HSHS INFORMATION SESSION from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

JRTHS INFORMATION SESSION from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Application will be available 9:00AM 
Private School testing registration begins

Application deadline for students 11:59PM (online) or 4:00PM (paper)
Private School testing registration closes

Middle school counselor deadline (internal) for finalizing submissions

Non-HCPS Specialty Center Testing at CO (12/10 and 12/17 if needed) Reading, Writing, and Math

HCPS Testing completed and submitted to specialty center directors
Writing (12/5) and Math (12/8) - Make-up dates: 12/9-12/12
(Reading assessment will be replaced by scores from Actively Learn)

Scoring and evaluation of student applications

Entrance exam for Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship and auditions for the Center for the Arts

Inclement weather date for entrance exam for Center for Spanish Language & Global Citizenship, and auditions for the Center for the Arts

Center directors confirm offers by C.O.B.

HCPS students provided online access at 4:30PM to check application status
February 18 - February 27, 2026   (optional on-campus experience)

Deadline for applicants to declare intent or accept waitlist offers online at 11:59PM. Students may accept one center and one waitlist, or students may accept two waitlist offers if they did not receive an offer.

All students offered a spot from the waitlist must inform the specialty center director of their intent to accept an offer of admission by 4:30PM.

Course Selections are due February 20, 2026. Directors should submit Course Selections as students return the signed forms.

HCPS’s MLW Governor’s School - virtual intro to application & programming (5:30-6:30)

ACA Business Administration - Highland Springs

Education & Human Development - Glen Allen

Engineering - Highland Springs

Environmental Studies & Sustainability - Varina

Leadership, Govt, Global Economics - Freeman

Cybersecurity - Henrico

Information Technology -Deep Run

ACA Social Sciences - Tucker

Communications & Media Relations - Varina 

International Baccalaureate - Tucker

Spanish Language & Global Citizenship - Tucker

ACE Centers - Hermitage, Virginia Randolph and Highland Springs at Hermitage High School

Todd A. Phillips Center for Medical Science - Godwin

International Baccalaureate -  Henrico

Humanities & Civic Engagement -Hermitage

Center for the Arts - Henrico 

Allied Health and Human Services - Hermitage

CodeRVA (@ 6:00 PM, in-person and virtual)

In-person @ Maggie Walker Governor’s School (@10:00 AM)

Wilder Middle School Gifted Young Scholars Academy (GYSA) Open House  (5:00-6:00)

John Rolfe Middle School Center for Innovation Open House (6:00-7:00)

Moody Middle School IB Open House (duplicate sessions: 4:30-5:30 and 6:00-7:00)

Fairfield Middle School IB Open House (duplicate sessions: 4:30-5:30 and 5:30-6:30)

Tuckahoe Middle School IB Open House (duplicate sessions: 4:30-5:30 and 5:30-6:30)