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9431 Silver King Court

Fairfax, Virginia 22031

(703) 691-3040

About Us

The New School was founded in 1989 by its current headmaster, John Potter. It has an enrollment of approximately 150 students in grades 4-12.

The New School of Northern Virginia is dually accredited by TheSouthern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) and The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)

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We are now accepting applications for grades 4-11 for the 2010/11 school year. Phone 703-691-3040 to schedule a visit.

2010-2011 Schedule
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Morning Module

	Quarter 1 (PAPER)	Quarter 2	Quarter 3	Quarter 4
ARTS
TED	Art in Context of Self Arts 2	Graphic Novel Arts 2	The Art Show Arts 2/4	Stone Sculpture Arts 2/4
BILLY		Music Studio Arts 1
SCIENCES
CAROL	Botany-the Early Years Biology 1	Microbiology Biology 1	Genetics Biology 3	Biodiversity Biology 1
PETER B	New Mythbusters of NOVA Chemistry 3	Food Chemistry Chemistry 2	Things that Go Boom Chemistry 3
BILLY	Relativity Honors Physics 4			Synthesizers Physics 3
MARK				Birds of North America Biology 2
US HISTORY & GOVERNMENT
PETER W	World Economy and Government Government 3
CULVER		American Journeys US History 1
BRENDAN			Conspiracy Theories Government 2	The War on Drugs US History 2
TBA		US History 3	US History 3	Government 4 Honors
WORLD STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY
BRENDAN	A Problem from Hell: Genocide World Studies 1	Germs, Guns, & Steel World Studies 2
MATT		Politics of Food Social Studies 2
PETER W			AP Geography Geography 5
SHANNAN			Applied Sociology Social Studies 2
CULVER			Asian Explorations World Studies 1	The Forgotten Continent Geography 1
VIRGINIA				American Roots Music Social Studies 2
JENNIFER			Architecture, Design, and the History of Aesthetics Social Studies 3
PETER B				Social Hierarchies Social Studies 1
TBA	World Studies 3
ENGLISH
MARK			Moby Dick English 2
CULVER	Beautiful Virginia English A
PETER W		Dystopic Fiction English 3		From Letter to Light English 2
VIRGINIA	Processing Information English 2	Presenting Information English 1
JENNIFER	The Plays and Prose of Oscar Wilde English 3	AP Language and Comp English 5 AP		Stories of the New Hollywood English 2
TBA	English 1	English 2	English 3
BILLY			Sociology and Science Fiction English 2

A Module

	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mathematics
SAVI	Geometry
MATT	Algebra II
PETER K	Algebra II (Foundations)
EDEN	AP Calculus
Foreign Language
CLARA	Spanish 1
JUANA	Spanish 2
MARK	French 2
English
CULVER	English A
STEVE	AP Literature English 5
MARY			Finding your Way in Writing English 1
Social Studies
JENNIFER	Television and Am. Identity Social Studies 2		1950s in America Social Studies 2
Sciences
BILLY	Physics w/Mathematica Physics 2		Acoustics and Speakers Physics 3
Arts
VIRGINIA	Vocal Arts Arts 1
Computers
JANIS	Digital Photography Computer 1		Yearbook Layout Computer 2
Study Halls
BRENDAN	Study Hall
PETER B			Study Hall

B Module

Semester 1

Semester 2

Mathematics

SHANNAN

Algebra

SAVI

Geometry (Foundations)

MATT

Algebra II (Foundations)

JANIS
Statistics

EDEN

PreCalculus

Foreign Language

PETER W

German 1

MARK

French 1

JUANA

Spanish 2

CLARA

Spanish 1

US History & Government

BRENDAN

AP U.S. History

TBA
Government 2

US History 2

World Studies & Social Studies

ALAN

Traveling the Ancient World with Herodotus
World Studies 2
1491
World Studies 3

STEVE

Alchemy and the Hermetic Tradition
World Studies 3
Faith and Reason
Social Studies 2

English

JENNIFER

19^th Century Russian Literature
Honors English 4
Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Identity
English 2

Arts

VIRGINIA

Theatre Tech
Arts 1/3
Theatre Tech
Arts 1/3

Study Halls

TBA

Study Hall

Study Hall

C Module

	Semester 1	Semester 2
Mathematics
SHANNAN	Algabra I
SAVI	Geometry
PETER K	Algebra II
EDEN	PreCalculus
Foreign Language
MARK	Advanced French
JUANA	Advanced Spanish
PETER W	German Language and Culture II & III
Government
BRENDAN	AP U.S. Government 5
English
JENNIFER	Crime Fiction English 3		Film Director as Story Teller English 2
Arts
TBA	Theatre Studio 1		Theatre Studio 2
TED	Art Studio Arts 1/4		Art Studio Arts 1/4
VIRGINIA			Instrumentals Arts 1/4
Sciences
PETER	Honors Chemistry Chemistry 4		Honors Chemistry Chemistry 4
CAROL	Sex & Human Physiology Biology 1
Study Halls
TBA	Study Hall		Study Hall

Last Updated on Monday, 02 August 2010 03:46

Events

ESL Orientation
August 18 - August 31
9:00 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.

New Student & Parent Orientation
Sept. 1st: 2p.m. - 4p.m.

First Day of School
Tuesday, Sept. 7th

Welcome Coffee for Parents
Sept. 7th: 9a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Quick Menu

About Us

TED

Art in Context of Self

Arts 2

Graphic Novel

Arts 2

The Art Show

Arts 2/4

Stone Sculpture

Arts 2/4

BILLY

Music Studio

SCIENCES

CAROL

Biology 1

Microbiology

Biology 1

Biology 3

Biodiversity

Biology 1

PETER B

New Mythbusters of NOVA

Chemistry 3

Food Chemistry Chemistry 2

Things that Go Boom

Chemistry 3

BILLY

Relativity

Synthesizers

Physics 3

MARK

Biology 2

US HISTORY & GOVERNMENT

PETER W

World Economy and Government

Government 3

CULVER

American Journeys

US History 1

BRENDAN

Conspiracy Theories

Government 2

The War on Drugs

US History 2

TBA

US History 3

US History 3

Government 4 Honors

WORLD STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY

BRENDAN

A Problem from Hell: Genocide

World Studies 1

Germs, Guns, & Steel

World Studies 2

MATT

Politics of Food

Social Studies 2

PETER W

AP Geography

Geography 5

SHANNAN

Applied Sociology

Social Studies 2

CULVER

Asian Explorations

World Studies 1

The Forgotten Continent

Geography 1

VIRGINIA

American Roots Music

Social Studies 2

JENNIFER

Architecture, Design, and the History of Aesthetics

Social Studies 3

PETER B

Social Hierarchies

Social Studies 1

TBA

World Studies 3