Advice in English and Spanish to help you support your child's education.
Resources for Families
Learn about the resources available to help support your child's education.
In FCPS we recognize that when families are engaged in their children’s education, students achieve higher grades, attend school regularly, have better social skills, and go on to postsecondary education. We offer programs, services, and resources that engage families, schools, and the community in support of student success.
Find out more below about programs and supports offered in FCPS to build stronger family-school partnerships and better engage families.
Contact Family and School Partnerships: 703-204-4300 or [email protected].
School Success Ideas for Families
FCPS subscribes to this service from The Parent Institute. The information is available in English and Spanish.
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Community Resources for Families
Disclaimer: The following resources are provided as a service to parents and should not be viewed as an endorsement by Family and School Partnerships or Fairfax County Public Schools.
Fairfax County Department of Family Services
Helping Your Child | (En español)
Series of publications in English and Spanish from the U.S. Department of Education on reading, math, science, history, homework, preschoolers, and early adolescence.
SCAN Parent Resource Center (Stop Child Abuse Now) Alexandria, VA | (En Español)
Online articles in English and Spanish on many topics, including communication, discipline, divorce, nutrition, play, stress, and trauma.
https://twitter.com/FSP_FCPS
https://www.facebook.com/FCPSFSP/
Community Liaisons
Bilingual community liaisons support families during the student registration process. They also help determine if parents have needs beyond registering their child for school.
Early Literacy Programs
The Early Literacy Program is a free interactive, parent-and-child program. Helping families become active partners in their child's education.
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program
HIPPY is a free program for parents of preschoolers aged 2-4 who want to instruct their children at home.
Immigrant Family Reunification Program
The Family Reunification Program offers assistance in finding educational, financial, and emotional support.
Information for Homeless Families
Ensuring that all students have the resources necessary to obtain a successful education.
Family Information Phone Lines
FCPS offers telephone support to families who do not speak English as their first language.
Family Liaisons
Family liaisons serve as a link between families and schools.
Co-Parenting: Two Parents, Two Homes Program
Family and School Partnerships offers fee-based classes in English and Spanish to help families focus on the responsibilities of parenting from separate households while keeping children out of the middle as the parents negotiate custody, visitation, child support, or divorce.
Family Resource Center
The Family Resource Center (FRC) offers free webinars, consultations, a lending library, and resources to help adults support the success of all students, including those with learning challenges, special needs, and disabilities. The center was formerly named the Parent Resource Center.
Helping Children Learn Newsletter
English and Spanish newsletters in four versions: Early Childhood, Elementary School, Middle School and High School with school success ideas for parents, tailored to the ages of their children!
Kinship Care Support
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in partnership with other Fairfax County departments and agencies offers services and programs for grandparents and other family members raising children in the place of a parent.
Library Resources
Learn more about the resources that FCPS provides to help students research, study, and learn.
School Board Committees
Learn about School Board committees and their responsibilities
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Admissions
Welcome! Find more information on the admissions process to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
