School Enrollment

School Enrollment and Student Attrition.

Charter Schools in Minnesota are public schools that are accessible to all school-aged children regardless of race, national origin, gender, ethnicity, language proficiency, physical or mental disability, sexual preference, and/or academic achievement. All students from the State of Minnesota are eligible to attend Harbor City International School (HCIS).

Enrollment Procedure

A parent/guardian must complete an application to enroll their student into Harbor City International School. To request an application, phone the school at 722-7574 x311. Alternatively, visit the school at 332 West Michigan Street in the Duluth Plumbing Supply Building to pick up an application. Take the elevator to the 3rd floor during regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The enrollment form is also available for download from our website, www.harborcityschool.org.

Preference in the acceptance to Harbor City International School is given to families with siblings at our school and teachers’ children. March 1 is our deadline to fill open spaces in classes. After March 1, applications for classes with openings will be accepted by date of the application until the class is full.

If the number of applicants exceeds the number of openings before March 1, then siblings of families attending Harbor City International School and the children of teachers at Harbor City International School will be enrolled at our school and the remaining students will participate in a lottery process. The lottery will be held on March 1 or the first business day following March 1 if March 1 falls on a weekend or a holiday.

Following their admission to Harbor City International School, students are encouraged to experience Harbor City by completing an orientation visit. During the orientation visit, students spend a half-day at school attending classes and observing the daily activities of the school. Students are asked also to complete several questions about their observations of our school. Parents are invited for a pre or post- visit meeting.

Students who are admitted to Harbor City but are not present at the new student orientation in August, without advance notification of the enrollment coordinator at 218-722-7574 x225, will be placed on the waiting list at the end of the roster. Students who do not attend the first day of school without proper parental notification of the attendance office as described in the student handbook, will be designated as a “no-show” and their application will be placed on the waiting list at end of the roster.