FLES---Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools Beech Tree completed its first year of Arabic with the first grade students in 2008. In the 2011-2012 school year we have FLES going all the way through 5th Grade. The FLES program is based on four thematic units at each grade level.

The themes are aligned with the FCPS Foreign Language Program of Studies for Grades 7-12 and mirror the spiraling progression of the other content areas. The FLES program is also aligned with the National Foreign Language Standards. Our First Grade students will be following a theme of My Daily Life which focuses on such topics as Seasons, Days, Months, and Calendar as related to daily activities and familiar surroundings.

For more information about the FLES Program go to: http://www.fcps.edu/is/worldlanguages/fles.shtml