9TH GRADE ENROLLMENT

Enrollment for incoming Freshmen begins with Erskine Academy's "open house" for interested students and families in the spring of a student's 8 th grade year. Notice of the meeting is sent to all the surrounding sending schools, and then forwarded to the 8 th grade student's home. During that evening session the process of registration is reviewed and specific questions are answered. Students and families interested in Erskine Academy are encouraged to attend.

For those families unable to attend Erskine Academy's "open house", registration information can be received through the guidance office at 445-2964. Information should be gathered in the spring of a student's 8 th grade year and registration should occur before summer recess.
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STUDENT TRANSFER

Students seeking to attend Erskine Academy who have previously been attending another high school should contact Erskine Academy's guidance office (445-2964). A student transfer into Erskine Academy requires consultation between the administration of Erskine Academy and the school previously attended by the student. A signed release form allowing Erskine Academy administration to acquire information from the previous school will be needed. This form can be obtained through the guidance office. Further detailed explanation of the transfer process can be received by calling the Erskine Academy guidance office (445-2964).
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HOME SCHOOLING -PARTICIPATION IN ERSKINE ACADEMY

Erskine Academy serves the public interest by making available its academic and extra-curricular resources only to students enrolled on a full-time student basis in its regular programs. A full-time student maintains regular and orderly school attendance and an academic schedule of no fewer than six classes per trimester.

I. ADMISSION TO THE REGULAR PROGRAM/PLACEMENT

A student who has received home-school instruction as approved under rules established by the Commissioner of Education is eligible for full-time admission to the regular school program. Former home-schoolers will be placed in a grade commensurate with the level of the student's academic achievement as indicated by the issuance of academic credits. Placement shall be determined as follows:

•  Transitioning from grade 8 to grade 9- As academic credits are not applicable at the elementary level, students must provide documentation of the completion of eighth grade or its equivalent.

•  Matriculating from home school to regular school- Students seeking credit for secondary level, home-school studies provided by an accredited equivalent instruction program must provide a transcript, which documents grades and the issuance of academic credit.

Students requesting credit for equivalent instruction experiences other than those provided by an accredited program are subject to locally administered testing, an analysis of a portfolio of coursework (e.g., homework, journals, time logs, exams, etc.), records of study as verified by appropriate credentialed providers or overseers of the equivalent instruction or a combination thereof in order to determine that requisite academic standards have been met.

•  Grade Point Average/Final Class Standing- Academic credits assigned to equivalent instruction experiences are not assessed "weight" for grade point average or final class standing calculation; therefore, only home-schoolers who terminated the home school program prior to entering grade 9 are eligible for top-ten distinction.

II . RE-ADMISSION TO THE SCHOOL PROGRAM

Formerly home-schooled students who matriculate into the regular school program and then transfer out to reestablish home schooling will not be permitted to re-enroll.
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EXCHANGE STUDENT POLICY

Erskine Academy understands the cultural enrichment benefits of having foreign exchange students as part of the school enrollment. The school has a chapter of the American Field Service Program (AFS), which allows for exchange students to attend Erskine Academy. It also gives Erskine Academy students the opportunity to attend school in domestic programs and in foreign programs. Program proposals from organizations other than AFS will be considered on a case by case basis by the administration.

Erskine Academy will accept international exchange students tuition-free from School Unions 52, 132 and 133 on a yearly basis for a total of one student per school union. If in any given year a union does not have a visiting exchange student with interest in attending Erskine Academy, a second student from one of the other unions may be enrolled also tuition free. Should an exchange student be counted on the State Enrollment Report for the school union, however, Erskine would require the community of residence to cover the cost of tuition.

To be awarded a diploma, international students must qualify as defined by the policy, Senior Graduation Ceremonies , page 11. Additionally, the student and sponsoring exchange program must make this intention known at the time of admission and provide evidence that the native country considers this year of attendance as the completion of secondary school study. Exchange students who are members of the senior class may march in senior graduation ceremonies.
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309 Windsor Road
South China, ME 04358
(207) 445 - 2962