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Now Enrolling K-2!

Applications are now being accepted for the 2025-2026 school year. An application may be completed for all students entering Kindergarten through 2nd grade.

Our Open Enrollment period is from October 7 through March 21, 2025! If more applications are received than seats available, a public lottery will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Families will be notified of admission status within two (2) weeks of the lottery.

Apply Online, by fax or e-mail

Download and complete one application per student. If you mailed your application, we recommend that you call our Enrollment Department a week after mailing to confirm its receipt. If you faxed your application, please call 15 minutes after it was faxed to confirm its receipt.

Questions? Please contact the office 773-429-8955.

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Applications | CICS Loomis (K–2)

Click here to Apply Online
Paper Application: English & Spanish
Early Admission Kindergarten Application: English & Spanish
Transfer Application (current CICS students): English & Spanish

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Mail, Fax, Email Applications:

Mail to: Chicago International Charter School 11 E. Adams St., Suite 600 Chicago, IL 60603

Fax: (312) 651-5001

Email: apply@chicagointl.org

Enrollment Questions: cicsenrollment@chicagointl.org

Download and complete one application (elementary or high school) per student. If you mailed your application, we recommend that you call our Enrollment Department a week after mailing to confirm its receipt. If you faxed your application, please call 15 minutes after it was faxed to confirm its receipt.

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Enrollment Facts

  • Chicago International Charter School is open to all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability status

  • No entrance exams

  • No tuition required

  • CICS Enrollment & Lottery Policy

Entrance Requirements

  • Submit a completed CICS application before the deadline to be entered into the lottery.

  • Submit a completed CICS application after the deadline to be put on the waiting list.

  • Reside in Chicago.

  • Kindergarten: Age five (5) by September 1, 2025.

Click here for more information, or call 312-651-5000. Chicago International Charter School is open to all students, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, or disability status

Early Admissions Kindergarten Requirements

The deadline to submit for Early Admission Kindergarten application is October 1, 2023. More information can be found in this overview document (or here in Spanish).