Provided by Prince William County Schools (PWCS)
Learn about specific specialty programs during upcoming open houses. Representatives of our specialty programs, Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs, and Junior ROTC will be on hand during their scheduled session to answer your questions and provide detailed information about their respective programs. Preview information about each program in the online specialty programs brochure.
The application deadline is Feb. 1, 2018, for most high schools. Many students enter specialty programs and CTE transfer programs as freshmen, while CTE transport programs typically start during the sophomore or junior year. It is important to note that an application is required even when the program location is in the student’s base school.
If a program receives applications for more students than the program can accept or the school can house, a lottery is used to select program participants. Due to enrollment capacity at a given school, a program may close to new transfer students.
Ninth-grade students may participate in the comprehensive program at their base high school, apply for the specialty program at their base high school, or apply to transfer to another high school for a specialty program.
Presentations Begin at 7:00 p. m. on these dates unless otherwise noted
*Check school websites for weather-related cancellations.
Advanced Placement Scholars
Patriot High School: Monday, Jan. 8, 2018
Woodbridge High School : Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
The Biotechnology Center, Osbourn Park High School : Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
The Cambridge Programme, Brentsville District High School : Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018
Center for Environmental and Natural Sciences, Freedom High School: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Center for Information Technology (for IT Cyber Security see dates under Career and Technical Education), Battlefield High School: Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018
Forest Park High School: Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Center for International Studies and Languages, Hylton High School: Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
International Baccalaureate Programme, Stonewall Jackson High School: Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
The Pre-Governor’s School @ Osbourn Park, Osbourn Park High School: Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
Career and Technical Education
For students with a strong sense of the career area they wish to pursue, Career and Technical Education programs provide an opportunity to explore their interest while gaining valuable knowledge and skills in preparation for a career or post-secondary studies.
Information sessions are open to students in grades 8–11.
Transfer Programs: Agriculture, auto technology, cabinet making, cyber security, Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, television production, and welding sequences require students to transfer to the school that offers the program once they are accepted.
Transport Programs: Students will be transported by bus from their base school to attend classes in building trades, cosmetology, culinary arts, and nursing.
Presentations Begin at 7:00 p. m. on these dates unless otherwise noted
*Check school websites for weather-related cancellations.
Agriculture: Brentsville District High School, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018
Automotive Technology: Hylton High School, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Osbourn Park High School, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
Cabinetmaking, Hylton High School, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC): Freedom High School ,Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Television Production: Hylton High School, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
CTE TRANSPORT PROGRAMS
Presentations Begin at 7:00 p. m. on these dates unless otherwise noted
*Check school websites for weather-related cancellations.
Building Trades: Patriot High School, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018
Cosmetology: Stonewall Jackson High School, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 @ 6:30 p.m .
Woodbridge High School, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
Culinary Arts: Patriot High School, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018
Medical and Health Science, Practical Nursing: Osbourn Park High School, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC)
PWCS offers JROTC programs for the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines at nine high schools. Students enroll in the JROTC program of their base school or in the program to which their school is assigned. Students are encouraged to enter the program in the ninth grade to receive the full benefit of the four-year program. Visit the JROTC page to learn more information.
Presentations Begin at 7:00 p. m. on these dates unless otherwise noted
*Check school websites for weather-related cancellations.
Air Force JROTC: Battlefield High School, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018
Freedom High School, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018
Hylton High School, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Stonewall Jackson High School, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
Army JROTC: Forest Park High School, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018
Woodbridge High School, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018
Navy JROTC: Osbourn Park High School, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018 @ 6:30 p. m.
