1. Freehold Regional High School District Magnet Programs
Information on all magnet programs & application available at
frhsdmagnetprograms.com

2. FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
FRHSD – not just your town – 8 municipalities
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

3. FREEHOLD REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
COLTS NECK HS
FREEHOLD REGIONAL
HOWELL HS
FREEHOLD HS
MANALAPAN HS
Who are we? What is the FRHSD?
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
MARLBORO HS
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP HS

4. Full academic offerings Diverse elective courses
FREEHOLD REGIONAL
Full academic offerings
Diverse elective courses
Athletic teams
Extracurriculars
Comprehensive high school
HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

5. FRHSD MAGNET PROGRAMS HOWELL HS COLTS NECK HS MANALAPAN HS FREEHOLD HS
Fine & Performing Arts
Humanities
COLTS NECK HS
Law & Public Service
Navy JROTC
FRHSD
MANALAPAN HS
Law Enforcement & Public Safety
Science & Engineering
FREEHOLD HS
Culinary Arts
Computer Science
Medical Sciences
6 schools, 12 programs – might change schools
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP HS
Animal & Botanical Sciences
Global Studies
MAGNET PROGRAMS
MARLBORO HS
Business Administration

6. FRHSD
Magnet Programs attract students of specific academic interests and passions Full-four year, vertically-articulated programs Application process to determine top candidates Smaller community within the larger high school
Defining a magnet program
MAGNET PROGRAMS

7. FRHSD
Animal & Botanical Sciences Business Administration Computer Science Culinary Arts & Hospitality Fine & Performing Arts Global Studies
Humanities Law & Public Service Law Enforcement & Public Safety Medical Sciences Navy Junior ROTC Science & Engineering
12 programs
MAGNET PROGRAMS

8. How do you know if a Magnet Program is right for you?
FRHSD
Passion for the focus of the program
Willingness to commit to a four year program
Willingness to attend the school where the program is located
Find out more by attending our Open Houses (not mandatory – but really helps)
See page 7
Which program?
MAGNET PROGRAMS

9. Application Components
FRHSD
For ALL Programs Grades from 7th & 8th grade Essay Extracurriculars Recommendations
For SOME Programs Entrance Exam Audition Interview
Parts of application
MAGNET PROGRAMS

10. 40% - 15% 20% 25% 5% 10% 30% 5% * 70% 35% 30% * 25% * Program Grades
Entrance Exam
Essay
Extra-curriculars
Recommen-dations
Audition
Interview
Animal & Botanical Sciences
40% -
15%
20%
25%
Business Administration
(Algebra I required‡) 5%
10%
Computer Science
Culinary Arts/ Hospitality Management
30%
Fine & Performing Arts
5% *
70%
Global Studies
Humanities
Law & Public Service
Law Enforcement & Public Safety
35%
30% *
Medical Sciences
Navy Junior ROTC
25% *
Science & Engineering
Weighting of application components (note the blue and red text)

11. Online Application Opens
Date
Event
Notes
Monday
October 2, 2017
Online Application Opens
Students may begin an application.
Students can apply to up to TWO programs.
Wednesday
November 1, 2017
Student Information and Program Choice
deadline
Student Information and Program Choice sections of the application will be frozen and considered complete 11:59 pm.
Tuesday
November 14, 2017
Essay and
Extra-curricular List deadline
All essays and the extra-curricular/activities list will be frozen and considered complete at 11:59 pm.
Exam Registration
If applicable, students must select their exam session by this date. If no exam session has been selected, students will be randomly placed in one of the two sessions.
Saturday
December 9, 2017
Entrance Exam
The entrance exam for Business Administration, Computer Science, Global Studies, Humanities, Law & Public Service, Medical Sciences, and Science & Engineering programs will take place at Colts Neck High School. Snow date is December 16, 2017.
December 19, 2017
Recommendation
All online recommendations must be filed by 11:59 pm.
Thursday
March 1, 2018
Status Notification
Notification of application status (accepted, waitlisted, denied) in the online system.
Application timeline

12. Navigating & Starting the Application
Website – frhsdmagnetprograms.com

13. Create a Username & Password
After creating an account,
log back in here
Starting an application
CREATE AN ACCOUNT HERE

14. FRHSD Keep in mind. . . MAGNET PROGRAMS
Magnet Programs are about individual passions Students in Colts Neck, Farmingdale, Freehold, Howell, Manalapan, & Marlboro apply for seats Four-year commitment to magnet program with possibility of changing schools Small community within larger comprehensive school (best of both worlds) Can apply to 1 or 2 programs Application opens October 2; closes November 14
Questions
MAGNET PROGRAMS

15. FRHSD Questions? MAGNET PROGRAMS
Ask now! Read the packet Go to frhsdmagnetprograms.com Call the Curriculum & Instruction Office (see packet/website for number) Call/ the Program Supervisor (see packet/website for numbers/ s) Attend an Open House and talk to students
Questions
MAGNET PROGRAMS