Giving Our Students Roots and Wings

ADMISSION PROCESS

THE NEW TENNESSEE LAW FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009, REQUIRES A NEW ENROLLMENT PROCESS.  THE PROCESS FOR NASHVILLE GLOBAL ACADEMY IS SUMMARIZED BELOW.

• Students previously enrolled in a charter school are guaranteed first priority.
• Students who have either failed TCAP/ Gateway or assigned to a school on the High Priority list are guaranteed second priority.  (Until a new list is available, the schools are Brookmeade, Napier Enhanced Option and Schwab Elementary Schools.)

• Students who meet Free or Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL) guidelines are guaranteed third priority. These students may have attended any school in the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools or a private school.

 

NASHVILLE GLOBAL ACADEMY IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FROM STUDENTS WHO WILL BE IN GRADES K-4 FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR.  APPLICATIONS FROM STUDENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2009 WHO MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.  THERE ARE ONLY A TOTAL OF 80 SLOTS FOR KINDERGARTEN AND A TOTAL OF 60 SLOTS FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL IN GRADES 1-4.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2009 THROUGH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009. 

IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE MORE APPLICATIONS THAN AVAILABLE SLOTS, A LOTTERY DRAWING WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SCHOOL IN THE CAFETERIA ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2009 AT 6:30 P.M.

APPLICATIONS MAY BE RETURNED IN PERSON TO THE SCHOOL OFFICE BETWEEN 9:00 A.M. AND 5:00 P.M., ON MONDAYS THROUGH FRIDAYS.  APPLICATIONS MAY BE RETURNED BY MAIL OR FAX TO:

Nashville Global Academy
4479 Jackson Road
Whites Creek, TN 37189
615-299-5746 FAX

Also, applications may be emailed to eehamby@aol.com or Edwina.Hamby@MNPS.org OR to kworthy73@hotmail.com or Keno.Worthy@MNPS.org.

Application Form (127kb PDF)