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SY22 Enrollment and Lottery Policy

CICS is a charter school network with multiple campuses. In accordance with Illinois Charter Law enrollment is open to all students, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability status residing in the City of Chicago.

To enroll in a CICS campus, the parent/guardian must complete a CICS elementary school or high school 10th-12th application for their child/student.

To apply for 9th grade, CICS follows the GoCPS application process through CPS. To apply to CICS, the applicant must reside in the city of Chicago. If applying for kindergarten, students must be 5 years old by September 1st. Parents/Guardians must complete the application and rank the campuses in order of preference. For more information on the lottery process, click here. 

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Chicago International Charter School (CICS) is open to all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status or disability status. When we receive more applications for a school than seats available, students are enrolled in our campuses via a fair, random lottery.  This ensures all students have an equal opportunity to enroll at the campuses of their parents' or guardians' choosing. All CICS schools are charter public and tuition free.

For more information, please see our FAQs section or call (312) 651-5000.

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Open Houses

To view our current open houses for CICS campuses, click the view all button below. 

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Open Seats for 2021-2022 School Year

Elementary School (K-8)

Parents can still apply for the 2021-2022 school year!  The students will be added to the waitlist in the order it is received and if a seat becomes available, families will be contacted via email and telephone call. 

The following CICS campuses have limited open seats available for the grades noted:

CICS Avalon (KG, 8th)
Call 773-721-0858 for more information

CICS Basil (KG-3rd, 7th, 8th)
Call 773-778-9455 for more information

CICS Bucktown (KG-3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th)
Call 773-645-3321 for more information

CICS Global Leaders Initiative (8th)
Call 312-877-0541 for more information

CICS Irving Park (KG, 1st, 3rd)
Call 773-433-5000 for more information

CICS Lloyd Bond (KG-6th)
Call 773-468-1300 for more information

CICS Loomis (KG, 2nd)
Call 773-429-8955 for more information

CICS Washington Park (4th, 7th, 8th)
Call 773-347-0200 for more information

CICS Wrightwood (KG, 1st)
Call 773-434-4575 for more information

High School (9-12)

GoCPS 9th Grade Transfer Window is now open for the summer!  CICS Longwood and CICS Ralph Ellison have 9th grade seats available! Contact the CICS Enrollmet Departmet at 312-877-0541 for transfer process information.

CICS also has open seats for grades 10th-12th at the following CICS high schools.  Please contact the CICS Enrollment Department at 312-877-0541 for more information.

CICS Longwood - 1309 W 95th St

CICS Ralph Ellison - 1817 W 80th St

 

Application for 2021-2022 School Year

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Create an account to begin the application process online, or log-in to view the status of your application.

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Rising 9th Graders

Visit the GoCPS Website

Apply by Mail, Fax or Email

Download and complete one application (elementary or high school) per student. If you mailed your application, we recommend that you call a week after mailing to confirm its receipt. If you faxed your application, please call 15 minutes after it was faxed to confirm its receipt.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APPLICATION

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HIGH SCHOOL APPLICATION

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Chicago International Charter School
11 E. Adams St., Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60603

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(312) 651-5001

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Current CICS Transfer Students Only

If interested in applying for a transfer to a CICS school for 1st-12th grades, a transfer application must be submitted.

Transfer applications are available at the campus main office or click the button below to download a transfer application. 

Please note transfers are not a guarantee as it is determined on seat availability.  Families will be contacted as seats become available.

The Transfer Waitlist closes on Friday, August 27, 2021.

 

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