We are thrilled that you are interested in learning more about attending our school, and we are currently accepting letters from parents/guardians to request to be added to our waiting list for New Student enrollment in the 2023-2024 school year!
To be added to our contact list, please email your letter of interest to headofschool@kivacharter.org or submit it in person at our campus on 601 N. Mildred Road in Cortez, Colorado. Please include your contact information, your child's full name, birthday, grade, and the name of the last school your child attended. We will contact you when it is time to apply. We hope to begin enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year in early Spring 2023; so please watch your email for notifications. Thank you!
Unfortunately, we are no longer accepting students for the 2022-2023 school year.
Anti-discrimination Statement
Children’s Kiva Montessori Charter School (CKMS) welcomes all students and strives to create and maintain a diverse student population. Enrollment in SCHOOL is open to all students residing in the state. Student recruitment and enrollment decisions shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner as outlined in 22-30.5-507(3), C.R.S. In all cases, student recruitment and enrollment decisions shall be made without regard to disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, language, religion, ancestry, need for special education services, or any other protected class
CKMS is committed to serving the diverse communities that make up the Four Corners region. Our organizational goal related to our diverse community states that: our program will honor, enrich, and foster the cultural diversity of Montezuma County and the region through inclusive practices in enrollment, hiring, curriculum development, and outreach.
Enrollment Process and Timelines
There are four areas to the Enrollment Process:
Each year, CKMS will establish and make publicly available an Enrollment Timeline. And, each year, families seeking to enroll must submit a completed Letter of Intent to Re-enroll form (returning students) or a Letter of Intent to Enroll (new students) by the deadline set forth in the Enrollment Timeline for enrollment in the subsequent school year. CKMS will use a variety of means to promote its enrollment process. The Enrollment Timeline, Letters of Intent forms, Lottery Applications and instructions will be posted on the CKMS website by the end of January each year. CKMS will also use social media, community partnerships, parent newsletters, local newspapers, and other sources to promote the enrollment process. All communication and enrollment material will be available in both English and Spanish in the front office and on our website at www.kivacharter.org.
Pre-admission: Re-Enrollment for Current Students (aka Letter of Intent to Return)
Current students should complete a Letter of Intent form to hold their seat for the next school year. Without a confirmation of enrollment for the following year the student’s spot in CKMS may be relinquished and given to a new student.
Pre-admission: Enrollment for New Students (aka Letter of Intent to start new)
Prospective new students should complete a Letter of Intent form to apply for placement in the next school year.
Admission
Students that have duly submitted Letters of Intent are offered provisional placements or placed on a waitlist, depending on space considerations. Family confirms acceptance of seat (s). School may collect additional information, e.g. registration packet, diagnostic assessments
Enrollment
With confirmed acceptance of a seat (s) from family, the School enrolls students and schedules a mandatory Enrollment Meeting to meet the family and tour the school (for new families).
Registration
Families of enrolled students will be sent registration materials that must be submitted by the deadline indicated.
IMPORTANT: Enrollment, for any student, will not be finalized until the parent/legal guardian has completed and submitted all applicable documents. Enrollments are, in all cases, subject to limitations imposed by law and requirements of the contract in place with CKMS’ authorizer.
Enrollment Timeline
Children’s Kiva will continue to enroll students from the top of the waitlist as positions become available until October Pupil Count Day. After the October Pupil Count Day, no new students will be enrolled in the school.
Enrollment process will begin again in January for the following academic year. A new waitlist will be generated based on Letters of Intent and Lottery Applications. Families not admitted through the lottery or waitlist will need to reapply the subsequent year.
Children’s Kiva Montessori Charter School (CKMS) welcomes all students and strives to create and maintain a diverse student population. Enrollment in SCHOOL is open to all students residing in the state. Student recruitment and enrollment decisions shall be made in a nondiscriminatory manner as outlined in 22-30.5-507(3), C.R.S. In all cases, student recruitment and enrollment decisions shall be made without regard to disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, language, religion, ancestry, need for special education services, or any other protected class
CKMS is committed to serving the diverse communities that make up the Four Corners region. Our organizational goal related to our diverse community states that: our program will honor, enrich, and foster the cultural diversity of Montezuma County and the region through inclusive practices in enrollment, hiring, curriculum development, and outreach.
