News & Announcements

Our wonderful students sing us to the Winter Break on the lower yard this Wednesday at 8:30 & 1:30. Sweet and Inspiring. Will touch your heart. Bring some Kleenex.

Our 2025-2026 LAUSD Choices Lottery Drawing will be held on Friday, February 14th at 10:00a.m. in person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 987 186 0203. No passcode is required.) The random lottery drawing will create a waitlist and does not guarantee enrollment. The waitlist will be posted on our website Tuesday, February 18th. Please note that we will not post names, only application confirmation numbers.

The late window for non-resident students will open on February 3rd, 2025. Late applicants will not be included in the lottery drawing, but will be added to the bottom of the waitlist in the order received.

Selected and Waitlisted students will be notified via email in mid-March.

The on-time Choices application has closed. Families can apply during the late window after February 3rd at http://apply.lausd.net to be added to the waitlist.

If you are interested in enrolling your child at WHECES but do not live within our attendance boundaries, click on the headline to learn about your options.

IMPORTANT: If your child is here on lottery AND has a sibling who wants to attend WHECES, you MUST apply to the lottery for that sibling. All siblings have priority but ONLY if they have an application in the system.

The online pre-enrollment portal for the 2025-2026 school year will open March 24th. Families must complete the online pre-enrollment application on/after that date at enroll.lausd.net or by clicking on the "Enroll" button on the top-right corner of this page and upload the following:
1) Child's birth certificate
2) ** Child's up-to-date immunization record including doses (5 DTAP, 4 Polio, 3 HEP B, 2 MMR & 2 Varicella) ** We cannot process the application if there is a missing dose
3) Parent ID or Driver's license
4) Proof of address (recent gas/electric bill, mortgage statement, lease agreement)
5) Previous school's most recent report card and/or IEP, if applicable.

Our office staff will then contact you via email with next steps.

Watch the Superintendent’s Opening of Schools Address, previously broadcast from The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Please click on the headline for our lottery results. Official Selection and Waitlist notices will be emailed to families the week of March 11th. Parents will have until April 12th to Accept or Decline. If your child is Selected and you have Accepted, you must then complete an online pre-enrollment application in mid-March. You can click on the Enroll button on the top-right of our web page or visit enroll.lausd.net to enroll and upload all required documents in mid-March.

Los Angeles Unified is now offering bus transportation to all students. To request a school bus availability check for your student, please click on the headline.

If transportation can be provided, priority will be given to students who reside in areas where buses are currently available. Students will be picked up at a nearby corner or school site. If you have questions, please contact the Transportation Services Division at (213) 580-2920, Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.