by the city government)
      • Payroll stub (most recent)
      • Documentation from state, tribal, or federal government agency (Social Security Administration, Veterans’ Administration, Arizona Department of Economic Security) – (most recent)
      • Temporary on-base billeting facility (for military families)

Registration: To complete the registration, the following documents will need to be provided:

      • Photo ID of Parent/Guardian
      • Verification of identity/age with one of the following:
        • A certified copy of the student’s birth certificate or
        • other reliable proof of the student’s identity and age, including the pupil’s baptism certificate, an application for a social security number or the original school registration records, and an affidavit explaining the inability to provide a copy of the birth certificate, or
        • A letter from the authorized representative of an agency having custody of the student pursuant to A.R.S., Title 8, Chapter 2 certifying that the student has been placed in the custody of the agency as prescribed by law. (A.R.S. §15-828(A))

Under A.R.S. §15-828, when you enroll your child in our school for the first time, the Grande Innovation Academy will notify the person enrolling the student that Arizona law gives you 30 days to provide the required documents for identity and age verification.

Immunization Records: Arizona state law, (A.R.S. 15-872) governs immunization requirements. To attend school, student immunizations must be current at time of entry. Documented proof of immunizations must be submitted to the school administrator unless the student is exempt from immunization pursuant to section 15-873. Documentation of vaccinations or exemptions is required for the following:

        • DTap/DPT/DT/TD
        • Tdap (students 11 years of age and older)
        • Polio (The final dose of Polio must be given at 4+ years of age.)
        • MMR (measles, mumps and rubella)
        • Varicella (A second dose is required if dose No. 1 was given at 13+ years of age.)
        • Hib (students under 5 years of age)
        • Hepatitis A (students under 5 years of age)
        • Hepatitis B
        • Meningococcal (students 11 years of age and older)

Previous School Records: Within ten school days after enrolling a transfer student from a private school or another school district, the Grande Innovation Academy shall request:

        • Withdraw form and/or address of the previous school (if applicable)
        • Academic report cards or (unofficial) transcripts to help with placement
        • Previous school health and immunization records
        • Any existing IEP or 504 plan documentation, if applicable

Please contact your prior school to request their transcript or report card if you do not have a copy.

Our Open Enrollment period is NOT first-come, first-served. If for any grade level, the number of applicants exceeds the number of openings, there will be a lottery to determine enrollment and waitlist numbers. Only applications submitted during the OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD are included within that lottery pool. Open enrollment will run from December to January. The lottery will be held in February and results will be available soon after.

When your applications reaches the top of the list a spot becomes available to you, the school will contact you immediately.

It is not possible for us to determine your child’s chances of being offered a spot. Once our classes are full, any spots that open up are the result of student withdrawals. Although we do typically see a number of spots open up before the start of school, we have no way of knowing in which grades spots will open up or how many spots will become available.

It is possible you may move up or down on the list. Don’t be too worried if you move down a few spots; this occasionally happens. For example, a 1st grade student is called from the waitlist because someone declined a spot. The 1st grader has a sibling who is #50 on the waitlist for 3rd grade. This sibling must (by law) be given “sibling preference,” so she moves up to the top of the 3rd grade waitlist (or near the top; there may be other siblings ahead of her). Therefore, if your 3rd grade child had started at #49, s/he will now be bumped down to #50.

1 See A.R.S. § 15-184(J).
2 See A.R.S. §§ 15-828, -872.