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Arligto Public Schools Guidebook for Parets Welcome to Middle School Registerig Your Studet for the 2018-19 School Year Arligto, Virgiia www.apsva.us

Table of Cotets Superitedet s Welcome...2 Your Middle School Optios...3 School Iformatio Sessios ad Trasfer Process for the 2018-19 School Year...3 APS Middle Schools...4 Gusto Middle School...4 H-B Woodlaw Secodary Program...4 Jefferso Middle School...5 Kemore Middle School...5 Swaso Middle School...6 Middle School...6 Registerig Your Child for Middle School...7 Curret Arligto Studets...7 Selectio of Courses/Academic Plaig...7 ew Studets...7 Documetatio eeded to Register Your Child...7 Health Requiremets...7 Required Immuizatios...7 Recommeded Immuizatios...7 Participatio i Sports...7 Tips for Parets of Middle School Studets...8 Check-I (Exteded Day) Program Erollmet Iformatio...8 What is Check-I?...8 Registratio Process for the 2018-19 School Year...8 Helpful Web Liks...9 Directory...9 Middle School Locatios ad Boudaries Map...back cover Arligto Public Schools prohibits discrimiatio o the basis of race, atioal origi, creed, color, religio, geder, age, ecoomic status, sexual orietatio, pregacy, marital status, geetic iformatio, geder idetity or expressio, ad/or disability. This policy provides equal access to courses ad programs, couselig services, physical educatio ad athletics, vocatioal educatio, istructioal materials ad extra-curricular activities. Violatios of this policy should be reported to the Assistat Superitedet, Admiistrative Services at 703-228-6008 or the Assistat Superitedet, Huma Resources at 703-228-6110.

Dear Families, 1426. Quicy Street Arligto, Virgiia 22207 October 2017 Cogratulatios! Your child has reached the last year of elemetary school ad will soo begi the jourey to middle ad high school. I Arligto, you are fortuate to have high-performig eighborhood middle schools alog with a umber of optios at the middle school level. These choices are desiged to esure that we are meetig the eeds of the whole child. As you study the optios, keep the uique qualities of your child i mid. Doig so will help you fid the school that best meets the idividual stregths, iterests ad eeds of your child. Please begi discussig with your child the opportuities for takig higher-level mathematics ad foreig-laguage courses i middle school. We kow that a small udge i the right directio ca foster high expectatios ad help guide your child to reach his/her full potetial. Research shows that studets who take Algebra I, while still i middle school, are ready to take the higher-level mathematics ad sciece courses i high school that will prepare them for success i their post-secodary pursuits. Similarly, takig foreig-laguage courses i middle school begis to prepare studets for more academically-rigorous courses i high school. Ultimately, this course work could ear them college credits while still i high school. I ecourage your active participatio i the plaig process. I middle school, a assiged school couselor will be workig with your child aually to develop a six-year academic pla that reflects his or her iterests ad the courses required for graduatio. A copy of the pla will be set home for your review ad iput. Talk with the school pricipal, couselor ad teachers about what supports are available i the school. Share the thoughts ad the aspiratios that your child has expressed. All of this plaig should be directly focused o your child s goals for life after graduatio. I would like to call to your attetio our Aspire2Excellece iitiative, which uderscores the importace of plaig ow for your child ad his/her course of study i middle ad high school, ad beyod. Through Aspire2Excellece, we have developed several tools to assist you ad your child. Please visit our academic plaig webpage at apsva.us/academicplaig to lear more about opportuities for your child. Stay up to date with the latest APS ews at www.apsva.us, through our social media chaels or by dowloadig the APS app. The Egage with APS sectio of the website makes it easier to fid iformatio about curret commuity egagemet opportuities ad to provide feedback. Commuity iput ad coordiated collaboratio is a vital part of the process as APS cotiues to grow ad make decisios that will positively shape the future for our studets. We look forward to workig with you to esure that the school experiece your child has at APS will be erichig ad successful. Sicerely, Patrick K. Murphy, Ed.D. Superitedet

