How to Apply: High School Specialty Programs Chart

High School Specialty Program

Location(s)

Students considered

Grades Accepted into Program

Application Required

Essay Required

For more information view the website listed for the respective program.

Application

PGCPS Students

PGC residents

3-D Scholars Program

Charles H. Flowers HS

PGCPS students and Residents of PGC

Rising 9th grade students 

Yes

Yes

No

Aerospace Engineering & Aviation Technology (AEAT)

DuVal HS

PGCPS students and Residents of PGC. All current 8th grade PGCPS students are considered. There is no application.

Rising 9th & 10th grade students 

No

Yes

(Homeschool & Private school students)

No

Academy of Health Sciences @ PGCC (AHS)

• Health Sciences 
• Teacher Preparation

Prince George’s Community College

PGCPS students and Residents of PGC

Rising 9th grade students 

Yes

Yes

No

Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) HS

Various Locations

PGCPS students and Residents of PGC

HS: 9th - 10th

Yes

Yes

Yes

Career and Technical Education (CTE)*

*All programs are listed below.

Various Locations

PGCPS Students

Rising 9th-11th grade students

Yes

Yes

No

Career and Technical Education

CTE Programs

Construction and Development

• Electrical
• Carpentry
• HVAC
• Masonry
• Plumbing
• Construction Design

Business Management & Finance

• Accounting
• Business Administrative Services
• Business Management
• Academy of Finance (NAF)
• Business Marketing

Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism

• Barbering
• Cosmetology
• Culinary Arts
• Food & Beverage Management (ProStart)

Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology

• Pre-Engineering - Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

Environmental, Agricultural, and Natural Resources

• Animal Science
• Natural Science

Arts, Media and Communication

• Interactive Media Production

Transportation Technologies

• Autobody Repair
• Automotive Technician

Information Technology

• IT Networking Academy (CISCO)
• Computer Science
• TalentReady
• InTECS - Integrating Technology, Engineering, and Computer Science

Health and Biosciences

• Biomedical Science: Project Lead the Way (PLTW)
• Health Professions:
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Certified Clinical Medical Assistant
  • Pharmacy Technician

Human Resources Services - Education

• Early Childhood Education/Child Care
• Early Childhood Education/Child Development Associate (CDA)
• Teacher Academy of Maryland (TAM)

Human Resources Services - Safety and Security

• Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician
• Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (HSEP) Program:
  • Homeland Security Sciences Pathway
  • Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Pathway

Human Resources Services - Safety and Security (cont.)

• Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC)

  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
• Public Safety Academy

Evening High School Program

• Health Professions: Certified Nursing Assistant
• Carpentry
• Culinary Arts

Adolescent Single Parent Program

Career Research and Development

Apprenticeship Maryland Program

Immersion Programs

Central High School (Rising French Immersion 12th graders)
Largo High School (Chinese Immersion, French Immersion and Spanish Immersion) Rising 9th-11th grade Immersion students

Current Immersion 8th grade students

PGCPS 9th-11th grade student who applies and tests on grade level proficiency in English and the Immersion Language

PGCPS 12th grade student who applies and tests on grade level proficiency in English and French

Yes & Proficiency testing 

(9th Grade Immersion Continuity Students Exempt)

Yes & Proficiency testing 

(9th Grade Immersion Continuity Students Exempt)

No

Immersion Programs

International Baccalaureate Program (IB)

Various High Schools

PGCPS students and
Residents of PGC

Rising 9th and 10th grade students

Yes 

(TAG Center Continuity Students exempt)

Yes 

Yes

(TAG Center Continuity Students exempt)

Virtual

PGCPS students and
Residents of PGC

7th - 12th grade

Yes

PGCPS Online Campus

P-TECH

Frederick Douglass High School

PGCPS students and Residents of Prince George's County

Rising 9th grade students 

Yes

Pathways in Technology Early College High School: P-TECH

Science & Technology Program (S/T)

Charles H.Flowers Eleanor Roosevelt Oxon Hill 

PGCPS students and
Residents of PGC. All current 8th grade PGCPS students are considered. There is no application.

Rising 9th & 10th grade students 

No

Yes

(Homeschool & Private school students)

No

Talent Ready

Largo High School

PGCPS students and
Residents of PGC. All current 8th grade PGCPS students are considered. There is no application.

Rising 9th grade students

No

Yes

No