Enroll

As seats are available, Harlem Link enrolls all students who apply and meet eligibility criteria described below. The school enrolls students regardless of disability, English language proficiency or prior academic performance.

Children enrolling at Harlem Link must live in New York State.

Preference in enrollment is given to:

• Students currently residing in NYC Community School District 3 (as per NYS Charter law)
• Siblings of current Harlem Link students

Students enrolling in Pre-K must be 4 years old by December 31st of the year in which they are enrolling.

Students enrolling in Kindergarten must be 5 years old by December 31st of the school year in which they are enrolling.

When there are more applications than available seats in a particular grade for the following year, the school holds a lottery in the month of April to randomly select students for the upcoming school year. This is a system followed by most charter schools in NYC, and accounts for priority placement to students in District 3 and siblings of those currently enrolled in the school.

We conduct our lottery via an online Student Enrollment database. This is a fair and random process, in which student application are randomly selected. While not all families may be accepted the day of the lottery, with many charter school options in Harlem, waiting lists tend to move more quickly.

• The 2023-2024 School Year lottery will be held in April 3rd 2023.

However, we accept applications on rolling basis, year-round, and welcome families to apply at any time! Your application will be added to the waitlist and a member of our student recruitment team will be in touch.

To join our student lottery, click this link on April 3rd at 10am.

Please note that waitlists move quickly, so please continue to apply!

After enrolling, you may attend an orientation session. Orientations are held throughout the spring and summer at various times during and after school hours. At the session, you will learn more about the school’s expectations and promises, and you will have the opportunity to meet key administrators to ask questions about the school. Most importantly, all children must have the following documents in order to secure their seat:

• Valid Birth Certificate
• 2 Proofs of Address
• Most recent physical & immunizations
• HLIS (Home Language Identification Survey)
• Completion of all Harlem Link-specific forms

All families, new and returning, will have the opportunity to meet their child’s teacher before the first day of school! Relationships Matter at Harlem Link, and every family has the opportunity to have a Family Interview with your child’s teachers. During this Family Interview, which takes place in-person or on Zoom, families will share their hopes and dreams for their child and everything important that your child’s teacher should know. You are the expert on your child, and our teachers want to hear from you. During this Family Interview, you will also learn more about your child’s teachers, classroom expectations and about the academic program. You will receive a phone call, email and/or message regarding your child’s classroom and the teacher.

As a public charter school, we believe in and abide the following non-discrimination guidance from New York State in our enrollment process:

A charter school shall not discriminate against or limit the admission of any student on any unlawful basis, including on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability, intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, athletic ability, race, creed, religion or ancestry. A school may not require any action by a student or family (such as an admissions test, interview, essay, attendance at an information session, etc.) in order for an applicant to either receive or submit an application for admission to that school.

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