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School-Based Program

• SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM OVERVIEW
• YOUNG SCHOLARS MODEL
• MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORS PROGRAM
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School-Based Program Overview (Levels I-III)

The Advanced Academic 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 advanced academic services are located in every elementary and middle school throughout the county. Referrals may be submitted by parents/guardians or school personnel using a Advanced Academic Programs Referral form. The local 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 Advanced Academic Services

The K-2 school-based program offers 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 Advanced Academic Services

In grades 3-6, school-based services are delivered through a collaborative model that supports a continuum of services. The model is designed to strengthen direct services for gifted learners and to enhance the quality of instruction offered to all students. The Advanced Academic 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 Advanced Academic 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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Young Scholars Model

An overview of the Young Scholars model
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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 classes 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. 

 

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 Programs Office at 571-423-4740. 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