Application Process

 Grade 8 High School Regional and Countywide Programs Timeline 2023-2024

• September 20, 2023 - High School Preview Presentation - Broadcasted on the MCPS website 

  • • English Presentation  (recording)

    • Presentación en español (grabación)

• October 10, 2023-  Application opens on ParentVUE

• November 3, 2023- Application deadline

• First Week of February 2024- Notification of results

• February 16, 2024- Deadline to Accept a Program Invitation 

• February 16, 2024- Deadline to appeal results 

Resources:  Grade 8 High School Regional and Countywide Programs

• • High School Programs At A Glance for Grade 8.  Includes Eligibility and Open House Dates 

  • High School Application Programs Eligibility listed by High School Cluster   

  • Current Grade 8 High School Application Preview- Resource for parents, students and schools

  • Directions for private and home schooled students.  

  • Parent/Student Letter for HS Regional/Countywide Programs, September 2023 (sent via Connect Ed on 9/13/23) 

  • 2023-2024 Grade 8 FAQ  (this document is updated as needed, please check document for updates)

  • Grade 8 Common Application Support Guide for Families 

  • Instructions on how to change the language in ParentVUE.   ¿Cómo cambio el idioma en ParentVUE?

Students are automatically enrolled at Thomas Edison HS of Technology programs beginning in their 11th grade year.  Students will attend TEHST for the classes that correspond with their program.  For example, students in the Healthcare Professions will attend WHS for all of ninth and tenth grade and be enrolled in the Bioscience Academy.  In the 11th grade, students will spend half of their academic day at TEHST completing courses in the Healthcare Professions program.

Los estudiantes se inscriben automáticamente en los programas de tecnología de Thomas Edison HS a partir de su 11º grado. Los estudiantes asistirán a TEHST para las clases que correspondan con su programa. Por ejemplo, los estudiantes de las profesiones sanitarias asistirán a WHS durante todo el noveno y décimo grado y estarán inscritos en la Academia de biociencias. En el 11º grado, los estudiantes pasarán la mitad de su día académico en TEHST completando cursos en el programa de Profesiones de la Salud.

You will not go to your homeschool.  Wheaton will become your high school. You will graduate from Wheaton and be able to participate in all of the opportunities at Wheaton - athletics, clubs and extracurricular activities. Students who do not choose to stay in this pathway will return to their home school.

No irás a tu escuela en casa. Wheaton se convertirá en tu escuela secundaria. Se graduará de Wheaton y podrá participar en todas las oportunidades en Wheaton: atletismo, clubes y actividades extracurriculares. Los estudiantes que elijan permanecer en este camino regresarán a su escuela de origen.

Depending on the program they are enrolled in, students will begin to attend classses at Thomas Edison High School of Technology in their 11th or 12th grade year.  Please refer to the individual program pathway pages on this website.

Dependiendo del programa en el que estén inscritos, los estudiantes comenzarán a asistir a clases en la Escuela Secundaria de Tecnología Thomas Edison en su año de grado 11 o 12. Consulte las páginas de la ruta del programa individual en este sitio web.

Students from the following clusters are eligible to apply:

Los estudiantes de los siguientes grupos son elegibles para postularse:

• Bethesda-Chevy Chase

• Winston Churchill

• Walter Johnson

• Richard Montgomery

• Rockville

• Sherwood

• Walt Whitman

• Thomas S. Wootton

• Northeast Consortium

• Downcounty Consortium

• Montgomery Blair HS

• Northwood High School

• John F Kennedy High School

• Albert Einstein High School

• Wheaton High School