The 2025-26 PORTER APPLICATION is a part of the PWCS Specialty Program Application.

 

PORTER INFORMATION NIGHTS…to be held at Porter Traditional School

 

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The DEADLINE to submit your student’s 2025-26 Porter application is 12:00midnight, Saturday, February 1, 2025.  Late submissions WILL NOT BE accepted.

 

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW WHEN SUBMITING AN APPLICATION

1) The Porter application is a part of the PWCS Specialty Program Application. 

2) When completing an application for your student, please note that a separate application must be submitted for each student.

3) PRIVATE SCHOOL students must upload a CURRENT REPORT CARD  once the application has been submitted.   

 

4) Any student with a CURRENT IEP must upload the full IEP (not progress reports)   once the application has been submitted. 

5) Duplicate applications for the same choice program will be eliminated; the most recent submission will be kept.

6) Incomplete applications will not be evaluated.

7) All applications will be processed electronically.

8) Any falsification of information may result in your application not being processed and/or denied.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: If your student is currently on an INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN (IEP), you must upload the full IEP (not progress reports)   once the application has been submitted.  Failure to do so will nullify the application and it will be considered incomplete.

  

 

 

 

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LOTTERY RESULTS/ACCEPTANCE INFORMATION

RESULTS and APPLICATION STATUS information will be communicated VIA YOUR PARENTVUE ACCOUNT. 

Applicants will receive an email once the lottery is complete and will be directed to their ParentVue account to check the status of their application.

NOTE:  ALL APPLICATION COMMIUNICATION WILL BE VIA EMAIL. 

 

 

 

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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 (VCPE) and/or the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). You may go to VCPE.ORG and/or NAEYC.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 to apply to Porter Traditional School. If your child's base (neighborhood) school is listed below, you may apply: