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SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAMS LEVEL II AND III
- SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM OVERVIEW
- YOUNG SCHOLARS MODEL
- SCHOOL-BASED IDENTIFICATION
- MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS PROGRAM
- HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
School-Based Program Overview (Levels I-III)
The Gifted and talented school-based program in the elementary and middle school is designed to provide opportunities for all students to develop academic strengths through a more rigorous and challenging program. School-based gifted and talented services are located in every elementary and middle school throughout the county. Referrals may be submitted by parents/guardians or school personnel using a Gifted Services Referral form. The local GT screening committee considers ability and achievement test scores, the Gifted Behavior Rating Scale (GBRS), progress reports, and parent input to determine the need for gifted services. (more...)
K-2 Gifted Services
The K-2 school-based program offers Response Lessons for all students in critical and creative thinking through learning activities that are connected to the FCPS Program of Studies. Students who exhibit characteristics of emerging giftedness are considered for differentiated services within the classroom. These services are specifically planned for the identified child to provide more challenging content, assignments, resources and/or instructional grouping within the classroom.
3-6 Gifted Services
In grades 3-6, GT school-based services are delivered through a collaborative model that supports a continuum of gifted services. The model is designed to strengthen direct services for gifted learners and to enhance the quality of instruction offered to all students. The gifted and talented resource teachers collaborate with classroom teachers to design differentiated lessons that challenge students to learn at a faster rate, think on a higher level, and study sophisticated and complex content through extensions of the FCPS Program of Studies.
Young Scholars Model
Young Scholars is a K-8 initiative that is designed to increase the proportion of historically underrepresented students in gifted programs. School administrators, teachers, and GT resource teachers work together to find and nurture gifted potential in young learners. Through flexible grouping, summer school, and after school programs, students are provided an educational setting that raises their personal expectations and prepares them for more challenging and rigorous courses as they advance in grade level.
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Middle School Honors Program
The Middle School Honors program offers differentiated instruction designed to challenge middle school learners with advanced abilities. Honors courses offer students who demonstrate previous high achievement in specific areas of strength the opportunity to experience the Extended FCPS Program of Studies at greater levels of depth and complexity. Download our brochure (pdf).
High School Programs
Instruction
in gifted and talented, pre-IB, or
Honors classes in English, math, science,
and social studies is provided in all
24 high schools. The Advanced Placement
(AP) program, the International Baccalaureate
(IB) program, and the Thomas Jefferson
High School for Science and Technology
provide additional curricular options
for high school students to accelerate
and pursue in-depth studies in areas
of academic strength. The IB program
is offered at Annandale, Edison, Lee,
Marshall, Mount Vernon, South Lakes,
and Stuart High Schools and Robinson
Secondary; the AP program is offered
at Centreville, Chantilly, Fairfax,
Falls Church, Herndon, Langley, McLean,
Madison, Oakton, Westfield, West Potomac,
West Springfield, and Woodson High
Schools, and Hayfield and Lake Braddock
Secondary Schools. Both the AP and
IB programs are open enrollment. Parents
and students may obtain more information
about the AP and IB programs through
the FCPS website at www.fcps.edu or
by contacting the Advanced Academic
Office at 703-208-7706. The Thomas
Jefferson High School for Science
and Technology, a regional Governor's
magnet school, offers a comprehensive
college preparatory program emphasizing
the sciences, mathematics, and technology.
Entrance is generally at the ninth
grade. Parents and students may obtain
information about application procedures
by contacting the school at:
6560 Braddock Road,
Alexandria,
Virginia 22312
Phone (703)750-8300
* Parent Information Nights
October 2008
* Gifted Students With Learning Challenges (Twice Exceptional)
FCPS - International Baccalaureate Program. Check the updated website (October 2008).