Application & Lottery Dates
2026-2027 Application and Lottery Dates
A public lottery will be held for grade levels for which we receive more applications than seats available. Applications must be received by the deadline indicated below to be included in the lottery.
We continue to accept applications after the lotteries are held.
All applications received after the application deadline and lotteries will either be placed on the waitlist if the grade level is full, or offered seats on a first-come, first-served basis until the grade is full.
Stella Elementary Charter Academy
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: January 20, 2026
Lottery Date and Time: February 3, 2026 | 4:30 PM
Stella Middle Charter Academy
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: February 18, 2026
Lottery Date and Time: March 4, 2026 | 5:00 PM
Stella High Charter Academy
Great news! We will only be holding a lottery for 12th grade today at 6:00 PM. All other grade levels have enough available seats to offer placement to every student who
applied by the deadline. If you have any questions or would like to check your application status, please contact the Enrollment Team at 323-954-9957 x1030 or
enrollment@brightstarschools.org. We’re happy to help!
Rise Kohyang Elementary School
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: February 23, 2026
Lottery Date: March 9, 2026
Rise Kohyang Middle School
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: February 23, 2026
Lottery Date: March 9, 2026
Rise Kohyang High School Lottery Update
Great news! We will not be holding a lottery originally scheduled for January 7th because we have enough seats to offer placement to all students who applied by the deadline. If you have
any questions or would like to check your application status, please contact the Enrollment Team at 323-954-9957 x1030 or enrollment@brightstarschools.org.
We’re happy to help!
Valor Academy Elementary School
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: February 10, 2026
Lottery Date: February 24, 2026 | 5:30 PM
Valor Academy Middle School
Application deadline to be eligible for lottery: February 6, 2026
Lottery Date: February 21, 2026
Valor Academy High School
Great news! We will not be holding a lottery originally scheduled for January 20th because we have enough seats to offer placement to all students who applied by the deadline. If you
have any questions or would like to check your application status, please contact the Enrollment Team at 323-954-9957
x1030 or enrollment@brightstarschools.org. We’re happy to help!
About the Public Lottery
Families can still submit applications at any time, including after the application and lottery deadlines and throughout the school year.
Applications received after the application deadlines will be offered seats on a first-come, first-served basis until the grade is full, and students will be placed on a wait list thereafter in the order their application is received.
If you have any questions, please email our enrollment team at enrollment@brightstarschools.org or call us at (323) 954-9957 extension 1030.