LETTER FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT Dear Newark Families, I am excited to share the fifth year of our improved Newark Enrolls school guidebook with you. For each of the 70+ schools that participate in Newark Enrolls, you will find a one-page profile that provides you with important information about the school in our unified enrollment system process. This year, we are excited to introduce our partnership with SchoolMint, our new online platform that will simplify the online application. Overall, the process will remain the same, the only difference families will experience is improvements such as mobile features, an interactive school finder, and a streamlined registration process. As our partnership with SchoolMint continues, we will be introducing additional features. This year’s guidebook includes: • A full page of family-friendly information for every participating PK-12 school • Details about sports, clubs, community partnerships, and before and after school opportunities • More robust academic performance data (e.g.: NJSLA scores; high school graduation rates) We hope that this guidebook will help you choose schools that will provide the best education possible for your child and set them on a path for success. In addition, over the last few years we have collected feedback from families, students, educators, and community leaders about how to make the enrollment process better and ensure that it works for you. We have taken your feedback into consideration and have made on-going improvements in the following ways: • Created a family friendly online application • Improved sibling matching to ensure siblings are placed in the same school, whenever possible • Increased priority for geographic preference to ensure that all children (from within the neighborhood) have access to neighborhood schools first, before students from outside the neighborhood Families that are interested in participating in the enrollment process should visit www.newarkenrolls.org to: • Learn about school options through the new School Finder system • View a calendar of open houses and enrollment events taking place at schools throughout the city • Submit an application for their children The application process dates are: • • • • •
December 7, 2019 - School Fair at Barringer High School - 10:00 am December 7, 2019 - Appplication Window Opens February 14, 2020 - Application Window Closes February 21, 2020 - Admisisons Test for NBOE 8th graders February 22, 2020 - Admissions Test for Non-NBOE 8th graders
We hope that your children are enjoying their school year, and look forward to supporting them as you consider your school options for the 2020-2021 school year. Sincerely,
Roger León Superintendent Newark Board of Education