Student Registration

Registration For 2024-2025 Academic Year Is Underway

• New Students: January 26 - February 12, 2024. If we have more students applying for a grade than we have space for, then we will hold a lottery for that grade level on February 13.  Accepted applicants will be notified by email by February 16 and will be sent a link to complete the registration process.  If the Registration forms are not received within 7 days, the spot will be given to the next student on the waiting list.

Dear Families,

Welcome to Cedars International Academy!  We are glad you have joined us and look forward to another great year together.

Registration for current Cedars families is from January 17-25. Registration packets will be emailed to the primary guardian’s email address for returning students on January 17th. These emails often go to the Spam folder so please check your Spam folder if you do not see the email on Friday.  Below is what the subject line states and who it is from will be on the emails.

Email Subject: Cedars International Academy Registration Package 2024-2025 for {Student Name} 

Email From: Cedars International Academy [email protected]

Current students are exempted from the lottery if their returning registration forms are received by February 12th.  If the registration forms are received after February 12th, the student will go on the waiting list if no space is available.

Open registration for the general public is from January 26-February 12. Admission Applications for siblings and new students will be available online beginning January 26th at www.cedars-academy.org/apps/pages/apply. Siblings are exempt from the lottery if the Admission Application is received by February 12th (space permitting). Please send an email to [email protected] to inform us of the sibling names.

Thank you,

Cedars International Academy Registration Department

Lottery Process, Mandatory Parent Event, Supply Fee

If classes are NOT full on February 12th:

• A lottery will NOT be required
• All new applicants are accepted (pending review of discipline record). 
• Parents will be emailed between February 12-16 to inform them they have a spot along with the Registration Packet link.

If there are more applicants than space available on February 12th:

• A lottery will be held on February 13th 
• Drawn applicants are accepted (pending review of discipline record). 
• Parents will be emailed starting on February 13th to inform them they have a spot along with the Registration Packet link.
• Any child not drawn during the lottery will be placed on a waiting list according to selection.

The registration packets must be completed and received within 1 week of notification that the child was selected to reserve the student’s spot. 

If the Admission Application is received after the lottery, your child(ren) 's name(s) will be placed on a waiting list in the order received after those students are not accepted in the lottery. Placement will be made in order of the waiting list.

Mandatory Parent Meeting

You will receive an email by July telling you of our upcoming mandatory parent events. We go over Federal funds and handbooks and share much information. Be sure to attend one of the mandatory meetings.

Supply Fees

Before school starts, you have the option of purchasing your own supplies for your child(ren) or paying a $40 supply fee for each student to the school by May 29th. Supply fees may be paid through the Cedars School Store on the Cedars’ website.  The current Supply lists will be posted on Cedars’ website Parent Portal by August.

We are looking forward to an exciting school year!

Cedars International Academy Schools is a Project-Based Learning, tuition-free, public charter school district for students of all ability levels, including accelerated academic programs to match student readiness.  Opening in 2001, Cedars International Academy Schools now serves over 500 students in Pre-K4 - 12th Grade.

To learn more about Cedars International Academy Schools, visit our About section.

Sign-up here for one of our upcoming Virtual or In-Person Tour and Information Sessions.

Cedars International Academy Schools uses a lottery-based registration system. Every student has an equal opportunity to enroll by filling out an admission application. The new student admission application opens in January for the following school year.

The lottery is performed by randomly assigning a number to each application submitted by the lottery deadline.  Applications are drawn for the number of openings at each grade level.  Our lottery results will be shared with families by February 16. Please note that applications submitted AFTER the lottery date are added to the end of the waitlist.

