LANGUAGE IMMERSION ENROLLMENT

PLAN AHEAD FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR

Spanish and Mandarin Chinese Immersion programs begin in kindergarten, and the enrollment process starts earlier than many families expect. If you’re interested in enrolling your child, planning ahead is essential.

Due to the popularity of our immersion programs, we encourage families to explore their options early, attend informational events, and complete the enrollment process as soon as enrollment opens.

IMPORTANT DATES TO KNOW

SIBLING ENROLLMENT

November 24, 2026 - January 5, 2027

NEW FAMILY LOTTERY SUBMISSION

January 5 - February 9, 2027

LOTTERY

February 12, 2027

LETTERS SENT TO FAMILIES

February 18, 2027

ELEMENTARY TOUR REGISTRATION

SPANISH IMMERSION
MANDARIN CHINESE IMMERSION
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SPANISH IMMERSION TOURS AT ADA VISTA

Register for a tour! Complete the online form to let us know you’re coming!

  • December 10, 2026,  9:30-10:30 a.m.
  • January 12, 2027, 1-2 p.m.
  • January 20, 2027, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
  • January 28, 2027, 9:30-10:30 a.m
REGISTER NOW ABOUT ADA VISTA
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MANDARIN CHINESE IMMERSION TOURS AT MEADOW BROOK

Register for a tour! Complete the online form to let us know you’re coming!

  • December 10, 2026,  1-2 p.m.
  • January 12, 2027, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
  • January 20, 2027, 1-2 p.m.
  • January 28, 2027, 1-2 p.m.
REGISTER NOW ABOUT MEADOW BROOK

ENROLLMENT PROCESS

THROUGH SIBLINGS
IN-DISTRICT LOTTERY

THROUGH SIBLINGS

Families who currently have enrolled immersion students or have immersion alumni siblings are eligible for the sibling registration. Sibling registration begins on November 24, 2026, and ends January 5, 2027, at 12:00 p.m. (noon). To register this way, families must bring the following to Ada Vista or Meadow Brook Elementary:

  1. The completed Language Immersion Kindergarten Program Intent to Enroll Form
  2. Copy of a student’s birth certificate
FILL OUT THE LANGUAGE IMMERSION INTENT TO ENROLL FORM

IN-DISTRICT LOTTERY

New student lottery submission begins January 5, 2027, and ends on February 9, 2027. Interested FHPS resident families must bring the following information to Ada Vista or Meadow Brook Elementary:

  1. The completed Language Immersion Kindergarten Program Intent to Enroll Form
  2. Copy of a student’s birth certificate
FILL OUT THE LANGUAGE IMMERSION INTENT TO ENROLL FORM

 
The computer-generated, random lottery will be conducted at the FHPS administration office on February 12, 2027. Acceptance and waitlist informational letters will be sent to families on February 18, 2027.

If the pre-enrollment form is not submitted by the deadline, late submissions will be added to the end of the waiting list.

IN-DISTRICT LOTTERY PROCESS

Once the lottery has taken place, a letter will be sent out to all applicants to notify them of their acceptance or placement on the waitlist.

Those who receive notification that they are on the waitlist will be informed in the letter of their place on the waitlist. In order to remain on the waitlist, the student must remain a resident in the FHPS attendance area.

If on the waitlists for both programs, students may remain there until they receive an invitation to join either program.  Once a student has accepted an invitation to join one of the two programs, they will be immediately and permanently removed from the other program’s waitlist.

At the end of the school year, families who are left on the kindergarten waitlist will be asked if they wish to be considered for the first-grade waitlist.  They will be added to the first-grade waitlist in the same relative order in which they were on the kindergarten waitlist.  The waitlist will be dissolved at the culmination of the first semester of first grade.

FHPS resident students who are able to pass a target language performance/proficiency assessment may remain on a waiting list past the end of the first semester of first grade.

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wall covered with student projects from spanish immersion class
young students showing what they wrote on their whiteboards in mandarin immersion class
young students stacking heavy books on a paper structure they designed
students performing in a gym for mandarin immersion class