Prince William County Public Schools
Prince William County Public Schools is a Virginian school division with its headquarters in the Kelly Leadership Center in unincorporated Prince William County, Virginia.[2][3] As of the 2010 census, the population of the county was 402,002.
Prince William County Public Schools | |
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14715 Bristow Road Manassas , Virginia, 20112 | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Providing A World-Class Education |
Grades | Pre-K–12 |
Superintendent | Steven L. Walts, Ed.D. |
Students and staff | |
Enrollment | 88,930 |
Staff | 11,008 [1] |
Other information | |
Website | http://www.pwcs.edu/ |
Prince William County Public Schools is the second largest school division in Virginia enrolling approximately 81,635 students in the 2011-2012 school year. Prince William County Public Schools is the fourth largest school system in the Washington Metropolitan Area after the Fairfax County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland; and Prince George's County, Maryland school systems.
Schools
School name | 2003 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Battlefield | N/A | >1019 | >1215 | 1051 | >1398 | 655 | 716 |
Brentsville | >787 | 583 | 902 | 698 | 688 | 543 | 575 |
Forest Park | 660 | 1001 | 1126 | 1004 | 1049 | 1232 | 985 |
Freedom | N/A | >1019 | >1215 | 1213 | >1398 | 1507 | 1454 |
Gar-Field | 337 | 576 | 964 | 585 | 785 | 618 | 594 |
Hylton | 698 | >1019 | 696 | 311 | 289 | 379 | 332 |
Osbourn Park | 491 | 524 | 708 | 568 | 617 | 416 | 379 |
Potomac | >787 | 666 | 893 | 846 | 565 | 265 | 311 |
Stonewall Jackson | 87 | 344 | 563 | 549 | 745 | 983 | 880 |
Woodbridge | 669 | 828 | 739 | 910 | 839 | 923 | 783 |
High schools
Brentsville District High School
- Nokesville, Virginia
- Principal: Dr. Katherine Meints
- Mascot: Tigers
Charles J. Colgan, Sr. High School
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Dr. Tim Healey
- Mascot: Sharks
- Named after State Senator Charles J. Colgan[5]
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Richard Martinez
- Mascot: Bruins
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Ms. Inez S. Bryant
- Mascot: Eagles
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Matthew Mathison
- Mascot: Indians
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. David Cassady, Jr.
- Mascot: Bulldogs
- Named after real estate developer Cecil D. Hylton
- Nokesville, Virginia
- Principal: Dr. Michael Bishop
- Mascot: Pioneers
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Dr. Richard Nichols
- Mascot: Raiders
- Named after General Stonewall Jackson
- Being renamed before 2020-2021 school year
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Ms. Heather Abney
- Mascot: Vikings
Future High Schools
Gainesville High School (will open for 2021-2022 school year) [6]
- Gainesville, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Neil Beech
Specialty programs
The Biotechnology Center is located at Osbourn Park High School. Osbourn Park also offers specialty programs through their automotive program, firefighting program, Navy JROTC, practical nursing program, project lead-the-way, and the pre-governors school program.[7]
The Cambridge Programme offers a curriculum and examination system with external assessments by the University of Cambridge International Examinations. Juniors and seniors taking advanced-level courses can qualify for an Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) diploma. Available at Potomac High School and Brentsville District High School.
The Center for Environmental and Natural Sciences (CENS) is located at Freedom High School.
The Center for the Fine and Performing Arts is located at Charles J. Colgan, Sr. High School since the school's opening; Woodbridge High School hosted it up to 2016.
The Center for Information Technology is located at Battlefield High School and Forest Park High School.
The Center for International Studies and Languages and the "Center for Television Production" is located at C. D. Hylton High School.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a rigorous four-year academic program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) of Geneva, Switzerland. Available at Stonewall Jackson High School and Gar-Field Senior High School.
