Admissions

The lottery for a seat in the 2021-2022 school year at AMSA Charter School was held on February 23, 2021. All results can be accessed via the “2021-2022 Lottery Results” link at right.

If you are looking for your child's result, please use your Lottery ID# to find your child's place on the accepted list or waitlist. If you see that your child has a Decision of Accepted and you have not received an email by Midday on February 25, 2020, please email admissions@amsacs.org. (Please include your child's last name and Lottery ID# in the subject line.)

An alternate way to review your child's wait list number is to return to your AMSA Parent Portal where you made the original application. The waitlist position of your child is in the information box. This information will be the most up to date as it is adjusted in real time as students are accepted into the school.

Enrollment Policy

Política de Inscrição e Pedido de Admissão

Política de Inscripción y Solicitud de Admisión

General Info

The Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School was chartered by the Massachusetts Department of Education in February 2004 and opened in September 2005. AMSA’s teaching model is centered on rigorous college-oriented education for all students. AMSA’s teaching philosophy involves starting challenging abstract learning, typically expected for high school students, early in the middle school grades.

The Founders of AMSA believe that children with a wide range of abilities can achieve a world class education if given the opportunity to apply themselves diligently. AMSA’s goal is to bring quality education, typically available only at exclusive private or exam schools, to an all-inclusive public school setting where children of diverse backgrounds can participate.

AMSA is chartered for up to 966 seats for grades 6 through 12. Applications are accepted for students in grades 6, 7, 8 and 9. Students entering in grades 7-9 are fulfilling backfilling regulations.

Application Process

AMSA Charter School’s application process is not integrated with that of our chartered districts (603 CMR 1.05(11)).

AMSA Charter School’s principal application period for the 2021-2022 academic year opens on October 30, 2020 and will remain open until January 8, 2021. Applications for the 2021-2022 academic year lottery will not be accepted after January 8, 2021 at 4 pm. No exceptions will be made.

Public notice of application deadlines is made at least one month in advance of the application deadline. AMSA Charter School posts deadlines for accepting student applications in the Admissions section of the AMSA Charter School website and on the AMSA Charter School official calendar.

Every applicant for 2021-2022 must make a NEW application for the 2021-2022 lottery.

Note: APPLICATIONS DO NOT CARRY OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

Once a student is accepted, they need not reapply as their seat is protected for as long as they attend school. If a child has not been accepted and is on the waiting list, you will need to reapply each year as the waiting list is not held from year to year.

We encourage all applicants to read our complete Enrollment Policy (in Portuguese, in Spanish).

AMSA has moved to a web-based Admissions process this year. All families will need to make a new parent account in order to make application/s for their child/ren.

click here to create your account and apply for the 2020-2021 lottery.

Lottery Process

The lottery will be drawn in late February after information on the Net School Spending Cap (NSS cap) for 2021-2022, has been received from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The new report will be posted once received, usually by the last week in February.

Students are admitted into AMSA on a space-available basis with preference given first to siblings of current students, then to those applicants from our four core charter towns, which are: Marlborough, Hudson, Maynard and Clinton. In such cases where there are fewer seats than eligible applicants who reside in the region of service, or who are siblings of students already attending AMSA, the charter school shall hold a lottery for all such applicants.

Acceptances are conditional on the completion and verification of all admissions and enrollment material in the Student Registration Package.

If you have any questions, please email admissions@amsacs.org. We appreciate your interest in AMSA and look forward to hearing from you soon.

All information in the application and enrollment registration form, such as special education or 504 plans, is not intended to be used to discriminate, M.G.L. c. 71, §89 (m); 603 CMR 1.06 (2).

Notice to Marlborough Residents

Charter school regulations state that "the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shall notify each Commonwealth charter school no later than February 15 of any limitation on the number of students from a district that may be enrolled in charter schools for the upcoming year." 603 CMR 1.05(6)(d).

AMSA Charter School has been notified that there will be a limit on the number of applicants from Marlborough in the 2020-2021 school year as a result of the net school spending (NSS) cap. As has been the case in prior years (2017-18 and 2018-19), in accordance with 603 CMR 1.05(10)(b), the Department has recommended that AMSA Charter School "skips" over students who applied and are residents in Marlborough. Marlborough resident applicants will be included in the lottery and placed on the waitlist but are ineligible for enrollment in the 2020-21 school year unless they are a sibling of a current AMSA student. If the Marlborough Public School District is no longer at its NSS cap and a vacancy occurs during the school year, a Marlborough resident applicant from the waitlist might become eligible for enrollment.

More detail and information can be found on the DESE website here.
(Translation is available using the button at the top right of the DESE page.)

Right to Attend Documents

The Notice of Rights to Access and Equity of Educational Services explains the educational rights of students with disabilities to attend Massachusetts charter schools and to receive appropriate special education services in those charter schools.

The Notice of Rights to Access and Equity of Educational Services explains the rights of children who are English language learners to attend and receive language support and other services in Massachusetts public charter schools. As defined in state law, an English language learner is a student who does not speak English, or whose native language is not English, and who is not able to do ordinary classroom work in English.