Thank you for applying to St. Petersburg Collegiate STEM High School at SPC's Downtown Center or St. Petersburg Collegiate High School on SPC's DT Campus.
Please see the SPSCHS Application Process Handout provided in the Informational Session and posted on the website at SPSCHS.spcollege.edu for detailed instructions.
Step 1: Attend an Informational Session.
Step 2: Apply to St. Petersburg College (SPC). Once the application opens, select High School Programs student. You must create a password for your SPC Live email.
Step 3: If you need to take the PERT (incoming 10th and 11th graders), register to take the PERT and take the PERT. Check your PERT scores and other entrance criteria on the SPCHS website at spchs.spcollege.edu. Send your qualifying scores to spcollegiate@spcollege.edu.
Step 4: Apply to SPCSHS completing and submitting this survey by clicking the SUBMIT button on or before January 24, 2025. If there are more applicants than openings a computerized lottery will be held to invite students into the program and create a waitlist. Students may apply after January 24, 2025, but will be considered late applicants.
Private and Home Schooled students must email a transcript to Dalton Reynolds Reynolds.Dalton@SPCollege.edu for St. Petersburg Collegiate STEM High School at SPC's Downtown Center on or before 3:30 p.m. on January 24, 2025.
Applicants selected via the random lottery process will receive a letter of invitation on or before March 1, 2025. Students on the waitlist will be invited to attend in the order they appear on the waitlist for their selected campus as an opening occurs over the summer.
Just a reminder that the application process for St. Petersburg Collegiate STEM High School and St. Petersburg Collegiate High School is separate from the Pinellas County Schools application process so there is no risk in applying. Thank you for your application!
If you have comments about this survey or questions regarding how to complete this survey, please contact Dr. Raquel Hairston at hairston.raquel@spcollege.edu or call 727-341-4368.
The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College affirms its equal opportunity policy in accordance with the provisions of the Florida Educational Equity Act and all other relevant state and federal laws, rules and regulations. The college will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or against any qualified individual with disabilities in its employment practices or in the admission and treatment of students. Recognizing that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex and violates this Rule, the college will not tolerate such conduct. Should you experience such behavior, please contact the Title IX Coordinator and EEO Officer at 727-341-3055; by mail at P.O. Box 13489, St. Petersburg, FL 33733-3489; or by email at eaeo_director@spcollege.edu or spctitleix@spcollege.edu.