Enrollment at Hill View is through a lottery process.  Children who are Massachusetts residents are eligible to attend HVM. Haverhill residents receive enrollment priority over students from other Massachusetts cities and towns.  Further, siblings of children currently attending HVM are given enrollment preference if they have participated in the school’s public lottery and a position is available. 

The public enrollment lottery is held at least annually and determines each child's enrollment or wait list status.  A public, non-partisan member of the Haverhill community, such as a minister or local politician, presides over the lottery to draw the names. If space is available, students will be enrolled based on the order in which they are selected in the lottery.

Students remain on a waitlist until a position becomes available.  If a student does not accept a position when offered, that student must participate in the next lottery to again be considered for enrollment. 

~ Important Enrollment Information ~

Enrollment materials are distributed to a parent or legal guardian at an Enrollment Information Session held prior to the lottery.  A series of Enrollment Sessions runs two times during the year- once beginning in January and then again during the summer months.  If you are unable to make one of the scheduled Enrollment Information Sessions, please contact HVM to arrange for an alternative meeting time.

Check this website in September 2010 when the upcoming dates for the Enrollment Information Sessions and the Lotteries will be posted.

Completed enrollment materials have a firm "due date" that is announced at the Enrollment Information Session.  All lotteries accept enrollment materials for students in grades K-8.  For Kindergarten applicants, the child must be age five by August 31st of the year for which he/she is applying for Kindergarten.

The winter lottery is the major lottery for the upcoming school year and the majority of enrollment offers are made to kindergarten age students.  It is unlikely that children who participate in the August lottery will be offered enrollment in September.  Instead, their names are added to the waitlist and remain there until a position becomes available.  

For additional information about enrollment contact Jonnie Lyn Evans.