About Our School
Built on land once owned by George Washington, Fort Hunt Elementary School lies cradled in a bend of the Potomac River, surrounded by such neighbors as Mount Vernon, Fort Hunt Park, River Farm, Dyke Marsh, and Huntley Meadows. This culturally rich community expands our campus and our horizons, while it enriches our curriculum.
We are a Fine Arts Focus school with emphasis on fine arts, choral and instrumental music, dance and drama. Our programs are supported by a Kennedy Center initiative, "Changing Education Through the Arts", as well as by the FCPS Fine Arts Department. We have established partnerships with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic and the Kennedy Center.
Fort Hunt also offers a Spanish language partial-immersion program in grades 1 through 6, which draws students from both inside and outside of the school boundaries. This optional program gives students the opportunity to gain a command of the Spanish language while being taught math, science, and health in Spanish only during the school day. Social studies, language arts, and all other subjects are taught in English.