Advanced Learning - Enrollment Options and Retaining Eligibility
Enrollment Options and Retaining Eligibility
Testing for eligibility is necessary prior to enrollment in Advanced Learning programs. Students retain their eligibility designations (academically highly gifted or academically gifted) as long as they remain enrolled in the Accelerated Progress Program, Spectrum, or an Advanced Learning Opportunity School and do not need to re-test each year.
See this Enrollment Options Chart for complete information.
Newly Eligible Students
See the Enrollment web page for Enrollment Service Center locations, guidelines, and enrollment forms for newly-eligible students who wish to enroll in APP or Spectrum. If your child is not currently enrolled in Seattle Public Schools, you must submit a complete enrollment registration.
Enrollment for Advanced Learning Opportunities (ALO) Schools
There is no special enrollment process for ALO schools. All academically gifted and academically highly gifted students at ALO schools are enrolled as "general education" students. ALO schools have access to a list of students who need special gifted services and will provide above grade level services as appropriate. See Program Sites for school sites.
Enrollment for 6th Grade Spectrum
Spectrum students in 5th grade will be automatically assigned to 6th grade Spectrum at their attendance area middle school. Other Spectrum-eligible students [including those in the Advanced Learning Opportunities (ALO) schools] entering grades 6 through 8 who want a middle school Spectrum assignment to their attendance area school must apply to enroll (during or after Open Enrollment through September 30), and will be assigned to Spectrum at their attendance area middle school. Spectrum-eligible students may also apply to enroll for a Spectrum program at any other school through school choice. School choice forms are available from the Enrollment Office.
Enrollment for the Accelerated Progress Program
Regional APP sites for the North, Northeast, Northwest, Queen Anne/Magnolia attendance areas are: Lowell, Hamilton, Garfield.
Regional APP sites for the Central, South, Southeast, West Seattle North, West Seattle South attendance areas are: Thurgood Marshall, Washington, Garfield.
Newly-eligible APP students who enroll on-time (during Open Enrollment) are guaranteed an assignment. Assignments for students who apply after Open Enrollment are based on space availability. APP students may apply for available seats at either site but preference is given to those within the region.
Enrollment for Accelerated Progress Program Students Rising to 6th Grade or 9th Grade
Currently-enrolled 5th- and 8th-grade Accelerated Progress Program (APP) students are automatically assigned to their regional APP middle school site (for 6th grade) or to Garfield (for 9th grade) and do not need to submit school choice forms.
There are no automatic or guaranteed assignments to Garfield for students who are not enrolled in APP at either Washington or Hamilton.
Enrollment for APP/IB Option at Ingraham High School
APP 8th or 9th graders currently attending Hamilton, Washington or Garfield may request an assignment to the APP/IB Ingraham for by filling out a school choice form during the open enrollment period. School Choice forms and information will be available on the Enrollment web page during open enrollment. For more information about the APP/IB Option at Ingraham see the APP/IB Information Document.
Eighth grade students not currently enrolled in APP at Hamilton or Washington may test for eligibility to enroll in the APP/IB Program at Ingraham. See Application Forms for testing due dates.
See Application and Testing Steps for information on how to apply for testing for eligibility for Advanced Learning programs.