Our student application requires a home address located in one of the following school districts in order for the application to be eligible for our annual lottery: 

• Austin ISD
• Eanes ISD
• Georgetown ISD
• Lake Travis ISD
• Leander ISD
• Manor ISD
• Pflugerville ISD
• Round Rock ISD
• Bastrop ISD
• Coupland ISD
• Del Valle ISD
• Elgin ISD
• Hays Consolidated ISD
• Hutto ISD
• Lockhart ISD
• McDade ISD
• San Marcos ISD
• Taylor ISD
• Belton ISD
• Burnet CISD
• Comfort ISD
• Dripping Springs ISD
• Jarrell ISD
• Lago Vista ISD
• Liberty Hill ISD and
• Smithville ISD.

The children of Cedars International Academy Schools staff and board members or the siblings of current Cedars students are given priority registration and are exempted from the lottery. For example, if a student has a brother or sister at either one of the Cedars campuses or if a student is the child of a staff member or of a Cedars Board Member and would like to be admitted to Cedars they will receive priority over a new student. 

Cedars International Academy Schools has two campuses.  Cedars International Academy serves Pre-K4 - 8th Grades in North Austin at 8416 N. IH 35, Austin, TX 78753 (at the corner of Barwood Park and IH 35).  Cedars International Next Generation High School serves 9th - 12th Grades in North Austin at 6700 Middle Fiskville Rd, #102, Austin, TX 78752 (across from ACC Highland Campus).   Our Pre-Kindergarten program is a federally funded program for four-year-olds who meet eligibility requirements. You can read more about our Pre-K4 qualifications below.

Eligibility for Pre-Kindergarten 

To be eligible for enrollment in a free Pre-Kindergarten class, a child must be at least four years of age on or before September 1 of the current school year and meet at least one of the following eligibility requirements:

• unable to speak and comprehend the English language
• is educationally disadvantaged (eligible to participate in the National School Lunch Program... guidelines about NSLP eligibility can be found at the Texas Department of Agriculture’s Income Eligibility Guidelines. Once you select the appropriate school year, click on the Print Version link on the left of the page.
• is homeless, as defined by 42 USC, §11434a, regardless of the residence of the child, of either parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person having lawful control of the child, including children and youths who are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason
• is the child of an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active duty by proper authority
• is the child of a member of the armed forces of the United States, including the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while serving on active duty
• is or has ever been in the conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (foster care) following an adversary hearing held as provided by Family Code §262.201
• is the child of a person eligible for the Star of Texas Award as: 
• a peace officer under Texas Government Code §3106.002, 
• a firefighter under Texas Government Code §3106.003 
• an emergency medical first responder under Texas Government Code §3106.004

Project Supply Fee and School Supplies

Cedars International Academy Schools offers a hassle-free option for parents to pay a $40 Project Supply Fee each school year.  When choosing this option, Cedars purchases all supplies needed to complete projects throughout the school year.  

If selecting this option, parents of Returning students should pay the Project Supply fee here before May 25th of the prior school year.  Parents of Returning students with New siblings joining Cedars may pay the Project Supply fee for the new siblings by adding the fee twice to the currently enrolled student.  Parents of New Students that wish to pay the Project Supply fee will be able to do this during the first week of school in August.

Parents also have the option of purchasing their own supplies for their child(ren).  The Project Supply List for Pre-K4 - 8th Grades can be found here.  H.S. Project Supply lists are provided to the students throughout the school year for each project.

Campus Tours And Information Sessions

We are excited to meet you and invite you to learn more about Cedars International Academy Schools by attending one of our In-Person or Virtual Information Sessions.  Each session includes an opportunity to ask questions and we try to accommodate all requests to meet and speak with grade-level teachers.

To sign up for one of our upcoming In-Person Information sessions for our Pre-K4 - 8th Grade Campus, please Click here.  To contact a Pre-K4 - 8th Grade Campus Registrar, please Click here.

Upon signing up for an Information Session, you will receive an email with a confirmation of the date and time of your session.  We look forward to meeting you soon!

To schedule an information session with the High School Campus, please Click here to submit your request.

Ready to apply to Cedars International Academy Schools, please go here to submit an Admission Application for your student!