Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy - DTN
Engineering Magnet
Every status issued through this application (accepted, waitlisted, or denied) is official when it is released on March 22 at 8:00 a.m. To be considered for a magnet seat, you must (1) submit this application and (2) complete the Muscogee County School District Online Registration (OLR) for the 2027–2028 school year, with all required documents uploaded, by February 5 at 11:59 p.m. Your Magnet Application Number will be used to match this application with your student's MCSD Online Registration. You will be required to enter it in your OLR. Do not apply with multiple email addresses for a single student. Use one, commonly checked parent/guardian email address. All communication regarding your application will be sent automatically by email via this Online Application Portal. By completing this process including Online Registration, you grant permission for schools to send a Records Request to your previous academic institution(s) if you are not currently enrolled in the Muscogee County School District.
You have 72 hours (3 consecutive days) from the time your acceptance posts to accept or decline an offered seat (acceptance) in this portal. Your 72 hours start when your offer posts, which may be March 22 at 8:00 a.m. or any later day while the offer season is open. The time runs continuously for each calendar day, including weekends and holidays. If you do not respond within 72 hours (3 days), or if you decline, your student will move to the bottom of that school's waitlist and the seat will be offered to the next student. Your student may receive another offer while the offer season is open (through March 31). You may hold only one accepted seat at a time.
This magnet program provides transportation!
Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy
Proudly serving as the inaugural engineering magnet school in the Muscogee County School District, Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy (DEMA) is on a mission to foster engineering excellence. We achieve this by harnessing each student's unique strengths and interests by integrating the engineering design process and fostering the skills of collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking.
Nestled in one of the district's most captivating locations in Uptown Columbus, the school has consistently achieved commendable academic progress and is renowned for cultivating an atmosphere that nurtures positive relationships between families and students. Our dedicated educators are driven by the mission to bring out the best in each student. Together, our students thrive in a diverse, inclusive, and inviting learning environment, and we take immense pride in the unwavering support from our Community Partners, who enrich our students' engineering experiences.
In August 2021, we welcomed our very first engineering class. All students engage in the Engineering is Elementary (EiE) curriculum that introduces them to the engineering design process. Coupled with our Engineering and Innovations labs, students are encouraged to creatively apply math and science principles to solve real-world problems. This approach fosters a growth mindset, instills perseverance, nurtures critical thinking, sparks innovation, highlights practical applications, and ignites the potential for transformative change in the world. Through dynamic partnerships, we empower our students with the essential skills they need to excel in higher education and the workforce.
For parents interested in joining the DEMA family, we encourage you to utilize the Muscogee County School District's online application process. Acceptance is contingent on students' prior academic performance, attendance records, and conduct. The school's magnet committee will carefully review all applications, and upon acceptance, a student and parental commitment contract will be required to maintain enrollment, stipulating a "C" average, consistent attendance, and satisfactory conduct.
Magnet Mission:
Our mission is to explore engineering excellence by building upon each scholar’s strengths and interests using collaboration, problem-solving, and critical thinking.
Magnet Vision:
Our vision is to provide engineering experiences using an inquiry-based curriculum that embraces student creativity and teaches critical thinking and reasoning skills.
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