CSI Enrollment Process 2025-26
The Olympia School DistrictCitizen Science Institute (CSI) Program
2025-26 Enrollment Process
We are pleased that you are interested in having your student consider the OSD Citizen Science Institute (CSI) Program at Thurgood Marshall Middle School. Here is the information that you will need to know to enroll your student in the lottery process.
Step 1:
- Join us on February 5th from 6:00 pm-7:00 pm @ Thurgood Marshall Middle School for a CSI Info night with our amazing CSI Cosmic Guides!
- The Application for CSI will first become available at the info night and it is highly recommended that all families and potential students attend the info night.
Step 2: CSI Application
- CSI Options Night Presentation 2025-26: click HERE to see slideshow.
- Families fill out the application via the link below.
- CSI Application 2025-26 (link is live)
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
- All applications must be completed by 4:00 PM Friday, March 14th, 2025 to be considered for the lottery.
Step 3:
- The lottery will be held on March 17, 2025. Families will be notified of the lottery results via email no later than 4:00 PM on March 21st. Please make sure to update your information (Email) online in Family Access as that will be the method of notification.
Step 4:
- If selected for the CSI program, complete the acceptance form (which will be emailed to you at the time of acceptance) no later than 4:00 PM on March 28th, 2024.
Selection rules and procedures for the lottery and continuation in the program:
- Students must be entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade in the fall of 2025.
- In-district applicants have priority over out-of-district applicants.
- Anyone entering middle school can join CSI. We do not have criteria based on test scores. We only ask that all families thoroughly read the CSI brochure in order to have a full understanding of our program and to ensure it will be a good fit for your family and your child, including the required family involvement piece.
- All applicants who apply before March 14th, 2024 will be given a number and submitted into a random lottery. The lottery will be attended by the principal and the CSI teachers.
- Families of students will be notified by email within one week of the lottery and invited to formally enroll in the program.
- Families of students who were not offered an enrollment slot in CSI be placed on a waiting list in the order that their lottery number was drawn, and families will be notified by email where they landed on the waiting list.
- Families will have a deadline to accept or decline the invitation to enroll in the program. Those families who decline placement for the 2025-2026 school year will have their names removed from the lottery list but may reapply the following year to enter the lottery again.
- As spots open up, families on the waiting list will be notified and will be given 7 days from the date of notification to accept or decline the invitation to enroll in the program.
- For the following school years, returning students who have successfully completed the current year and have submitted a re-enrollment form will continue in the program.
- If spots open during the school year, they will be offered to the person based on the remaining waiting list. Late applicants will be added to the waiting list based on the order that they are received.
- Each year, a new lottery will be held for the incoming sixth-grade class and openings in the seventh and eighth-grade program. A new waiting list will be established each year.
For further information:
Email [email protected] or call Anthony Brock at 360-596-7600.