FCPS Online Campus Summer School 2008 Information Purpose Eligible Students Description Online Summer School Parent Information (click here for a 4 minute presentation) Contact Information Calendar

Welcome to the FCPS Online Campus Summer School site! We hope that summer school will help you reach your academic goals. Good luck and happy computing!

Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to its mission of excellence as it strives to use new and emerging instructional technologies that expand the boundaries of space and time. Quality online learning provides access to the highest educational opportunities.

FCPS Online Campus delivers courses identical in content to those offered in our traditional classrooms and use multi-media to engage students. These courses are aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) and follow the Fairfax County Public Schools Program of Studies (POS).

This site is designed to provide you with information about our online courses available for Summer 2008. See Course Catalog for the summer course offerings.

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The FCPS Online is pleased to offer courses for summer school. Students who may benefit from this summer school session are those making up a course, or, in need of a curriculum adjustment. An online course provides an additional educational opportunity for students with its flexibility with scheduling and location.

Students interested in taking one of the online summer school courses should follow the directions for enrolling found in the summer school booklet, Encore 2008, available in schools, public libraries and on the Summer School website. Students must have counselor's approval and meet the prerequisites to take each course. It is mandatory to physically attend the orientation session, mid-term exam, SOL exam, and final exam at the specified date and location.

Summer school can be an intensive experience. Those taking an online summer school course should be prepared to devote thirty hours per week for the five-week session on the computer completing course materials!  The courses are written specifically for the Internet and frequently use multimedia components, animated tutorials, and interactive exercises. They also provide for online communication with the teacher and other students. Students progress individually through the course material in the sequence that matches their learning style and monitor their progress with ongoing self-check assessments and evaluations. However, there will be teacher-directed deadlines, due dates, and examinations. The course work can be completed anytime during the day/evening and anywhere that a student has access to a computer.

Summer School is organized and run out of the PreK-12 office of the Adult and Community Education Office. To go to their website for information about summer school, click here.

For Summer School General Information call 703-227-8460.

For Summer School Registration information call 703-227-2486.