Middle schools
Louise A. Benton Middle School
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Joseph Graczyk
- Mascot: Cougars
- Named after teacher and public servant Louise A. Benton [8]
Stuart M. Beville Middle School
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Tim Keenan
- Mascot: Bobcats
- Named after former Superintendent of Prince William County Public School Stuart McGuire Beville[9]
- Gainesville, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Matthew Phythian
- Mascot: Eagles
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Hamish Brewer
- Mascot: Hornets
- Named after former school board member Fred M. Lynn[10]
- Gainesville, Virginia
- Principal: Mrs. Catherine Porter-Lucas
- Mascot: Hawks
Graham Park Middle School (Lions)
George M. Hampton Middle School (Formerly Mills E. Godwin Middle School)
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mrs. Jehovanni Mitchell
- Mascot: Huskies
- Named after Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin
- Renamed after Lieutenant Colonel George M. Hampton [11]
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. James Dutrow
- Mascot: Wolves
- Bristow, Virginia
- Principal: Ms. Lisa Warner
- Mascot: Bulldogs
- Named after Dr. Emlyn Harrison Marsteller[12]
Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School
- Haymarket, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Joe Murgo
- Mascot: Mustangs
- Named after President Ronald Reagan
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Scott R. Bergquist
- Mascot: Raiders
Herbert J. Saunders Middle School
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Matthew Eline
- Mascot: Spartans
- Named after former Superintendent of Prince William County Public Schools Herbert J. Saunders[13]
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Mike Nicely
- Mascot: Sabres
- Named after General Stonewall Jackson
- Will be renamed before 2020-2021 school year
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mrs. Angela Owens
- Mascot: Seminoles
Specialty programs
Graham Park, Marsteller, and Rippon Middle Schools currently offer Middle School Mathematics and Science Program, an intensive program in mathematics and science.
Beville, Godwin, and Stonewall Middle Schools offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (IBMYP).
Lynn, Lake Ridge, and Parkside Middle Schools offer the Middle School World Languages Program in French and Spanish.
Traditional Schools (K-8)
- Nokesville, Virginia
- Principal: Mr. Eric Worcester [14]
- Mascot: Tigers
- Manassas, Virginia
- Principal: Ms. Amanda McCulla [15]
- Mascot: Blue Jays [16]
- Named after Philip Michael Pennington, a Prince William County police officer who died in the line of duty. [16]
Mary G. Porter Traditional School
- Woodbridge, Virginia
- Principal: Mrs. Kaitlyn Engelmeier-Foor [17]
- Mascot: Patriots
- Named after Mary G. Porter, an African-American teacher who helped desegregate Dumfries Elementary School.[18]
Elementary Schools
J.W. Alvey Elementary School (Sunrays)
Antietam Elementary School (Mighty Mustangs)
Ashland Elementary School (Falcons)
Bel Air Elementary School (Panthers)
Belmont Elementary School (Eagles)
Bennett Elementary School (Bears)
Bristow Run Elementary School (Panthers)
Buckland Mills Elementary School(Wild cat)
Cedar Point Elementary School
Chris Yung Elementary School
Coles Elementary School
Covington-Harper Elementary School (Cheetahs)
Dale City Elementary School
Dumfries Elementary School (Dragons)
Suella Gilbert Ellis Elementary School
Enterprise Elementary School
Featherstone Elementary School
Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary School
Glenkirk Elementary School
Samuel L. Gravely Elementary School
Henderson Elementary School
John D. Jenkins Elementary School
Kerrydale Elementary School
Kilby Elementary School
King Elementary School
Kyle R. Wilson Elementary School
Lake Ridge Elementary School
Leesylvania Elementary School
Loch Lomond Elementary School
Marshall Elementary School
Marumsco Hills Elementary School
Mary Williams Elementary School
Sharon C. McAuliffe Elementary School
Minnieville Elementary School
Montclair Elementary School
Mountain View Elementary School
Mullen Elementary School
Neabsco Elementary School
Nokesville Elementary School
Occoquan Elementary School (Braves)
Old Bridge Elementary School
John F. Pattie, Sr. Elementary School
Sonnie P. Penn Elementary School
Piney Branch Elementary School
Potomac View Elementary School
River Oaks Elementary School
Rockledge Elementary School
Rosa Parks Elementary School
Signal Hill Elementary School
Sinclair Elementary School
Springwoods Elementary School (Eagles)
Sudley Elementary School
Swans Creek Elementary School
T. Clay Wood Elementary School
Triangle Elementary School
George Grayson Tyler Elementary School
Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary School
Victory Elementary School
West Gate Elementary School
Westridge Elementary School
Yorkshire Elementary School
Specialty programs
Elementary Foreign/World Languages Programs are available at Enterprise, Mullen, River Oaks, Tyler, Lake Ridge and Signal Hill elementary schools.
