Can I Still Enroll for This School Year? WAC's September 17 Deadline, Explained

Maybe the school year is a few weeks in and it hasn't gone the way you hoped. Maybe you've caught yourself wondering whether it's simply too late to change course now. If you've been looking at Williamsburg Academy of Colorado, our tuition-free online school for Colorado families, the good news is it's not too late. Enrollment for this school year is still open.

There's one date that matters most: your application, with your documents, needs to be submitted and approved by 5 PM Mountain Time on September 17. That's the last day we can accept new applications for this school year. From there, a few short steps get your student ready for classes. Below, we'll walk through the timeline, who can enroll, and the simplest way to find out whether WAC is a good fit for your student.

The Short Answer: Yes, You Can Still Enroll

Yes. Enrollment at Williamsburg Academy of Colorado is open for the current school year. The key deadline is September 17: your application and documents need to be submitted and approved by 5 PM Mountain Time that day. After that, a few short steps get your student ready for classes.

Starting a few weeks into the year is more common than most parents expect, and it tends to go more smoothly than they fear. Every new student is paired with a mentor who helps them get oriented and find their footing, so no one is left to figure it out on their own. We'll get into how that works a little further down.

What the September 17 Deadline Actually Means

The date to circle is September 17. By 5 PM Mountain Time that day, your application needs to be submitted, with the required documents, and approved. Because we review each application before approving it, it's worth getting everything in with a little time to spare rather than right at the deadline.

Once your application is approved, we help your student get set up and settled from there. You won't be sorting out the logistics on your own. Your Enrollment Advisor and your student's mentor walk you through what comes next.

And if the 17th is right around the corner as you're reading this, that's okay. It just means the best next step is a short conversation, which we'll come to in a minute.

Who Can Enroll

Williamsburg Academy of Colorado is tuition-free for Colorado families, and enrollment is open to students in grades 6 through 12. A few things worth knowing:

• You don't need to have started the year with us. Students come to WAC from traditional public schools, private schools, and homeschooling. Each of those works well for a lot of families, and there's no wrong reason to look into whether something different might suit your student better.
• You don't need it all figured out first. Plenty of families reach out while they're still deciding. A consultation is a conversation about fit, not a commitment to enroll.
• Residency matters. Because WAC is a Colorado school, eligibility is tied to Colorado residency. An Enrollment Advisor can confirm the specifics for your situation.
  
  

What It's Like to Join Once the Year Has Started

The quieter worry under "is it too late" is usually this: will my student fall behind if we switch now? It's a fair question, and the honest answer is that joining partway through is meant to be manageable. No one expects your family to sort it out alone.

Students attend live online classes led by mentors who get to know them by name, so support is part of the daily rhythm rather than something you have to go looking for. When a student needs to revisit a lesson or pick up something from earlier in the term, class recordings let them do it at their own pace. And because every course has a mentor keeping track of how the student's doing, those first few weeks are mostly about getting comfortable and connected.

If the year so far has been rougher than you expected, our guide on helping your student process a tough school year is a gentle place to start.

The Fastest Path to a Spot

If you want to know whether WAC is a fit before the deadline, here's the simplest way to do it:

1. Start with a consultation. It's a relaxed, no-pressure conversation with an Enrollment Advisor about your student, your questions, and what you're hoping for.
2. Talk through the details. You'll get straight answers about how classes work, what the move usually looks like, and whether WAC makes sense for your student. If it doesn't, we'll tell you.
3. Submit your application by 5 PM MT on September 17. If it feels right, your advisor helps you get your application and documents in and approved by the deadline, then walks you and your student through the short setup steps that follow.

Curious what a day at WAC actually looks like? These student stories share small moments from our own students, in their words.

A Few Quick Questions

Is it too late to enroll in a Colorado online school this year?

Not at all. Enrollment at Williamsburg Academy of Colorado is still open for the current school year. The main thing to know: your application and documents need to be submitted and approved by 5 PM Mountain Time on September 17. From there, a few short steps get your student ready for live classes.

Is Williamsburg Academy of Colorado really tuition-free?

Yes. WAC is tuition-free for eligible Colorado families. An Enrollment Advisor can walk you through what eligibility looks like for your student.

Will my student fall behind if we switch mid-year?

Joining after the year has started is meant to be manageable. A mentor helps your student get oriented, and class recordings make it easy to catch up on anything they missed.

Still Time to Start Something Good

None of this has to be decided today. But if some part of you keeps circling back to whether this year could go differently for your student, that's worth paying attention to. There's still time to act on it, and a short conversation is a low-pressure way to see what's possible.

What we want for every WAC student is pretty simple: a year where they feel known, where the work challenges them in the right ways, and where they start to see themselves as capable of more than they thought. If that's the kind of year you're hoping to give your student, we'd love to talk it through with you.

Schedule a Consultation to talk with an Enrollment Advisor about your student, your questions, and whether Williamsburg Academy of Colorado is the right next step.