Admission

Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter School is 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.  

The lottery his held on campus for both our 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 we will contact you once we have spots available.

Volunteer Commitment
Parent cooperative expectations 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 3, 2023:  Applications must be received by this date to be included in the Kindergarten lottery.
Friday, February 10, 2023:  Kindergarten lottery

All applications received after February 3, 2023 will be added to the waiting list.

Grades 1-8 Hybrid Classroom & Home Study TK-8 Grade
Friday, February 17, 2023:  Applications to be included in the lottery
Friday, February 24, 2023:  Lottery Date

All applications received after February 17, 2023 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 will be provided a home study teacher and an instructional funding account to provide a home based program to meet their needs. 
Students are eligible for TK if...
  • In the 2022–23 school year, children will turn five years old between September 2 and February 2
  • In the 2023–24 school year, children will turn five years old between September 2 and April 2
  • In the 2024–25 school year, children turn five years old between September 2 and June 2
  • In the 2025–26 school year, and in each school year thereafter, children will turn four years old by Sept 1st
Kindergarten Age for Enrolling
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.​
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. ​

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.
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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 Kindergarten application process?
To be eligible for the Kindergarten random public drawing, you must submit a Request for Admission as follows:
  • By the third Friday in February for the following school year.  Harvest Ridge will conduct its drawing one week after the deadline, and will contact families with enrollment offers the following week.  
  • 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 your 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