Your Middle School Optios All studets are guarateed admissio to the eighborhood school desigated by the specific attedace/boudary zoe i which they live. (See Middle School Locatios ad Boudaries map o the back cover, go to the APS website, apsva.us/ boudaries, or call 703-228-8000 to determie your child s eighborhood school.) Studets may apply for a optio school or program or a trasfer to a eighborhood school that is acceptig trasfers, based o the Superitedet s aual update to the School Board. Optio Schools ad Programs All studets i the couty are eligible to apply to the H-B Woodlaw Secodary Program. It does ot have a specified attedace/boudary zoe, ad it has a separate admissio policy ad process. A Optio Schools Applicatio Form for School Year 2018-19 must be submitted. Gusto s Spaish Partial Immersio ad Motessori Middle Years programs are ope through course erollmet to those preset Arligto studets who have completed a elemetary Spaish Partial Immersio program or a elemetary Motessori program. Studets ew to Arligto or to the programs must submit a Optios Schools Applicatio Form. Bus trasportatio is provided to eligible studets who are erolled i ay of the above-listed programs. For more iformatio o the middle schools optios for the 2018-19 school year, call 703-228-8000 or go to the Optios ad Trasfers sectio of the APS website, at apsva.us/school-optios. Trasfers to eighborhood Schools I accordace with School Board Policy 25-2.2 eighborhood schools accept trasfers to the extet possible give fiacial costraits ad capacity limits. For more iformatio o the eighborhood middle schools acceptig trasfers for the 2018-19 school year, call 703-228-8000 or go to the Optios ad Trasfers sectio of the APS website, at apsva.us/school-optios. School Iformatio Sessios ad Trasfer Process for the 2018-19 School Year The time period to apply to aother school or to apply to a coutywide school or program for the 2018-19 school year is ov. 6, 2017 through Ja. 19, 2018. Parets are ecouraged to atted a school iformatio sessio at the eighborhood school ad/or at the school or coutywide program to which a trasfer is beig cosidered. School iformatio sessios eable parets or guardias to visit the schools, meet the pricipals, see the schools i actio ad get a geeral sese of the persoalities of each of the schools. The Optio Schools Applicatio Form ad/or Pupil Trasfer Applicatio Form must be completed olie or submitted to the Welcome Ceter, first floor at the Syphax Educatio Ceter, 2110 Washigto Blvd, 22204, by 4 p.m., Ja. 19, 2018. The Optio Schools Applicatio ad Pupil Trasfer Applicatio forms are provided i multiple laguages ad are available at APS schools ad programs, the Welcome Ceter (703-228-8000), or olie i the Optios ad Trasfers sectio of the APS website, apsva.us/school-optios. Gusto 703-228-6900 Jefferso 703-228-5900 Kemore 703-228-6800 Swaso 703-228-5500 703-228-5450 Daytime Sessios ov. 14, 2017 9:30 a.m. ov. 14, 2017 8:30 a.m. ov. 14, 2017 10:30 a.m. ov. 14, 2017 11:30 a.m. ov. 14, 2017 11:30 a.m. Eveig Sessios Ja. 17, 2018 (Spaish) Ja. 18, 2018 (Eglish) 7 p.m. Ja. 11, 2018 7 p.m. Ja. 4, 2018 7 p.m. Ja. 16, 2018 7 p.m. Ja. 17, 2018 7 p.m. H-B Woodlaw 703-228-6363 ov. 14, 2017 2:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 2017 7 p.m. (MS & HS) 3

APS Middle Schools GUSTO MIDDLE SCHOOL Coutywide Spaish Partial-Immersio Program ad Motessori Middle Years Program 2700 South Lag Street, Arligto, Virgiia 22206 Dr. Lori Wiggis, Pricipal 703-228-6900; 703-519-9183 (Fax) gusto.apsva.us This school is fully accredited by the State of Virgiia. Gusto Middle School is a exceptioal, Uited atios-like middle school. Gusto is home to three distict but itercoected programs, a partial Spaish- Immersio Program, a Motessori Middle Years Program, ad a Traditioal Middle School Program. Additioally, there are more tha 50 differet coutries represeted i its very diverse studet body. The expectatio is that every Gusto studet will attempt the