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Two-Way and Partial-Immersion World Language Programs
Fairfax County Public Schools’ (FCPS) online registration for two-way immersion and partial-immersion elementary school foreign language programs opens today. Current prekindergarten students may apply for the two-way immersion program, and current kindergarten students may apply for the partial-immersion world language program for the 2010-11 school year.
The kindergarten two-way immersion program is available--in Spanish only-- at Bailey’s Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences and Lake Anne, London Towne, and Rose Hill Elementary Schools. The partial-immersion program is offered at 12 elementary schools. In the first grade partial-immersion program, students spend approximately half of each day learning mathematics, science, and health in French, German, Japanese, or Spanish. The other half of the day is spent learning social studies, language arts, and reading in English. Availability of the partial immersion program will be subject to final budget decisions, expected in May, for the 2010-11 school year.
Enrollment involves no formal criteria, but the program is open only to residents of Fairfax County. Online registration can be accessed at www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/partial.htm and must be submitted by Tuesday, February 16. If a specific school has more applicants than available spaces, students will be selected for the program at that school by lottery.
Families will be notified Friday, March 26, about acceptance into the partial immersion program. Families will be notified Monday, May 24, about selection or placement on a waiting list for the kindergarten two-way immersion program. Parents of students who live outside the school’s regular attendance area will need to provide transportation for their children if they are selected for the program.
Parents who are interested in the two-way immersion program or the partial-immersion world language program in FCPS are encouraged to attend one of the following information meetings. All meetings are held at the school named, unless noted.
Transportation will not be provided for students residing outside the immersion school’s attendance area.
Program Sites and Information Meetings for 2010-11
Elementary Schools
LANGUAGE |
GRADES |
SCHOOL |
DATE |
TIME |
SNOW DATE |
TIME |
French |
1st grade |
Herndon |
Jan. 13 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 25 |
7 p.m. |
French |
1st grade |
Kent Gardens |
Jan. 11 |
6 p.m. |
Jan. 28 |
6 p.m. |
German |
1st grade |
Orange Hunt |
Jan. 12 |
6:30 p.m. |
Jan. 19 |
6:30 p.m. |
Japanese |
1st grade |
Fox Mill |
Jan. 12 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 26 |
7 p.m. |
Japanese |
1st grade |
Great Falls |
Jan. 20 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 28 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
K & 1st grade* |
Bailey’s |
Feb. 4 |
7 p.m. |
Feb. 11 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
1st grade |
Fort Hunt |
Jan. 6 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 11 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
K & 1st grade* |
Lake Anne |
Jan. 20 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 27 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
1st grade |
Laurel Ridge |
Jan. 13 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 26 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
K & 1st grade* |
London Towne |
Jan. 6 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 27 |
7 p.m. |
Spanish |
1st grade |
Ravensworth |
Jan. 14 |
6:30 p.m. |
Jan. 21 |
6:30 p.m. |
Spanish |
K & 1st grade* |
Rose Hill |
Jan. 14 |
7 p.m. |
Jan. 21 |
7 p.m. |
* Seats are available in the partial-immersion program for first grade students.
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Note: For more information, contact Paula Patrick at 703-208-7724.