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Human Resources & Employment
Equity & Employee Relations
Payroll Office & Tax Forms
Tuition Reimbursement
Trip Tracker

FOR TEACHERS 

Certification
Library Media Programs & Research
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SmartFind Express (Sub Call System)

 

Teacher Direct (VDOE)

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Application Process
                               Thank you for your interest in Mary G. Porter Traditional School. 

                          2019-20 APPLICATION INFORMATION
The DEADLINE to turn in a completed application is Friday, February 1, 2019 at 4:00pm. 
The application may be submitted in the school's front office no later than 4:00pm on Friday, February 1, 2019. 
It may also be mailed in, as long as it is postmarked by February 1, 2019.


2019-20 Porter Application - English  
2019-20 Porter Application - Spanish   


INFORMATION NIGHTS:
Monday, December 17, 2018 6:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, January 9, 2019  6:30-7:30pm

QUESTIONNAIRE WRITING SESSIONS: 
Wednesday, January 9, 2019  6:30-7:30pm
Tuesday, January 15, 2019    6:30-7:30pm   **CANCELLED due to inclement weather
Wednesday, January 23, 2019      6:30-7:30pm   **Rescheduled from Jan. 15
Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:30-7:30pm
Thursday, January 31, 2019 6:30-7:30pm

PROSPECTIVE PARENT TOUR:    Friday, January 18, 2019  at 10:00am  **CANCELLED due to inclement weather
                                                                RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, January 22, 2019 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

** We accept applications from December 15 - February 1 (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. 
 

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