For Bronx schools, apply to grades K-8 before the April 1, 2024 deadline. If you are interested in enrolling after the deadline, we do accept rolling admissions if space is available.
For Brilla Paterson, apply to grades K, 1, 2,5, and 6 before the March 14, 2024 deadline. The application asks basic questions about the student you would like to enroll. You can apply online from here.
Announcements will be made after the April 2, 2024, Bronx lottery and the March 15, 2024 Paterson lottery. Students from the waitlist will be granted space as it becomes available. If there is no waitlist for a specific campus, seats will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis (open enrollment.)
If your child is awarded a seat, confirm that they will be attending and complete their registration or let the school know if you will decline the offer.
We’ll send more information to your inbox with a link to the application and follow-up to answer any of your questions.
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Yes! You can apply here for Bronx locations and here for Paterson, NJ. The online application form asks questions about the student/s you would like to enroll. Just submit your form, and we will be in touch with you to go over the next steps.
Bronx Kindergarten cutoff dates
01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019
Paterson Kindergarten cutoff dates
01/01/2019 to 10/01/2019
Yes! The student lottery for the Bronx schools will be held on April 2, 2024. Applications must be submitted by April 1, 2024. Lottery results are announced the next day. If student applications exceed the number of seats available, they are put on a waitlist by the date of application. As families accept or decline their lottery offers, waitlist students are notified of availability. If there is no waitlist for a specific campus, we have open enrollment. For our Paterson campus, applications for the 24-25 SY will be accepted starting October 1, 2023. The application deadline is TBD. The lottery for the 2024 academic year will be held and the results announced TBD.
Anyone can apply. Priority is given to students living within the neighborhood boundaries.
Enrollment preference is given to siblings of current Brilla students. Children of Brilla employees at our Bronx schools also receive enrollment preference.
For Bronx Brilla Schools -
October 1 - applications open
April 1 - applications close
April 2 - student lottery held & results announced
For our campus in Paterson -
October 1 - applications open
TBD - application deadline
TBD - student lottery held and results announced
Brilla Public Charter Schools, K-8 Schools in the classical tradition, help students to grow intellectually, socially, and physically into young men and women of good character and spirit, and to be prepared for excellence in high school, college and beyond.
Seeking to educate students to lead lives of excellence, virtue, and purpose, we leverage the best instructional practices of model charter schools and combine them with a robust character education program centered around our core virtues of courage, justice, wisdom, and self-control.
We seek to educate students to lead lives of excellence, virtue, and purpose. We do this by leveraging the best instructional practices of model charter schools – a longer school day and year, utilizing technology-based, blended learning to deliver individualized instruction, intensively supporting and coaching teachers—and combining this with a robust character education program centered around our core virtues of courage, justice, wisdom, and self-control.
Brilla Public Charter Schools
The Bronx
441 East 148th St., Bronx, NY 10454
Phone: 929-422-0128 Email: apply@brillaschools.org
Paterson
24 De Grasse St., Paterson, NJ 07505
Phone: 347-523-8905 Email: apply@brillapaterson.org
Brilla Public Charter Schools
The Bronx
441 East 148th St., Bronx, NY 10454
Phone: 929-422-0128 Email: apply@brillaschools.org
Paterson
24 De Grasse St., Paterson, NJ 07505
Phone: 347-523-8905 Email: apply@brillapaterson.org
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