most rigorous coursework available i order to have the most optios for high school ad beyod. The umber of Gusto studets completig high school credit classes i middle school is high ad cotiues to rise each year. The goal is that studets leave middle school with high school credits so that they may be positively positioed to receive a advaced diploma. The staff at Gusto works with the school commuity each studet, each paret, ad each faculty member to achieve these goals through collaboratio ad i a atmosphere that fosters respect ad uderstadig. I additio to a challegig academic program, studets at Gusto have may extra-curricular ad co-curricular activities from which to select that support their social, emotioal, ad itellectual developmet. Studets have the optio to participate i iterscholastic athletics ad have the choice of more tha 25 differet clubs ad after-school activities. Additioally, Gusto Middle School is a joit-use facility i partership with Arligto Couty Departmet of Parks & Recreatio, which sposors a after-school recreatio program for tees. Gusto also has a award-wiig fie arts ad techology program. The studets who participate i art, drama, music, ad video jouralism are cosistetly hoored i local ad statewide competitios for their hard work ad talets. The collaboratio amog the teachers creates may opportuities for studets to fuse cotet coursework with elective optios for uique ad creative learig experieces. The outstadig staff at Gusto is dedicated to creatig educatioal opportuities for studets that challege academically ad stimulate itellectual curiosity. Studets beefit from the spirit of cooperatio betwee home ad school, makig Gusto a place where all childre succeed. At Gusto Middle School, the quest: success! H-B WOODLAW SECODARY PROGRAM A Coutywide Program 4100 Vacatio Lae, Arligto, Virgiia 22207 Dr. Casey Robiso, Pricipal 703-228-6363; 703-558-0317 (Fax) hbwoodlaw.apsva.us Studet choice is the cetral focus of H-B Woodlaw s alterative secodary program. Studets must decide how to use their time wisely to meet their obligatios. The amout of usupervised time icreases gradually from grade 6 to grade 12. To make this offer of freedom work, the school trusts the good itetios of its studets, ad studets lear to reciprocate with a sufficiet degree of persoal resposibility. All studets eter the program at H-B Woodlaw with varyig degrees of idepedece ad self-motivatio. The program s faculty ad staff work with studets as idividuals, i small groups, ad as grade levels to empower them to have cotrol over their educatioal program. Accordigly, studets are resposible for their actios. I 1971, a word to the wise is sufficiet was selected as the school motto to reflect the associatio of freedom with resposibility. The H-B Woodlaw program adheres to three pillars: Carig Commuity, Self-Goverace, ad Self-Directed Learig. Through studet-led cofereces, studet-iitiated electives ad clubs, ad weekly Tow Meetigs, where each studet, teacher, ad paret i attedace has a equal voice, the commuity works together to help all studets develop ad pursue their educatioal goals. Experiece has show that H-B Woodlaw studets approach college with a mature, realistic uderstadig of their iterests ad abilities, ad with a heighteed commitmet to learig for its iheret value. 4

THOMAS JEFFERSO MIDDLE SCHOOL A Iteratioal Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme World School 125 South Old Glebe Road, Arligto, Virgiia 22204 Keisha Bogga, Pricipal 703-228-5900; 703-979-3744 (Fax) jefferso.apsva.us This school is fully accredited by the State of Virgiia. Thomas Jefferso Middle School is a Iteratioal Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP), authorized by the Iteratioal Baccalaureate Orgaizatio (IBO) i the sprig of 2007. The programme, for all studets grades 6-8, is desiged to expose studets to a global academic program that promotes iterdiscipliary approaches to learig ad critical thikig. As the oly IB Middle Years Programme i Arligto, studets cotiue to be provided with a framework of academic challege i additio to life-log learig skills. This program offers a educatioal approach that embraces, yet trasceds, traditioal school subjects. All studets receive their core academic