STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Students who want to investigate their public high school and middle school options will have several opportunities over the next few weeks. The first will be the Citywide High School Fair, held by the Department of Education at Brooklyn Technical High School on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On offer will...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- Students who want to investigate their public high school and middle school options will have several opportunities over the next few weeks.
The first will be the Citywide High School Fair, held by the Department of Education at Brooklyn Technical High School on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On offer will be information about schools across the city -- including prestigious specialized high schools like LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and the Performing Arts, and Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan.
The fair will also include two workshops on the high school admissions process, and two workshops on how to apply to the city's nine specialized high schools -- including Staten Island Technical High School.
For information on schools closer to home, there will be a borough-specific fair for Staten Island at New Dorp High School on Oct. 22-23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. That fair will focus only on Staten Island schools.
Students who want to take the Specialized High School Admissions Test should see their guidance counselors before Oct. 12 to register. Students who want to audition for LaGuardia should see their guidance counselors before Oct. 28 to obtain an audition ticket.
High school applications will be available in mid-October, and are due back to guidance counselors no later than Dec. 2.
The Department of Education will offer further workshops across the city about the high school admissions process, and the schedule will be available online.
For soon-to-be middle school students, a Staten Island Middle School Fair will be held Thursday, Oct. 13, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at New Dorp High School.