Prince William County Public Schools

Coordinates: 38°37′59.09″N 77°26′12.99″W / 38.6330806°N 77.4369417°W / 38.6330806; -77.4369417

Prince William County Public Schools is a Virginia school division with its headquarters in the Kelly Leadership Center in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia, United States.^[2][3] As of the 2010 census, the population of the county was 402,002.

Prince William County Public Schools is the second largest school division in Virginia enrolling approximately 81,635 students in the 2011-2012 school year. Prince William County Public Schools is the fourth largest school system in the Washington Metropolitan Area after the Fairfax County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Prince George's County, Maryland school systems.

Funding for fiscal year 2012 was $811 million.^[4]

Schools

High schools

Specialty programs

The Biotechnology Center is located at Osbourn Park High School.

The Cambridge Programme offers a curriculum and examination system with external assessments by the University of Cambridge International Examinations. Juniors and seniors taking advanced-level courses can qualify for an Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) diploma. Available at Potomac High School and Brentsville District High School.

The Center for Environmental and Natural Sciences (CENS) is located at Freedom High School.

The Center for the Fine and Performing Arts is located at Woodbridge High School.

The Center for Information Technology is located at Battlefield High School and Forest Park High School.

The Center for International Studies and Languages and the "Center for Television Production" is located at C. D. Hylton High School.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a rigorous four-year academic program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) of Geneva, Switzerland. Available at Stonewall Jackson High School and Gar-Field Senior High School.

Middle schools

Specialty programs

Graham Park, Marsteller, and Rippon Middle Schools currently offer Middle School Mathematics and Science Program, an intensive program in mathematics and science.

Beville, Godwin, and Stonewall Middle Schools offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP).

Lynn, Lake Ridge, and Parkside Middle Schools offer the Middle School World Languages Program in French and Spanish.

Elementary schools

Specialty programs

Elementary Foreign/World Languages Programs are available at Enterprise, Mullen, River Oaks, Tyler, Lake Ridge and Signal Hill schools.

Elementary Mathematics and Science Program are available at Belmont and Sudley elementary Schools.

International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) are in the consideration phase at Antietam, Buckland Mills, Dumfries, Ellis, Featherstone, Parks, Victory, and Williams elementary schools.

Pennington School and Porter School, both schools of choice and serving students in grades 1 through 8, provide Traditional Schools Serving Students at the Elementary and Middle School Levels.

Other

Prince William County provides an "alternative" school service for what they deem as "troubled teens". Students who become pregnant, sell or use drugs, write graffiti, have general behavioral issues or are prone to violence are usually sent to learn together in the same facility, regardless of their base school. The PACE program targets students with more extreme cases of psychological issues.

• Independent Hill School/PACE East, special education school for middle & high school students
• New Directions Alternative School, special school for students who are not successful in their base school
• New Dominion Alternative School, special school for middle school students
• PACE West, a special education school providing services to students with serious emotional and behavior problems
• Pennington School, rigorous school for first through eighth graders [Formally a high school, grades 9-12]
• Porter Traditional School, specialty school for first through eighth graders
• Woodbine Preschool Center, a center for preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities
• East End Alternative, now defunct. Previously located at a Woodbridge Boys and Girls Club. Student body was migrated to Pennington Alternative School in the mid-90's.

Schools of excellence

Prince William County Public Schools honors schools as Schools of Excellence based on a variety of criteria, including: performance targets; Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act; Virginia Wellness Tests; school attendance rates; and parent, student, and teacher satisfaction. The Virginia state Standards of Learning (SOL) tests for both students on grade level and students below grade level are also considered.^[6] In 2006, the criteria was adjusted to reflect the continuous improvement of the system's schools.^[7]

School administration and staff are presented with a commemorative flag, a plaque, and a check to be used at the school's discretion. Schools receive $1,000 for each year the School of Excellence designation is obtained.^[8]

See also

• List of school divisions in Virginia

References

External links

• Prince William County Public Schools
• School Directory
• Official Website of Prince William County Government

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