Application Process

List of 5 items.

• Step 1: Online Application

  Parents or legal guardians must complete and submit the online application. Though not complicated, click here for instructions to guide you through this process. There are several steps and sections to the application: receiving the checklist, inputting student, parent and grandparent information, current school and coursework information (if applicable), parent or student statements depending on grade-level, and downloading and sending the teacher recommendation(s) forms to current teachers. During the submission of the online application, there will be a non-refundable Application Fee of $75.00 assessed. Please click here to begin this process.

• Step 2: School Records Release Form

  Parents must print, sign and date the Student Record Release Form and deliver, either by mail or in person, to the principal’s/head’s office of the student's current school. Request that the school forward official copies of the listed documents directly to the HRA Office of Admission as soon as possible.

• Step 3: Admission Assessment Test

  Each applicant is required to take the HRA admission assessment test appropriate for his/her grade-level. HRA administers standardized assessments in reading comprehension and math, and evaluates a writing sample (Grades 1-12). Likewise, readiness assessments are administered for grades PreK, JK and K. Assessment dates are provided throughout the year preceding the entrance request; please check the Admission Calendar for assessment dates. Seat reservations are required.

• Step 4: Visit & Interview

  Candidates for admission for grades 3 and up shall spend a portion of a school day at HRA*. Candidates will be paired with a student ambassador and will participate in daily activities. Also during this visit, the candidate will be interviewed by a school administrator.
  
  

  *Ideally, the Candidate can visit classes and interview on the same date as his/her appointment for testing, therefore reducing the amount of time spent out of the current school.

• Final Steps

  • Placement Tests: Admitted students may be asked to take placement tests in mathematics and/or Language. These students will be notified of testing dates, if applicable.
  • Final Transcripts: HRA will request official transcripts from the student’s previous school before the start of school.
  • Immunization and Physical Examination Records: HRA uses the Magnus  online health records system and will provide the appropriate links to record that there is documented proof of every student having received the doses of diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, hepatitis B, and chickenpox vaccines required by the Commonwealth of Virginia. These forms must be uploaded and submitted to the school nurse before enrollment in Hampton Roads Academy and/or HRA athletic participation.
  • Birth Certificate: Students in grades PreK-4 must also present a copy of their birth certificate.