"My son is satisfied and feels supported at school. He verbalizes his contentment and love for his teachers."
"My son is satisfied and feels supported at school. He verbalizes his contentment and love for his teachers."
188 Rochester Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11213
Tel. (718) 771-2090
Fax (718) 771-2128
empoweradmissions
@explorenetwork.org
Year founded: 2009
Enrollment: 300
Grades: K-4
Principal: Beth Doyle
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Thank you for your interest in enrollment for the 2012 – 2013 school year!
Empower Charter School is an open enrollment, public school—there is no test for admissions. Our acceptance for enrollment is based upon the number of available seats in each grade. To be considered for admissions, you must submit an application. Our school welcomes all students, including those with special needs and students for whom English is not their first language.
We are only accepting waitlist applications at this time for all grades. If you have questions please feel free to email us at empoweradmissions@explorenetwork.org or giving us a call at (718) 771-2090.
If the number of applications received exceeds the number of spots available, we will run a lottery at the school on April 11th at 6pm. If you do not receive an invitation to our lottery by April 9, please contact the school to confirm that we have received your application.
Empower Charter school gives the following lottery admissions preferences:
1. Siblings of currently enrolled students receive first preference in our lottery. In order to qualify for the sibling preference, families must meet one of the following: 1) Siblings that reside in the same home under the supervision of the same parent(s) or legal guardian(s). 2) Children that reside in the same household that have the same legal caregiver. Legal proof of guardianship and residence is required by the application deadline for both instances.
2. Students who reside in Community School District 17 receive second preference in our lottery. If you do not know what Community School District you live in you can call 311 or visit http://gis.nyc.gov/dcp/at/f1.jsp.
If your child is accepted to Empower Charter School, adequate proof of residence will be required upon enrollment. Failure to provide adequate proof of residence may result in your child's seat being revoked.
Waitlist applications are considered if space becomes available at the beginning of each new school year or when space becomes available at Empower. If your child is next on the wait list we will call the phone numbers you provided on the application and a keep a record. You must call us back within 24 hours of the phone call or the space will be forfeited to the next applicant on the waitlist. Click here to download a waitlist application in English, Spanish, or Creole.
A charter school shall not discriminate against or limit the admission of any student on any unlawful basis, including on the basis of ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability, intellectual ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, athletic ability, race, creed, national origin, religion or ancestry. A school may not require any action by a student or family (such as an admissions test, interview, essay, attendance at an information session, etc.) in order for an applicant to either receive or submit an application for admission to that school.