Phase 1: Residency Verification and Powerschool Pre-Registration —

DUE MAY 1st

  1. Complete your DC Residency Verification for SY2024/2025 online or in person at WLA. (El formulario se puede encontrar en español aquí.)

  2. Email Proof of residency documents to enroll@wlapcs.org or bring proof of residency in person to WLA. For guidance on which documents may be used for residency verification, please see the support document provided by OSSE. You may altneratively prove residency using the OSSE Residency Validation Tool entirely online if you have acccess to your most recent tax documents.

  3. (New Students Only) Please complete WLA PRE-REGISTRATION on PowerSchool. The WLA Enrollment Team will reach out to you with your PowerSchool login credentials once you have completed pre-registration in early May. Click HERE to complete pre-registration.

Any student who has not completed all of the enrollment items in Phase 1 by May 1, 2024 will lose their seat at Washington Leadership Academy. That seat will be opened to another student on the waitlist. If you would like to appeal this decision, you must contact enroll@wlapcs.org prior to May 6th. After May 6th, you will need to reapply through MySchoolDC if you would like to rejoin WLA’s waitlist.


Phase 2: PowerSchool Forms and Health Documents — DUE May 31st

  1. Complete all PowerSchool Enrollment Forms. The WLA Enrollment team will reach out with your login information via email after you complete Pre-Registration. Expect to hear from the WLA Enrollment team with login information by the second week of May 2024.

  2. Email the following documents to enroll@wlapcs.org. Alternatively you may turn in these documents in person at WLA. See below for hours.

All items in Phase 2 must be completed before a student may begin school in person at Washington Leadership Academy. No student who has not completed all items above will be permitted to begin attending classes at Washington Leadership Academy.


WLA Office Hours and Contacts

ENROLLMENT ASSISTANCE: WLA Enrollment Staff are available Monday through Friday from 8:30AM to 4:00PM or by appointment. If you would like to schedule time with our staff to assist with enrollment items, please schedule time here.

OFFICE CLOSURE: WLA and all of our offices will be closed from April 13th through April 21st. If you turn in documents during that time, our team will get back to you when we return to the school on April 22nd.

Main Enrollment Contacts:

  • Front Desk Phone: 240-580-3371

  • Enrollment email: enroll@wlapcs.org

  • Special Education Contact: Niomi Reed, nreed@wlapcs.org


PHASE 1 Enrollment Items are Due by May 1, 2024.

Students who have not completed all phase 1 enrollment items by May 1st will lose their seat at Washington Leadership Academy, and that seat will be given to another student on our waitlist.