Application

Admissions
Registration Requirements

Application Materials

Admissions

Any resident of Michigan is eligible to attend Arts Academy in the Woods tuition free. On the application form, you are asked to prioritize your interests in the Arts Areas and select as many of the five areas as you wish. You will be placed according to your preferences, as space is available. After acceptance and registration, an audition is required for placement into the arts classes, and placement tests will be given for the academic areas.

Each of the Arts Areas will be assigned a maximum number of students that may be enrolled in that discipline. As soon as the maximum number for any discipline has been reached, that area is closed and no further students will be accepted in that area.

There is a series of deadlines for accepting students. When a deadline is reached, and an Arts Area is not filled, students will be accepted into that area of the Academy. If an Arts Area has more applicants than spaces available at the registration deadline, students will be selected by lottery in that area. After that deadline, only the remaining slots will be considered for future students until the next deadline. Students will continue to be accepted after each deadline only for the available spaces.

Registration Requirements

Step One: Student Registration

Parents and students interested in Arts Academy in the Woods (AAW) for possible enrollment must complete the student registration form and receive an audition requirements packet. The student registration form includes two student/parent information pages, a student essay, student/parent agreement page, two letters of reference, records request, media request, and a statement of varicella. Along with the registration form, AAW requires a copy of the student’s birth certificate, immunization record, and transcript (incoming 10th – 12th graders) or 7th grade final report card and 8th grade current report card (incoming 9th graders). The student registration form and audition requirements packet are available in the main office or on our website, www.artsacademy-woods.org. If retrieving the forms online, please remember to download all required materials. Only students that have a completed registration file will be able to proceed to the next step. Completed registration forms and other paperwork may be turned in to the main office by person, mail, or fax. If faxing, all materials must be readable in order to proceed to the next step.

Step Two: Arts Pre-audition(s) and Placement Test

Once students have a completed registration file in the main office they will receive a date and time for the arts pre-audition and placement test. The arts pre-audition is a meeting between the prospective art teacher(s) and prospective students. The art teacher(s) will explain his/her expectations for the audition and the class. The placement test consists of testing in science, math, and English (10th – 12th graders will only take the English portion). This test will be used to place the student in the correct level of classes. Only when this step is completed will the student be able to proceed to the next step.

Step Three: Arts Audition(s) and Scheduling

Once a student has attended an arts pre-audition and taken the placement test they will receive a date and time for the arts audition and scheduling appointment. Students unprepared for the audition will be rescheduled. The auditions will be used to place the student in the correct level of class.

2008-2009 Fall Registration Dates

Arts pre-audition and placement test dates for 2008 Fall enrollment:
August 19, August 28, and September 8
Arts audition and scheduling appointment dates for 2008 Fall enrollment:
August 26, September 4, and September 15

Full Enrollment Procedure

In the case where AAW enrollment has reached capacity a wait list will be created. Students who are not able to enroll in AAW because it is full will be wait listed for the beginning of the next semester’s enrollment. The student will be assigned a number in order of his/her application completion and submission (Step One).

Application Materials

You can download the required application forms here:

If you are having trouble downloading any of these forms, please email the webmaster and we'll email the file as an attachment. You can also arrange a time to pick them up by calling (586) 294-0391. Return the completed registration form to:

Arts Academy in the Woods
Admissions
32101 Caroline Street
Fraser, MI 48026