istructio from a team of teachers. Studets participate i commuity projects ad service activities; a Iteratioal Festival; ad a Iteratioal Film Day. Jefferso offers face-to-face World Laguages istructio as a elective begiig i the sixth grade. Studets at Jefferso coduct studet-led cofereces where studets lead the discussio with their parets/guardias ad advisory teacher about their academics. Thomas Jefferso is uique for may reasos, oe of which is its desig ad operatio as a joit-use facility. The school ejoys a cooperative relatioship with the Arligto Couty Departmet of Parks & Recreatio. I 2017, Jefferso studets were recogized, locally ad atioally, for their hard work ad dedicatio. Studets participated ad placed at the OVA Regioal Sciece ad Egieerig Fair, the Coutywide Track Meet, ad the Coutywide Swim Meet. Jefferso studets also received the Scholastic Art ad Writig Awards Silver Medal, first place i the coutywide APS Marti Luther Kig, Jr. Literary ad Visual Arts cotest, secod place at the Schoolext Desig competitio, ad wo the Letters about Literacy Award. Thomas Jefferso provides a child-cetered approach to cotiuous learig. Iterdiscipliary teamig, flexible schedulig ad a teacher-advisor program are itegral parts of the school s program. The staff at Thomas Jefferso works cotiually to create a excitig ad productive middle school program where all studets are urtured ad challeged to achieve at the highest possible levels. At Thomas Jefferso Middle School, we lear together to uderstad ad improve ourselves, our futures, ad our world. 5 KEMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL Powered by STEAM Arts & Commuicatios Techology Focus 200 South Carli Sprigs Road, Arligto, Virgiia 22204 David McBride, Iterim Pricipal 703-228-6800; 703-998-3069 (Fax) kemore.apsva.us This school is fully accredited by the State of Virgiia. Kemore Middle School is a arts ad techology focus school that is powered by STEAM (sciece, techology, egieerig, art ad math). Art is a uiversal cultural pheomeo that bids people together, ad techology is a equalizer allowig shared access to iformatio ad opportuity. At Kemore, these elemets combie across cotet areas ad allow studets to uderstad ad approach the curriculum via iovative ad creative practices. Studets at Kemore are challeged to create, commuicate, coect ad iquire throughout the school day through methods that reach traditioal ad o-traditioal learers. Capitalizig o the school s twety-three-year legacy of arts ad techology itegratio, Kemore has pushed forward its focus to iclude STEAM. Durig the summer of 2017, the school uderwet reovatios that icluded a ew fabricatio lab for Desig Thikig & Robotics classes, expaded classrooms to icrease capacity, a retrofitted multipurpose room, ad a upgraded commuity club room. Throughout the day, studets work i small groups o shared tasks that ofte combie techology, visual art, drama, music ad movemet as well as sciece, egieerig, ad math. Kemore showcases its arts focus with te major shows per year for music, drama, ad dace performaces as well as its aual Coffeehouse ad FocusFest. Kemore is a iclusive school commuity. Social ad emotioal developmet is supported through a systematic approach to supportig positive behavior (PBIS). Studets are remided to show their Cougar PRIDE through icetives, commuity service, as well as their work with their teacher advisors. Academic itervetio is supported by flexible teacher advisory groupigs, as well as extra electives ad after-school support. All studets have access to ipads, SMART boards, iteractive respose systems, as well as a televisio studio ad a variety of computers ad software applicatios that support learig