Elementary Mathematics and Science Program are available at Belmont and Sudley elementary Schools.
International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP) are in the consideration phase at Antietam, Buckland Mills, Dumfries, Ellis, Featherstone, Parks, Victory, and Williams elementary schools.
Pennington School and Porter School, both schools of choice and serving students in grades 1 through 8, provide Traditional Schools Serving Students at the Elementary and Middle School Levels.
Other
Prince William County provides an "alternative" school service for what they deem as "troubled teens". Students who become pregnant, sell or use drugs, write graffiti, have general behavioral issues or are prone to violence are usually sent to learn together in the same facility, regardless of their base school. The PACE program targets students with more extreme cases of psychological issues.
- Independent Hill School/PACE East, special education school for middle & high school students
- New Directions Alternative School, special school for students who are not successful in their base school
- New Dominion Alternative School, special school for middle school students
- PACE West, a special education school providing services to students with serious emotional and behavior problems
- Pennington Traditional School, rigorous school for first through eighth graders [Formerly a high school, grades 9-12]
- Porter Traditional School, specialty school for first through eighth graders
- Woodbine Preschool Center, a center for preschool-aged children with developmental disabilities
- East End Alternative, now defunct. Previously located at a Woodbridge Boys and Girls Club. The student body was migrated to Pennington Alternative School in the mid-1990s.
Schools of excellence
Prince William County Public Schools honors schools as Schools of Excellence based on a variety of criteria, including: performance targets; Adequate Yearly Progress under the No Child Left Behind Act; Virginia Wellness Tests; school attendance rates; and parent, student, and teacher satisfaction. The Virginia state Standards of Learning (SOL) tests for both students on grade level and students below grade level are also considered.[19] In 2006, the criteria was adjusted to reflect the continuous improvement of the system's schools.[20]
School administration and staff are presented with a commemorative flag, a plaque, and a check to be used at the school's discretion. Schools receive $1,000 for each year the School of Excellence designation is obtained.[21]
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
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Elementary | 13 | 10 | 28 | 40 | 32 | 23 | 22 | 27 | 35 | 36 | 16 | 32 | 37 | 38 | 30 |
Middle | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
High | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Other | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 15 | 15 | 42 | 58 | 46 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 41 | 42 | 18 | 40 | 44 | 46 | 34 |
See also
References
- "Contact Us." Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved on June 26, 2010.
- "Directions to Prince William County Public Schools Archived 2011-08-25 at the Wayback Machine." Prince William County Public Schools. Retrieved on June 26, 2010.
- Newsweek's America's Top Public High Schools for 2009
- "Our School". colganhs.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- esides@insidenova.com, Emily Sides. "Prince William County's 13th high school will be Gainesville High". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- https://osbournparkhs.pwcs.edu/our_school/specialty_programs
- "Louise A. Benton". bentonms.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Stuart M. Beville". bevillems.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "School Summary". lynnms.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- Palermo, Jill. "School board reaffirms changing the name of Godwin Middle". INSIDENOVA.COM. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Bristow middle school's namesake, Dr. Marsteller, had roots in Gainesville - Bull Run VA". www.bullrunnow.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Who We Are: School Information". saundersms.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Nokesville School Administration". nokesville.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Administrator's Message". pennington.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "About Us". pennington.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Administration". porter.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Mary G. Porter". porter.pwcs.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-08-16. Retrieved 2010-02-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- http://www.pwcs.edu/admin/recognition/Excellence06/Excellence.html%5B%5D