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Registering for STEP courses

Anoka-Hennepin student

Follow these steps:

All registration is done through the high school registration process beginning in December.

Please see your high school counselor for more information or contact STEP school counselor at 763-433-4031 or via e-mail at alyssa.zemple@ahschools.us.

Read through the STEP Registration Guide.

Out-of-district student: public school

Students will attend STEP full-time and will receive a high school diploma from the Anoka-Hennepin School District at the end of their high school career:

Fill out an open enrollment form

Fill out a new student information form

Send both forms to: STEP, Attention: DMS, 1353 West Highway 10, Anoka, MN 55303.

Contact STEP school counselor, Alyssa Zemple, at 763-433-4031 or via email at alyssa.zemple@ahschools.us to enroll in STEP courses.

Out-of-district student: private school and home school

Follow these steps:

Contact your current high school counselor and let them know you are interested in attending STEP.

Your high school counselor and the STEP counselor will collaborate to make sure that the credits you earn at STEP will meet your high school graduation requirements.

Fill out a new student information form

Send form to: STEP, Attention: DMS, 1353 West Highway 10, Anoka, MN 55303.

Contact STEP school counselor, Alyssa Zemple, at 763-433-4031 or via email at alyssa.zemple@ahschools.us to enroll in STEP courses.

In-district transfer explained
An in-district transfer is for a student who resides in the Anoka-Hennepin School District and wants to transfer to a different Anoka-Hennepin school from their regularly assigned school. For example, if a Blaine High School student wants to attend Coon Rapids High School, the parent or guardian must request an in-district transfer.
- Families that apply for an in-district transfer application by the January 15 deadline for the first round priority lottery will receive confirmation of enrollment by February 15 for the next school year.
- If your student does not receive confirmation of enrollment in the first round of the lottery, two additional lottery processes will be held in mid-April and mid-June for the next school year.
- The application form is only available during the three lottery rounds.
The in-district transfer process is closed after the third and final lottery round and additional applications will not be accepted.
Open enrollment explained

Families that submit an open enrollment application by the January 15 deadline for the first round priority lottery will receive communication regarding the status of their student’s application by February 15 for the next school year.

Most Anoka-Hennepin schools are available to students from outside the district through Minnesota's open enrollment program. The application period is Dec. 1 through Jan. 15 each year, but Anoka-Hennepin accepts open enrollment applications year round. The district will continue to accept applications after the deadline and review them within 90 days per state statute. Students applying for the current school year may be enrolled once their application has been reviewed based on space availability.

Open enrollment approval guarantees a space in the Anoka-Hennepin School District through graduation. Open enrollment is a commitment to another school district, not necessarily the choice of school in that district. If space is not available in the chosen school, the district will offer another school within the district. For example, a student who lives in the Osseo School District could request open enrollment to attend Jackson Middle School in the Anoka-Hennepin School District. If Jackson Middle School is full, the district will offer the option to open enroll at another Anoka-Hennepin middle school.
Specialty/magnet schools explained
Anoka-Hennepin has 13 specialty/magnet schools and programs. Each specialty/magnet school offers the same core curriculum as other district schools, but with a unique emphasis, including: the arts, science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM/STEAM); International Baccalaureate (IB); and world studies.

Elementary schools:
Middle schools:
- Anoka Middle School for the Arts.
- Jackson Middle School - A Specialty School for Math and Science.
High schools:
Northwest Suburban Integration School District (NWSISD)

The district is also part of NWSISD, a collaborative of seven area school districts in the northwest metro providing schools and communities with a variety of programs and services to promote racial equity and cultural awareness. The seven member districts of NWSISD are: Anoka-Hennepin Schools, Brooklyn Center Schools, Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose Schools, Elk River Area School District, Fridley Public Schools, Osseo Area Schools and Rockford Area Schools.

These schools are part of Anoka-Hennepin the NWSISD consortium:
NWSISD schools are public schools of choice, offering comprehensive, rigorous, thematic curriculum intended to attract students from a wide range of racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Students who live outside a specialty/magnet school’s attendance zone can apply for an opportunity to enroll in the specialty/magnet school or program. Entrance into NWSISD specialty/magnet schools and programs is application-based and open to all students who live within the seven-member district boundaries.

Space at NWSISD specialty/magnet elementary and middle schools is reserved first for students who live in the school's attendance area, then all in-district students and NWSISD consortium students are placed in a lottery. Transportation for students outside Anoka-Hennepin is provided by the NWSISD.

Application to enroll in these schools is handled by NWSISD. The priority application period runs mid-October through the end of December, with lotteries taking place the beginning of January. Students who apply during this period have the greatest chance of being placed in a specialty/magnet school. NWSISD will maintain a waiting pool of students that apply but are not assigned to a NWSISD specialty/magnet school. Students that apply during the priority application period will be notified of the results of the lottery by mid-January.

To learn more about NWSISD, its application timeline and to apply via online application, please visit: nws.k12.mn.us. You may also contact them at 763-450-1303 with any questions about the form or application process.

Specialty schools

These school programs are part of Anoka-Hennepin and open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer:
These are open to Anoka-Hennepin students via in-district transfer and to students from other districts through the state's open enrollment process on a space available basis. In-district transfer and open enrollment forms are due by Jan. 15. These schools are not part of the NWSISD, therefore transportation needs to be provided by families.

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