Davis Joint Unified School District

How to Enroll in Choice Programs

DJUSD offers eight choice school programs: four elementary schools, one junior high, one high school, one continuation high school, and one school for independent study. All enrollment documents need to be submitted to the enrollment department at the District Office either in person (526 B street) or via email at [email protected]. 

Elementary choice program applications need to be submitted to the enrollment department. Applications for DaVinci Charter or DSIS (Davis School for Independent Study) need to be submitted to the program directly and approved.

Already actively enrolled students at another school site will need to submit an intra-district transfer request form and an application. New students (TK-6) must submit an application with a complete enrollment packet to be considered. 

Once ALL DJUSD resident students are placed, inter-district transfer students will be considered.

2025-26 Choice Program Applications
Applications for all elementary choice programs for the 2025-26 school year are now available. If interested in a choice program for the upcoming school year, we encourage you to attend the information night for the interested program.

Families are allowed to apply for only ONE choice school/program per student. The deadline to submit a choice program application for the 2025-26 school year is Friday February 21, 2025. Should the number of students applying to an elementary choice program exceed the available space in a program, a lottery will take place on Thursday February 27, 2025 and families notified via email on friday February 28, 2025. Students not placed in the requested choice program will automatically be enrolled into their neighborhood school and placed on a waitlist for the requested program. 

Applications received after the February 21, 2025 deadline will be placed on a waitlist according to date received.  

New enrollment: Families enrolling for the first time, or not currently active, must submit a complete enrollment packet with a choice program application. (All enrollment paperwork including applications go to the Enrollment Department at the District Office)

Students already enrolled in a DJUSD school but interested in a choice program need to submit a choice program application along with an Intra-District transfer request form to [email protected] or drop off at the district office. 
  
Birch Lane Elementary Montessori
Any DJUSD student may register for Birch Lane Montessori during Kindergarten registration. DJUSD resident students who have a sibling in the Montessori program for the 2025-26 school year will be given enrollment priority.  If more students apply than space is available after siblings are enrolled, the remaining DJUSD resident students will be entered in a lottery. Once all DJUSD resident students are placed, inter-district transfer students will be considered.  

2024-25 School Year Registration
Registration opened on February 26, 2024.  Parent/guardians need to email or drop off at the district office, all of the required documents ( enrollment@djusd.net ) and include the 2024-25 application (2024-25 Spanish) 

2025-26 School Year Registration
Registration will open on Monday January 27th for the 2025-26 school year. 

Parents/guardians need to email or drop off (at the District Office) all of the required documents and include the 2025-26 application  2025-26 Spanish. 


César Chávez Elementary
Any student eligible to attend DJUSD may register in the Spanish Language Immersion Program at César Chávez Elementary (CCE), regardless of language background.  If there is space, students in grades second through sixth must go through an assessment process conducted at the school site. 

Students of varying abilities and needs contribute to the diversity of the community. Parents should understand that becoming bilingual (exhibiting cognitive, academic and linguistic benefits of immersion) takes approximately seven years in an intense learning environment. It is therefore desirable for students to participate through the sixth grade.

DJUSD resident students who have a sibling at Chavez for the 2025-26 school year will be given enrollment priority.  If more students apply than space is available after siblings are enrolled, the remaining DJUSD resident students will be entered in a lottery. Once all DJUSD resident students are placed, inter-district transfer students will be considered.  

2024-25 School Year Registration
Registration opened on February 26, 2024. Email or drop off complete enrollment packets or if already enrolled, an application,  at the district office. enrollment@djusd.net and include the 2024-25 application (2024-25 Spanish)

If you want your child to have native speaker priority, make sure the box is checked on the application.  You will be contacted by Cesar Chavez staff to set up an assessment appointment if needed.

2025-26 School Year Registration
Registration will open on Monday January 27th for the 2025-26 school year.
 
Parents/guardians need to email or drop off (at the District Office) all of the required documents and include the 2025-26 application 2025-26 Spanish. 
 