SWASO MIDDLE SCHOOL Va. Board of Educatio Excellece Award 2016 Va. Board of Educatio 2017, 2014 Distiguished Achievemet Award 5800 Washigto Boulevard, Arligto, Virgiia 22205 Reée Harber, Pricipal 703-228-5500; 703-536-2775 (Fax) swaso.apsva.us This school is fully accredited by the State of Virgiia. Swaso Middle School celebrated its 77th aiversary i Jauary 2016, cotiuig a log traditio of successfully supportig studets as they lear ad grow. The staff is committed to meetig the physical, social, emotioal ad itellectual developmetal eeds of the middle school child. The staff values ad promotes iterdiscipliary team teachig, flexible schedulig, a teacher advisory program, exploratory course optios ad a extesive extracurricular program. Istructio is approached with carefully cosidered learig goals, ad studets cultural diversity is promoted. Studets are taught how to aalyze ad uderstad iformatio, solve problems, adapt to chage ad be lifelog learers. As a Professioal Learig Commuity, Swaso teachers collaborate with oe aother to build o what studets kow ad to differetiate istructio to meet all studets eeds. Teachers work i partership with parets to esure studets success. At Swaso, success is a team effort ad the team cosists of studets, parets, teachers ad staff.. The Swaso Statemet We are Swaso Admirals. We are Scholarship, strivig to thik deeply ad ope our mids. We are Service, coectig to oe aother, our commuity, ad the world. We are Spirit, celebratig our successes, ourselves, ad our school. We are Swaso Admirals. WILLIAMSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL 2017, 2015 Goveror s Award for Educatioal Excellece Va. Board of Educatio 2014 Excellece Award 3600 orth Harriso Street, Arligto, Virgiia 22207 Brya Boyki, Pricipal 703-228-5450; 703-536-2870 (Fax) williamsburg.apsva.us This school is fully accredited by the State of Virgiia. Middle School, dedicated i 1955, is a itegral part of the solid educatioal program i Arligto. amed after oe of the most historic cities i the Uited States, the school strives to live up to the legacy of that strog heritage by preservig the best of the past ad leadig studets toward the future. challeges studets to lear i a iterdiscipliary eviromet that is orgaized by teams withi the school. Dedicated faculty work with studets i ad out of the classroom providig a successful trasitio betwee elemetary ad high school. The school s academic success ca be attributed i large part to a highly-qualified ad dedicated staff ad the strog support ad active ivolvemet of parets. prepares studets for higher educatio by celebratig diversity, implemetig character educatio, ad providig staff ad studets with 21st cetury techology. s program cosists of a grade-level team approach for learig where studets ca grow ad develop academically, socially, emotioally ad physically. Teachers, couselors ad admiistrators have worked together to desig educatioal activities for the middle school studet that are child-cetered ad give studets the opportuity to become thoughtful, productive ad cotributig members of society i a atmosphere of acceptace ad respect. has a outstadig fie arts program. Studets are cosistetly recogized for superior achievemet locally ad statewide. A extesive after-school program reflects the iterests ad eeds of studets. Activities iclude erichmet ad remediatio, academic, service ad iterest clubs, ad itramural ad iterscholastic sports. strives to develop lifelog learers who are civic-mided ad culturally sesitive i a eviromet that is safe ad supportive. 6

Registerig Your Child for Middle School CURRET ARLIGTO STUDETS SELECTIO OF COURSES/ACADEMIC PLAIG To ease the trasitio from elemetary to middle school, middle school couselors visit the elemetary schools to meet with fifth grade studets i late February ad early March. Paret iformatio sessios are also held to assist parets with academic plaig ad uderstadig middle school courses. The 2018-19 Middle School Program of Studies (POS) will be available i February at the elemetary ad middle schools ad o the Parets sectio of the website at www.apsva.us. The POS gives geeral ad specific iformatio about curricular offerigs ad services at the middle school level. Each fifth grader will work with the classroom teacher, school couselor ad parets to select courses for sixth grade. A Course Request Form (CRF) will be completed, approved by the paret ad set to the middle school. Studets develop a 4 6 Year Academic Pla at the middle school level that follows them to high school. Each studet s pla is idividualized ad outlies a pathway to meet rigorous requiremets to prepare the studet for high school. The pla is updated each year by the studet durig a meetig with the school couselor. Parets are strogly ecouraged to participate. For more iformatio about