Your student will be asked to select at least 1 (but up to 2) Art Majors in which to assess—a first choice and a second choice.
Please follow these steps:
- If your student is attending a private school, you must pre-register with your feeder school for the 2026-2027 school year. You can determine your feeder school based on your address by clicking here. You will then pre-register your student by following the information linked here. If your student is attending a Delaware public school, regardless of the district, you may skip to the next step.
- Complete your student’s Choice application any time from midnight on November 3, 2025, to 4:00 PM on January 14, 2026 the website: www.schoolchoicede.org. Your student must select one art major within Cab Calloway School of the Arts offerings and may select up to two. Your student will assess in both areas for eligibility in the lottery.
- Review Assessment requirements, prepare and practice to give your best effort during your assessment in January. Please wait patiently for your date and time to be assigned.
- Be on time for your assessment. Be prepared and demonstrate your passion for the artistic endeavor that you are pursuing.
Information on the Lottery Process:
- Each student who completes an application will be scheduled for arts assessments by CCSA.
- Current Cab Calloway 8th-grade students with a B average or better in their major are placed on an Accelerated Track and entered into the lottery without assessing.
- Any current Cab Calloway 8th-grade student who wants to switch their major must complete and pass the assessment to enter the lottery for the major of their choice.
- Current Cab Calloway 8th-grade students with a C average or less in their major are required to complete and pass the assessment.
- Each student will be scored on their assessment by the instructor. The score is based on a 100-point scale with 60 points or higher passing.
- If the student passes the assessment with a score of 60 or more, the student is placed into the lottery.
- The lottery is run by an off-site computer and forwarded to CCSA.
- The lottery is run for each art major by grade.
Lottery Priority is as follows:
- Current CCSA Students
- Red Clay residents with siblings attending CCSA
- Red Clay residents
- Non-Red Clay residents with siblings attending CCSA
- Non-Red Clay residents
During the lottery, each student is assigned a computer-generated random number. The lottery list is based on priority code and ranked random numbers and invitations are given until all seats are filled by program area. The remaining students on the lottery list are placed on a ranked waitlist by program area.
Decision notifications will be emailed by the last day of February each year. Please make sure that you enter an email address that you check daily. The notifications will come from the “DSC helpdesk” or “Choice Office” and depending on your computer security, the email may be sent to your SPAM file.
Scoring Information:
Cab Calloway Assessments are used to determine the student’s potential in our arts programs at Cab Calloway School of the Arts.
- A student scoring 60 or above, out of the possible 100 points, will be included in the Choice Lottery. Invitations will be based on available space by program area with the remaining students being placed on a ranked waitlist by program area.
- A student scoring 55 – 59 points will be automatically waitlisted
- A student scoring below 55 will be denied
If you have further questions, please contact CCSA (302) 651-2700 or email: emily.ciuffetelli@redclay.k12.de.us
