Thank you for your interest in Mary G. Porter Traditional School.
2020-21 APPLICATION INFORMATION
The DEADLINE to turn in a completed application is Friday, January 31, 2020 at 4:00pm.
The application may be submitted in the school's front office no later than 4:00pm on Friday, January 31, 2020; it may also be mailed in, as long as it is postmarked by January 31, 2020.
2020-21 Porter Application - English
2020-21 Porter Application - Spanish
INFORMATION NIGHTS:
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 6:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:30-7:30pm (CANCELLED due to inclement weather, RESCHEDULED for 1/15/2020)
**Wednesday, January 15, 2020 6:30-7:30PM
QUESTIONNAIRE WRITING SESSIONS:
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 6:30-7:30pm (CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER)
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 6:30-7:30pm
Tuesday, January 21, 2020 6:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 6:30-7:30pm
PROSPECTIVE PARENT TOUR:
Friday, January 17, 2020 at 10:00am
NOTE FOR STUDENTS APPLYING FOR 1st GRADE
If a student does not meet the PWCS Age of Entrance for Kindergarten: age 5 by September 30 of that school year, and he/she is attending a private school for Kindergarten, in order to advance to 1st grade at a PWCS school, the private school MUST BE ACCREDITED by the Virginia Council for Private Education. You may go to VCPE.ORG to check if a private school is accredited.
**per REGULATION 723-1:"...A child who has not attended kindergarten but meets the age requirements for first grade may be admitted to first grade. After appropriate informal and/or formal observation and assessment, the principal, with the consent of the parents, may recommend alternative placement."
Students residing in the eastern part of Prince William County are eligible toapply to Porter Traditional School. If your child’s base (neighborhood)school is listed below, you may apply:
Antietam Ashland Bel Air Belmont Dale City
Dumfries Enterprise Featherstone Fitzgerald Henderson
Kerrydale Kilby King Lake Ridge Leesylvania
Marumsco Hills McAuliffe Minnieville Montclair Neabsco
Occoquan Old Bridge Pattie Potomac View River Oaks
Rockledge Rosa Parks Springwoods Swans Creek Triangle
Vaughn Westridge Williams Wilson Covington-Harper
Jenkins
** We accept applications from December 15 - January 31 (NO exceptions). Only COMPLETED applications are accepted.
** We conduct the lottery in late February to select students for the openings we have at the time.
** Any student not pulled in the lottery is placed on the waiting list (by grade)
** We continue to pull from the waiting list until September 30. The waiting list becomes void after September 30. If a student is not pulled from the waiting list, then he/she will have to re-apply the following year.
** Enrollment at Porter Traditional School is limited, if the number of applications received exceeds enrollment capacity, a lottery is used to select students for current openings.