Applying to Global Community Charter School

There are several ways you can apply to GCCS. Choose the most convenient option for you:

  1. Fill out the GCCS Application Form 2024-2025 below and we will contact you.

  2. Call our main office and we can assist you to fill out an application over the phone. It will take about 5 minutes.

    Phone Number: 646.360.2363 

  3. Email us at admissions@globalcommunitycs.org and tell us your name and phone number.

  4. Click here to apply on School-Mint

  5. Mail us a paper application to:

Global Community Charter School

2350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10037

Admissions Details

The information submitted will be used to create an online application on our SchoolMint Enrollment System.

  • You will receive a confirmation via text or email; please provide a working email or cell phone number in the application.

  • A separate application must be completed and submitted for each child applying for admission.

  • Completed applications must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2024. Applications received after the deadline will be placed on the waiting list in the order in which they were received.

  • The admissions lottery will be held on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024.

  • GCCS is a free, equal opportunity, public charter school, open to all children entering Pre-K-8th grades on a space-available basis.

  • Admission is not based on any test scores, intelligence, achievement, aptitude, or athletic ability.

  • All General Education, Special Education Students, and English Language Learners are encouraged to apply.

  • Once students are admitted, our Principal reserves the right to determine the appropriate grade level placement for General Education students.

  • Children must turn 5 before December 31, 2024, to be eligible for Kindergarten.

  • Children must turn 4 before December 31, 2024, to be eligible for Pre-Kindergarten.

  • Apply online, send by mail, or deliver in person your application to:

Global Community Charter School

2350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10037

Mailed applications must be postmarked by April 1st, 2024

Lottery Details:

If we receive more applications than are seats available by the deadline, a lottery will be held. Attendance at the lottery event is not required and will not affect an applicant’s chance for admission. Lottery preferences are drawn in the following order:

  1. Siblings of returning students residing in CSD 5

  2. Siblings of returning students who reside out of CSD 5

  3. Students with IEPs

  4. Students who are children of current employees at GCCS, not to exceed 15% of GCCS’s total projected enrollment

  5. Students residing in the school district in which GCCS is located (CSD 5)

  6. Students who reside out of CSD 5

Enrollment

If you are awarded a seat in our admissions lottery, we'll contact you to confirm your intent to enroll at GCCS and begin the enrollment process, which includes attending a welcoming event before the school year starts. 

It’s not too late to apply for the 2023-24 school year!

Apply here.

or email us - admissions@globalcommunitycs.org

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