Fifth-graders and parents can discover Middle School Specialty Programs

Learn about the range of opportunities available to PWCS middle school students at two upcoming Middle School Specialty Programs general information sessions Oct. 9 and Oct. 10 at Kelly Leadership Center 7-9 p.m. both evenings.

Representatives of specialty programs will be on hand to answer questions and provide detailed information at both meetings.

Note that an application is required to participate in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, the Mathematics and Science Programs, World Languages Program, and Traditional Schools Program even when the program is in the student’s base school.

If a program receives applications for more students than the program can accept or the school can house, a lottery is held to select program participants. Under conditions of extreme overcrowding of a given school, a program may be open only to students within the school’s boundary and may be closed to all transfer students. Additionally, other programs may be filled through lottery if necessary due to capacity.

The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2018 for most PWCS schools.