ENROLLMENT
Renaissance Expeditionary is a K-6 Magnet school within the Douglas County School District. REMS has special programming and a slightly modified calendar from other DCSD neighborhood schools. All students who attend REMS must be offered enrollment through the DCSD Open Enrollment Process. Once enrolled, students will be automatically registered each year through grades served or until the student withdraws.
Interested in Open Enrolling at REMS?
Current Families
To enroll your new student at Renaissance, families of current REMS students should do the following:
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Complete the DCSD Open Enrollment Process starting November 1st.
Prospective Families
To enroll your new student at Renaissance, new families should do the following:
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Learn about our school by perusing our website and reviewing the Prospective Family Q&A .
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Attend a Prospective Family Orientation.
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If you would like to schedule a tour of the school, email our Front Office. School Tours are not required. However, you must attend an orientation before you can request a tour.
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Complete the DCSD Open Enrollment Process starting November 3rd (see below. ) You may complete open enrollment prior to attending an orientation. Orientation priority points will only be applied after orientation attendance is confirmed.
2026-27 DCSD Open Enrollment Information
Open Enrollment Round One is November 3 at 8am - December 1 at 4pm.
Families can see offers on December 11th at 8am by logging into EngagED Parent Portal.
Families have until December 18th at 4pm to accept offers.
Second Round will open January 22nd at 8am and run through August 3rd at 4pm.
Applicants are chosen with priorities as follows:
1st Round
The first round of Open Enrollment is prioritized by District Policy preference points and is NOT first come first serve.
First Priority: Resident Siblings of Students Currently Enrolled at REMS
Second Priority: Student Applicants who live at the Household Address of DCSD Staff
Third Priority: Student Applicants who are residents within the District
Fourth Priority: Student Applicants who are NOT residents within the District.
For First Round Offers, families will be notified via the Engage Ed Parent Portal.
2nd Round
Priority: Second-round applicants are added to the waitlist in the order received, following all Round One waitlisted applicants.
For Second Round Offers, families will be notified by email from the School Registrar.
Additional priority points are awarded during both open enrollment rounds to applicants with siblings already or newly enrolled at REMS and to those who complete prospective family orientation. We strongly encourage all incoming families to attend a REMS orientation to better understand our unique programming. Only applications who have attended orientation within the past 2 years are eligible for priority points.