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 Magnet Schools
Office
141 Western Ave., room 114
Phone: 475-6551
Fax: 475-6550
About Albany's
elementary magnet schools
Albany's magnet
elementary schools
give families a real
choice in public education. Students have a unique opportunity to deeply explore enriched,
theme-based programs in specific areas.
Magnet schools are open to children citywide and enrolled by two random
lotteries: one for prekindergarteners and one for older students.
Families need to apply for the lotteries, which are held in the spring.
Click on its highlighted
name below to learn more about each school.
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Albany School of Humanities
(ASH). Serving prekindergarten through grade 6.
ASH teaches about diverse cultures by studying art, literature,
music, drama and government, in conjunction with English, math,
science and social studies.
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Montessori Magnet School.
Serving prekindergarten through grade 5.
Students here are taught with the Montessori philosophy that each
child learns at his or her own pace, using all five senses.
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Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology
(TOAST).
Serving prekindergarten through grade 5. TOAST
emphasizes science and technology across all subject areas.
Applications available for 2012-13
magnet elementary school lotteries
As of Feb. 1, families can complete
applications for the lottery that will assign their kindergarten-grade
5/6 child to a magnet elementary school for the 2012-13 school year.
Click on the highlighted text for a
general
lottery application.
Although the lottery is random, siblings of children currently enrolled
in any of the magnet schools are given preference and a separate
application is required. Click on the highlighted text for an
application for a child with a
sibling at Albany School of Humanities (ASH), a
sibling at
Montessori Magnet School or a
sibling at
Thomas O'Brien Academy of Science and Technology (TOAST).
Applying to magnet
schools
Admission to Albany's magnet schools is done through two random
lotteries -- one for prekindergarten, and one for
grades kindergarten through 5/6.
Student selection in the lottery is random, but
certain factors take priority when determining where children will be
placed:
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Neighborhood Preference
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Children who reside within designated magnet-school attendance zones are
given admission preference within the lottery system according to the
current district neighborhood preference policy.
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Sibling Preference
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Siblings of students currently enrolled in any
of the three magnet schools are given admission preference within
the lottery system.
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Special
Education --
Placement of students who receive special-education services, including
placement in integrated classrooms, must be determined by the Committee
on Special Education since students
with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) are placed into appropriate
programs based on the committee's recommendations.
Families must apply to the lotteries, both of which
will be April 17. Applications for kindergarten-grade 5/6 are
available now (see section above).
Prekindergarten applications will be available March 1.
Application deadline is March 30. New applications received
after the lottery
drawings are handled on a space-available basis. For more information, call
the Magnet Schools Office at 475-6551.
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