Admission to PSI

PSI Lottery deadline is on Feb. at 4pm.

No, entry into PSI is conducted at Kindergarten grade level via computer-randomized lottery process following the Park Spanish Immersion Admissions Policy 545.

Yes, a certain number of Kindergarten seats will be held open for students who apply for open enrollment.

All prospective kindergarten students must submit the following forms and documents at the time of enrollment:

• 2023-24 Open Enrollment Application
• New Student Enrollment 2023-24
• PSI Lottery Request Form (please submit before February 14, 2023 deadline)
• Application for Educational Benefits
• Birth Certificate
• Immunization Records
• Early Childhood Screening 
• Proof of Address (Parent/Guardian utility bill)

Yes, from the remaining seats, the administration will admit siblings of resident students currently enrolled, if the sibling has applied by [T.B.D.]1 . If there are more siblings than seats available, the administration will conduct a computer-generated lottery to determine which siblings will be admitted. Any siblings not admitted under the computer generated lottery process will be wait-listed.

Parents will receive communication about the lottery result via email during the month of March.

Your student will receive a waitlist number.  The computer-generated waitlist of students from (St. Louis Park residents) will be given priority over the computer-generated waitlist. Seats that become open during the applicant’s kindergarten or first grade year will be filled from the waitlist in the order the names appear on that wait list, with priority given to those who reside in St. Louis Park, subject to the requirements of the lateral admissions paragraph. 

The wait list will be maintained only until the end of the applicant’s first grade year. 

Parent will have to complete a PSI Request for Transfer Enrollment (Contact Enrollment Center to obtain a form)

No.  Entry into PSI is conducted at Kindergarten grade level only. If applying for other grades, parents will have to complete a PSI Request for Transfer Enrollment form. 

All students applying for PSI will be required to enter for the upcoming school year via computer-randomized lottery process following the Park Spanish Immersion Admissions Policy 545.

St. Louis Park resident students who are attending PSI before the family moves out of the district boundaries may remain at the school. 

• Students who are open-enrolled and are attending PSI may remain at the school if their family moves to another school district. 
• Incoming St. Louis Park resident kindergarten students who have attended school before their family moves out of the district may remain at the school.
• Incoming kindergarten students enrolled through the Choice is Yours Program who have attended school before their family moves out of Minneapolis may remain at the school.