Changes to Academy Schedule

Academy Families,

We have continued our virtual learning and our teachers are working hard to bring the most meaningful and engaging lessons to life through a computer screen. We know that this is not a substitute for lab time for many of our specialized programs.

The Fairfax County School Board has approved six of our programs (Dance, Fashion Careers, Music Computer Technology, Musical Theatre & Actors' Studio, Professional Photography, Television & Media Production) to begin phasing in on an extremely limited basis beginning on October 26. We will use Mondays for our introductory level classes and will leverage class time Tuesday through Friday for our advanced classes. The FCPS transportation office is hard at work building student bus routes. Once that is received by the Academy office, families will be sent an email with specific information about transportation, schedules and a link to a town hall later this week for any phasing in questions.

For those who watched the Fairfax County School Board meeting last week, I understand that you may have questions about when our remaining programs will return, even part-time. As information and plans solidify, I will be in touch with information.

A few other items for your information:

  • We are still working to secure our final Digital Resource Consents.  Please follow the directions below to complete that form for your student. Should you have any questions, please contact your student's Academy teacher and/or the Academy office.
  • On October 29 the county will engage in PSAT day. All students will participate in learning asynchronously that day.
  • On October 30 the county has a 2 hour early release. Due to the number of high schools our Academy students attend, we will only host AM block/2nd period classes synchronously. All other classes will engage in asynchronous work.

We look forward to seeing many of our students face-to-face in the coming weeks! Until next time.

Mrs. Cook

 

Andrea Cook

Academy Administrator

 

Fairfax Academy for Communications and the Arts

703.219.2387 (office) | amcook@fcps.edu (email)


Digital Resource Consent (Action Needed)

Please review the following website for information about the digital consent:

https://fairfaxacademy.fcps.edu/adopteddigitalresources

Please give your consent here:

https://isweb.fcps.edu/iscontacts/techpermform.cfm?secure=