• Application Process: 
     
      

    2025-2026 Entry Deadlines 

    1. Download and complete an "Intent to Participate" Form and submit it to your resident district by November 25, 2024. (All choice applicants must complete an Intent to Participate Form.)
    2. Complete the MHRD School Choice Online Application and submit it, along with a copy of your IEP, ISP, or 504 plan (if applicable) by November 25, 2024.
    3. Submit Magnet supplemental materials and records if applying for the Magnet Program along with the application by November 25, 2024 (These forms will be submitted electronically.)
    4. Admissions testing for the Magnet Program will take place at Morris Hills High School on your selected test date.  (You will be able to choose a test date when you apply.  All test dates are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Additional test dates may be added if needed. Please note that the application must be submitted in order for the test date request to be processed.  Applicants can submit the application without completing the recommendation section; the recommendation section can be submitted separately if needed.)
    5. An admissions lottery for the General HS Program and the Aviation Program will be conducted on December 12th and acceptance letters for all programs will be sent out by December 19, 2024 
    6. If you are accepted and wish to attend, you must submit the “Intent to Enroll” form by January 9, 2025. 
    7. MHRD will contact your home district by March 15, 2025 with a transportation request.
     
    Application Forms

     

     

    • Please note: The district is only accepting waitlist applications for the IB Program for students entering Grade 11 in the 2025-2026 school year.  
     
     
    Deadlines and Important Dates for 2025-2026 Entry: 
     

     

    Tuesday, October 8, 2024
    Magnet/School Choice Admissions
    Information Session at
    Morris Knolls High School Auditorium, 50 Knoll Drive, Rockaway, NJ 
     
    Thursday, October 17, 2024
    Magnet/School Choice Admissions
    Information Session at
    Morris Hills High School Auditorium, 520 West Main St, Rockaway, NJ  
     
    November 23, 2024, or December 7, 2024
     

    Admissions Testing for Magnet Program, Morris Hills High School (applicants will select a test date and time when they submit an application)

     
    November 25, 2024
    School Choice/Magnet Application Deadline
    Intent to Participate Form Submission Deadline
    All Materials must be received by Morris Hills Regional District by this date.
     
    December 12, 2024 General High School & Aviation Lotteries
    December 19, 2024 
     
    Admissions Decisions E-Mailed Out 
    January 9, 2025
    Intent to Enroll /Response Forms Due
    January 13,  2025
     
    Students' resident districts notified of Choice enrollment at MHRD 
      
    March 15, 2025 Transportation requests sent by MHRD to students' resident districts