Welcome to Three Lakes Academy!
The 2010-2011 school year enrollment and lottery procedure is as follows:
Three Lakes Academy is a tuition-free public school academy which does not discriminate in its pupil admissions policies or practices on the basis of:
Race, creed, color, sex, national origin, cultural or economic background
Intellectual or athletic ability
Measures of achievement or aptitude
Status as a handicapped person
Any other basis that would be illegal if used by a school district.
With the exception of a foreign exchange student (who is not a US citizen), the Board of Directors will allow only students who reside in the state of Michigan to attend the Academy.
Three Lakes Academy will conduct a two week open enrollment period from May 19 through June 2, 2010. This open enrollment period will be published in the Newberry News, the Mining Journal, and the Advisor (Manistique). At the conclusion of this open enrollment period, if requests exceed the number of spaces available for students, a lottery will be held at the Curtis Learning Center on June 3 at 7:00 p.m. If there is a necessity to hold a lottery, a member of the Curtis Chamber of Commerce Board shall conduct the lottery. At the time of the lottery, the number of vacancies available at each grade level will be announced. Siblings of students already enrolled in classes not needing a lottery are given preference and automatically admitted. After siblings are admitted, students will be admitted as their names are drawn. The maximum class size for each grade will be twenty-five (25). Names will continue to be drawn after all spaces are filled in order to establish a waiting list. Students will be placed on that list in the order in which their names are drawn.
The Academy shall accept applications all year. If openings occur during the academic year, students shall be enrolled according to the waiting list. If openings do not exist, applicants shall be placed on the official waiting list. If there is no waiting list, students shall be admitted on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Academy shall notify applicants not chosen in the random selection lottery that they were not selected and that their name has been placed on the Academy's official waiting list for openings that may occur during the academic year.
