The Elementary School Application Process

The application process for acceptance into a Magnet program is outlined below.

Remember that the application process for HISD's Vanguard Magnet programs varies slightly.

Parents should become familiar with Magnet programs by:

• Attending Open House at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center on November 10, 9:00 A.M.–12:00 P.M.
• Attending Magnet Awareness Week activities November 12–16, 2007.

Remember that the application process for HISD’s Vanguard Magnet programs, which are Magnet programs specifically designed for academically gifted and talented students, varies slightly.

• Parents get application from Magnet program school, call 713-556-6947, or visit www.houstonisd.org/magnet.
• Parents collect required records from their child’s current school (see application for details).
• Parents complete application form.
• Parents submit form to Magnet program school (no limit to the number of programs to which you can apply). Form must be submitted and required testing scheduled by January 11, 2008, for the first round of screening. Late applications will be accepted on a space-available basis.
• Parents contact school to schedule tests, auditions, or interviews (if necessary).
• School notifies parents, by mail, that their child has or has not been accepted into the program on March 28, 2008.
• Parents notify Magnet program (one program only) that they accept the invitation for their child to attend by returning acceptance documents by April 11, 2008.
• Parents complete registration materials provided by school.
• Parents follow enrollment procedures as indicated by school.
• Students whose final 2007-2008 report card does not show that they were promoted to the grade for which they applied may not be accepted.
• Final acceptance also depends upon students completing the enrollment process.