Enrollment Applications 2025-2026

Choose the application below to enroll in the program of your choice. 
Please note that if you would like to apply for BOTH programs you will need to fill out BOTH applications.
Please make sure to complete a separate application for EACH student applying.
For More Information
please contact Annette Korn [email protected]
or call (916) 259-1425 ext. 200
For More Information
please contact Janet Sutton
​[email protected]
​or call (916) 259-1425 ext. 231

Admission

Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter School is a public, tuition-free charter school open to all.  We have a diverse population, and students are accepted without entrance criteria.  Harvest Ridge provides an engaging and hands-on academic curriculum, focusing on experiential learning.  

A lottery is held for both the Hybrid Classroom & Home Study programs. Students are sorted randomly to assign their lottery order. All requests for admission after the respective deadlines will be placed on our waiting list, and applicants will be contacted once spots are available.

Volunteer Commitment
Parent cooperative expectations for the Hybrid Campus program are that families will choose to fulfill 30 or more hours of annual volunteer service to the school.

Application Timeline

Kindergarten Hybrid Classroom Program
Friday, February 6, 2026:  Applications must be received by this date to be included in the Hybrid Campus Kindergarten lottery.

Friday, February 13, 2026:  Hybrid Campus Kindergarten lottery

All applications received after February 6, 2026, will be added to the waiting list.

Grades 1-8 Hybrid Classroom & Home Study TK-8 Grade
Friday, February 20, 2026:  Applications must be received by this date to be included in the lottery

Friday, February 28, 2026:  Lottery Date

All applications received after February 20, 2026 will be added to the waiting list.

TK and Kindergarten Enrollment

​Transitional Kindergarten
Harvest Ridge offers Transitional Kindergarten (TK) through our Home Study program.  Students who enroll in Transitional Kindergarten are provided a home study teacher and an instructional funding account to offer a home-based program to meet their needs. 

Harvest Ridge offers a TK Enrichment Program on our Home Study Campus to supplement the TK experience.  Limited space is available in this program.  More information regarding this program will be available in the spring of 2026.
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Students are eligible for TK if...​​​
  • In the 2025–26 school year, and in each school year thereafter, children will turn four years old by ​September 1st.
Kindergarten Enrollment Policy
​This policy is modeled after the purposes and provisions of the Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 (“KRA”), which amended California Education Code section 48000 among other statutes. Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter School (the “Charter School”) recognizes that success in kindergarten is not only affected by what children know or do not know academically, but by their physical, social, and emotional readiness.  Therefore, it is the intent of this policy, in keeping with the provisions of the KRA, to delay the entry date of four (4) year olds into kindergarten in order to give such children time to prepare and mature intellectually, academically, physically, socially, and emotionally prior to enrollment in kindergarten. ​
 Students are eligible for Kindergarten if...
  • In keeping with the California Education Code, a child ​must be ​five (5) years old on or before  September 1  in order to enroll in kindergarten at the Charter School.​

Frequently Asked Questions

How do i Apply?
Submit a Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter School Request for Admission.  This can be completed online by clicking the link above for the program you are interested in.  You must complete a separate application for EACH STUDENT and EACH PROGRAM.
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Continuing students who are currently enrolled in the charter school do not need to reapply.  Applicants will be placed on the waiting list for full classes in the date and time order that they are received.
What is the timeline for the application process?
To be eligible for the random public drawing for all programs , a Request for Admission should be submitted as follows: 
  • Submit an application for desired program by the date listed above
  • Harvest Ridge will conduct its drawing one week after the deadline, and will contact families with enrollment offers the following week.  Families will be contacted via email, and will have 3 business days to respond to accept or decline the offer.
  • Offers will continue to be extended until all spaces are filled. 
  • Applications received after 4 p.m. on the last school day noted to be eligible for the lottery will be placed on the waiting list based on the date and time the application is received by the registrar.
  • In order to complete the application process, all students receiving an offer for enrollment must submit all required paperwork and may be asked to participate in an interview with the Executive Director.
If I miss the application deadline, can I still apply?
​After the noted application deadline, Harvest Ridge continues to accept applications.
Are applications kept from year to year?
Harvest Ridge does not keep applications from year to year, and does not roll over a waiting list from year to year.  A new application will need to be provided each year in order for students to be eligible for admission.
Are there preferences given to any students in the lottery process?
Yes.  The public random drawing will be conducted with the following admission preferences and exemptions being given: 
  • Siblings of students already admitted to or attending the same charter school
  • Children of employees of the charter school 
  • Students who reside in the school district in which the charter school is affiliated
  • All other applicants