Moving Up to High school

Hello Longhorn Students & Parents,

This newsletter is intended to by your one stop resource location for all things pertaining to questions regarding next school year.

Information is broken down by the grade you or your child will be in next year (2026-2027)

If you don't find it here, please reach out to the counseling office at (210) 397-5332, we are always happy to help!

NISD offers school choice to 8th grade students moving to High School.

There are 13 comprehensive high schools offering a variety of school programs.

Additionally, NISD offers 8 different Magnet Schools focusing on a variety of program and endorsement areas. Please click on the link above to access the magnet newsletter or visit : https://www.nisd.net/schools/magnet for more information.

The window for magnet school applications is Nov. 18th-Jan. 21st.

• Tuesday, January 23rd - HS Magnet Online Application closes
• Friday, Feb. 2nd- HS Magnet Acceptance Letters are sent to students
• Friday, February 9th - HS Magnet Acceptance Decision deadline

Luna Middle School students, as per NISD attendance, are in the feeder pattern for Brennan HS.

That means that the majority of our students will attend Brennan HS.

Below you will find the course selection guide for high school as well as endorsement information and programs of study that can be found at Brennan.

Current 8th grade students will attend a field trip to Brennan HS to received more information on Friday January 16th from 8:40-12:00.

Magnet School Application Window- Nov. 17th-Jan. 23rd

Dec. 2nd- Magnet School Fair (Northside Sports Gym) 6:30-8:00pm

Dec. 9th- Magnet School Fair (Paul Taylor Field House) 6:30-8:00 pm

Jan. 16, 2026- 8th Grade Field Trip to Brennan HS

Jan. 22, 2026- 8th Grade Parent Night (Brennan HS) 6:30-8:00 pm

January 23rd - High School Course Selections with Brennan HS counselors

Jan. 28th-30th High School Course Selections will be entered in HAC system

Feb. 9th- Magnet Decisions Made (Parent & Student Notification)

Current 7th or 8th grade students, who are not currently enrolled in Spanish 1 may be assessed for the opportunity to test into a higher level of Spanish based on prior language or dual language experience. Students will be assessed in the Spring (March) and may be eligible for taking a higher level Spanish course and once successfully completing that course will receive high school language credit for the previous courses in the sequence.

For example: A student may take the exam and test into Spanish 3. Once successfully completing Spanish 3, they will receive credit for both Spanish 1 and Spanish 2.

For more information please contact the Luna MS campus Spanish testing coordinator:

Yaratzed Rivera-De Jesus @ yaratzed.riveradejesus@nisd.net

Any currently Spanish 2 student will be assessed for eligibility for the opportunity for Dual Credit enrollment through Spanish 3 Dual Credit in high school. Dual credit allows student to earn high school credit as well as college credit (through Northwest Vista Community College) simultaneously.

This assessment is administered through Spanish 2 courses from Dec. 2nd-Dec. 13th.

Please see the following attached documents for more information in regards to the High School dual credit process.

For more information in regards to Dual Credit you may contact the Dual Credit Liaison at Brennan High School: Sharon Rodriguez; sharon.rodriguez@nisd.net