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Application for CCSMS Wait List 2024-2025 School Year

CCSMS 2024-2025 Scholar Application Information

About Charleston Charter School for Math and Science

Charleston Charter School for Math and Science (CCSMS) is a public charter school serving grades 6 to 12. CCSMS was started in 2008 as South Carolina’s first STEM focused middle-high school. Our faculty provides hands-on, experiential learning in a small, supportive environment. Scholars have opportunities to create unique pathways to success in college and careers.

Application for enrollment for the 2024-2025 School Year

Applications for enrollment via lottery for the 2024-2025 school year were accepted via our website through February 27, 2024. While the application window has closed, this online application will allow you to apply and be added to the wait list for your child's grade after our March 16th lottery's acceptances and wait lists have been announced after April 12, 2024. Applications for the waitlist will be accepted for Charleston Charter School for Math and Science (CCSMS) online, by mail, or in the front office for grades 6 through 12. The front office is open Monday-Friday 8am-3pm.

Admissions Requirements

CCSMS will admit children who reside in the Charleston County School District and are eligible to attend the Charleston Charter School for Math and Science (subject to space limitations and based on grade levels served). CCSMS serves grades 6 through 12. There are no tests or other barriers to entrance. If the number of applications exceeds the number of openings in any grade, a lottery will be held for that grade.

Application Process:

CCSMS has no admissions test.
Students requesting entrance into CCSMS must submit a COMPLETE application (incomplete applications will NOT be accepted).
You must include a current email address on the application.
Applications will be accepted online, by mail, and also at the front office.
Applications after the close of CCSMS's application window will be placed at the end of the grade level wait list in the order the application was received for their grade.
Applicants applying after the lottery on March 16, 2024 will be given a wait list number after the lottery acceptances and wait lists have been announced.
Siblings (brothers and sisters) of current CCSMS scholars must apply for admission through the same application process. SC Law allows priority for siblings (brothers and sisters) of CCSMS scholars, children of employees, and children of the original charter committee.
Scholars who are selected for acceptance from the waitlist will be notified via email.
Scholars who are selected for the grade indicated on the application must pass the previous grade by the end of the current school year. If a scholar fails the previous grade and cannot enter the grade for which the scholar applied, the scholar’s application will go to the end of the wait list for the repeated grade. For example, if your scholar applies for the 9th grade, is accepted to the 9th grade by lottery drawing, and subsequently fails the 8th grade at the end of the current school year, the application will go to the bottom of the 8th grade waiting list.
Please contact the school office if you need help completing the application.

I understand that if my child is accepted to CCSMS, my family will be required to provide Charleston County residence verification documents no later than June 30, 2024. I understand I may still apply if I am living outside of Charleston County, but that Charleston County residence will be verified prior to final enrollment. *

Yes, I understand we are required to provide Charleston County primary residence verification documents.

No, we are not Charleston County residents, but we intend to become residents before the 2024-2025 academic year.

Child's First Name *

Child's Middle Name

Child's Last Name *

Birthdate *

Gender *

Home Street Address (i.e., 1234 Smith St) *

Home Address City (i.e., Charleston) *

Home Address State *

Home Address Zip Code *

Full Mailing Address (Only if mailing address is different from the home address already listed above)

Contact #1 Full Name *

Contact #1 Relationship to Child *

Contact #1 Primary Email Address *

This is the primary email address I would like to receive any notifications about the lottery or open house events. *

Yes, please send updates and lottery notifications to this primary email address.

No, please send all notifications to my alternate email address below.

Contact #1 Alternate Email Address (a second email address is not required, but is suggested in case we are not able to reach you at your other email address)

Contact #1 Phone Number *

Contact #1 Alternate Phone Number

Contact #2 Full Name

Contact #2 Relationship to Child *

Contact #2 Primary Email Address *

This is the email address I would like to receive any notifications about the lottery or open house events.

Yes, please send updates and lottery notifications to this primary email address.

No, please send all notifications to my alternate email address below.

Contact #2 Alternate Email Address (a second email address is not required, but is suggested in case we are not able to reach you with your other email address)

Contact #2 Telephone Number

Contact #2 Alternate Phone Number

What is the name of your child's current school? *

Public school your child is ZONED to attend for the 2024-2025 academic year (e.g., the school that serves the children in your neighborhood if they are not attending a charter, magnet, or private school) *

Does your child have a brother or sister currently attending CCSMS or a brother/sister who is not currently attending CCSMS, but has attended in the past 6 years? (Brother/Sister relationship will be verified through one of the following documents: birth certificate, marriage certificate, and/or other legal documents you may have to show sibling relationship) *

Yes, my child has a sibling relationship with a current or prior scholar at CCSMS. (You will be contacted for proof of sibling relationship. If no sibling relationship can be established, your child's application will remain in the general lottery applications. Please answer the next question regarding sibling info.)

No. (Please skip the next question regarding current sibling info.)

Current Sibling Relationship Information -- If you answered "yes" to the previous question, please list the following information: Full name and grade of the brother/sister who is currently attending CCSMS. If the brother/sister of the applying child does not currently attend CCSMS, but attended within the last 6 years, please list their full name, date of birth, and year(s) attended at CCSMS.

Do you have more than one child applying at CCSMS for the 2024-2025 academic year? *

Yes, we have other children applying to CCSMS. Please answer the next question about your other children applying to CCSMS.

No, we have no other applying children. (Please skip the next question.)

Your other children applying to CCSMS -- Please list name(s) and grade(s) of the siblings also currently applying to CCSMS next year. Our charter allows for sibling preference, which allows other applying child(ren) to be moved to the sibling wait lists immediately upon enrollment of the accepted child.

Is a parent/legal guardian currently employed with Charleston Charter School for Math and Science or parent/legal guardian a founding charter committee member in 2007? *

Yes, a parent/legal guardian is a CCSMS employee or founding charter member. (Please answer the next question.)

No, a parent/legal guardian is not an employee or founding charter member. (Please skip the next question.)

Name of parent/legal guardian who is a current CCSMS employee, including CCSMS bus drivers, or name of parent/legal guardian who is a founding charter member.

By submitting this application, I agree that: (please check each box below, and sign the application box)

I understand that CCSMS is academically rigorous and sets high expectations for academics and behavior. *

I agree to be an engaged partner in my child's education with high expectations for academics and behavior. *

I understand that my child must meet the residency requirements of Charleston County School District. *

I understand CCSMS has a dress code and requires all scholars to wear uniforms. I will ensure my child adheres to this requirement. *

I am responsible for updating the school with any changes to contact information with the understanding that not doing so may result in missing information about enrollment and may result in relinquishing an enrollment opening. *

I understand that selection of scholars is by lottery first, then by wait list in the order the applications are received. *

I give permission for my child to be included on the wait list, which is a public document, in order to facilitate truth and transparency. *

I request that my child be considered for enrollment at CCSMS for the grade selected above, and I understand that if my child is not academically promoted to the grade selected above, my child will be placed on the wait list for their current grade. *

I grant CCSMS permission to create an Operoo account for electronic application intake and admissions communications. *

My preferred language for notifications and communications from CCSMS: *

Please type your full name here as signature acknowledgement that you have given true and accurate information to the best of your knowledge and that you are authorized to apply for enrollment at CCSMS for the child listed. *

CCSMS does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education and activities. CCSMS prohibits discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex or gender in all its programs and activities by its employees, students or third parties. Title IX Coordinator information can be found at www.CharlestonMathScience.org