Admission

  • Students are assigned to Highland Mill Montessori through the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Magnet/Student Assignment lottery.  Students must first enroll with the district by the appropriate deadlines and then submit the online lottery application.  Students must be age 4 on or before August 31st to be eligible for Pre-K.  Students must be age 5 on or before August 31st to be eligible for kindergarten.  Tuition is required for Pre-K students and scholarships are available.  Current immunizations are required for students to attend school.

Lottery Process

  • PreK - 1st Grade Enrollment in HMM is through the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Magnet Lottery Process ONLY.  The  handles the lottery process.

    If you have any lottery specific questions, please email schoolchoice@cms.k12.nc.us

     

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¾«¶«´«Ã½ Lottery Dates

  • The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ Lottery will run from November 18-January 3. 

    More information is available at

     

Open House Dates for the 2025-2026 Lottery Process

  • All dates will be in person in the Highland Mill Montessori Media Center.  

    This is our most updated Open House schedule (revised 11-6-24)

    November 25, 2024 9:45-11:00

    December 5, 2024 9:45-11:00

     

¾«¶«´«Ã½ Lottery Dates

Lottery Key Dates
  • step by step application instruction

Late Entry Process

    • Students in grades 2-6 may interview for vacant seats (if available) through the Late Entry Process.  Interviews will be scheduled only if there are vacant seats in that grade level.​
    • More information can be found here