Please read this entire introduction before completing the interest form.

As a public charter school in South Carolina, we are required to run a lottery to fill our seats. The East Link Academy lottery WAS held on February 1, 2023 for the 2023-2024 school year.  Lottery winners will be notified via email on or before February 3 with an initial enrollment packet attached.

East Link Academy will continue to take applications after the lottery occurs for any remaining open seats. These applications are date and time stamped and placed in the order they are received and will be placed at the end of any applicable waiting list.   

Pursuant to SC Charter School law, East Link Academy offers priority enrollment status to siblings of a student currently enrolled and attending, children of charter school employees and board members. Priority enrollment status does not guarantee any student admission to East Link Academy, as acceptance remains based on space availability in each applicable grade.

Waiting lists DO NOT carry over from year-to-year, and are only valid for the school year in which the student has applied.  If a student is not accepted for the current school year, and remains on the waiting list, they will need to reapply for the following school year, whether it be during the lottery application period or after the lottery deadline, in order to be considered for acceptance for the following school year.

If you have more than one student applying for placement, you will need to fill out a separate application for each student.

Our mission is to provide an English/Mandarin bilingual education for students that allows them to master both academics and language proficiency.

Learning in Mandarin is a REQUIREMENT of ALL students beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through Grade 8.

Our top-rated education requires dedication from both the student and the family to attain the high academic and language expectations.

Thank you for your interest in East Link Academy Charter School.