You have a variety
of choices to consider for the 2008-09 school year!
The following should
provide the answers to most of your questions. If you need more information,
please contact Student Support Services at 251-2929 or Public Relations at
254.4317 or email your questions to
options@nhcs.net.
PRE—K & KINDERGARTEN
Click here
to learn more about
Pre-K Registration
Click here
to learn more about
KINDERGARTEN Registration
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OPTIONS
An Assigned School is a school near your home to which
your child is guaranteed admission. If needed, transportation is provided.
Click here
to find your child’s
assigned school.
A Year-Round School offers the North Carolina curriculum
offered on a nine-week on, three-week intercession schedule. You must apply to
these schools and they must be within your assigned territory. Transportation
is provided if student resides within transportation zone. Year Round schools
are
Codington
and
Eaton.
Click here
to find the Year
Round School in your child’s attendance zone.
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Applications accepted for Kindergarten February 4-15, 2008
Click here
for a Kindergarten Application for Year Round School
Click
here
to learn more
about Kindergarten Registration
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Kindergarten Notifications will be mailed on or before April
25th.
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Applications accepted for 1st—5th Grades February 18 - April
18
Click here
for an Application for Year Round School
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Applications received after April 18th will be considered
Transfers
Click here
for more
information about Transfers
A
Magnet School is a school with a theme that draws students
from all over the county. The North Carolina Standard course of Study is taught
using this focus area as an approach. There are three elementary magnet
schools:
Rachel Freeman School of Engineering,
Gregory School of Science, Mathematics and Technology,
and
Annie Snipes Academy of Arts & Design.
If you already live in the Attendance Zone for a Magnet School, you do not need
to apply to that school. Otherwise, you must apply. Students are selected by
random lottery
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If you live
outside a Magnet School’s Attendance Zone, you must apply.
Click here for Magnet
School Kindergarten Application
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Applications accepted for Kindergarten — February 4 - 15,
2008
Click here to learn more
about Kindergarten Registration
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Kindergarten Notifications will be mailed on or before April 25th.
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Applications
accepted for 1st—5th Grades — February 18 - April 18
Click here for an Application for Magnet School
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Applications received
after April 18h will be considered Transfers
Click here
for more information about Transfers
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Click here for more
information about New Hanover County Schools' Magnet School programs.
Open
Choice—A school outside a
student’s assigned school area for which the student may apply for a lottery
assignment as an “open choice” placement if there is space available at the
school within the student’s grade level.
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Applications Accepted
February 18 through April 18, 2008
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Random Lottery will be held to
select students for available spaces
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Applications submitted
after April 18, will be considered a
Transfer.
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Public school transportation
WILL NOT be provided.
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Click here
for an Open Choice
Application
MIDDLE
SCHOOL OPTIONS
Open
Choice—A school outside a
student’s assigned school area for which the student may apply for a lottery
assignment as an “open choice” placement if there is space available at the
school within the student’s grade level.
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Applications accepted
February 18 through April 18, 2008
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Random Lottery will be held to
select students for available spaces
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Applications submitted
after April 18, will be considered a
Transfer.
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Public school transportation
WILL NOT be provided.
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Click here
for an
Open Choice Application
Open
Enrollment—A school outside a
student’s assigned school area for which the student may apply for a lottery
assignment, if there is space available.
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Open Enrollment Middle
Schools are: Williston and Virgo.
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Applications accepted
through August 25, 2008
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Random lottery will be held to
select students for available spaces
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Applications for open
enrollment will not be accepted after August 25, 2008.
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Public school transportation
WILL be provided.
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Click here
for an Open
Enrollment Application
HIGH
SCHOOL OPTIONS
Open
Choice—A school outside a
student’s assigned school area for which the student may apply for a lottery
assignment as an “open choice” placement if there is space available at the
school within the student’s grade level.
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Applications Accepted
February 18 through April 18, 2008
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Random Lottery will be held to
select students for available spaces
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Applications submitted
after April 18, will be considered a
Transfer.
-
Public school transportation
WILL NOT be provided.
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Click here
for an Open Choice
Application
Open
Enrollment—A school outside a
student’s assigned school area for which the student may apply for a lottery
assignment, if there is space available.
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Open Enrollment High
School: New Hanover High School
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Applications accepted
through August 25, 2008
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Random lottery will be held to
select students for available spaces
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Applications for open
enrollment will not be accepted after August 25, 2008.
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Public school transportation
WILL be provided.
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Click here for
an Open Enrollment Application
