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High School Programs

High School options include interest-based and criteria-based programs. There are programs for students entering high school as well as for those already in high school. Applications for any of these programs must be submitted in the fall of the current grade level for the following school year. Programs that begin in Grade 9 are full time programs. Programs beginning in grades 10-12 are part-time programs; students take core courses at the local high school, and the program courses offsite.

Grade 8

 

2024-2025 Resources: Grade 8 High School Regional and Countywide Programs

Updated 11/1/2024

Grade 8 High School Regional and Countywide Programs Timeline 2024- 2025


September 16, 2024
High School Preview Presentation - Broadcasted on the MCPS website
English Presentation 7 p.m.  (recording)
Presentación en español 8 p.m. (grabación)

Early October, 2024
Eligibility Reports available in ParentVUE: Documents

October 7, 2024
Application opens (on or about October 7) on ParentVUE : Online Registration 

November 1, 2024
Application deadline

Last Week of January 2025
Notification of results

February 14, 2025
Deadline to Accept a Program Invitation

February 14, 2025
Deadline to appeal results (criteria-based programs only)

Grades 9 - 11

2024-2025 Resources: Grade 9-11 High School Regional and Countywide Programs

 

Updated 10/2/24

Grade 9-11 Part-Time High School Regional and Countywide Programs 2024-2025 Timeline


October 7, 2024
Round 1 Application opens 

November 1, 2024
Round 1 Application deadline

December 6, 2024
Round 2 Application opens (expected)

First Week of February 2025
Round 1 Notification of results

February 14, 2025
Deadline to Accept Round 1 Invitation

Mid- March 2025
Round 2 Notification of results

March 14, 2025
Round 3 Application opens (expected)

Criteria Based Programs

Schools with this program

Application Programs - Countywide

Global Ecology House

  • Poolesville HS

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

  • Richard Montgomery HS (Countywide)

Visual Art Center

  • Albert Einstein HS
   

Application Programs - Regional

Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science Magnet

  • Montgomery Blair HS
  • Poolesville HS

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

  • John F. Kennedy HS
  • Springbrook HS 
  • Watkins Mill HS 

Humanities House

  • Poolesville HS

Application Programs - Consortia

Biomedical Program 

  • Wheaton HS

Communication Arts Program (CAP)

  • Montgomery Blair HS

Engineering Program 

  • Wheaton HS

Leadership Training Institute (LTI)

  • John F. Kennedy

Program

 

Schools with this program

 

Downcounty Consortium (DCC)  

  • Montgomery Blair
  • Albert Einstein
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Northwood
  • Wheaton
 

Northeast Consortium (NEC)  

  • James Hubert Blake High School
  • Paint Branch High School
  • Springbrook High School
 

Program

 

Schools with this program

 

Signature programs

  • James Hubert Blake
  • Winston Churchill
  • Clarksburg
  • Damascus
  • Gaithersburg
  • Walter Johnson
  • Magruder
  • Northwest
  • Paint Branch
  • Quince Orchard
  • Rockville
  • Seneca Valley
  • Sherwood
  • Springbrook
  • Wootton
 

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

Note: The IB programme at Richard Montgomery HS is a countywide, criteria- based (magnet) program.  The IB programmes at Kennedy, Springbrook and Watkins Mill are regional, criteria-based (magnet) programs.

  • Bethesda-Chevy Chase
  • Albert Einstein
  • John F. Kennedy
  • Richard Montgomery
  • Rockville
  • Seneca Valley
  • Springbrook
  • Watkins Mill
 

Middle Years Programme

  • Bethesda Chevy Chase
  • Richard Montgomery 
  • John F. Kennedy (IB Candidate School)
  • Springbrook
  • Watkins Mill 
  • Seneca Valley (IB Candidate School)
 

Interest Based Programs

Thomas Edison High School of Technology 

Career Programs:

  • Arts, Humanities, Media, & Communication
  • Biosciences, Health Sciences, & Medicine
  • Human & Consumer Services, Hospitality & Tourism
  • Information Technologies
  • Construction & Development
  • Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics