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Virginia School of Math
Trusted Support for Virginia Math Students
Math is Like Sports
Students who excel in math have their pick of colleges, professions, and careers.

Recognizing this, Virginia’s great public and private schools have added advanced college-level math courses.

Parents and students have also raised their game. They know that math talent must be developed just like athletic talent. Great math students, like great athletes, are made, not born.

To reach their full potential, math students, like athletes, need deliberate practice, expert coaching, and supportive teammates.

This is what the Virginia School of Math provides with our Virginia Math Circles.

Virginia Math Circles
Virginia Math Circles are two to six students who meet weekly with their Math Circle Leader.

Meetings are one hour and forty-five minutes long and have three segments: Deliberate Practice, Math Preview, and Group Challenge.

During Deliberate Practice (~60 min), students make progress against individual goals using our own curriculum and their homework and study guides from school.

In Math Preview (~25 min), the Math Circle learns new concepts they will see soon in their school courses.

Group Challenge (~20 min) extends the math taught in school with open-ended creative puzzles, competition problems, and real-world applications.

Join the Virginia School of Math
Virginia Math Circles are limited to six students and are filling up fast.

Virginia Tutoring
Our Story
Fairfax Collegiate has provided math and writing courses to Virginia families since 1993, using curriculum developed by professional teachers in small class settings. These courses have helped countless students meet and exceed state standards.

Fairfax Collegiate is now offering one-on-one online tutoring in these subjects to help students master fundamentals and go on to excel. Through this, Fairfax Collegiate aims to expand beyond the Summer Program and provide year-round support to families in the area.

Tutors
Fairfax Collegiate’s tutors have taught during our summer and year-round programs in the past. Our staff are typically undergraduate and graduate students at top-tier universities with extensive experience in tutoring academic subjects.

This combination of past tutoring and familiarity with Fairfax Collegiate's curriculum make them uniquely qualified to deliver effective lessons to your child through tutoring. Learn more about our staff members at our Instructors page.

Curriculum
Professional teachers develop the curriculum for Fairfax Collegiate's math and writing courses. We emphasize individualziation to meet a variety of student needs, which makes the transition to one-on-one tutoring seamless.

The curriculum also provides a mixture of lecture material, discussion, and individual practice to keep students engaged throughout their tutoring session.

Math Tutoring
Math tutors reinforce fundamentals before moving on to more advanced content. Students can quickly move to higher-level material because tutors meet their individual needs; students aren't held back by the pace of a larger class.

Through working with a tutor who understands their needs, students develop a greater appreciation of math and a boost in their confidence. By working at their own pace, students who need remediation do not feel as much pressure to get ahead, and students who need a challenge can readily get that.

Writing Tutoring
Writing tutors teach students how to express their thoughts and arguments more effectively, through reinforcing skills in grammar, mechanics, organization, and familiarity with the writing process. Tutors pinpoint the specific areas students need help in and focus on those to improve a student's overall writing style.

Tutoring sessions help students improve their own writing in school, and tutors also provide independent assignments from Fairfax Collegiate's curriculum for students to further build their skills.

Use Learning Acceleration Grants
Since this is a math and writing tutoring program and Fairfax Collegiate is an approved vendor, tutoring is eligible to be covered by K-12 Learning Acceleration Grants. If your family has a Learning Acceleration Grant from the Virginia Department of Education, the fee for a block of tutoring sessions will be waived, and we will send you an invoice to submit to ClassWallet. If your family has a $1500 grant, this must be used up before December 31, 2023.

How to Get Started
Use the inquiry form below to indicate your interest in tutoring. One tutoring block consists of eight one-hour meetings for either math or writing and costs $500 per eight-meeting block. After completing the form, your family will be assigned a tutor within one week based on mutual availability and course interest. You and the tutor will then work out a schedule of meeting times on your own. After you have confirmed that you have eight meetings set up, we will send you a statement to confirm your enrollment in tutoring.

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Registration is now open for the Virginia School of Math! https://fairfaxcollegiate.com/virginia-math

Session V & Year-Round Class Information!!

Final Summer Classes

Fairfax Collegiate's final summer session takes place next week: August 14 to August 18, and classes are rapidly filling up. Register now to ensure that your child has a spot in one of our offerings.

Classes are offered online via Zoom, and we also offer in-person classes shown below at our McLean and Reston-NVHC locations.


MCLEAN AM (8:30 to 12:00)
Writing Fundamentals 3-4
Creative Writing 5-6
Intro to Programming 5-6
Neuroscience 7-9
PSAT 8/9 Prep 7-9
Writing for High School 7-9 (FULL)
Intro to Precalculus 9-12 (FULL)
SAT Verbal 9-12

MCLEAN PM (12:30 to 4:00)
Fairfax Collegiate Math 3-4 (FULL)
Elementary Debate 5-6 (FULL)
Fairfax Collegiate Math 5-6 (FULL)
Intro to Algebra 7-9 (FULL)
Python Programming 7-9
TJ Admissions Prep 7-8
Academic Writing 9-12 (FULL)
SAT Prep 9-12 (FULL)

RESTON AM (8:30 to 12:00)
Fairfax Collegiate Math 3-4
Intro to 3D Printing 5-6
Writing Skills and Grammar 5-6
Esports Arena 7-9
Intro to Geometry 7-9 (FULL)
Model UN 7-9
Python Programming 7-9
College Essay Workshop 9-12
SAT Prep 9-12 (FULL)

RESTON PM (12:30 to 4:00)
Writing Fundamentals 3-4
Chem Workshop 5-6
Fairfax Collegiate Math 5-6
3D Printing 7-9
Intro to Algebra 7-9
Writers' Workshop 7-9
Algorithms with Python 9-12
SAT Prep 9-12
Year-Round Test Prep

During the school year, Fairfax Collegiate is offering year-round test-prep courses to prepare students for high school and college admissions. All classes are offered online via Zoom, and instructors provide detailed feedback after the course ends to indicate how students have improved and what they can continue to work on.

Test prep courses are listed below with course schedules found on their respective pages.

SAT Math Boot Camp
Students prepare for the mathematics sections of the SAT.

SAT Verbal Boot Camp
Students prepare for the reading and writing sections of the SAT.

PSAT/NMSQT Boot Camp
Students prepare for the PSAT, the qualifying test for the National Merit Scholar program.

TJ Personal Statements Boot Camp
Middle school students prepare for the Thomas Jefferson High School admissions process, with an emphasis on crafting strong personal statements.

TJ Problem Solving Essay Boot Camp
Middle school students prepare for the Thomas Jefferson High School admissions process, with an emphasis on strategizing for the Problem-Solving Essay question and response.

TJ Admissions (Part 2) Boot Camp
Middle school students prepare for the Thomas Jefferson High School admissions process, with an emphasis on crafting strong personal statements and problem-solving essays.

Academies of Loudoun Boot Camp
Students prepare for the Academies of Loudoun (AOS and AET) admissions exam.

Math/Writing Tutoring

Starting this fall, Fairfax Collegiate will offer one-on-one virtual tutoring to address your child's needs in math and writing. Virginia K-12 Learning Acceleration Grants can be applied toward this tutoring. Stay tuned for more information about how to register for tutoring sessions.

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Fairfax Collegiate 2023 Summer Program Catalog

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Fairfax Collegiate's Falls Church location open house is this coming Monday, May 18th, at 7:00 PM! Come meet our team, tour the Falls Church campus, and learn more about our 2015 Summer Program and courses.

This open house will focus on Art, Design, and Filmmaking courses but we'll also be happy to talk about other aspects of the program.

You can RSVP and get more details at https://www.fairfaxcollegiate.com/openhouse

Fairfax Collegiate Summer 2015 Open Houses - Fairfax Collegiate We will host four open houses during the spring. These are opportunites to meet us, learn more about specific subjects and courses, and view our summer facilities.

One of Fairfax Collegiate's filmmakers frames her next shot; learn more about our filmmaking classes at https://www.fairfaxcollegiate.com/subjects/Filmmaking