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GALA APPLICATION

APPLICATION INFO

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IMPORTANT DATES

2023-2024 School Year:  We are completely full and not accepting any applications.

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2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR:

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October 1, 2023 - LAUSD Unified Enrollment application is open on October 2nd AND the GALA application on this website will be open.  Applications are NOT first-come-first-served.

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November 17, 2023 - Deadline for the LAUSD Unified Enrollment application and also the deadline for the GALA application to the 2024-2025 school year.

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December 1, 2023: Deadline for teachers to submit their recommendations. Recommendations are done online through the application portal. We do NOT accept any snail mailed or emailed recommendations. 

 

End of March 2024 - Applicants are emailed their status via LAUSD eChoices Unified Enrollment AND GALA. If you did not receive an email, please check your SPAM folder or log into your application account. Please do NOT call the main office, email admissions@galacademy.org with questions.

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End of April 2024: If accepted, deadline to sign the intent form to register at GALA for the 2024-2025 school year. If you do not sign the intent form by this date, your spot will be forfeited.

 

May 4, 2024 - If accepted, first day to register at Registration Day for accepted students.

 

May 6-10, 2024 - If accepted, Registration drop off in the office for anyone not attending the May Registration Day. Hours 8:30-11am. 

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May 10, 2024 - Deadline for accepted students to enroll. Any accepted student who has not registered by this date will automatically forfeit their spot at GALA.

 

June 1, 2024-September 1, 2024 - Any open spots opened to the waiting list.

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APPLICATIONS

  • 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR: We are not accepting any additional applications.

  • 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR: New this application year. Beginning October 1st, there is a 2 step process to applying to GALA. STEP #1) Families will need to fill out the LAUSD Unified Enrollment application AND STEP #2) Families fill out the GALA website application and checklist items. Any applications that have not completed both will not be considered. Our new deadline will be the same as LAUSD Unified Enrollment, November 17, 2023.

  • LATE APPLICATIONS: If you start an application before the deadline but you do not complete the application by the deadline, your application is automatically withdrawn. If you submitted your application but did not complete the checklist items, your application is withdrawn. If you submitted a GALA website application but did not indicate GALA on the LAUSD Unified Enrollment application, your application is automatically withdrawn.

  • SIBLING APPLICATIONS: All siblings of currently enrolled GALA students must apply during the regular applications period from October 1-November 17. Siblings of current students are not automatically enrolled. 

  • PREVIOUS APPLICATIONS: If you were waitlisted in a previous year, applications are not rolled over from year to year. A new application needs to be filled out.

  • OTHER INFO: There is no separate testing needed for the application, there are no interviews, and we do not do "shadow" days.

Faq

​I ALREADY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR BUT MY STUDENT WAS WAIT LISTED. DO I HAVE TO APPLY AGAIN?

Yes, a new application is needed for each year applying with the new grade level your student will be entering for next year.

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WHEN DO I APPLY? 

STEP #1) Apply on the LAUSD Unified Enrollment website and indicate GALA as your school of choice in the Admissions Criteria School area from October 2, 2023 - November 17, 2023

STEP #2) Submit an application and all required checklist items on the GALA website from October 1-November 17, 2023.

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WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD I GATHER TO APPLY TO GALA?

  • LAUSD Unified Enrollment Application indicating GALA as your school choice.

  • GALA Website Application (October 1- November 17) - This includes written questions for the parents and for the student. You will also need to submit grades and CAASP test scores. If you are in LAUSD, grades, report cards, transcripts, and state test scores can be found in the LAUSD Parent Portal/Schoology. If you are outside of LAUSD, you can report whatever grading scale your school uses and, if you did alternate testing to CAASP, you can report that as well. If your school does not do any grading or any testing, you can still apply to GALA.

  • Submit Teacher Recommendation Email address (use only 1 teacher from this year or last year only and only a teacher that teaches math, science, social studies, or English). This email address will be submitted in your checklist item area AFTER you submit your GALA website application.

  • Upload Report Card (Applicants for 6th-8th) or Transcript (Applicants 9th-12th).

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I ALREADY APPLIED, HOW DO I CHECK THE STATUS? 

You can always go back and log into your application account to check the status of your application and your checklist items. Your status will also appear on your application account page after this date. The link to log back into your application can be found in your confirmation email. Search "GALA" in your inbox.

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WHAT IF I NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO MY APPLICATION?

Once you click submit on the main GALA website application, you will not be able to make changes. You can log in anytime to change the email address on your application account - click "Account". If your mailing address changes, email admissions@galacademy.org.

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IF ACCEPTED, HOW DO I CLAIM MY SPOT?:

On your acceptance email, you will need to accept your spot at GALA through LAUSD Unified enrollment AND with GALA. You will find a link to an intent form to accept your spot and a link to a Registration paperwork page to download necessary forms for Registration Day. 

 

WHAT IF WE MAKE OTHER SCHOOL PLANS AND WANT TO WITHDRAW OUR APPLICATION, ACCEPTANCE, OR WAIT LIST STATUS FROM GALA?:

We know finding the right school for your daughter can be a lengthy process. If you submit an application to GALA and then make other school plans, move, etc., please let us know ASAP so that we may remove your application. Likewise, if you are accepted or wait listed... and you have committed to a different school, please let us know ASAP at admissions@galacademy.org so that we can open your spot to another girl.

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IF ADMITTED, WHAT DO I NEED TO PROVIDE?

If you are admitted and you decide to enroll, the following documents will need to be submitted on Registration Day in April: LAUSD Registration Forms including the media waiver form and the Device/Chromebook form, GALA policy forms, a copy of your driver's license or state ID, utility bill (not telephone), immunization records (Tdap required for 7th grade and above), report card, transcript (high school), student birth certificate, and, if applicable, your IEP plan, 504 plan, inter-district permit (if coming from outside of LAUSD), and any court custody agreements. A full list and details will be on the Registration webpage in the acceptance email. Please see the deadlines at the top of this page to submit registration paperwork. Please note: GALA follows all LAUSD policy regarding Covid. For more info: https://achieve.lausd.net/covid

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IF ADMITTED, DO YOU HAVE A REGISTRATION DAY OR ORIENTATION DAY TO SEE THE CAMPUS?

We do have a Registration Day in April and a student orientation in August. However, because we are moving to a new campus for 2024-2025, families will not be able to visit the new campus until August 2023.

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WHAT IF MY DAUGHTER IS ON THE WAITING LIST?

We typically fill from the waiting list from May through August as spots become available. 

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I HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WHO CAN I SPEAK WITH?:

Please email admissions@galacademy.org

 

DATA:

All data collected is for internal GALA use only for the application process. The admissions committee consists of all LAUSD employees, including administrators and teachers.

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GALA has given me the opportunity that many do not have... We are able to spend time in a nurturing environment that allows us to have a voice and the confidence to use it. Our voices can change the world and we need to utilize the voices we have to their full potential so we have the opportunity to impact others. We need to be the voice for others that do not have the privilege to use theirs.

- GALA Class of 2024 Student

GALA: Where girls love to be SMART, SELF-CONFIDENT, and SUCCESSFUL!
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