Summer School

Overview: The Pathways for Progress summer school program for invited students in grades K-5 is designed to support students’ English development through literacy rotations and lessons that focus on students’ oral and reading skills. Students will also participate in math workshop and social-emotional learning activities.

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Locations 

Times: 9:15 am -1:15 pm

Eligibility: Participation in the Arlington Public Schools  Summer Learning Program is by invitation only. Students are invited to enroll in APS Summer Learning program based on their performance in the reading and/or math mid-year assessments.

If you have questions about the Summer Learning Program or your student’s invitation to participate, please reach out to your student’s teacher and/or school administrator.

Overview: The Pathways for Progress summer school program for invited students in grades 6 and 7 is designed to support students’ English development through literacy rotations and lessons that focus on students’ oral and reading skills. Students will also participate in math workshop and social-emotional learning activities.

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Location: Dorothy Hamm Middle School

Times: 7:45am – 12:15 pm

Eligibility: Participation in the Arlington Public Schools Summer Learning Program is by invitation only. Students are invited to enroll in APS Summer Learning program based on their performance in the reading and/or math mid-year assessments. If you have questions about the Middle School Summer Learning Program or your student’s invitation to participate, please reach out to your student’s teacher and/or school counselor.

Current 8th Grade students who require recovery in English and/or Math will be invited to participate in the Stepping Up to 9th Grade program which will provide an introduction to the essential concepts they will see in Algebra I and English 9 in the fall of 2025.

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Location: Washington-Liberty High School

Times: 7:45am – 12:15 pm

Please contact your school counselor or the student’s teacher for additional information.

Overview: Provides eligible students the opportunity to recover credits towards fulfilling graduation requirements. This is a four-week program, in-person for 4.5 hours per day.

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Location: Washington-Liberty High School

Times: 7:45 am – 12:15 pm

Eligibility: Eligibility is based on credit recovery needs. High school students who failed a course required for graduation are eligible to attend Summer School.

Overview:  This is a 4-day (16 hours total) course designed for Washington-Liberty High School students planning to take an AP or IB course for the first time in the upcoming school year. This course focuses on helping students develop the skills they need to be successful in high level courses.  Students will work on strengthening their reading comprehension, analytical writing, self-advocacy, time management, organizational skills and other executive functions needed to successfully complete AP or IB level classes.  This 4-day course is available during one of the summer school weeks:

Dates: July 21 – 24, 2025

Location: Washington-Liberty High School

Times: 7:45am – 12:15 pm

Limited to WL students only.  Please contact your school counselor or the student’s teacher for additional information.

Cost: Free

Overview: This is a 5-day course designed for students planning to take an advanced course (AP) class for the first time in the 2025-26 school year. This course focuses on developing students’ skills needed to be successful in college level courses. Students will develop their reading comprehension, analytical writing, advocacy, time management, organizational skills and strategies needed to complete AP level classes successfully.  This course is a total of 20 hours (4 hours a day for 5 days) available during one of the summer school weeks:

Dates: July 21 – 25, 2025

Location: Washington-Liberty High School

Times: 7:45am – 12:15 pm

Limited to WHS students only. Please contact your school counselor or your student’s teacher for additional information.

Cost: Free

Overview: Provides eligible students who have an IEP and identified critical life skills, with small group instruction by a Special Education Teacher. Eligibility is discussed and determined at the student’s IEP meeting. Students must fit specific criteria to be eligible. The program will take place in person at a designated site.

Elementary Locations: Abingdon Elementary School or Discovery Elementary School

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Times: 9:15 am – 1:15 pm

Secondary Locations: Dorothy Hamm Middle School and Washington-Liberty High School

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Times: 7:45 am – 12:15 pm

Shriver Program

Dates: July 7 – August 1, 2025

Times: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Eligibility: Student eligibility is discussed and determined at the student’s IEP meeting between mid-January and April 15, 2025. Please contact your student’s case carrier (Special Education Teacher) for information regarding your student’s eligibility and program. Additional information for families can be found here: Learn more about ESY

General information and questions about Extended School Year (ESY) please contact Dr. Becca Reid, ESY Elementary & Secondary Administrator at [email protected]

Overview: Health and Physical Education I is a blended course that will have both in-person and virtual learning components.  The course will satisfy one credit for health and physical education (HPE) required for graduation. This course integrates a variety of health knowledge, skills, and behaviors and provides students an opportunity to physically engage in a variety of lifetime activities. Students will identify health resources and become advocates for a healthy lifestyle for themselves, family, and community. Students will demonstrate their knowledge to include emergency first aid and the use of an AED and hands-on practice of skills necessary to perform CPR, a required credential for graduation. Areas of study include emotional, mental, social, and environmental health; safety and emergency preparedness, relationships, substance abuse and disease prevention, and family life education. Students will plan fitness goals and understand principles of exercise physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy to improve their personal fitness.

