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Farmington Woods Elementary
International Baccalaureate - Elementary School
Global Schools Collaborative Network
Calendar: Traditional

Information for the: 2011 - 2012 school year.

For information about Magnet Programs and how to apply for them, visit our online Magnet Programs Center.

If you are planning to visit this school to enroll your child for the 2012-2013 school year, please visit their Website or contact them using the information below for their enrollment schedule. School staff will have times set up to receive your forms and walk you through the process.

Principal, Grades & Calendar

Principal - A. Winston Pierce

Grades - k - 5

2011-12 Bell Schedule - 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Instructional Calendar

Farmington Woods Elementary runs on the Traditional calendar. Currently, the following Traditional calendars are available for download:

2011 - 2012 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)
2012 - 2013 Traditional Calendar (Adobe Reader File)

Before School: WCPSS

After School: WCPSS

Contact the Farmington Woods Elementary directly for full information about its before- and after-school care programs. For general information about before- and after-school care programs across WCPSS, go here.

Contact

Phone - (919) 460-3469

Fax - (919) 460-3423

Website - http://fwes.wcpss.net

Location

Address - 1413 Hampton Valley Road, Cary, NC 27511

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Description

The International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme emphasizes academic challenges, international understanding, community service, and mental and physical well-being. The PYP programme seeks to develop the total child by addressing intellectual, social, physical, emotional and cultural needs. The curriculum framework includes five essential elements - concepts, actions, skills, knowledge, attitudes.

Farmington Woods Prospective International Baccalaureate Elementary School, through comprehensive and balanced curricula, will enable all members of the school community to reach their fullest potential as creative, compassionate, responsible, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners.

Curriculum: International Baccalaureate - Elementary School

Theme Description

1.Inquiry-based approach to learning

2.Curriculum enhanced by six trans-disciplinary themes of global connections

3.Instruction in a second language beginning in Kindergarten

All levels of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme:

1.Offer study across a broad range of subjects

2.Promote international understanding and a global perspective responsible members of a community

3.Emphasize the learning of a second language

4.Develop responsible members of a community

5.Promote the attributes of he IB learner profile

1413 Hampton Valley Road, Cary, NC 27511 (919 ) 460-3469

Important: Bus Routes are subject to change, based on actual student distribution, parent appeals and other factors. The information here will be updated regularly, but updates may lag changes by several days.

Route Information Last Updated: 8:20 AM, Mon, Dec 5, 2011