STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES FOR PHOENIX ACADEMY

1. The potential Phoenix Academy program student needs to register for school in the Gainesville City Schools through the International Center.

2. The International Center will determine if the student is a candidate for the Phoenix Academy program and to what base school they are assigned. (Older students seeking a specialized diploma will not be assigned to a base school.)

3. Laura Herrington, ESOL Director, will meet with the student and their parent/guardian to inform them about the Phoenix program.  At this point, the family will decide if the student wants to enroll in the Phoenix program or at their assigned base school, Gainesville Middle or High School.  The family has the option of this decision.

4. Once decided, the student will take their packet of registration materials from the International Center to their assigned base school.  (If the base school contends the placement that has been made, an appeal must be made to Curtis Bibb, Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services, who will then make the final placement decision.)

5. The base school will enroll them as an Active student in PowerSchool. 

·      They will be assigned a student number. 

·      Their class schedule will be a ¾ day at the Phoenix Academy facility, with lunch and a last period elective/exploratory at their assigned base school. 

·      Their homeroom teacher will be a Phoenix Academy program teacher.

·      The student will be given their handbook, bus information and any other pertinent material as any mainstream student in their assigned school.

·      The student will be expected to follow the rules and regulations of their base school.

Phoenix Academy

1065 Elephant Trail
Gainesville, GA 30501
Phone (770) 536-2062
Fax (770) 536-4290