Programs are available for gifted and talented students, kindergarten through grade 12. School-based programs for identified students are located at each school, grades K-12. Full-time center programs for the highly academically gifted are located at selected elementary and middle schools, grades 3-8. The gifted and talented program at the high school level is open and includes preIB, honors, and gifted courses for ninth and tenth grade English, mathematics, science, and social studies. The AP and IB programs for 11th and 12th grades are available in English, fine arts, foreign language, science, and social studies.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/index.html
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program supports over 20,000 students in elementary, middle, high, transitional and alternative schools.
ESOL instruction assists students from more than 100 different home language backgrounds to learn and demonstrate understanding in English. Students progress through beginning, intermediate and advanced ESOL levels, mastering specific criteria in oral, reading and writing skills before moving to the next level.
The ESOL curriculum is aligned with the Language Arts Program of Studies and prepares students with vocabulary, syntax and literature of academic disciplines.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OESOL/index.htm
The Family and Early Childhood Education Program FECEP/Head Start is a free child development program for children birth to age five, including children with disabilities or special needs, from income-eligible families.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OECFS/fecep/index.htm
Elementary Schools and Special Education Schools with Modified Calendar Program begin in early August to ensure a continuous learning model. Student breaks are distributed equally over the school year and optional intersession classes are offered during these breaks. The intersession classes offer enrichment and remediation during the nine-week quarters.
Secondary Schools with Modified Calendar Program begin and end the school year two weeks earlier than the traditional school calendar. The modified calendar provides additional time for instruction prior to standardized tests such as the Standards of Learning, Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/about/modifiedcal.htm
The Preschool Special Education program provides services by teachers, speech clinicians, psychologists, social workers, physical therapists, and occupational therapists for 20-month-old to 5-year-old children with developmental delays in communication, motor, cognitive, perceptual, social/emotional, and/or adaptive skills. Children and parents are served through federally mandated Child Find, home resource and class-based services. The program goals include working with children’s individual needs in the areas of delay, helping them to acquire skills in preparation for transitioning to kindergarten, and building parent’s knowledge and understanding of their children’s needs and the appropriate ways to respond to and stimulate their development.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/ss/preschool/childfd1.htm
School-Age Child Care (SACC)
School-Age Child Care (SACC) is provided before school, after kindergarten, and after school in certain elementary schools.
For more information, go to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/ofc/Sacc.htm
Title I is a federal program that serves schools throughout the United States. The Title I program was reauthorized under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The purpose of this legislation is "to help the neediest schools and students reach the same challenging standards expected of all children." (Public Law 107-110)
The Title I program provides extra help to students to assist them in meeting state and local education standards. The program serves millions of children in elementary and secondary schools each year. Most school districts participate. Funds are directed to schools with the highest poverty levels, measured by the number of students receiving free and reduced-price lunch.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OEIAS/title1/index.htm
Young Scholars is a K-6 initiative that is designed to increase the proportion of historically underrepresented students in gifted programs. School administrators, teachers, and GT specialists 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.
For more information, go to http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/gt/school.htm