Students will be required to attend in-person instruction July 7 -18 from 7:45am to 12:15pm at Washington-Liberty High School. During the in-person instruction, students will be physically active and engaging in a variety of fitness and wellness activities. The remainder of summer school (July 21 – August 1), students will engage in asynchronous virtual self-paced learning that will include daily submission of physical activity assignment logs and online participation. Students will be required to have daily access to the internet/wi-fi to complete and submit assignments on the posted due dates. There will be weekly virtual check-in meetings with the teacher. Students who exceed 2 absences during in-person instruction will be unable to continue in the summer program and will be withdrawn.

Registration dates: March 3, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Please contact Debbie DeFranco at [email protected] if you have any questions about this course.

Cost: $350. Reduced $87

Payment

Fees for New Work courses may be paid via MySchoolBucks.  Once the student has been registered, and the fee/scholarship entered in Synergy, an invoice will be sent to the parents directly from MySchoolBucks (invoices will be sent on May 9).

Refunds

Refunds for APS secondary new work for credit courses will only be granted as long as the request is submitted by June 27, 2025 and students meet one of the following criteria:

• A student is ill for a prolonged period (with a doctor’s note)
• Death in the immediate family
• Transfer of residence outside of Arlington
• A student switching from New Work to Credit Recovery because they failed a required class
• A student has paid, but is eligible for a McKinney-Vento scholarship.

All refund requests must be made in writing with proper documentation for approval. The request should be sent to Emily Villatoro [email protected].

No requests for refunds will be accepted and/or processed after June 27, 2025.

Registration link available here on March 3, 2025

Overview: Health and Physical Education II is a blended course that will have both in-person and virtual learning components.  The course will satisfy one credit for health and physical education (HPE) required for graduation. Students will demonstrate health and wellness knowledge and skills. Areas of study include emotional, mental, social and environmental health; safety and emergency preparedness; relationships; substance abuse, and disease prevention; family life education; and health/medical career promotion. Students will learn principles of exercise physiology, biomechanics, and anatomy through participation in a variety of lifetime activities. This course emphasizes lifetime physical fitness through individual, group, dance, and recreational pursuits. Students will learn about personal fitness by designing, implementing, self-assessing, and modifying a personal fitness plan.

This course does not include the driver education component.

Students will be required to attend in-person instruction July 7 -18 from 7:45am to 12:15pm at Washington-Liberty High School. During the in-person instruction, students will be physically active and engaging in a variety of fitness and wellness activities. The remainder of summer school (July 21 – August 1), students will engage in asynchronous virtual self-paced learning that will include daily submission of physical activity assignment logs and online participation. Students will be required to have daily access to the internet/wi-fi to complete and submit assignments on the posted due dates. Students will be required to have daily access to the internet/wi-fi to complete and submit assignments on the posted due dates. There will be weekly virtual check-in meetings with the teacher. Students who exceed 2 absences during in-person instruction will be unable to continue in the summer program and will be withdrawn.

Registration dates: March 3, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Please contact Debbie DeFranco at [email protected] if you have any questions about this course.

Cost: $350. Reduced $87

Payment

Fees for New Work courses may be paid via MySchoolBucks.  Once the student has been registered, and the fee/scholarship entered in Synergy, an invoice will be sent to the parents directly from MySchoolBucks (invoices will be sent on May 9).

Refunds Refunds for APS secondary new work for credit courses will only be granted as long as the request is submitted by June 27, 2025 and students meet one of the following criteria:

• A student is ill for a prolonged period (with a doctor’s note)
• Death in the immediate family
• Transfer of residence outside of Arlington
• A student switching from New Work to Credit Recovery because they failed a required class
• A student has paid, but is eligible for a McKinney-Vento scholarship.

