Registration
Lottery Information
2010-2011
Registration for the 2010-2011 school year will begin on January 4, 2010. The registration packet consists of an information sheet, the registration form, a fee schedule and a class schedule. Information and forms are also available at the church.
We will begin accepting applications for registration on January 4, 2010. All applications must be received by noon on February 26, 2010. (We are not responsible for delays in mail service.)
Acceptance into the preschool is based on a lottery system. There will be a lottery for each of the following groups, in this order of consideration:
* Currently enrolled students and children of teachers
* Siblings of currently enrolled students
* Siblings of Alumni
* Children of active board members and church staff
* Children of members or families actively involved in Arcola
United Methodist Church
* General Public
Registration forms may be mailed to the church, to the attention of the Preschool Director, or delivered in person to a staff member at the preschool during one of the information sessions or on any Friday in January or February between 10 am and 12 noon.
All children, whose registrations arrive after noon on February 26, 2010, will be placed on a wait list until all timely registrations are processed.
Registrations must be accompanied by a non-refundable fee of $115.00. Checks should be made payable to Arcola Christian Preschool.
The Lottery Process
1. As registrations are received, they will be grouped in the categories listed above.
2. Registration forms will be drawn randomly within the first group, and children will be placed in a class based on the preference indicated on the registration form. If the first choice is not available, the student will be placed in the second choice and put on the wait list for the first choice.
3. After the first group is placed, we will go through the same process for each of the remaining groups in the order they are listed above.
4. Registrants will be notified by mail of acceptance on or before March 12, 2010.
5. Children will automatically be placed on the wait list unless parents notify the Director, in writing, that they do not wish to continue the process.
6. We will continue to place students who apply after February 26, 2010, on a first-come, first- serve basis until all slots are full or add them to the waiting list.
Although we will do our best to accommodate preferences in class placement, we must consider the boy/girl ratio in each class, as well as the need to place siblings in school on the same days.
Children, who are not offered a placement by March 12, 2010, will have their registration fee returned. However, those children will automatically be placed on a wait list unless parents notify the Director, in writing, that they do not wish to continue the process. In the event a space becomes available, parents will be contacted and given 48 hours to notify the Preschool Director of their decision and pay the $115 registration fee.