For your child entering Kindergarten through Grade 6:

- Merrick Academy is a FREE public school. (The student's family is responsible for the cost of uniforms, field trips, lunches if the student does not qualify for free school meals, etc.)
- Merrick Academy does not require an entrance exam.
- Students are admitted to the school by lottery.

The lottery drawing for the 2009-2010 school year took place at Merrick on April 8, 2009 at 4:30 pm. (Each year, the drawing is open to the public, but it is not a requirement that applicants be present.)

The deadline for completed applications to be received by mail at Victory Schools was April 1, 2009, but you may still pick up an application at Merrick's front desk in order to add your child's name to the end of the waitlist in the order that it is received.