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Mount Vernon District

Mount Vernon District. Mission FCPS, a world-class school system, inspires, enables, and empowers students to meet high academic standards, lead ethical lives, and demonstrate responsible citizenship. www.fcps.edu.

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Mount Vernon District

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  1. Mount Vernon District Mission FCPS, a world-class school system, inspires, enables, and empowers students to meet high academic standards, lead ethical lives, and demonstrate responsible citizenship. www.fcps.edu

  2. Mount Vernon District StudentsAttend These Elementary Schools SOL: Fully Accredited NCLB: Met AYP Full Day Kindergarten FECEP-Head Start Language Program *Excel SchoolBold: Located in MV District

  3. Mount Vernon District Students Attend These High, Secondary, and Middle Schools SOL: Fully Accredited NCLB: Met AYP After-School Programs Bold: Located in MV District

  4. Middle Schools in the Mount Vernon District Sandburg Middle Principal: Wendy Eaton • Spanish Language Partial-Immersion Program • GT Program/Honors Classes • Summit Program • Planetarium • Sandburg Choralettes were the only middle school chorus to perform at VMEA Conference Whitman Middle Principal: Otha Davis • IB Middle Years Program • Honors Classes • Focus 2007 • PRESS (Personal Responsibility Ensures Student Success) • Saturday Academy (SOL support) • Three students were honored as National History Day Finalists

  5. Secondary School in the Mount Vernon District South County Secondary Principal: Dale Rumberger • Advanced Placement Diploma • MentorWorks • Hosted Cold War Conversation Symposium with the Embassies of Poland and Hungary • Business partnership with Enviro Solutions in conjunction with AP Environmental Science • Enhanced partnership with Lorton Arts Foundation

  6. High Schools in the Mount Vernon District West Potomac High Principal: Rima Vesilind • Advanced Placement Courses • WP Academy Focuses: Health & Human Services, Communications, The Arts • Pully Career Center – Career & life skills for students with disabilities • Mentoring Programs: Renaissance, BAM • JROTC-Army • SAT scores jumped 56 points – largest jump by any school in Virginia history • Chinese language instruction is a statewide course – US Dept. of Education recognition • Mount Vernon High • Principal: Nardos King • International Baccalaureate • Focus 2007 • AVID • JROTC-Marine Corps • MV Center -- Serves ED students • New: Mentor intervention program • Two National Achievement finalists; one 2007 Horatio Alger National Scholar

  7. Alternative High School in the Mount Vernon District Bryant Alternative Principal: Jan McKee • Career and Technical Education • General Ed, Special Ed, and ESOL Classes • Beta Club • Dream Catchers-George Mason University Partnership • Project Opportunity • All students work towards earning an FCPS high school diploma • Only alternative high school in the USA with a National Honor Society

  8. THANK YOU FOR COMING! DAN STORCK Chairman, Fairfax County School Board Mount Vernon District E-Mail: Dan.Storck@fcps.edu Voice Mail: 571-423-1086 School Board Office: 571-423-1069

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