The Argentinstan City Unified School District is the city department responsible for providing educational and pre-kindergarten services to all residents in the Argentinstan City metropolitan area exempting the city of Tower Hills which runs its own school facilities and administration. Communities served include Argentinstan City, Santos, North Santos, Parkwood Heights, San Fernando, New Eadlyn, Roselyn, Ahren, San Bronco, Mills Valley, Esglade, Concord, and Tenerife.
The district currently operates over 800 school facilities including several preschools, over a 400 elementary schools, over 200 middle schools, and 205 high schools in its service area.
Placement into all schools is determined by where you live for elementary school with a lottery taking place for out-of-attendance-area choice schools. Middle school placement is determined by a feeder system, depending on your elementary school with a lottery taking place for middle schools not fed by the elementary school of 5th-grade attendance. Some high schools have merit-based admissions, those are known as specialized high schools. All other high schools use a lottery system to determine placement, with ranking up to 190 high schools. Priority points are assessed for students with siblings in a choice school. For schools with a citywide fair chance admissions program (K-8 schools, specialized schools, others), all applicants are entered into a lottery system with applicants with siblings attending the school the following school year getting priority points assessed. For twins and siblings applying at the same time, they give each other the sibling priority point, with the lottery system attempting the sibling priority on the other applicant (twin/sibling) once one of them have been placed into the desired school. Both applications must be linked for that to happen. Residents attending ACUSD schools out of the Argentinstan City limits and in the state of Patagonia should visit their local district office. All schools outside of Argentinstan City are based on attendance area, regardless of type.
The district offers mainline language support services in over 80 languages and interpretation services & translation services in over 150 languages to our families. More information can be obtained by contacting the district's office in Argentinstan City.
The district's application process begins in November with all parents/applicants submitting applications to the district office, school counselors (applicable to middle school/high school applications with students enrolled in a ACUSD school), or through the online application. Notifications of placements are mailed in February and distributed online in January. There are 3 appeal rounds with one beginning in February, the second in April, the third in May. After the third round, students can waitlist a maximum of 3 schools. Should the applicant not be placed into any desired school, the nearest school to home with openings would be the placement.
All classes are taught per the national standard, beginning with English immersion in preschool and kindergarten then adding French immersion for 2 hours per day in 1st grade up into 5th grade then beginning in 6th grade, 1 class period of Spanish immersion per day.
Required Documents for Application
- Completed school application form
- Immunizations record
- Proof of residency in Argentinstan City (for schools in Argentinstan City), Santos (for schools in Santos)
- Birth certificate and/or identifying documents (e.g. passport)
The ACUSD does not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or immigration status in Argentinstan. All residents of the district's service area will be able to attend district schools free of charge and receive a quality education.
Holidays:
Family Day - August 8
Labor Day - October 10
Immigration & Diversity Day - October 19
Armed Forces Day - November 11
World Peace Day - 11/19
Begin Humbigiving Recess
Humbigiving Day - November 27
End Humbigiving Recess
Begin Winter Break
Christmas Day - December 25
New Year's Day - January 1
End Winter Break
Hollande Day - January 21
Chinese New Year - February 5 half-day for all students)
National Day - February 25
Unity Day - March 18
April's Fool Day - April 1 (half-day for elementary, middle school students/full-day for high school students)
Pledge Day - May 9
Patriot's Day - May 15
[Notable high schools listed; rank determined in the district]
High Schools
François Hollande High School #1
Dr. Sanjay Gupta High School #2
Ashmont High School #3
Cistro High School #4
Civic Center High School for the Arts (HSFTA) #5
Capitol High School for Government & Humanities Studies #6
Central High School #7
Morgan High School #8
Harrison Diaz High School #9
Dianne Ilamé High School #10
Jefferson High School #11
Phillip Cobb High School #12
Michelle Bachelet High School #13
Monroe High School #14
Marshall High School (Santos, Patagonia) #205
Middle Schools
Menem I Middle School #1
Rinion Middle School #2
Northern Heights Middle School #3
Van Ness Middle School #4
Jorge Middle School #5
Lorenzo Middle School #6
Michael Rodriguez Middle School #7
Augusto Pinochet Middle School #8
Elementary Schools
Jeremy Madrid Elementary School #1
Lincoln Elementary School #2
Montgomery K-8 Elementary Alternative School #3
Simpson Elementary School #4
Border Elementary School #5
North Ashmont Elementary School #6
King Elementary School #7
Century City K-8 Elementary Alternative School #8
Carver Elementary School #9
Lawrence King Elementary School #10
Gapline Elementary School #11
Gordon Moy Elementary School #12
Robert F. Traynor Elementary School #13
