Parents/Guardians of Eighth-Grade Students:
High school program applications will be opening up soon for interested 8th grade students. This message contains information about applications for Specialty Centers, ACE Centers, Maggie Walker Governor’s School, and CodeRVA. This general information presentation will be shared with 8th grade students on September 15th during advisory (will be updated soon). Mr. Brown and Ms. Perini will be providing more information for students in the coming weeks through Advisory lessons, video tutorials and help sessions. Upcoming Information Sessions: September 5th from 11am-2:00pm at Highland Springs High School & September 11th from 5:30 to 8:00pm at Tucker High School. The information sessions are identical.
September 15 - Specialists will visit TMS to offer application support to students.
Specialty Center Application Process -
The Specialty Center application opens up September 30th and closes November 15th.
HCPS Website for Specialty Center Information
Information Sessions - 9/6 @ Highland Springs HS; 9/11 - Tucker HS
ACE Center Application Process -
The ACE Center application opens up during October 2025. The application is a Google form.
List of All ACE Center Programs
Link to application information
Maggie Walker Governor’s School Application Process -
The Maggie Walker Governor’s School application opens up on October 1st (to qualified applicants) and closes on December 1st.
HCPS Governor's School Application Requirements and Timeline - this site houses all important information regarding the application process
CodeRVA Application Process -
The CodeRVA application opens through SchoolMint beginning January 5th and will close on February 20th.
CodeRVA is a Regional High School Program for students interested in pursuing computer science. An open house is scheduled for October 14th and December 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM at CodeRVA Regional HS (or through Zoom). Please refer to this website for more information: https://coderva.org/. Questions about CodeRVA can be sent to this email: info@coderva.org.
Please contact Mr.Brown or Ms. Perini with questions regarding the application process.