Information Packets available for Clark Magnet High School

Advance registration is needed for science & technology magnet high school. 

Clark Magnet High School offers students in Grades 9-12 a curriculum that emphasizes science and technology. The program is open to students who currently attend a Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) school or who reside in the GUSD attendance area and attend a private, parochial, or non-GUSD public school. 

Approximately 300 applicants will be accepted into the upcoming 9th grade class. If the number of qualified students who apply exceeds the number of openings available, a lottery will be conducted to determine which applicants are selected. Students entering Grades 10-12 may apply; however, few if any openings in these grade levels are anticipated, and students will be placed on a waiting list. Total school enrollment is limited to about 1,100 students. 

Information Packets for interested students are currently available at the office (4747 New York Avenue, La Crescenta), the district’s four middle schools (Roosevelt, , Toll, Wilson), and the office of Student Support Services at the GUSD Administration Center (223 North Jackson Street, Glendale).  

Application Forms will be available on Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the same locations as above. In order to receive an application, all district students must first submit a Student Profile form to their school counselor. Student residents who do not attend a GUSD school must return the completed Student Profile to the office of Student Support Services.

The deadline to submit an Application is Friday, March 2, 2012, at 5 p.m. Please be aware that late applications will NOT be considered. Applications are to be turned-in to the office of Student Support Services ONLY. 

Parent information meetings will be held at the following sites:

• Wilson Middle School: Thursday, February 2 at 6 p.m.

• Roosevelt Middle School: Thursday, February 9, at 6:30 p.m. 

• Clark EXPO: Saturday, February 25, at 9:30 a.m.

Entrance requirements: a minimum 2.0 ("C") grade point average, satisfactory citizenship and attendance, algebra readiness, and a minimum one-year commitment to attend Clark. 

For more information, call (818) 241-3111, Extension 283.

Information for this Patch announcement is provided by Steven Frasher, Public Information Officer of GUSD.