New student enrollment begins with parents/guardians completing the pre-enrollment form. 

The link to the pre-enrollment form is included the welcome email sent to you by the principal of your campus, either Mr. Jimmy Kelly for 2nd Street or Ms. Khashiffa Roberts for Cooper. If you did not receive this email, please contact us at admissions@latinpcs.org as soon as possible!

This brief pre-enrollment form is the important first first step towards enrolling your child with Washington Latin Public Charter Schools.

• This brief form requests your child’s name, date of birth, and your contact information. You complete and submit.
• We verify that your child has been matched with Washington Latin via MySchoolDC and launch the enrollment process.
• You’ll receive an email outlining the next steps for setting up an account in PowerSchool.
• You’ll then be able to start officially enrolling your child! Please check below for the detailed instructions.

Once the information that you submitted in the pre-enrollment form has been verified, you will receive an email from PowerSchool with the subject line “Create a parent account for Enrollment” – use the information from this email to create a new account in PowerSchool.

1. Fill in the requested information to set up your own username and account password. Note: if you already have a PowerSchool account with Washington Latin, please go to step 2.
2. Use the Access ID, access password, and student name contained at the bottom of the email to link your account to your child.

Please note: Your name and your child’s name must match the information from the instructions email exactly in order for PowerSchool to recognize the information as valid.

If you have questions about this or need assistance, please contact us at admissions@latinpcs.org or the appropriate Campus Enrollment Team!

Login to your PowerSchool account. Look for links on the left side of the screen. Click on FORMS. You will see a full list of forms. Start with form 1 Student Information. 

You submit each form within our Enrollment Packet separately.  After you submit, you should be automatically moved on to the next form (Form 2: Parent/Guardian & Emergency Contact Information, Form 3: Student Household Information, etc.) 

Some forms require review by our team, and you will get a message telling you this. You should still be moved on to the next form. If not, you can also click on the name of the form at the top of the screen (they appear as “tabs”).

Proof of DC residency is required for all students who are enrolled in a DC public or public charter school. New students are required to submit residency information by the enrollment deadline of May 1!

• Form 4 – Residency proof
  • Read about your options for proving residency.
  • You will select your option and, if applicable, upload supporting documentation in this step.
• Form 5 – Residency form
  • You can complete the required residency verification form on paper and submit a scanned copy of the completed form. 
  • You may also request a DocuSign link to complete and sign this form electronically.
  • If you need this form in another language, please use this link.

DC health and dental (oral health) forms are REQUIRED for all students before they can attend school, including summer orientation or summer school!

• New students are required to submit health information by the enrollment deadline, at a minimum immunization records.
  • See a full list of all required childhood immunizations by grade.
• We know there can be challenges getting the health form completed quickly, so there are three options:
  • Submit a new universal health form completed by your child’s doctor, including the immunization record.
  • If your child’s health form on file at their current school is less than one year old, you may submit that form until a new form can be completed for next year.
  • If you have access to a current immunization record (perhaps through your doctor’s health portal), you may also submit that for review by our nurse, then submit a new form later. 
• The Universal Health form is available in multiple languages (read more):
  • Universal Health Certificate — English
  • Universal Health Certificate — Spanish (Español)
  • Universal Health Certificate — Amharic (አማርኛ)
  • Universal Health Certificate — Chinese (中文)
  • Universal Health Certificate — French (Français)
  • Universal Health Certificate — Korean (한국인)
  • Universal Health Certificate — Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
• The Oral Health form must be completed and signed by your child’s dentist and on file when your child begins attending classes at Washington Latin. 

We ask all parents to confirm several permissions:

• Directory Information – This allows us to share your name and contact information for purposes of a directory and related outreach.
• Media release – You select whether we can use photographs and videos of your child on our website, social media and print communications.
• Field Trips – While we always inform families of upcoming trips, this covers trip permissions overall.

For new-to-Latin students, you will complete three additional forms, including:

• Special Needs – please let us know whether your child has an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), 504 Plan, or has English Language Learner status. Even if your answer is no, we must have this form completed as part of all new students’ enrollment.
• Records Request – This form allows us to request your child’s records from their previous school.
• Home Language Survey – This is ONLY for new-to-DC-public-schools students! If your child has enrolled in a DCPS or DC charter school in the past, this form is not necessary.