Parent Notices for New Families

• The Enlightium Parents app has over 4,000 members! This app has many of the benefits of Facebook, but with:
  • Custom communication from the Enlightium team (posts are filtered based on your student’s grade level, your state of residence, etc.).
  • A group for your state (and a group for international families) to share resources and make connections.
  • Better direct messaging with employees.
  • Direct messaging with other parents.
  • Push notifications to join events.
  • The ability to search for articles and hashtags (such as #GraduationCeremony).
  • Quick links to common knowledge base pages.
• You can sign in on your phone or using a computer browser. Click here to create your free account.

• Entrance Assessments are being assigned (grades 1-12) within 24-48 business hours after the enrollment application is processed.*
• To avoid any delays in the admissions process: 
  • Upon receiving an entrance assignment email from the Admissions Department, sit down with your student and carefully review the instructions so that they can complete it right away. Email admissions@enlightiumacademy.com if you have any questions.
  • We will request your student's records from the previous school.* However, using this linkto upload any records you may already have on hand can help speed up the process. Include:
    • A copy of your student’s report card for the last 1-2 years (grades K-8) or transcript for all high school years (grades 9-12).
    • If the current year was started elsewhere, please provide a progress report and/or withdrawal grades.
    • A birth certificate or similar document to verify the date of birth.
  • If you are unsure of which records to send you may find out more here. Note, that there are additional requirements for students who were homeschooled during any part of their high school years.
• An overview of your student’s courses can be accessed through your parent portal.
  
• Individual units and lessons within courses can be accessed through your student’s Ignitia account.
• Student’s orientation course will be assigned within 24 hours and should be completed while waiting for the assessment and/or courses to be assigned.*

*If enrolling for the next school year before May 1st:

• The entrance assessment will be assigned on May 15th. 
• We will start requesting records after May 15th.
• Orientation courses will be assigned around two weeks before the requested start date. 

• Counselors are reaching out about your students’ courses for next year. Please keep an eye out for correspondence so your student can be set up and ready to go before summer! If you have not registered for next year yet, now is the time if you’d like to plan for next year before the summer.
• If you have questions or concerns about your student’s courses, please reach out to their counselor via email. 
• High School students will be receiving information about our new College and Career readiness platform, Xello, in late August to early September, so keep an eye out for that.
• Counselors are sending important information out to students weekly via Ignitia messaging, and monthly via Smores newsletters. Please make sure to keep an eye out for these as they have important dates and deadlines!

• We make it a priority to keep you informed of your students’ progress each week. Progress summary emails are sent to the primary parent’s email address as a resource to help identify potential issues and keep students from falling behind. 

• Please submit an Absence Form only if an absence prevents your student from completing their weekly coursework by Sunday night.
• If you notice poor grades or low progress, please log into your parent portal or into the student portal to check what your child is struggling with (lessons, quizzes, projects, or tests). Please reach out to your student’s teachers or counselor to discuss ways to improve low grades. 

• Enlightium Academy’s Intervention Team supports Enlightium students in all teacher-led programs who face academic challenges.

• Once referred to Intervention, our team carefully reviews each student and their unique challenges to equip them for academic success. Enlightium strives to help students make the most of their academic resources while promoting a growth mindset and cultivating effective learning habits. The Intervention Team's goal is to help students overcome their challenges and become lifelong, independent learners.

• Bible Studies are offered for all grade levels. Students will receive a link to join via a direct message in Ignitia. Bible studies will take a break for the summer but will resume in September.
• Student chapels are available for primary and elementary as well as middle and high school. Visit our information page for more details here. Student chapels will resume in September.
• Students interested in learning the foundations for ministry and gaining tools for Bible interpretation and defending the faith, check out the Mission Program. The Mission Program also helps to meet our social requirements and service hours.

• The Enlightium Prayer Support Team leads staff and faculty in prayer each week, praying for our students and their families. We encourage students to reach out to staff or faculty with prayer requests, and we encourage families to use the Prayer Request Form on our website to submit prayers.