HIGH SCHOOL ENROLLMENT & TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

Any student eligible for enrollment in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools may apply to attend a magnet school. Students must be able to participate with reasonable expectation of success under the specific criteria of the magnet programs. The application period begins January 3, 2008.

Atkins, Parkland and Reynolds have spaces available for students who live in the schools' residential zones as well as magnet spaces for students from throughout Forsyth County. Priority for assignment to magnet schools is given to students and their siblings who live in the schools' residential zones.

Spaces at Paisley (Grades 9-10) and Winston-Salem Prep (Grades 9-12) are open by application, with consideration at Winston-Salem Prep given to students who would be the first in their families to attend college.

Magnet applications will be dated and numbered according to the order they are received. A lottery may be held if there are more magnet applications than spaces available.

Once assigned to a magnet school, students may complete all grades provided they attend school regularly and exhibit exemplary conduct. If a student does not meet these standards, he or she may be reassigned to his or her residential school at the end of the school year.

Transportation to magnet schools is provided by the school system to high school magnets. If your child lives within the attendance zone where the magnet school is located, transportation will be provided through regular bus routes. If your child lives outside the attendance zone for the magnet school, he or she child will be assigned to a Magnet Express Stop, most likely within four to six miles of your home. Buses will pick up your child at these Magnet Express Stops and take him or her to the magnet school.

These stops are supervised before school starting at 6:30 a.m. and after school until 6 p.m. Supervision is free in the mornings and for the first hour in the afternoon. Additional supervised time is available for $3 per day or $15 per week.

For more information, call the school system's magnet office at 727-2519.

 

ATKINS ACADEMIC AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL COMPLEX
Schools of Biotechnology, Computer Technology and Pre-Engineering

Atkins is like no other school in Forsyth County. Much like a college or university, it offers three schools on one campus. The Schools of Biotechnology, Computer Technology and Pre-Engineering provide rigorous high-level classes that prepare students for courses in those subjects at four- or two-year colleges, or to enter the workforce. Regardless of the school they choose, Atkinsâ?? students will use technology and equipment that rivals what is found at college labs or in the workplace.

At Atkins, the "three Rs" have new meaning -- rigor, relevance and relationships. Each school is supported by business, industry and community leaders. To prepare for careers and college-level work, students participate in mentoring, job shadowing and internship programs.

Atkins is located at 3605 Old Greensboro Road in Winston-Salem. For more information, call the school at 703-6754.

PAISLEY MAGNET SCHOOL
International Baccalaureate: Middle Years Programme  (Grades 6-10)

Paisley is the only school in Forsyth County authorized to offer the IB: Middle Years Programme, which is internationally recognized for its rigor. The Middle Years Program provides a curriculum which allows students to develop knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to participate effectively in life in the 21st Century, with an emphasis on intercultural awareness. Global issues are incorporated in all parts of an accelerated curriculum through interdisciplinary teaching units structured to increase hands-on learning. The IB Middle Years Programme is deisgned to prepare students for the rigor of the IB Diploma Programme.

Paisley offers instruction in all eight subject areas that is more challenging than the state's regular curriculum. The science curriculum is enhanced through a week-long residency for students at Space Camp or Aviation Challenge.

Paisley is located at 1400 Grant St., Winston-Salem. For more information, call the school at 727-2775.

PARKLAND MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL
IB Diploma Programme and Center for the Cultural Arts

Parkland High School is an applicant to be authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a pre-university qualifier and a symbol of academic excellence worldwide. Students who earn an IB diploma can receive advanced college standing or scholarships, depending on the college or university they attend.

All ninth- and 10th-graders take part in a rigorous pre-IB program, including arts courses, Theory of Knowledge and a writing seminar course. Parkland also will serve as a high-school cultural arts center, blending the arts and the IB curriculum to offer a well-rounded high school program.

Parkland is located at 1600 Brewer Road, Winston-Salem. For more information, call the school at 771-4700.

REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL
Magnet School for the Visual and Performing Arts
(new for 2008-09)

Since 1923, the arts have been an important part of Reynolds academic offerings and a source of pride for students, parents and alumni. As a magnet school, Reynolds will integrate the arts in all core academic areas to provide students with increased opportunities for creativity, originality and critical thinking – all essential skills in the 21st-Century workplace. An exciting array of new arts courses also will expand opportunities for excellence. In addition to their core academic courses, students will have the opportunity to choose from three distinctive arts strands: Arts Infused, Arts Aware and Arts Intensive.

Students will experience a culture of the arts through campus wide, arts-related events and two professional performances each year. A "lunchtime" venue will be used to stage student performances, and upgraded projectors and sound systems will allow performances to be broadcast to classrooms and common spaces.

Reynolds is located at 301 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston-Salem. For more information, call 727-2061.

WINSTON-SALEM PREPARATORY ACADEMY
College Preparatory -- Grades 6-12

Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy looks to the future by laying the groundwork for students to reach their full potential and continue their education after high school. Teachers and staff use Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation research that recommends personalizing students' instruction in small classes where they work in an environment of interest and trust, using multiple assessments of work, following democratic and equitable policies and practices, and forming close relationships with the school's community.

The school is housed in the former Atkins Middle school building and allows students the opportunity to spend grades 6 through 12 in a small learning community.

Winston-Salem Prep is located at 1215 N. Cameron Ave., Winston-Salem. For more information, call the school at 727-2910.