If you are new (or returning) to Montgomery County Public Schools OR coming from another MCPS school, please visit this website and follow the directions provided to make sure you have the information and documents you need to move forward. Then, contact our registrar Ellen Karavangelos at 301-968-3750 or Ellen_S_Karavangelos@mcpsmd.org to complete the enrollment process.
Ms. Karavangelos will let you know exactly what steps to take and what documents to procure depending on your situation when you contact her.
Mr. Mike Hopkins will be the 6th Grade Counselor for the 2026-27 School Year.
You may contact him at Michael_S_Hopkins-Gross@mcpsmd.org
Dates Events
Thursday, 1/22/26 Rising 6th Grade Parent Information Night 5:30 pm
Friday, 1/23/26 26-27 HHMS Course Registration Google Form
1/27/26 -2/4/26 Rising 6th Grade Presentations: Mr. Hopkins visits Elementary Schools
Thursday, 2/5/26 Course registration deadline (form must be submitted by this date)
Friday, 6/12/26 6th Grade Orientation Day @ Hoover
August 2026 6th Grade Transition day
Ms. Cara Mehr will be the 7th Grade Counselor for the 2026-27 School Year.
You may contact her at Cara_F_Mehr@mcpsmd.org
Dates Events
1/13-1/15/26 Course Registration in Science Classes - Slides here
1/12/26 26-27 HHMS Course Registration Google Form
1/30/26 Course Registration Deadline
Ms. Aafia Talib will be the 8th Grade Counselor for the 2026-27 School Year.
You may contact her at Aafia_k_talib@mcpsmd.org
Dates Events
1/12/6 -1/16/26 Course Registration Lessons in Science Classes - View Slides here
1/12/26 26-27 HHMS Course Registration Google Form
1/30/26 Course Registration Deadline
Dates Events
Thursday, 1/15/26 Rising 9th Grade Parent Meeting at Churchill at 7pm--in person and virtual options (recording and presentation linked)
Thursday, 1/22/26 Churchill Counselors visit to discuss program and registration process in English classes (presentation linked)
Friday, 1/23/26 Churchill Resource Teachers and Student Ambassadors to visit during Period 6, Charge Up and Period 7
1/22/-1/30/26 Course requests window open--complete requests through StudentVUE (instructions here)
Thursday, 1/30/26 Churchill rising 9th grade course request deadline--StudentVUE module closes
1/31/-4/24/26 Changes to course requests must be made in writing--forms available in Hoover Counseling office
4/24/26 Course request change forms DUE
8/1-8/14/26 Course requests change forms accepted--2nd round
8/14/26 Course requests finalized--no elective changes after this date
If your student is planning to apply to independent/private schools, please forward all necessary school/principal/counselor recommendation forms to your student's current grade level counselor and all transcript requests to Ellen Karavangelos (registrar) as soon as possible.
We ask that you complete the MCPS Authorization for Release/Exchange of Confidential Information Form (MCPS Form 336-32) found here for each school to which your child intends to apply and submit these signed forms to Ms. Karavangelos.
If your application requires individual teacher recommendations, please send those directly to the specific teachers after you have completed the form above and given it to Ms. Karavangelos.
If the schools to which your student is applying give you the option to use the Standard Application Online (SAO) or the Gateway to Prep School application, please consider using those. The counseling department requires at least 15 days to process these requests, so plan accordingly keeping due dates in mind!