How to Apply

Applications are available through the HCPS Specialty Center Page beginning October 3, 2022. Applications close December 2, 2022.

From the Specialty Center Page, students may click on the following options.

• HCPS applicants log into the online application
• Private and home-schooled applicants download the application PDF and register for applicant testing which opens October 3, 2022 http://tinyurl.com/henricoprivateschooltesting
• Any questions regarding testing for private or home-schooled students can be emailed to Lesley Brown lybrown1@henrico.k12.va.us

Private and home-schooled applicants: please return completed application, essay, Fall semester transcripts* and references to:

Highland Springs High School
200 Airport Drive
Mrs. Chevon Artis-Ablack
ACA Program Director
Henrico, VA 23075

*Private School Transcripts – please resend after fall semester grades are added.

 

How to Accept

Student Response Overview:

• The student response window is scheduled to open on Thursday January 27, 2023  at 4:30 PM.
• HCPS applicants are expected to login to the online applicant program and submit responses through drop down selections.
• Private and home schooled students must mail, email, or fax a letter of intent to the center director.
• Students have the option to Accept or Not Accept an offer for any Selected and/or Waitlisted statuses.
  • Students may accept one offer of acceptance and one offer of waitlist.
  • Students may accept, instead, two offers of waitlist.
• Any Not Selected statuses listed do not require a response.
• The student response window is scheduled to close on Friday, February 10, 2023 at 11:59 PM

All accepted and waitlisted students will receive an email (to the application email) containing our student handbook, course request sheet for 9th grade, and other documents to return. Private and home-schooled students will, also, receive a letter of intent to return.

Step by Step Directions for HCPS Students:

1. Access Website at the following address: https://hcpsapps.henrico.k12.va.us/.
2. Students will login using their HCPS Credentials. Note: Parent/Guardian credentials for the PowerSchool Parent Portal will not work for this site.  Only student credentials have proper access at this time.
3. Once on the Home Tab, select the Student Response Tab to review all center statuses.
4. Students, before you begin, please review the instructions at the top of the online acceptance page.

• There are three possible statuses: Selected, Not Selected, and Waitlisted.

1. 1. Selected – requires a response.
   2. Not Selected – does not require a response.
   3. Waitlisted – requires a response.

• There are two possible responses: Accept or Did not Accept.
• Students have the option to Accept or Not Accept an offer for any Selected and/or Waitlisted statuses. If you see a Not Selected, no response is required.  Note: once the student accepts an offer or waitlist offer at one center, all other centers with that status will default to Not Accept.
• The student response window is scheduled to close on Friday, February 17, 2023. If you have questions or concerns, please see your middle school counselor.

 

Staying on the Waitlist

• Students who choose to remain on the ACA waitlist will be contacted to offer a seat or to inform that no seats remain.
• When an offer is made to a wait-list candidate, they have 24 hours to accept or decline the offer. If not response is made, a decline is presumed and the seat is given to the next wait-listed student.
• All wait-list decisions will be concluded by Friday, February17, 2022