Enrollment

If you applied for SY25 and your student did not get a slot, you need to submit a SY26 lottery application form by the deadline to be considered for entry in Fall 2025. Old lottery applications are not kept year-to-year.

Lottery information is kept confidential.

Online Lotteries Apply Below

As a tuition-free public charter school, PVCICS is open to all students residing in Massachusetts. Entrance is by lottery. To enter the lottery, parents submit an Lottery Application Form available below. The lottery establishes the order in which students will be accepted into the school. Siblings of currently enrolled students will be given priority over other students in the lottery ranking. Additionally, students from within PVCICS's region of service, as defined in our charter, will be given priority over students outside the region.

Students entering Kindergarten must be 5 years old by September 1st of the year of entry. Entering students must have successfully completed the previous grade in the previous year. For example, students entering 9th grade must have successfully completed 8th grade in the previous year.

Principal entry points are Kindergarten, 6th and 9th grades.

Region of Service

PVCICS can accept applications and enroll Massachusetts resident students from anywhere in the state. However, if there are more applicants than available slots, students residing in the region of service defined in our charter receive enrollment preference.

PVCICS's defined region of service is:

Agawam, Amherst, Amherst-Pelham (Amherst, Leverett, Pelham, Shutesbury), Belchertown, Chesterfield-Goshen (Chesterfield, Goshen), Chicopee, Conway, Deerfield, East Longmeadow, Easthampton, Frontier (Conway, Deerfield, Sunderland, Whately), Gill-Montague (Gill, Montague), Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hampden-Wilbraham (Hampden, Wilbraham), Hampshire (Chesterfield, Goshen, Southampton, Westhampton, Williamsburg), Hatfield, Hawlemont, Holyoke, Leverett, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Mohawk Trail (Ashfield, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Hawley, Heath, Plainfield, Shelburne), Northampton, Pelham, Pioneer Valley (Bernardston, Leyden, Northfield, Warwick), Shutesbury, South Hadley, Southampton, Southwick-Tolland-Granville (Southwick, Tolland, Granville), Springfield, Sunderland, West Springfield, Westfield, Westhampton, Whately, Williamsburg. 

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Please click on the button below to fill out a SY26 Lottery Application Form for entry in Fall 2025.

Information Sessions

Upcoming information sessions dates click here

*Attendance at in information session is NOT required to apply

PVCICS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language, or academic achievement.

Lottery Updates for 2025-2026 School Year

First Lottery for K, 6th and 9th grade entry in fall 2025 will be conducted on March 5, 2025 at 12:00 Noon. Applications must be submitted no later than 4:00 PM on March 3, 2025.