School may not have started yet, but incoming 5th-graders and their parents may want to begin thinking ahead. The Department of Education offered this calendar of important dates for those applying to middle school for the 2014-2015 school year: 

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October 2013

|  Directories distributed to families |
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October – December 2013

|  Open houses at middle schools |
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October 8 – 17, 2013

5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

|  District middle school fairs. Click here for a full list |
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November 2013

|  Middle school applications distributed to families |
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December 2013

|  Deadline for families to return middle school applications in all districts |
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December 2013 – February 2014

|  Student interviews and testing at selected middle schools |
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February 2014

|  New middle schools application packets distributed to families |
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March 2014 

|  New middle school application deadline |
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May 2014

|  Decision letters distributed to families |
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June 2014

|  Appeal decision letters distributed to families  |

 

To begin your research, read more about the middle school application process, or check out these Inside schools videos:

"How to Apply to Middle School"

"What to Look for on a School Tour"