The General Academic Advising Information site has details on the following:

• High School Academies And Other Specialized CTE Courses
• Registration Process for Academies And Other Specialized CTE Courses
• Advanced Academic Programs
• AP & IB Diploma Program Comparison
• IB Middle Years program
• IB and Career-Related Diploma
• AP Program
• Thomas Jefferson
• Audit
• Career and Technical Education
• High School
• Courses Taken Outside of FCPS
• Dual Enrollment
• Earning College Credits in High School
• Expunging High School Courses Taken In Middle School
• Full Day Schedule
• Grade Point Average
• Grading System
• Online Courses
• Pass-Fail
• Postsecondary Planning/Academic and Career plan
• Promotion Policy
• Service Learning
• State Diploma Seals
• Student Fees
• Withdraw Policy
• Work-Based Learning
• World Languages Credit Exam
• High School course sequencing
• Family-Facing Curriculum

During this time, your child will bring home their course selection materials. It is imperative that you review this information with your student as course offerings are dependent upon enrollment and school staffing decisions are based on the course selections students make. Please know, to ensure appropriate placement, all course selections will be discussed with and reviewed by the school counselor.

Events

• January 07, 08: Days of Academic Focus, School Wide - Postponed
• January 09: Electives Fair, 4th Period, School Wide - Cancelled
• January 09: Curriculum Night, 6:30 pm, Main Street -  Cancelled
• January 16: Curriculum Night (Snow Date), 6:30 pm, Main Street (Flyer in English & Spanish)
• Advanced Academics Presentation

Rising Freshman Events

• January 13: Academic Advising Presentation, Rachel Carson MS
• January 14: Academic Advising Presentation, Herndon MS
  • Zoom Recording of Presentation
• January 15: Academic Advising Presentation, Langston Hughes MS
• January 15: Academic Advising Presentation, St. Joseph School
• February 28: All rising freshman course selections in SIS
• Rising Freshmen Academic Advising and Course Selection Presentation 

Rising Seniors Events

• January 13, 15: Rising Senior and ML Level 1 & 2 Junior Academic Advising Presentations, 4th Period, Various Locations
• January 21-28: Rising Senior and ML Level 1 & 2 Junior Individual Academic Advising & Course Selection through English 11
• Rising Senior Academic Advising and Course Selection Presentation

Rising Juniors Events

• February 04, 06: Rising Junior and ML Level 1 & 2 Sophomore Academic Advising Presentations, 4th Period, Various Locations
• February 10-18: Rising Junior and ML Level 1 & 2 Sophomore Individual Academic Advising & Course Selection through English 10
• 🚧Rising Junior Academic Advising and Course Selection Presentation

Rising Sophomores Events

• January 22: Rising Junior TA Lesson – The Career & Course Selection Connection, Teacher Advisory
• February 21, 25: Rising Sophomore and ML Level 1 & 2 Freshman Academic Advising Presentation, 4th Period, Various Locations
• February 28-March 07: Rising Sophomore Course Selection through Social Studies and ELD Level 1
• 🚧 Rising Sophomore Academic Advising and Course Selection Presentation

Review

• March 10-14: Make-up course selection
• March 14: All course selections entered in SIS.
• Before March 14: Requests for course changes are honored.
• March 15-June 04:  No course selection changes permitted.

Course Catalog

• Course Catalog Online for Grade 9
• Course Catalog Online for Grades 9-12 
• General Academic Advising Information

Course Selection Sheets

• 9th Grade Course Selection Sheet 
• 10th - 12th Grade Course Selection Sheet

_{These documents do not meet FCPS accessibility guidelines. Please see your school counselor if you need additional support reading or accessing this information.}

Elizabeth Kinan - Students with the last name A-BR

Kie Anderson - Students with the last name Bu-Dj, and AVID

Shannon Kamenick - Students with the last name Do-Hen

Randi Fortier - Students with the last name Her-L

Meghan Azzara - Students with the last name M-Pe

Kelly Ginieczki - Students with the last name Ph-Se, Lead Counselor

Matthew Dell'Orso - Students with the last name Sh-Z

Athena Sotirchos - Students with an ML Level 1 & 2, A-K

Luis Montero - Students with an ML Level 1 & 2, L-Z

Samantha Kramer - 504 Plan School-Based Coordinator

View our full staff on the Student Services page.

• FCPS Graduation Requirements 
• High School Course Sequencing

• 🚧 Advanced Placement (AP) and Dual Enrollment Expectations 
• Honors, Grades 9-12 - Fairfax County offers open enrollment in Honors social studies, English, science, and mathematics classes for students who seek additional academic rigor.
• Advanced Placement® (AP) - The Advanced Placement® (AP) Program provides academic college preparatory coursework in the major subject fields. AP classes emulate introductory college courses, preparing students for selective universities and colleges.
• Dual Enrollment courses are taught at the high school by an FCPS teacher and offer college credit through agreements with a college or university.
• Student Website for Dual Enrollment (Google Webpage - Students must be logged into their @fcpsschools.net account to access the website)

Advanced technical and specialized elective courses are available at the High School Academies for students interested in pursuing coursework in a variety of options related to career pathways. Academy details and contacts.

Additionally, Herndon offers courses and programs that require an application. Those courses, programs, and a link to the applications are below. 

• Advanced Composition (Writing Center) 
• Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) 
• College Partnership Program (CPP) 
• Leadership/Student Government Association (SGA)
• Political Science 

One credit in economics and personal finance must be completed prior to graduation. This course is required for the Standard and Advanced Studies Diplomas. Information on how to complete this requirement is available here.

FCPS Online Campus allows students to take an additional course online to supplement what they take in school. Online Campus offers a variety of standard, honors, and AP level courses, and also provides access to additional courses not offered at Herndon. The online campus also has courses students can take over the summer, which can help students advance or catch up on academic credits earned towards graduation requirements. Students must let their counselor know if they’re interested in taking a course through Online Campus, and work with their counselor to complete the required registration paperwork. For more information on Online Campus course offerings, how online classes work in general, and the registration process please click the link below. 

FCPS Online Campus Site

Register for Your Class in 10 Easy Steps!

1. Log into SIS StudentVUE on your laptop by going to https://sisstudent.fcps.edu/. This process will not work on your phone. 
2. Click on the "Course Request" tab in the menu to the left. 
3. Click the blue "Click here to change course requests" button.
   
    
4. Using your Course Selection sheet, type in the course ID for the first class you would like to take into the "Course ID" box. 
5. Click the "+ Add Request" button. 
6. Repeat this process for the other six courses you have selected. 
7. Add two alternate courses in preference order by clicking the "* Add Alternate" button. 
8. Review your list of seven classes and two alternate electives. 
9. If necessary, remove any incorrect courses by clicking the "X Remove" button. 
10. Once all seven classes and two alternative electives are listed under "Selected Course Requests," click "Click here to return to course request summary."