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Somerdale Choice District Profile for 2024-25 School Year
Somerdale Park School 301
Grace St.
Somerdale, NJ 08083
Camden County
District grades: PK-8
Approved choice grades: 1-8
Total number of students enrolled in district: 437
Choice parent information center phone number: (856) 783-6261
Name of program contact: Gregory Cesare
Phone number & email of program contact: (856)-783-6261 ext. 831; gcesare@somerdale-park.org
Website: www.somerdale-park.org/department/school_choice
Choice Program
Somerdale Park School offers a school choice program for students in Grades 1-8. The goal at Somerdale Park is to provide all students with a rich learning experience that helps prepare them to be academically, behaviorally, and socially successful in the next phase of their educational career and beyond.
A 1:1 student/tablet ratio for students in grades three through eight provides students with essential 21st Century learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. In the classroom, students will utilize digital materials and technological software/programs; while outside the classroom, students have the option to take home a personalized device where they can access schoolwork through the use of cloud based technology.
Students at Somerdale Park receive instruction in the areas of creative arts; Spanish (Foreign Language); physical education; music (including instrumental); library reference skills, STEM, career and character education, and computer instruction such as web-page design and coding. Additionally, Somerdale Park School also offers an array of extracurricular programs and/or after-school clubs that recognize and promote diversity within the school. Come be a part of our Cavalier Nation! GO CAVS!
Choice Seats Availability
The purpose of the chart below is to inform parents of choice seat availability before the application deadline in early December. After the deadline, the information will be outdated.
The Department of Education limits the number of choice seats that each district can fill. The “maximum number of new choice students that can be enrolled” tells parents how many new choice students the district can enroll in the next school year. If more than the maximum number of applications is received, a lottery will be held and a waitlist will be developed. Waitlists will be developed for all approved choice grades even if no seats are currently available. NA indicates the district is not accepting choice applications for those grades.
Maximum Number of New Choice Students that can be Enrolled: 4
|
Grade |
Seat availability per grade |
| K | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 1 | Available |
| 2 | Available |
| 3 | Available |
| 4 | Available |
| 5 | Available |
| 6 | Available |
| 7 | Available |
| 8 | Available |
| 9 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 10 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 11 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
| 12 | Not Available (no waitlist will be developed) |
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District Choice Policies |
Indicate Yes/No/NA |
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The district accepts Tier 2 students (see definitions of Tier 1 and Tier 2 ). |
No |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have a sibling currently attending the choice district and who will continue to attend in the following school year, provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
Yes |
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The district gives enrollment preference to choice applicants who have completed the terminal grade of the sending district (i.e., students who attend a choice district with grades that terminate before 12th grade and have a natural progression to this choice district), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. |
N/A |
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The district gives enrollment preference to resident students who move before the application deadline. If resident students move and file choice applications for the following year prior to the deadline, the district will give them enrollment preference (i.e., accept them after the enrollment preference students described in b. and c. above, but ahead of other applicants), provided there are choice seats available in the choice-approved grades/programs and the students meet any program-specific criteria. If the district has already reached its approved choice enrollment maximum, this preference will not apply. |
Yes |
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The district gives special consideration to resident students who move after the application deadline. Students in this situation may apply as late applicants and be added to the front of the district’s waitlist, provided the students will enroll in a choice-approved grade/program and they meet any program-specific criteria. No additional choice seats above the maximum will be approved by the NJDOE to accommodate these students. |
Yes |