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Fairfax County School Board Approves Secondary Course Changes for 2025-26

  • By Office of Communications
  • FCPS News
  • November 19, 2024

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The Fairfax County School Board approved new secondary course offerings for the 2025-26 school year at its meeting on November 14. They are:

  • Ballet (High School)
  • Ceramics 3 (High School)
  • Ceramics 4 Honors (High School)
  • Earth Science (High School)
  • Geospatial Analysis II (High School)
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) Environmental Systems and Societies (High School)
  • Music Exploration (Middle School)
  • Music in Media and Culture (High School)
  • Spanish for Heritage Speakers 4 Honors (High School)  

All courses above, with the exception of Earth Science, have been approved as optional courses, and schools will make the decision to add courses based on student interest. Earth Science will be a standard course offered at all schools.

In addition, the School Board approved the following course changes:

Move from Standard to Optional Course 

  • Geosystems (High School)

Move from Optional to Standard Course

  • Guitar 1 (High School)
  • Guitar 2 (High School)
  • Guitar Ensemble 2 Honors (High School)

Course Designation Changes - Add an Additional 0.5 Weight to GPA

  • 2D Studio Art 3 (High School)
  • 3D Studio Art 4 (High School)
  • Cloud Computing (High School)
  • Contemporary Media Arts 3 (High School)
  • Cyber: Net Admin 1 (High School)
  • Digital Art 4 (High School)
  • Pharmacy Technician 2 (High School)
  • Photography 4 (High School)
  • Pre-Professional Musical Theatre (High School)
  • Studio Art & Design 4 (High School)
  • Teachers for Tomorrow 1 Honors (High School)
  • Teachers for Tomorrow 2 Honors (High School)

Recommend as Course Options to Fulfill Graduation Requirements

  • Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography (High School)
  • AP Seminar (High School)

Dual Enrollment (DE)

  • Data Science DE (High School) 
  • Fashion Careers 1 DE (High School)         

For more information, contact Michael Gillespie at [email protected]. 

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