Lottery selection announcements are held virtually Thursday, February 23 at 6pm via Zoom. Click here for access.
We are currently accepting Pre-Enrollment Lottery applications for the 2023-2024 School Year
Children must be 5 years old on September 1, 2023 to enroll in Kindergarten for the 2023-2024 school year, and all Creative City students must be Baltimore City residents.
ONLINE APPLICATIONS ARE PREFERRED FOR ACCURACY AND EFFICIENCY, BUT ARE NOT REQUIRED. You can complete our online pre-enrollment lottery application using the Lotterease system, or you may also visit our school at 2810 Shirley Avenue, 21215 to pick up a hard-copy pre enrollment application form in person. We must get one application per child. Applications submitted after February 15th, 2023 will be placed on our waiting list in the order in which it is received. Lottery Acceptance and Registration for Enrollment Creative City conducts an auto- generated lottery to ensure fair and equal access for all applicants.
Applicants who apply prior to the February 15th deadline will receive an auto generated notices of acceptance or waitlist placement on February 23rd 2023 at 6:00pm.
Applicants who apply after the deadline may receive acceptance or waitlist placement on a rolling basis. If accepted, instructions will be sent via email to complete registration for enrollment.
Mid Year Enrollment Mid year enrollments are done on a case by case basis provided if seats are still available in applying grade. All other qualifications still apply. Please contact Kendra Nelsonwith any questions about this process, or to find out your child’s application status, call 443-642-3612 or email kendra@creativecityschool.org
Required Registration Documents are as follows Parent/ Guardian Photo ID Child's Birth Certificate Two Proofs of address Health and Immunization Records
Do you live in Park Heights? You may be eligible for geographic preference in our annual student lottery. Starting in the lottery for 2016-17, Creative City has been approved by the school district to offer a geographic preference for students residing in the following neighborhoods, and as outlined in the map below:
Towanda-Grantley
Lucille Park
Central Park Heights
Greenspring
Park Circle
The western boundary is the Metro track, corresponding with (but not extending to include) the 3100 through 5100 blocks of Wabash Avenue. The northern boundary is the 4100 through the 5100 blocks of Belvedere Avenue. The eastern boundary is the 4400 to 5100 blocks of Pimlico Avenue, extending across the 2500 and 2400 blocks of W. Cold Spring Lane, and continue south through the 3500 to 4200 blocks of Greenspring Avenue. The southern boundary of this zone is 2300 to 2800 blocks of Druid Park Drive. The southern most point of this zone is Henry G. Parks Jr. Circle.
Twenty percent (20%) of available lottery seats will be set aside for students who are verified as living in this zone. If there are more applicants from this zone than available set-aside seats, eligible Park Heights residents will be randomly selected for the seats that are set aside, and all remaining eligible Park Heights applicants will be participants in our general student lottery.
If you have questions or need more information, please contact Kendra Nelson at 443-642-3612 or kendra@creativecityschool.org