the academic plaig process ad Aspire2Excellece visit apsva.us/academicplaig. EW STUDETS If your child speaks a laguage other tha Eglish as his/her first laguage, or has bee attedig a educatioal system abroad, register your child by cotactig the Laguage Services Registratio Ceter (LSRC) at 703-228-7663. I all other cases, register at your eighborhood middle school, or at the school where your child has bee admitted. DOCUMETATIO EEDED TO REGISTER YOUR CHILD Proof of the child s age ad legal ame a certified copy of the birth certificate (If the paret/guardia caot provide a certified copy of the birth certificate, a Affidavit must be completed. APS has the right to forward a copy of the Affidavit to its law eforcemet agecy). Proof that the paret or legal guardia of the studet lives i Arligto Couty curret lease or mortgage agreemet Official school records from aother school system or coutry, if applicable ad available The Request for Etrace Iformatio form must be completed ad submitted to the studet s school. This form is available at ay Arligto school or at apsva.us/ registratio. Medical iformatio that icludes immuizatio records ad documetatio of a tuberculosis screeig doe withi the 12 moths prior to etry (See Health Requiremets) For additioal iformatio ad all forms eeded for registratio, go to the Registratio sectio of the APS website, www.apsva.us. HEALTH REQUIREMETS The studet s medical iformatio (immuizatios ad physical exam, if available) must be submitted to the school. A physical examiatio withi the 12 moths prior to school etry is recommeded, but ot required uless the studet is participatig i middle school sports. The immuizatio record is required ad should list the moth, day ad year of each immuizatio. Documetatio of tuberculosis (TB) screeig doe withi the 12 moths prior to school etry is required, except whe trasferrig from aother Virgiia public school system where TB screeig was previously completed. TB screeig ad/or testig must be completed i the Uited States or at a U.S. istallatio ad be verified ad siged by a licesed medical professioal (physicia, urse practitioer, registered urse or physicia s assistat). The screeig must iclude a review of symptoms, a risk assessmet, ad if idicated, the results of either a TB ski test or a TB blood test (commoly referred to as a IGRA ). REQUIRED IMMUIZATIOS Every studet eterig grade six through grade 12 is required by the state of Virgiia to receive a booster dose of Tdap (tetaus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis) vaccie. Three doses of Huma Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccie are required for girls ages 11-12 with oe dose prior to sixth grade etry. For HPV, parets may opt out of the HPV requiremet by simply ot gettig the vaccie. o letter or certificatio of opt out status is required. For a detailed list of the miimum immuizatio requiremets for etry ito school, go to www.vdh.virgiia. gov/immuizatio/requiremets. RECOMMEDED IMMUIZATIOS Talk with your health care provider or public health urse about recommeded vaccies for pretees ad adolescets. The Ceter for Disease Cotrol (CDC) strogly recommeds a meigococcal (meigitis) vacciatio for all adolescets betwee the ages of 11 ad 13 ad iflueza vaccie. Three doses of the HPV vaccie are also recommeded for males 11-12 years of age. More iformatio ca be foud at www. cdc.gov/vaccies/schedules/easy-to-read/pretee-tee.html. Questios about health etry requiremets or immuizatios ca also be aswered by the urse at each Arligto school or by the School Health Office at 703-228-1651. PARTICIPATIO I SPORTS To participate i sports durig the fall of the school year, the studet is required to have a valid physical examiatio form completed ad dated o or after May 1. Forms are available at the middle schools or at www.vhsl.org/forms/. Completed forms should be tured i to the Activities Director at your child s school. 7

