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Do you want to be a Pegasus?Online applications to magnet schools will be available beginning November 2024 through January 31, 2025Please note timeline dates are subject to changeMagnet Program - Application Timeline(students applying for the 2025-2026 school year)
Nov. 02, 2024 Choose Dallas ISD Application Opens! Parents: visit www.dallasisd.org/choosedallasisd.org to apply. Login with existing credentials or create an account
Nov. , 2024 Discover Dallas ISD Fair (Adamson HS)
Nov. 04, 2024-Jan. 31, 2025 Magnet Campuses will begin to review any "in processing" applications and begin to mark as "eligible" or "ineligible". Once applications are marked eligible you will receive an email with the audition date & time.
Nov. 09, 2024 Visual Arts Library Workshop (scheduled at 5 different Dallas Public Library locations)
Dec. 07, 2024 Dance Library Workshop (scheduled at 5 different Dallas Public Library locations)
Dec. 10, 2024 Magnet Open House 6:00 pm, All Conservatories
Dec. 14, 2024 Music Library Workshop (scheduled at 5 different Dallas Public Library locations)
Jan. 11, 2025 Theatre Library Workshop (scheduled at 5 different Dallas Public Library locations)
Jan. 09, 2025 Magnet Open House 6:00 pm, All Conservatories
Jan. 14, 2025 Audition Workshops 5:00 pm, All Conservatories
Jan. 25 , 2025 Auditions
Jan. 31 , 2025 Final Deadline for Applications
Feb. 08, 2025 Auditions
Mar. 01, 2025 Notification letter emailed by the district to the email address listed on the application
Available Slots: Grade 9: 260; Grade 10: 10; Grade 11: 10; Grade 12: 1
- Please continue to check the school website at dallasisd.org/btw for any updates or changes.
Tour/Information Sessions
2024-2025 Tour Dates
October 4, 2024 at 9:30 AM
November 1, 2024 at 9:30 AM
December 6, 2024 at 9:30 AM
January 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Tours will begin in the MAT Auditorium and will take approximately an hour. Sign-up is required to attend. Parents can park in the bus drop off lane on Routh Street after 9:15 am. Parking is also available in the J Lot underneath Woodall Rogers Freeway or pay to park in the parking lot located behind the Saint Paul United Methodist Church. Please do not park in a teachers' parking lot.
When you arrive, enter through the Montgomery Arts Theatre doors, located on Jack Evans St. (corner of Jack Evans and Flora St.)
Please sign up for the tour at the link below:
MAGNET SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS
for applying for the 2024-2025 school year
School
Grade Point Average (GPA)
Norm Referenced or STAAR Tests (English or Spanish)
Assessment
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Grades 9 - 12
75Grade 7 ELA Scale Score:1522
Grade 7 Math Scale Score:1589
Grade 8 ELA Scale Score:1529
Grade 8 Math Scale Score:1580
Onsite interview and auditions for the following conservatories:
Dance, Theatre, Music and Visual Arts