High School Admissions
The NYC public high school application period is October 6, 2026 to December 4, 2026.
Please see the DOE website for more information about the high school process HERE.
Key Admissions Dates (Fall 2027 Admission)
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Tuesday, October 6, 2026: High School Application, LaGuardia Application, and Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) registration open.
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Friday, October 30, 2026: SHSAT registration closes.
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Wednesday, November 18: SHSAT School Day Administration
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Friday, December 4, 2026: Main High School and LaGuardia applications close. deadline to submit additional materials (auditions and assessments) in MySchools.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2027 (after 3:00 PM): High school admission offers are released.
HS411 Series:
Each year the PTA sponsors HS411 info sessions during the Fall semester for 8th grade families.
The 2026 info sessions are October 1st and October 22nd at 6:30pm on zoom. Look for emails to register. If you missed a session, you may email the PTA for the zoom recording link. Please include your student name and class to verify current enrollment status.
Tours - Open House Information:
The guidance department has created a running list of tours and open houses that families may be interested in attending, please visit: High Schools Tours 2025-2026
The guidance dept will be updating this as we receive more information from schools.
Please be aware that these are not all schools holding tours/open houses, for a list of the DOE Myschools calendar of events, please visit the link or the specific high schools website: MySchools events calendar
CONTACT INFORMATION
For general high school inquiries, call 212-674-4545 and dial 0 for the main office.
All student specific high school inquiries should be directed to the Guidance Department:
Counselor (Students Last Name)
High School Email
V. Jalayer (A-C)
R. Schleifer (D-J)
I. Adames (K-M)
M. Jones (N-R)
A. Levine (S-Z)
Please contact your child’s counselor directly with any questions and/or to sign up for a conference to discuss High School options and the application process.
Important Contact Info
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Always include your child’s name, homeroom, and Student ID/OSIS number, if you have it.
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Please only email the addresses provided, and be sure you contact the specific counselor designated to work with your child’s class.
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Do not reply directly to the Baruch Blast.
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All emails are answered in the order they are received.
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Please give the guidance department 24-48 hours to respond to your emails since they are often very busy meeting with students throughout the school day.
MySchools
MySchools is an excellent resource for learning a wealth of information regarding the city’s schools. On their homepage families will be able see “upcoming events” as well as view upcoming tours, open houses, and fairs that you may be interested in attending. This information is normally very accurate, but it’s always a good idea to check individual school websites to confirm any information received through third party sites.
For MySchools current list of High School tours, both virtual and in-person, view HERE. Parents have also found NYC-SIFT to be helpful for learning about high school options and Open Houses.
There are various high schools throughout the city that focus on Visual Arts Programs, which have unique admissions requirements. MySchools is an excellent resource for some of these schools, but again, we always encourage you to visit individual schools’ websites for the most up-to-date, specific, and accurate information. However, for an example of common instructions & requirements for many of these programs please visit for a document compiled by our very own Ms. Rosenblum.
Other arts programs including instrumental music, dance, theatre, vocal music and many more can be found on this page.
MySchools will be the main online portal for high school applications. It can be found at the website here. If you require your welcome letter with account activation code please email your assigned guidance counselor. If you have a MySchools account from your 5th grade middle school application, it will be the same account for high school applications. You will be able to reset your password via the “forgot my password” button if necessary.
Private/Parochial Recommendation and Records/Transcript Requests:
Your HS advisor will be able to assist you in filling out principal’s/counselor’s recommendation forms and providing school records for your child. If there is a principal’s/counselor’s recommendation form being requested; once you inform your advisor of the recommendations needed, your HS advisor will ask you to answer some questions; for us to have some additional information on your child for their recommendation (this includes any sports, activities, clubs, community involvement outside of school, etc. that the school may not be aware of) in order to help highlight your child.
*Important!!*-For all requests for recommendations, please make sure to include all due dates.
We ask that you provide the official academic records release forms from the private/parochial school and send it to your High School Advisor.
Please keep in mind that the guidance dept. receives multiple requests so, please allow at least 2 weeks notice when making a request.
For teacher recommendations, we ask that you please email the teachers directly (either from this school year or any previous year) and allow them two weeks in advance since some teachers may also receive multiple requests at one time.
Additional Assessments for Screened Schools
Are you applying to the following consortium schools? Beacon, East Side Community, Institute for Collaborative Education, School of the Future, and University Heights Secondary - did you know these schools all have an additional assessment?
These assessments can be found by searching MySchools for the specific school you’re applying to. The assessment will also be submitted through your MySchools account.
Are you applying to Bard?
They also have one assessment for both schools.
Are you applying to any of the following schools, NEST+M - New explorations into Science Technology and Math, Gramercy Arts High School, NYC iSchool, Frank McCourt High School and/or Manhattan Hunter Science High School?
These schools also have additional assessments. For more details, click to visit the webpage.
Also, the guidance department has posted the Manhattan screened assessments, which you can see by visiting this webpage.
SHSAT
There are 3 ways you can register for the SHSAT
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Online with MySchools
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Through your school counselor
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Through a Family Welcome Center
SHSAT registration is not first come first serve. Families can register from October 6, 2026 - October 30, 2026. Once registration is completed, families can update the order on their preference list until the last day.
NYC DOE SHSAT prep materials are available HERE.
SHSAT Resources Document prepared by PTA.
MS104 and the PTA have partnered with Prestige Prep to offer SHSAT Prep course at Baruch. Courses are open to 7th and 8th graders. More information about registration will be posted in Fall. You can find out more about the program here.
LaGuardia High School
The Laguardia application period will open on October 6, 2026 to December 4, 2026. To learn more about Laguardia audition requirements, visit https://www.laguardiahs.org or https://www.schools.nyc.gov/HSAuditions
We have amazing arts & music teachers who are able to support students with audition & portfolio preparation for Laguardia and other arts high schools.
Please see the contact info below:
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Mr. Klonowski: Instrumental Music Teacher (Strings) cklonowski@schools.nyc.gov
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Mr. Gallagher: Instrumental Music Teacher (Winds, Brass, Percussion) sgallagher6@schools.nyc.gov
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Ms. Salmon: Visual Art RSalmon2@schools.nyc.gov
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Ms. Rosenblum: Ceramics srosenblum3@schools.nyc.gov
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Mr. Ko: Drama kko2@schools.nyc.gov