Fairfield Elementary
For Fairfield Elementary School (FFE) enrollment priority will be given to DJUSD resident students who:

• Are currently enrolled students
  
• Are Davis resident siblings of currently enrolled FFE students (at the time of application)
  
• Live west of County Road 98 (considered the Fairfield neighborhood)
  
• Are Davis resident siblings of formerly enrolled FFE students within three school years of matriculation from FFE to another DJUSD school (to align with other K-6 schools in DJUSD).
  

If more students apply than space is available after resident siblings and neighborhood students are enrolled, the remaining DJUSD resident students will be entered in a lottery. Once all DJUSD resident students are placed, inter-district transfer students will be considered.

If you are interested in enrolling into Fairfield Elementary you must submit an application to [email protected] or drop off at the district office.  Already actively enrolled students (grades K-3) at another school site will need to submit an intra-district transfer request form and an application. New students must submit an application with a complete enrollment packet to be considered. 

2024-25 School Year Registration
Registration opened on February 26, 2024.  You may email or drop off at the district office, all of the required documents (enrollment@djusd.net) and include the 2024-25 application       2024-25 Spanish

2025-26 School Year Registration
Registration will open on Monday January 27th for the 2025-26 school year. 

Parents/guardians need to email or drop off (at the District Office) all of the required documents and include the 2025-26 application 2025-26 Spanish. 


Two-Way Bilingual Spanish Immersion (TWBI) at Marguerite Montgomery Elementary
The best practice structure of a TWBI program is to have a balance of native Spanish and native English speakers so that students, as well as teachers, will serve as language models for each other. Students will be enrolled in TWBI using policies that help achieve as much balance as possible between these target language groups.

Interested TK and Kindergarten families should complete the TWBI application and register in person at the District Office or submit via e-mail to [email protected]. If you have a student who is older than Kindergarten and wish to learn about TWBI enrollment, your child must go through an assessment at the school site. Preference for enrollment is given in order of priority to DJUSD resident students with siblings already attending Montgomery, resident students who are native Spanish speakers, and then resident students who live in the Montgomery neighborhood.  

If there are more DJUSD resident students interested in enrolling than space available, a waiting list will be formed. Once all DJUSD resident students are placed, inter-district transfer students will be considered.  

2024-25 School Year Registration
Registration opened on February 26, 2024.  You may email or drop off at the district office, all of the required documents  (enrollment@djusd.net) and include the 2024-25 application (2024-25 Spanish)

2025-26 School Year Registration
Registration will open on Monday January 27th for the 2025-26 school year. Parents/guardians need to email or drop off (at the District Office) all of the required documents and include the 2025-26 application 2025-26 Spanish. 



Da Vinci Charter Academy - now accepting applications
Students in grades 7- 12 may submit an application to attend Da Vinci Charter Academy junior high or high school. As a charter school, Da Vinci is permitted to accept students from outside the the Davis Joint Unified School District. When the number of applicants exceeds capacity, Da Vinci will prioritize DJUSD residents over non-residents. Please note that Da Vinci junior high and high school are on different campuses. Da Vinci Junior High shares a campus with Emerson Junior High in West Davis and Da Vinci High is located on E. Eighth Street in East Davis. Contact Da Vinci High School office for more information.

Applications due Friday, February 21, 2025 

 
Martin Luther King, Jr. Continuation High School
King High School accepts students on a case-by-case basis at the beginning of each quarter, unless a student is transferring from another continuation school in California. Contact the King High School office for more information.



Davis School For Independent Study (DSIS)
Attending a mandatory information meeting is the first step in enrolling at DSIS. At this meeting, parents and students will learn about DSIS in order to determine if DSIS is a good fit for the student. Please contact the DSIS office for more information. 

2024-25 School Year Registration
Registration opened on February 26, 2024. If you are interested in the Davis School for Independent Study (DSIS) you may visit their website and view informational slides. The first step is to complete the DSIS application after which you will be contacted by the DSIS school counselor who will schedule a required informational meeting. Please email any questions to [email protected]