Open enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year is here! Click one of the buttons below to fill out an enrollment interest form. We have several campuses available to meet families' needs. Choose from our Central Phoenix Early Learning Center for grades K-3 or our Main Campus in Central Phoenix for grades 4-12. We are also enrolling grades K-5 at our West Valley Campus and grades 6-12 at our new Tucson Campus. For those who want flexible schedules, we are enrolling grades K-12 in our Online School and grades 6-8 in our Hybrid Program.
Click the buttons below to access our Enrollment Interest Forms
Early Learning Center & Main Campus
West Valley Campus & Hybrid Learning Program
Tucson Campus
For more information about potential enrollment at the AZACS Campuses, including the Early Learning Center, the Elementary Campus, the Upper School Campus, the West Valley Campus and the Tucson Campus contact: Lisa Long, Chief of Staff at Llong@autismcharter.org or call 602-882-5544
For AZACS Online Schools including the Hybrid Program Contact: Dana Van Denise, Senior Director Online Schools at dvandenise@autismcharter.org
Contact AZACS Registrar Maria Colunga at MColunga@autismcharter.org or call 602-882-5544

Lisa Long

Dana Van Deinse

Maria Colunga
Lisa Long
Lisa Long has a long career in education spanning over 30 years. She has been a classroom teacher, technology trainer, district administrator and a Principal. Mrs. Long holds a Masters degree in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Arizona. A native Tucsonan, Lisa enjoys spending time with her family and cheering on her favorite teams, the University of Arizona Wildcats and the Boston Red Sox!
Email:Llong@autismcharter.org
Phone:(602) 882-5544
Dana Van Deinse
Dana Van Deinse is currently the Senior Director of Partnerships and Online Programming at the Arizona Autism Charter School. She earned a Masters of Education in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University. She has served as an administrator, teacher, board president, community member and parent in the Arizona school systems for more than 20 years. Having spent many years working in the corporate banking industry, she earned her Post-Bac degree from Arizona State University and became a middle school math teacher for seven years. After earning a Master’s of Education in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University, she moved into a head of school position with an Arizona online high school where she built programming to annually serve more than 20,000 students online. She served on the team with Cognia that developed the accreditation quality benchmarks for educational corporations and digital learning schools. She most recently served as the executive director of partnership development with Arizona State University’s online high school, ASU Prep Digital and is also the co-founder of Grand Key Education, an education company that provides social emotional training for youth.
Maria Colunga
Fair and Equitable Enrollment Policy
AZACS aims to make all of its schools and programs accessible to all eligible students, however, demand exceeds capacity frequently and AZACS’ fair and equitable enrollment practices come into play. AZACS enrolls all eligible students in grades K-12 who submit a timely application unless the number of applications exceeds the capacity of a program, class, grade level or building per ARS 15-184.
Applications are accepted starting January 1 for the following school year, and selection of students starts in March. For any grade level/program for which there are more applications than available spaces, a lottery is held to select students for that classroom or program. Students who are not selected through the lottery process are placed on a waitlist. The same procedure takes place each school year. If more applications are received than the available slots, then a lottery is held to select students to enroll.
While AZACS focuses on best-practices for students with autism and attracts a majority of students with autism, it is an open enrollment school where all students are welcome. AZACS does not limit admission based on ethnicity, national origin, gender, income level, disabling condition, proficiency in the English language or athletic ability per ARS 15-184.