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Advanced Academic Programs

Continuum of Advanced Academic Services

Frequently Asked Questions:

AAP in FCPS

Elementary School

Middle School

High School, AP, and IB

Screening, Testing, and Identification

Students in Grades 2-8: Currently attending FCPS

Students in Grades 2-8: Fairfax County residents, not currently attending FCPS

Students in Grades 3-8: Geographically new to Fairfax County

Spotlights:

2012 AP Summer Institute:
Fairfax County Public Schools, in cooperation with the College Board, is  to offer the 2012 AP Summer Institute for teachers of Advanced Placement (AP) as part of a continuing effort to assist our teachers in meeting the needs of high-ability students.  (see more information) link to http://www.fcps.edu/is/aap/api.shtml

For FCPS Teachers:
Information about the Advanced Academic Programs Summer Institute is now available.  FCPS teachers may sign up for daily sessions led by national consultants on materials and strategies from the FCPS AAP curriculum frameworks on MyPLT by searching 2012 Advanced.

Parent Information Packet:
Testing, Screening, and Identification
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To Parents / Guardians:
We are pleased that so many parents and/or guardians were able to attend an evening session that focused on Twice Exceptional (2E) Learners given by Dr. Tracy Cross, Executive Director, William and Mary Center for Gifted Education.
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Compacted Mathematics will become Advanced Mathematics: 
With the implementation of the new Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) mathematics standards, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is aligning the new Elementary Mathematics Instructional Sequence (EMIS) with these standards.  
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"What educators and psychologists recognize as giftedness in children is really potential giftedness, which denotes promise rather than fulfillment and probabilities rather than certainties about future accomplishments. How high these probabilities are in any given case depends much on the match between a child's budding talents and the kinds of nurturance provided."

  Dr. Harry Passow, Expert in Gifted Education