Kent Gardens Elementary School
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Kent Gardens Elementary School is located in McLean, VA and is part of the McLean High School
pyramid. It is affiliated with Fairfax County Public Schools
and includes grades k-6. Its current principal is Robyn Hooker.
. Students in the immersion program take their math and science classes in French
and also learn French
with supplemental grammar and reading activities. In addition, they take language arts and social studies in English
, like non-immersion students. Immersion students also correspond with students at Yena Issa, the school’s sister school in Bamako, Mali. In the sixth grade, immersion students go on a field trip to France
. In order to participate in the immersion program, prospective students must apply. After graduation from elementary school, students are given the opportunity to continue to take French
in middle school in a specially tailored program to help fill gaps left by partial immersion.
Kent Gardens also has an ESOL program, which stands for English for Speakers of Other Languages. This helps children who speak other languages at home to develop proficiency in English early in their development.
Students at Kent Gardens also can learn music. Students can start playing strings instruments in fourth grade and band instruments in the fifth grade. They can also sing in the chorus.
Finally, Kent Gardens also has a post office called “Wee Deliver.” Started in 1990, this allows students to practice their writing skills by writing to friends in other classes or to old teachers. Students apply to work at the post office for a three-week period during the school year.
McLean High School
McLean High School is a public secondary school located in McLean, Virginia. It is located on 1633 Davidson Road and is part of Fairfax County Public Schools....
pyramid. It is affiliated with Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County Public Schools
The Fairfax County Public Schools system is a branch of the Fairfax County government which administers public schools in Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax...
and includes grades k-6. Its current principal is Robyn Hooker.
During School
Kent Gardens has many programs that are offered during the school day. The school offers partial immersion for children grades 1-6 in FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
. Students in the immersion program take their math and science classes in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and also learn French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
with supplemental grammar and reading activities. In addition, they take language arts and social studies in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, like non-immersion students. Immersion students also correspond with students at Yena Issa, the school’s sister school in Bamako, Mali. In the sixth grade, immersion students go on a field trip to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. In order to participate in the immersion program, prospective students must apply. After graduation from elementary school, students are given the opportunity to continue to take French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
in middle school in a specially tailored program to help fill gaps left by partial immersion.
Kent Gardens also has an ESOL program, which stands for English for Speakers of Other Languages. This helps children who speak other languages at home to develop proficiency in English early in their development.
Students at Kent Gardens also can learn music. Students can start playing strings instruments in fourth grade and band instruments in the fifth grade. They can also sing in the chorus.
Finally, Kent Gardens also has a post office called “Wee Deliver.” Started in 1990, this allows students to practice their writing skills by writing to friends in other classes or to old teachers. Students apply to work at the post office for a three-week period during the school year.