VIRTUAL

AWARENESS

ACTIVITIES

(via Microsoft Teams) 

October 3, 2020 

October 17, 2020

October 31, 2020

*February 20, 2021

Starting at 9:00 AM until 12:00 PM

       VIRTUAL MAGNET SCHOOL CHOICE FAIRS

• Information sessions for interested parents and students.
• via Microsoft Teams
• https://houstonisd.org/schoolchoicefair

Every Thursday

September 24, 2020 until

November 5, 2020

                     VIRTUAL School tours

VIRTUAL Tours for parents available at each Magnet Program every Thursday, September 24-November 5, 2020 at promptly 1:00 p.m.

September 21, 2020

Through

November 2, 2020

VIRTUAL MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITMENT AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Magnet high school coordinators make program presentation at all middle schools via Microsoft Teams.

ONLINE APPLICATION

SYSTEM OPENS FOR STUDENT APPLICATIONS

September 19, 2020

Applications for all Magnet programs online begins September 19, 2020.

Online Application Centers open in each region of the city

APPLICATION

DEADLINE

(Phase I)

November 6, 2020

Applications must be entered in the online system no later than November 6, 2020 for guaranteed consideration in the first round.

Applications entered after November 6^th will be accepted on a space-available basis. 

PARENT

NOTIFICATION

January 28, 2021

Application status information sent to parents on/by midnight of January 28, 2021 via USPS mail and viewable online as well.

PARENT RESPONSE

DEADLINE

February 10, 2021

Parents must notify Magnet school of choice and the school of  student’s “intent to attend” by February 10, 2020 or they will lose their seat.