Our district's 2nd application window for the 2025-2026 school year has been extended and will be open from May 12 until May 23 for specific Program Options.  Limited spaces will be available within these program options at the following locations:  

Accelerated Studies at Sunset Park

Northside Elementary School of the Arts

IB at Sullivan Middle School

FRENCH at Cherry Park

STEAM at Saluda Trail

STEAM at South Pointe High

All students must be enrolled as a student in Rock Hill Schools and appropriate documentation must be collected prior to applying for a Program Option.

For questions regarding Elementary Program Options, please contact Katie Barber, Executive Director of Elementary at KBarber@rhmail.org. For questions regarding Secondary Program Options, please contact Alicisa Johnson, Executive Director of Secondary Education at ADJohnson@rhmail.org.

Rock Hill Schools is committed to providing quality instructional programs that promote world-class knowledge and skills and build life and career characteristics in our students. The district's Program Options are designed to create well-rounded students by challenging them with opportunities that help meet their needs, nurture their talents, interests, and aptitudes, and expose them to new experiences.  

The district currently has seven program options that are tied to a distinctive course of study. Each program seeks to develop engaging and meaningful opportunities for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Program Options foster parental involvement and high expectations and give parents the opportunity to choose a program that will meet their child’s needs.

Traditionally, children are assigned to a public school according to where they live. Rock Hill Schools Program Options allows families to select the program that is most suited for their child. All students who live within the Rock Hill Schools attendance zone are eligible to apply for a program. Families must be enrolled in Rock Hill Schools and complete the Program Options application before they become part of the lottery. Program availability and capacity determine how many students are accepted based on the lottery results. Once students are accepted, they enroll in the host school of the program. Transportation is provided for all programs regardless of where a student resides within the district's attendance zone.