Hayfield Secondary School
Honors and AP Informational Night
January 28, 2013
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
HAYFIELD HONORS PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Fairfax County Public Schools' high school honors program provides educational opportunities designed and
coordinated to meet the needs, abilities, and interests of gifted and talented students who are willing to challenge
themselves academically. The high school has implemented honors courses in four academic disciplines-mathematics, science, English, and social studies, and provides challenging courses for students who demonstrate
advanced academic ability. Differentiated curricula and teaching strategies which stress critical thinking skills,
creativity, and problem-solving are integrated into the content of each honors course offering seen below.
Descriptions of honors courses can be found by looking at the Standard Course Offering booklet at
http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/stu_services/hs_courseofferings.html (Course Offering booklet reflects the 201112 school year, the 2012-13 booklet will be available online soon). Counselors, department chairs (see list below)
and students’ current teachers can assist in deciding whether a student should be placed in an honors course.
Honors Courses Offered at Hayfield
Grade
9
10
11
12
English
Honors English 9
Honors English 10
Honors English 11
Honors English 12
Mathematics
Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra II
Honors Pre-calculus
Science
Honors Biology
Honors Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors Geosystems
Social Studies
Honors World History I
Honors World History II
Honors US/VA History
Honors US Government
HAYFIELD AP PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Advanced Placement (AP) courses are considered college-level courses and have exams adminstered by the
Educational Testing Service. Students who take AP classes are required to sit for these external exams and
receive an additional quality point value added to the final passing grade. The AP program is offered in English,
Social Studies, Math, Science, World Languages, and Fine Arts. AP courses are open to all students committed
to rigorous, academic, college-level work. In addition to subject content, students will work on improving
anyaltical reasoning, advanced mathematical skills, research, writing, study habits, and learning strategies.
Hayfield also offers a variety of support programs meant to help students transition into the rigor of AP level
courses. These include a summer institute, mentoring program, and Advanced Academic Learning Seminar
course. AP Courses offered at Hayfield are listed on the next page along with teacher contact information. More
information about the national AP Program as well as information related to specific courses can be found at
College Board’s website (http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html) or by contacting Hayfield’s
AP Coordinator, Matthew Mough via email (Matthew.Mough@fcps.edu), or phone (703) 924-7643. Additional
Information about Hayfield’s Advanced Academic Program can be found on the school website using the
following link: http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/Academics/ap/ap_index.htm If you have questions about course
scheduling, please contact your child’s counselor (emails and phone numbers can be found at the following link:
http://www.fcps.edu/HayfieldSS/stu_services/hs_studentservices.html
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Useful Contact Information
AP Teachers
If you have further questions specific to the AP courses offered at Hayfield, please feel free to contact the
course’s teacher(s).
Subject(s)
Teacher (s)
Email Address
AP American Civilization
Wendy Feilen
Wendy.Feilen@fcps.edu
(AP US & AP Lang combo)
Theresa Poquis
Theresa.Poquis@fcps.edu
AP Biology
Lauren Cirino
Lauren.Cirino@fcps.edu
AP Chemistry
Sara Hubbart
Sara.Hubbart@fcps.edu
AP Calculus AB
Thomas Glynn
Thomas.Glynn@fcps.edu
Jack Mika
John.Mika@fcps.edu
AP Calculus BC
Jack Mika
John.Mika@fcps.edu
AP Statistics
Jack Mika
John.Mika@fcps.edu
AP Computer Science
Doug Oberle
Doug.Oberle@fcps.edu
AP English Language
Theresa Poquis
Theresa.Poquis@fcps.edu
Sarah Corso
Sarah.Corso@fcps.edu
Sarah Small
Sarah.Small@fcps.edu
AP English Literature
Mary Prunchak
Mary.Prunchak@fcps.edu
Brian Hannon
Brian.Hannon@fcps.edu
AP French
Laurie Donovan
Laurie.Donovan@fcps.edu
AP Environmental Science
Meredith Meadows
Meredith.Meadows@fcps.edu
AP U.S. Government & AP
Ken Halla
Ken.Halla@fcps.edu
Comparative Government
Rich Hoppock
Richard.Hoppock@fcps.edu
AP Japanese
Kyoko Vaughan
Kyoko.Vaughan@fcps.edu
AP Latin Vergil
Irina Greenman
Irina.Greenman@fcps.edu
AP Music Theory
Stephanie Lewis
Stephanie.Lewis@fcps.edu
AP Physics
Dave Hincher
William.Hincher@fcps.edu
AP Psychology
Mary Shoukat
Mary.Shoukat@fcps.edu
AP Spanish Language
Jennifer Mathews
Jennifer.Mathews1@fcps.edu
AP Studio Art & Drawing
Sallye Mahan-Cox
Sallye.Mahan-cox@fcps.edu
AP United States History
Ryan Mrowka
Ryan.Mrowka@fcps.edu
AP World History
Matthew Mough
Matthew.Mough@fcps.edu
Levi Brown
Levi.Brown@fcps.edu
Tara Cook
Tara.Cook@fcps.edu
Hayfield High School Director of Student Services
Alfonso Smith
Alfonso.Smith@fcps.edu
Hayfield High School Department Chairs
English – Theresa Poquis
Mathematics – Jack Mika
Science – Meredith Meadows
Social Studies – Ken Halla
Foreign Language- Sarah Swihart
Fine Arts - Pat Burke
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Theresa.Poquis@fcps.edu
John.Mika@fcps.edu
Meredith.Meadows@fcps.edu
Ken.Halla@fcps.edu
Sarah.Swihart@fcps.edu
Pat.Burke@fcps.edu
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