Registration Information

REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR NEW APPLICANTS – SCHOOL YEAR 2025-2026

Below we outline Registration Steps. Should you have any questions regarding our process, feel free to contact us at 202-797-4700. Our team is here to help!

STEP 1: INTEREST LIST

Take the first step to apply for classes! Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2025. Add your name to our interest list, you can find the application form HERE.

  • If you add your name to the interest list more than once we will use the most recent entry for your application.
  • Please enter your name as it appears on your official ID (Passport, DC ID, State ID, etc.)

Note: The Interest List helps us contact you to complete your application. It is not a waiting list.

STEP 2: PLACEMENT, APPLICATION & ADVISING 

Once your name is on the Interest List, we will contact you to make an appointment for an English Placement test, completing your Application, and if needed, Advising.

STEP 3: PROOF OF DC HOME ADDRESS IS REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT

Applicants with a COMPLETED APPLICATION must bring DC proof of home address to enter their name in the lottery.

Learn more about DC residency requirements HERE.

STEP 4: LOTTERY

Our lottery will be held in August, at the Harvard Street Campus, and we will contact lottery winners via email.

STEP 5: COMPLETE REGISTRATION

Applicants must come back to complete registration for lottery winners (winner’s spaces guaranteed)

 

Plan for the School – Fall 2025

Click here to learn more about our learning models for the Fall 2025 semester.


 

FAQS

Eligibility and Application Process

What is the process for application?

  1. Sign up on the school Interest List
  2. A member of our team will contact you within a few weeks to complete an English placement test and confirm your class
  3. For Career Training, IC3, Small Business English, GED, and Citizenship programs, you will complete additional testing and advising sessions
  4. If there is space available in your class, and you provide proof of DC home address you will be registered

 

What is required to complete registration?

  • An official government ID
  • A document as proof of DC home address*
  • $60 cash or credit for ID & materials fee (Includes Carlos Rosario student I.D. card, laptop loaner, and books)

 

Who may enroll in classes at the school?

Regular classes are open to DC residents who meet one or more of the following Adult Basic Education (ABE) criteria:

  • Lack sufficient mastery of basic educational skills to enable them to function effectively in society
  • Do not have a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education and who has not achieved an equivalent level of education; and/or
  • Have limited ability in speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language and whose native language is a language other than English

*There may be some classes that are open to non-DC residents. Beyond our tuition-free class offerings, the School also offers special fee-based programs that are open to students, employees and the public, such as Community Language Classes and the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Workshop Series. These programs are usually held on weekends when classes are not in session. These programs do not have the same registration and enrollment requirements as tuition-free classes.

Questions? Read our Lottery FAQs or email soutreach@carlosrosario.org

 

General Application Information

Fall Semester – Lottery

The Fall semester starts in September. The lottery only happens for fall semester classes. For classes where there are more applicants than spaces available, the school conducts a lottery so all new applicants have the same chance to enter into their class.

Spring Semester – First-Come First-Served

The Spring semester begins in January. During Spring Registration dates, we serve a limited number of students. Applicants receive an entry ticket when they arrive. Each day the doors close at the scheduled closing time, or when the building reaches capacity. Applicants with entry tickets are served on a First Come First Served basis. First Come First Served also means includes having the proper documents in hand.