Registration

2026-2027 Registration Dates

• January 12, 2026: Application opens
• February 10, 2026: Open House 5:00-7:00pm  
• February 20, 2026: The Maxwell Program Application will temporarily close in preparation for the lottery.  The application will then reopen for programs with availability.
• March 2-13, 2026: Lottery/Selection process for Maxwell
• March 13, 2026: Students will begin receiving their acceptance letters through their GCPS Gmail accounts. This process will continue until the end of the acceptance period. 
• March 16, 2026: Maxwell Program Application opens for late registration.
• July 24, 2026: Maxwell Program Application closes for the 2026-2027 school year.  No new applications will be accepted after this date.

Other information:

• Once the graduating school releases individual student schedules for the next year, students may view their Maxwell class on StudentVue.
• Maxwell students will receive a program letter by the end of July with details regarding fees, uniforms, etc. in their GCPS student Gmail account.
• Maxwell follows the GCPS calendar and the first day of school will be the same as the student's graduating school.

Application site will be open January - July.

Lottery occurs in early March

• Programs that have more applications than spots available will be entered into a Lottery Program.

The application for the 2026-2027 school year will open January 12th, 2026.  To find the application, please log into the GCPS Student Portal, under Additional Resources and choose Maxwell/Grayson Tech Registration.

*If you are not eligible to apply, please see your counselor.  You may also try applying after the second semester has concluded.

To visit our program pages, click here.

Program Brochure: PDF version 11x17 

Program Brochure 4 page

GCPS High School Students can apply to Maxwell.  The following criteria must be met:

Students from all GCPS high schools may obtain three concentrated units of credit in a CTAE Pathway by successfully completing a Maxwell program.

In addition, Maxwell offers embedded academic courses for graduation credit in language arts, math and science. All Maxwell programs offer Board of Regents (BOR) credit in one of the academic areas of language arts, math or science.

Successful completion of all pathway courses first semester is required for second semester attendance.

Course & Credit Document for 2026-2027

View as a pdf document

• Science, Language Arts, and Math credits are approved by the BOR
• Healthcare classes receive an elective Science credit
  • *State Board of Education Rule 160-5-1-.15 "…students who earn one unit of credit for [Essentials of Healthcare 25.44000] shall also receive one unit of [elective science] credit for Human Anatomy and Physiology…"
• Course names/numbers are deemed to be accurate at the time this information was last updated. Information is subject to change in accordance with GADOE/BOR decisions.
• Updated 11/7/2025

AM Period
7:45 AM - 10:15 AM

PM Period
11:10 AM - 1:40 PM

Students attend Maxwell for half of a school day and their graduating school for the other half.

GCPS provides bus transportation to & from each high school to Maxwell. 

Students may also drive to Maxwell - see the Parking Permits section under Parents/Students for more details and the cost of a permit.

Schedule for 2026-2027

Updated 11.10.2025