Tips for Parets of Middle School Studets Check-I Program Erollmet Iformatio ext year will brig your child the excitig ad ew challeges of middle school. Ideed, the ext three school years will prove to be a time of academic growth ad exploratio, growig idepedece, ad physical ad emotioal chages for your child. To esure that you remai the most ifluetial perso i your child s life through the middle school years, make a commitmet to: Get ivolved i the school ad your child s co-curricular activities. Show iterest i your child s studies ad help your child maage homework time. Read ad review with your child the iformatio provided by the school or the school district. Cotact the school s couselors ad teachers periodically ad atted paret-teacher cofereces. Make sure your child atteds school o a regular basis. Ecourage your child to pursue ew iterests ad make ew frieds. Kow your child s frieds ad kow where he/she is at all times. Frequetly remid your child that you are available to help or to liste, ad be there whe eeded. Ecourage your child to get to kow his/her couselor. Atted paret meetigs at school ad explore how you ca voluteer at the school. Cosistetly ackowledge ad reward your child s efforts at school. WHAT IS CHECK-I? Check-I is a daily after-school program which provides supervised, asset-buildig activities for erolled sixth-, seveth- ad eighth-grade studets. This program operates o all regularly-scheduled school days at all five middle schools from school dismissal to 6 p.m. Should schools close earlier tha the regularly-scheduled time, Check-I will close at 4 p.m. Check-I provides studets a positive eviromet i which to study, relax or participate i a variety of activities. The studets ca also participate i ay of the school s regularly-scheduled after-school activities, such as itramural programs ad clubs. However, Check-I requires that all studets sig out with the program supervisor before goig to a school activity ad sig i whe they retur. The mothly fees are o a slidig scale, based o household icome. REGISTRATIO PROCESS FOR THE 2018-19 SCHOOL YEAR Registratio will begi April 1 ad ca be completed ad submitted olie at apsva.us/extday. Computer access ad registratio assistace are available at the Exteded Day Cetral Office. For iformatio, please cotact the Exteded Day Cetral Office by e-mail at exteded.day@apsva.us or call 703-228- 6069. The Exteded Day Cetral Office is located at the Syphax Educatio Ceter, 2110 Washigto Blvd., Arligto, VA 22204. 8

Helpful Web Liks www.apsva.us Go to the Registratio sectio of the APS website to fid specific iformatio about Boudary (Attedace Area) Locator Laguage Services Registratio Ceter (LSRC- for studets for whom Eglish is a secod laguage or have bee attedig school abroad) Registratio Procedures & Forms Optios ad Trasfers Go to the Programs/Services sectio of the APS website to fid more iformatio about Aspire2Excellece Academic Plaig (4-6 Year) Couselig Services Exteded Day (Check-I) Program Miority Achievemet Paret Resource Ceter (PRC) Special Educatio Go to the Istructio sectio of the APS website to fid more iformatio about Curriculum Programs Family & Commuity Egagemet (FACE) Persoalized Learig Go to the School Board sectio of the APS website to fid out more about School Board polices. Policy 25-2.1: Admissio ad Placemet Policy 25-2.2: Optios ad Trasfers The School Board policies also iclude iformatio about istructio, disciplie, trasportatio, ad other studet-related topics that may be of iterest to parets. Directory GUSTO MIDDLE SCHOOL Dr. Lori Wiggis, Pricipal 2700 South Lag Street, 22206 703-228-6900 gusto.apsva.us H-B WOODLAW SECODARY PROGRAM (GRADES 6-12) Dr. Casey Robiso, Pricipal 4100 Vacatio Lae, 22207 703-228-6363 hbwoodlaw.apsva.us THOMAS JEFFERSO MIDDLE SCHOOL Keisha Bogga, Pricipal 125 South Old Glebe Road, 22204 703-228-5900 jefferso.apsva.us KEMORE MIDDLE SCHOOL David McBride, Iterim Pricipal 200 South Carli Sprigs Road, 22204 703-228-6800 kemore.apsva.us SWASO MIDDLE SCHOOL Reée Harber, Pricipal 5800 orth Washigto Boulevard, 22205 703-228-5500 swaso.apsva.us Visit the Families sectio o the APS homepage for a wide variety of topics of iterest icludig: APS Dashboard (Statistics & Iformatio) APS Quick Facts K-12 Resources Digital (Persoalized) Learig Iteret Safety Program of Studies Paret Academy (free courses for parets) VDOE State Report Cards WILLIAMSBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL Brya Boyki, Pricipal 3600 orth Harriso Street, 22207 703-228-5450 williamsburg.apsva.us 9

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