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Dear families,
We hope your child’s eighth grade year is off to a great start!
This fall, your child will apply to high school. In early October, your child will bring home an admissions welcome letter from their school; this letter includes details on how to participate in admissions, including how to create a MySchools account (if you don’t yet have one).
There are three pathways to high school:
- Submit a high school application.
- The application will open on October 12 and close at 11:59pm on December 1.
- You can apply to 12 high school programs on this application.
- Optional: Apply to LaGuardia High School.
- The application will open on October 12 and close at 11:59pm on December 1.
- Auditions for this school will be conducted virtually. To learn more about audition requirements, visit schools.nyc.gov/HSAuditions.
- Optional: Apply to the eight testing Specialized High Schools.
- Registration to take the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) will open on October 6 and close at 11:59pm on November 4.
- SHSAT testing will take place for most DOE eighth graders on November 17 at their school during the school day. Ninth graders, and eighth graders at non-DOE schools (charter, private, and parochial schools), students will test at central sites on a weekend date. Your confirmed date will be listed on your SHSAT ticket.
Right now, you can…
- Start exploring your high school options in the public MySchools.nyc high school directory.
- Plan to attend one of our virtual information sessions on high school admissions on October 11, 13, or 18. Details on how to join will be emailed.
- Read more about each pathway and watch our video series on our websites, schools.nyc.gov/High and schools.nyc.gov/SHS.
Questions? Talk to your child’s current school counselor or email HSEnrollment@schools.nyc.gov.
Thank you,
The High School Admissions Team, Office of Student Enrollment