Enrollment Process and Timelines
There are four areas to the Enrollment Process:
- Pre-admission, where families signal an intent to enroll (or re-enroll)
- Admission
- Enrollment
- Registration
Each year, CKMS will establish and make publicly available an Enrollment Timeline. And, each year, families seeking to enroll must submit a completed Letter of Intent to Re-enroll form (returning students) or a Letter of Intent to Enroll (new students) by the deadline set forth in the Enrollment Timeline for enrollment in the subsequent school year. CKMS will use a variety of means to promote its enrollment process. The Enrollment Timeline, Letters of Intent forms, Lottery Applications and instructions will be posted on the CKMS website by the end of January each year. CKMS will also use social media, community partnerships, parent newsletters, local newspapers, and other sources to promote the enrollment process. All communication and enrollment material will be available in both English and Spanish in the front office and on our website at www.kivacharter.org.
Pre-admission: Re-Enrollment for Current Students (aka Letter of Intent to Return)
Current students should complete a Letter of Intent form to hold their seat for the next school year. Without a confirmation of enrollment for the following year the student’s spot in CKMS may be relinquished and given to a new student.
Pre-admission: Enrollment for New Students (aka Letter of Intent to start new)
Prospective new students should complete a Letter of Intent form to apply for placement in the next school year.
Admission
Students that have duly submitted Letters of Intent are offered provisional placements or placed on a waitlist, depending on space considerations. Family confirms acceptance of seat (s). School may collect additional information, e.g. registration packet, diagnostic assessments
Enrollment
With confirmed acceptance of a seat (s) from family, the School enrolls students and schedules a mandatory Enrollment Meeting to meet the family and tour the school (for new families).
Registration
Families of enrolled students will be sent registration materials that must be submitted by the deadline indicated.
IMPORTANT: Enrollment, for any student, will not be finalized until the parent/legal guardian has completed and submitted all applicable documents. Enrollments are, in all cases, subject to limitations imposed by law and requirements of the contract in place with CKMS’ authorizer.
Enrollment Timeline
- Beginning in January of each year, parents/legal guardians of students currently attending Kiva must declare their intentions to return to the school in the next academic school year. Families will be informed of the requirement to return the Intent to Re-Enroll form, along with any additional requested forms, and the deadline for submitting the Intent to re-enroll forms. It will be the parent’s/legal guardian’s responsibility of each student to return the Intent to Re-Enroll form by the deadline.
- Forms for Intent to Re-enroll will be available by January 15, 2022.
- Deadline for Letters of Intent to Re-enroll (returning students) is the last business day of January (if that day is a weekend, then the first day after the last day of the month).
- On the first business day of February, the Head of School will determine the number of spaces available for new students in each grade level for the upcoming school year. If there are more new student applicants than available spots, the Head of School will first place students from the Priority Enrollment Categories follow the priority list (see below) and then place students whose applications for enrollment have been duly processed to place the student on the waitlist. use his/her discretion to place students.
- Deadline for Letter of Intent to Enroll (new Students) due March 21, 2022.
- Notification of acceptance will begin and be ongoing beginning on March 22.
- Parents must confirm acceptance of the seat within 48 hours or lose the seat.
- Mandatory Enrollment meeting with
- New student registration packets must be completed and returned to the CKMS Front Office within exactly one week of receiving it. Only complete registration packets will be accepted. Packets that are missing documents will be returned until every item is ready. Failure to complete the registration packet in time may forfeit your child’s spot at CKMS.
Children’s Kiva will continue to enroll students from the top of the waitlist as positions become available until October Pupil Count Day. After the October Pupil Count Day, no new students will be enrolled in the school.
Enrollment process will begin again in January for the following academic year. A new waitlist will be generated based on Letters of Intent and Lottery Applications. Families not admitted through the lottery or waitlist will need to reapply the subsequent year.