Note Regarding Selection:

Thank you to all students who applied to our program.  Letters with the status of acceptance or non-acceptance were mailed from the WCPSS Office of Student Assignment on Friday, February 3, 2012.   You will be able to find out more information about selection notification, wait lists, and decision deadlines at this website.

If you have not received your letter you may send a message to the Office of Student Assignment with your question.  Please use this link to their contact form.

What is STEM?

STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  These fields are increasingly important to finding solutions to sustaining our planet and its people.  Additional focus on STEM education and innovation will help our nation become be ever more competitive in the global economy.

How To Apply

Students apply to our school by completing a paper application and are ultimately selected through a randomized process much like a lottery.   The following are the criteria we are looking for in potential students:

resides in Wake County, NC, possesses a strong interest in one or more of the STEM fields of study, possesses a strong work ethic, wants to go to college,  possesses strong academic potential (even if it’s not consistently been displayed), wants attend a small school