Submit Application
Submit your child(s) application online through the application tool. Please click on the following link to complete the first step.Application Review
After completing the first step, our Admissions Manager will review your child’s application. Once the review is completed and your child’s application has been accepted, we will notify you by the communication preferences that you selected on how to proceed with the next step.Complete Registration
Student Orientation
We will contact you to schedule a date and time for you and your family to visit our academy for student orientation. Due to COVID-19, school visitations are limited for your safety and our staff.Have questions before applying?
Frequently asked questions
At Global Heights Academy we’re driven by providing the family as a whole with information. If you still have unanswered questions please view our Frequently Asked Questions section below. If your questions still haven’t been answered we’d love to hear from you. Feel free to contact us directly.
What is Global Heights Academy?
Our Academy is a multicultural, public school focused on educating the whole child in a nurturing environment. We provide a learning community where students, staff members, and parents are full partners. These partners share an understanding of the school’s purpose and a responsibility for ensuring that every child will be academically and socially successful. All students are guaranteed a safe, secure, and orderly environment and have the opportunity to develop, learn, and achieve their own individual excellence. Global Heights Academy educators are fully certified to teach by the Michigan Department of Education. Global Heights Academy is authorized through Grand Valley State University and governed by a public school academy board of directors.
How do I apply to Global Heights Academy?
Applications can be submitted online HERE.
If you don’t have an account through our online application system SchoolMint, please Sign Up first.
If you need assistance in completing this application, please contact our main office during normal business hours, M-F from 7:45 am-3:45 pm via Phone: 313.624.3400 or Email:[email protected] .
What if I am an English Language Learner?
The Academy seeks to provide every child, regardless of national origin or native language, quality, and meaningful educational instruction. Each students is evaluated on his/her English language proficiency. Consequently, students who are English Language Learners (ELLs) are provided instructional services through ELL programs which are designed to meet each students unique needs.
What additional student activities does Global Heights Academy offer?
Students at Global Heights Academy have the opportunity to begin in their freshmen year through senior year to be a dual-enrolled student at a local college or university. They will earn credits for both high school and college, as well as having experience in a college setting prior to being a full-time college student.
Are there any fees?
Global Heights Academy is tuition-free for all Michigan residents that qualify for enrollment!
What is the attendance policy?
The law in Michigan governing compulsory student attendance requires a parent, legal guardian, or other person having control or charge of a child age six to sixteen to send the child to school during the entire school year, except under the limited circumstances. Please make sure your child is dropped off to school every day and on on-time.
What equipment is required?
Our Academy provides each student with a laptop in school when required. Equipment is the property of Global Heights Academy and must be returned when required to do so.
Does my child need materials such as textbooks, supplies, or special programs?
All textbooks and supplemental material are provided to students once enrolled. Global Heights Academy has made arrangements with software and major publishers to ensure all our students have legal access to the resources necessary to complete their work at school and at home. Supplies lists are sent home at the beginning of the school year for all grades. Please check with your child’s teacher for more information. If you are unable to afford supplies, please let us know and we will do our best to assist you.
