FCPS COLLEGE & CAREER PROGRAMS
The Academy for the Fine Arts is a half day college and career program for students in grades 10-12 who are interested in an arts based pathway to their post-secondary experience. Students select a focus area in either dance, theatre, music, musical theatre, or visual art and enhance their knowledge and skills in their craft through rigorous coursework (some for college credit), collaboration with students from other disciplines, field experience, workshops with professionals, college visits, and regular showcases. Based on each student’s schedule, the AFA is a customizable one, two, or three year experience. Students who enroll in a third year experience participate in capstone projects, topical seminars, and community internships.
Career & Technology Center (CTC)
The Career & Technology Center provides intensive career-specific training in more than 20 career pathways for FCPS students in 10th-12th grade. Courses are taught in half-day blocks at the Career & Technology Center. Students attend their high schools the other half of the day where they complete academic course requirements. In addition to career training, emphasis is placed on the development of broad, transferable professional skills that are essential for successful employment. The Career & Technology Center believes that education must provide students not only with essential academic knowledge, but also with technical and personal competencies that will allow them to become lifelong learners so that they can adapt to the changing requirements of the workplace.
Frederick Community College Dual Enrollment
Dual Enrollment (DE) courses allow you to earn your high school diploma and college credits simultaneously, at a fraction of the normal cost. Frederick Community College (FCC) offers a variety of dual enrollment options in partnership with Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS). Your goals determine which option is best for you. Contact your school counselor for more information on each program or to enroll.
Frederick County Virtual School
Frederick County Virtual School (FCVS) has been providing virtual course options since 2012, serving over 2000 students each school year. FCVS uses multiple Learning Management Systems to offer comprehensive blended online courses. Courses are designed to allow students to move through the course with minimal synchronous instruction from the teacher. Periodic synchronous sessions are a requirement of the learning process. Instructors are highly-qualified FCPS teachers with special training in working with students in a virtual setting. Students interact with an online community of teachers and students as they complete assignments, respond to discussion board posts and take exams within established timelines.
International Baccalaureate Program
(Urbana High)
e is a rigorous pre-university course of study that meets the needs of highly motivated secondary students. The program "encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners" (IBO Mission Statement) who are prepared to contribute positively in their local communities and the greater world. Participation in the program requires a two-year commitment to a program of studies that will challenge students across all disciplines.
Founded in 1916, the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program hosts over 500,000 students in over 3,500 units across the country. Representing all branches of service, the mission is to instill the values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and a sense of accomplishment. To fulfill this mission, the Patriot NJROTC combines academic classwork, extracurricular activities, and competitive teams. The Patriot Navy JROTC program is hosted at Governor Thomas Johnson High School, and is the only JROTC program in Frederick county.