All refund requests must be made in writing with proper documentation for approval. The request should be sent to Emily Villatoro [email protected]. No requests for refunds will be accepted and/or processed after June 27, 2025.

Registration link available here on March 3, 2025

Overview: This Asynchronous course explores the general scope of economics and personal finance. They explore the American enterprise system, economic principles, economics of supply/demand, labor and industry, the Federal Reserve System, governmental fiscal policies, and the comparison of economic systems of major countries and economics philosophies to develop an understanding of the impact of global trade. Students learn the major areas of financial and investment planning, stock market, annuities, return on investments, retirement and estate planning, consumer credit and money management, budgeting, financial statements, insurance and risk management, home ownership, planning for college education, payroll taxes, consumer protection laws and financial responsibilities. The WISE Financial Literacy Test may be administered for students to earn the graduation requirement of a Career and Technical credential. The course incorporates all economics and financial literacy graduation requirements. Students may also fulfill this graduation requirement through successful completion of AP or IB Economics. Students who successfully complete this course and a CTE course may qualify for completer status. Consult with your school counselor for more information. Consult with your school counselor for more information.

Student Work Expectations

• Each student must have their own email address and provide an email for a parent/guardian in order to communicate with the teacher directly about assignments and course announcements. Teachers will communicate with students and parents if necessary. Communication includes interim progress reports, assignment feedback, reminders, etc.
• This is a one-credit new-work-for-credit course.  All students should block out 5 to 6 hours each weekday to complete the assigned work for the duration of the course.  Students should work consistently on the course assignments and proactively communicate with their virtual teacher to seek help with course materials and/or technology and to communicate with the instructor should adjustments within the course be needed to accommodate verifiable emergencies.  Teachers will provide unit deadlines within the course.  Students who will have any days during the course during which internet access is limited should work ahead in the course.
• All coursework must be completed during these dates. Unfortunately, we are not able to excuse work or provide extra time for students that cannot adhere to this timeline

Registration dates and process: March 3, 2025 – May 2, 2025 Course dates: July 7, 2025-August 1, 2025

Point of Contact: 

Christine Joy

Social Studies Supervisor

703-228-6140

[email protected]

• Timeline for communication to families
  • Teachers will reach out to students by July 3, 2025

Cost: $350. Reduced $87

• Payment information/ refund policy
• •  Fees for New Work courses may be paid via MySchoolBucks.  Once the student has been registered, and the fee/scholarship entered in Synergy, an invoice will be sent to the parents directly from MySchoolBucks (invoices will be sent on May 9). Parents who do not wish to pay by credit card may take a check or money order to Syphax 2nd Floor Reception(Academics), Monday-Friday, from 8:00am-4:30pm. The student’s identification number must be included on the check or money order and placed in a sealed envelope that lists the students’ current address. Schools should advise parents who might inquire about paying by check or money order that they must either take the payment to Syphax on days and times referenced above, or mail it to: Arlington Public Schools, 2110 Washington Blvd, 22204, ATTN: Finance Department, 4th Floor. Checks must be received NO LATER THAN 4 PM on May 23, 2025.

Refunds for APS secondary new work for credit courses will only be granted as long as the request is submitted by June 27, 2025 and students meet one of the following criteria:

• A student is ill for a prolonged period (with a doctor’s note)
• Death in the immediate family
• Transfer of residence outside of Arlington
• A student switching from New Work to Credit Recovery because they failed a required class
• A student has paid, but is eligible for a McKinney-Vento scholarship.

All refund requests must be made in writing with proper documentation for approval. The request should be sent to Emily Villatoro [email protected]. No requests for refunds will be accepted and/or processed after June 27, 2025.

Registration link available here

Overview:  Rising 7th through 12th grade students may take virtual New Work for Credit courses during the summer.

• Rising 7th and 8th Graders: May take level 1 or level 2 of a World Language course
• Rising 9th Graders: May take 1 New Work for Credit course; course options include Health and PE I, Economics and Personal Finance, Math (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Algebra II/Trigonometry Intensified, or Pre-Calculus), or a World Language course
• Rising 10th-12th graders: May take up to 2 New Work for credit online courses

Students must receive advanced approval to enroll in a virtual course through their school counselor.  Credit will only be given for courses where APS enrolled the student in the course. No credit will be awarded in cases in which the student or the student’s family enrolled the student directly through the online vendor.

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