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Liaison Program
Overview
School Registration
Public Schools
Standards of Learning
College Scholarships
Overview
As
military parents of school-age children are aware, there are
unique issues to students transitioning to new schools whether
at the beginning of the school year or in the middle of the
school year. Parents worry if the local school offers
a quality education, students worry about fitting in, and
everyone worries if the credits the students have earned will
transfer. It is the goal of the School Liaison Officer
at Fort Myer is to provide general information on common questions.
Although children living on Fort Myer attend the Arlington
County Public Schools, many soldiers in-process through Fort
Myer but live and attend schools throughout the National
Capitol Region. Therefore, this webpage will include
information about the major school districts in Northern Virginia,
Western Maryland and the District of Columbia. Welcome!
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School
Registration
Virginia
has several requirements for students enrolling in the public
schools. State law requires that students must attend
school if they have reached their fifth birthday by September
30 and have not passed their 18 th birthday. Students
are required to attend school in the district where their
parent or guardian resides at. Students may be enrolled
as tuition-paying students only when space is available in
the school requested. A parent or guardian must be
present with proof of address (i.e.: your mortgage or rental
contract/lease, settlement papers, mortgage coupon book),
medical information such as immunization records as well as
a physical examination and a TB test within the 12 months
prior to starting school, your child's social security number
(if available) and official school records from another school
system or county.
The following immunizations are required:
- Diphtheria
and Tetanus Toxoids and Pertussis Vaccine (DPT)
- Poliomyelitis
Vaccine
- Measles,
Mumps, Rubella (MMR)
- Haemophilus
Influenza Type B Vaccine
- Hepatitis
B Vaccine
- HIB
Vaccine
Maryland
also has several requirements that are different from Virginia. It used to be the rule that every child who is five
years old on or before December 31 must be enrolled in a public
school kindergarten or other approved program by the Maryland
State Department of Education. This school year, 2005-2006,
the cut-off date will be November 30. The
change will be phased in at a rate of one month per year to
be fully implemented by the 2007-2008 school year when the
cut-off date will be September 30th.
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Public
Schools
Fort
Myer
is located in Arlington
County
next to the Arlington
Cemetery
and the Iwo Jima Memorial. School-age and youth living
on Fort
Myer
attend the Arlington County Public Schools. The Arlington
County Public Schools provide an excellent public education
to our military school-age and youth. Many schools
in the National Capital Region are highly regarded nationally,
and some have made the Newsweek magazine's TOP 100 high schools
list. Three out of the four high schools in the Arlington
County
were in the top 28 schools in the United
States.
Washington-Lee
High
School
was one of these schools.
Elementary
School: Long
Branch Elementary
School
(K-5)
Middle
School: Thomas
Jefferson
Middle
School
(6-8)
High
School: Washington-Lee
High
School
(9-12)
Since
Fort
Myer
is the hub for in-processing soldiers who work at the Pentagon,
offices in Crystal
City,
and other office areas, we provide information about all the
school districts that our soldiers might choose to live in
the National Capitol Region (NCR). Check these links
for additional school districts in Virginia,
Maryland
and the District
of Columbia.
Northern
Virginia
District
of Columbia
District
of Columbia Public Schools
Western
Maryland
Standards of Learning
Virginia Department of Education
The
Virginia Department of Education's website is http://www.pen.k12.va.us/. State Requirements for registration,
home instruction, graduation requirements, Standards of Learning,
and school accreditation information can be found there.
Maryland State Department of Education
The
Maryland State Department of Education's website is http:www.msde.state.md.us/. State requirements for registration, home
instruction, graduation requirements, Content Standards, and
the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program and other
important information can be found there.
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College Scholarships
There
are many organizations that provide financial aid to Soldiers
and their dependents. Click here for information on
funds administered by Army
Emergency Relief and the Military
Officers Association of America (MOAA).
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