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Lottery Application
Lottery application for the 2023-24 school year
Complete the SAMS 2023 - 2024 Lottery Application online
The lottery application and how the lottery system works.
The SAMS Academy is a Charter School for students who choose to enroll. The following procedures are necessary, as enrollment interest often exceeds the enrollment capacity of the school. Students are admitted through a lottery system.
- Parents wishing to enroll their student(s) must submit an electronic Lottery Application.
- The annual lottery is drawn the first full week of March.
- Parents then have one week to accept or reject the offer.
- Once we have a full enrollment, a waiting list is created and students are selected when there are openings.
SAMS enrollment policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, gender identity, national origin, religion, or need for special education services.
As per New Mexico State statute the lottery will be governed by the following guidelines:
1. If a student is chosen in the school's lotteries and there is a sibling who is eligible to attend that same school, the sibling
will be given preference for the following school year.
2. Students selected to enroll in Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics and Science Academy will be able to re-enroll for the following school year provided the family has completed and returned a "Letter of Intent to Return" by the deadline and the student is in good standing at the school.
