How to Enroll

Yu Ying will open a new early learning campus in Fall 2024 to serve more than 300 PK3-K learners. The new location is walking distance (.2 miles) from our Taylor Street campus, which will continue to serve 1st-5th graders.

Our construction is under a tight timeline and tracking towards the end of August 2024. We are actively planning for contingency/swing space in the event of a delay. However if swing space is utilized, it would be for an older grade, and PK3-K students would remain at our Taylor Street campus.

If you have received a lottery match from My School DC for Yu Ying’s 2024-2025 School Year and have questions you can send them to enrollment@washingtonyuying.org.

Required Forms: May 1st, 2024 Deadline

• Complete the Yu Ying online registration form. You’ll get this in a separate email from PowerSchool – the system we use to manage student information. The PowerSchool message will include instructions on how to fill out the form.
• If you’re enrolling more than one student at Yu Ying, we’ll send you a separate registration email for each child.
• You will be asked to submit a copy of your child’s birth certificate.
• Submit the DC Residency Form and proof of DC residency documents. The form will be sent to you in an email from DocuSign. The DocuSign message will include instructions on how to complete the form online and attach the documents.

 

Additional Forms: July 1st Deadline
You’ll also need to submit additional forms before your child starts school at Yu Ying. The forms required include:

• The DC Universal Health Certificate
• The DC Oral Health Assessment Form
• A list of your child’s up-to-date immunizations – This is usually included with your child’s Universal Health Certificate.
• Medical Dietary Accommodations Form (Must be completed by Medical Practitioner), if applicable. This form should be completed by your student’s physician or Medical Professional to identify medical conditions or food allergies, and the food substitutions that can be made safely for those food allergies/medical conditions.
• Milk Substitution and Philosophical Dietary Accommodations Form, if applicable. This form should be completed by a parent or guardian. It should be filled out if your student requires a milk substitution related to lactose intolerance, or if your student requires a special meal related to religious/philosophical food preferences (e.g. vegetarian, no pork, no beef, etc.) This form is NOT intended to accommodate student taste preferences.
• Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), if applicable.
  Learning Support Coordinator: Marcus Travers, marcus.travers@washingtonyuying.org

Important note: The DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) requires all students to be current on their immunizations to attend school in person.

Questions?
Please contact the enrollment team, at enrollment@washingtonyuying.org.

Required Forms: May 17th Deadline

• Complete the Yu Ying online registration form. You’ll get this in a separate email from PowerSchool – the system we use to manage student information. The PowerSchool message will include instructions on how to fill out the form.
• If you’re enrolling more than one student at Yu Ying, we’ll send you a separate registration email for each child.
• Submit the DC Residency Form and proof of DC residency documents. The form will be sent to you in an email from DocuSign. The DocuSign message will include instructions on how to complete the form online and attach the documents.

 

Additional Forms: July 1st Deadline
You’ll also need to submit additional forms before your child starts school at Yu Ying. The forms required include:

• The DC Universal Health Certificate
• The DC Oral Health Assessment Form
• A list of your child’s up-to-date immunizations – This is usually included with your child’s Universal Health Certificate.
• Medical Dietary Accommodations Form (Must be completed by Medical Practitioner), if applicable. This form should be completed by your student’s physician or Medical Professional to identify medical conditions or food allergies, and the food substitutions that can be made safely for those food allergies/medical conditions.
• Milk Substitution and Philosophical Dietary Accommodations Form, if applicable. This form should be completed by a parent or guardian. It should be filled out if your student requires a milk substitution related to lactose intolerance, or if your student requires a special meal related to religious/philosophical food preferences (e.g. vegetarian, no pork, no beef, etc.) This form is NOT intended to accommodate student taste preferences.
• Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), if applicable.
  Learning Support Coordinator: Marcus Travers, marcus.travers@washingtonyuying.org

Important note: The DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) requires all students to be current on their immunizations to attend school in person.

Questions?
Please contact the enrollment team, at enrollment@washingtonyuying.org.

To enroll in Yu Ying, families must first apply through a lottery.  Yu Ying participates in My School DC common application and common lottery.  This means that Yu Ying accepts only those applications submitted through My School DC.

The My School DC common lottery is a single, random lottery that determines placement for new students at all participating schools. Student-school matches are based on a variety of factors, including the number of spaces at each school; sibling, and other preferences; and each student’s choices. Below is a helpful video explaining how My School DC selects students:

For more information about the common application and common lottery, please see My School DC FAQ.

Siblings of current Yu Ying and DCI students may receive enrollment preference to Yu Ying if those siblings meet the following criteria. The sibling:

• Is related by blood to either one parent or both parents of the current sibling; OR
• Is adopted by one or both parents of the current sibling; OR
• Is a step sibling (related through the marriage of current student and step sibling); AND
• Lives with the current student at least 50 percent of the time and the home they share is in Washington, D.C., and attend the same school for at least one year together.

Yu Ying is proud to be one of 11 DC public charter schools to offer equitable access preference. This means Yu Ying will set aside a certain number of seats for students who are considered at risk. These students have a better chance of being matched with Yu Ying if they pick the school as a top choice in the My School DC lottery. This is just like how a sibling preference works.

DC defines at-risk students as those who:

• Are experiencing homelessness.
• Are in the DC foster care system.
• Qualify for government benefits such as SNAP or TANF.

You can learn more about the My School DC lottery at myschooldc.org. The application deadline for fall 2022 is March 1, 2022. We’d love for you to pick Yu Ying as your #1 choice!

To learn more about Yu Ying, please join us at an open house.  Yu Ying’s open houses schedule runs from October to February. During this time you will have an opportunity to see a presentation, ask questions, and tour the school. These events are timed and designed for adults.
 
Weekend and evening in-person events do NOT require an RSVP. Please give yourself time to park legally in the neighborhood as we start on time.

NEW! Amharic translation of our Open House Slideshow

As they learn Chinese language, culture, and traditions, Yu Ying students expand their understanding of the role they play in today’s interconnected world. Come learn how Yu Ying prepares students to be life-long learners and global citizens through a nurturing English/Chinese language immersion program within the IB Primary Years Programme curriculum.