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Prospective Student Information
Information Sessions:
The county will host several information sessions at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year for parents and students to learn more about the different specialty center programs and the application process.
Information Sessions will be held and can be found on the HCPS website under Specialty Centers. Please join us on September 20 at Freeman High School and on September 26 at Henrico High School for information about the Centers. All sessions will begin at 6:30 PM.
https://henricoschools.us/specialty-centers/
Open House: The Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship will hold OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday October 10 at 7:00 PM. We will begin in the NEW Tucker High School auditorium. You can enter through the bus loop doors.
Prospective students and parents are invited to hear from current students, faculty members and parents about the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship. There will be a time of question and answer for students and parents as they make their decision to apply to the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship.
Application
Applications for the 2024-2025 school year will be available on October 2, 2023. The application for the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship can be found here on October 2, 2023.
Application deadline will be November 20, 2023 at 11:59PM
Students will be provided application status/acceptance on February 2, 2024
Shadowing
The Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship will offer shadowing opportunities for prospective students to come and walk with another Center student throughout the day to all classes. The window of opportunity to shadow will be from October through January. The sign up list will be made available after OPEN HOUSE on October 10, 2023. Sign up to shadow will be found here beginning October 10 after Open House.
Entrance Exam
Students who are applying to the Center for Spanish Language and Global Citizenship are expected to complete an entrance exam in Spanish. The exam will take place on Saturday January 13, 2024 at 9:00 AM. The exam will be held on the campus at JR Tucker High School. The test will take approximately 90 minutes to complete. Students should bring a #2 pencil. It is a multiple choice exam that includes listening and reading comprehension, basic vocabulary and grammar along with 2 essays - one in Spanish, the other in English. There will be an informal speaking prompt.
(In the case of weather cancellation, the make-up exam will be re-scheduled on Saturday January 20, 2024 at 9:00 AM. If there is a scheduling conflict please reach out to Suzie Hester to schedule a day and time to test. shhester@henrico.k12.va.us
Here are a few resources to help prepare.
Review all notes and information from your current Spanish class.
https://www.laits.utexas.edu/spe/siteindex.php
https://www.quia.com/pages/realidades.html