The mission of Career & Technical Education is to provide all students with educational opportunities through balanced and diversified career and technical education programs.
Instruction and Courses
The school system will provide high-quality language instruction to increase English proficiency levels to promote academic achievement.
English Language Support Center
Family and Consumer Sciences education empowers individuals and families across the life span with information and processes that assist them as they address the ensuring concerns associated with living and working in a diverse global society.
Health
The curriculum stresses the prevention of potential health problems in the areas of diseases, drugs and injuries while promoting good nutrition.
Mathematics
By effectively utilizing the Standards of Mathematical Practice, students apply modeling and reasoning to solve rich problems within a variety of real-world contexts.
Music
The school system will provide high-quality, standards-based arts education that involves create, preforming and reflecting on music.
Physical Education
All students will be physically educated by acquiring motor skills to perform a variety of physical activities, becoming knowledgeable in physical fitness concepts, and being inspired to pursue a healthy lifestyle.
Reading/English Language Arts
The English and Reading Language Arts classrooms are tiered to provide the opportunity for students to infuse all their language skills. Students engage both literary and informational texts with varying degrees of complexity.
Science
Students will learn rigorous science content through active engagement in Science and Engineering Practices aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Social Studies
It is the vision of the social studies program to prepare students for the 21st century. We strive to produce students who possess the content, skills, and civic awareness to become active and informed citizens.
Theater
The school system will provide high-quality, standards-based arts education that involves create, preforming and reflecting on theater.
Visual and Performing Arts
The school system will provide high-quality, standards-based arts education that involves create, preforming and reflecting on visual arts.
World Languages
The goal of the World Language Program is to foster knowledge of a multilingual community through exposure to and study of foreign language.
Other Program and Information
The Wicomico County Board of Education is committed to identifying academically gifted students and to addressing their unique abilities and needs.
Magnet Program
Thinking and Doing (TAD)
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The program reaches across all curricular areas to develop media appreciation and information literacy skills which include locating, utilizing, and applying information that foster critical thinking and creativity.
This High School Catalog of Courses is designed to assist you in reaching the very important milestone of high school graduation.
The school system will provide access to instructional resources for our teachers and the public at the Instructional Resource Center which is located at 910 S. Schumaker Drive.
The New Teacher Induction Program is an evolving professional development support that addresses the comprehensive needs of teachers new to our district.
Wicomico County Public Schools accepts charter applications from documented non-profit organizations seeking to provide an alternative, innovative learning environment within the public school system.
Instructional Resource Review
Members of the Wicomico County community are welcome to review instructional materials that are being considered for classroom-level, large-group instruction in WCPS.
The Office of School Improvement assists schools and departments improve their own results through services based on research and proven practices in the areas of planning, assessment, data analysis, parent involvement, stakeholder communication, out-of-school time programs, and grant writing.
Wicomico County Public Schools offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities.
Leadership Academy
Students in K-5 are required by law to be screened for reading difficulties. The screening will be completed several times per year. Parents and guardians will receive a report with their child’s screening results.
The Wicomico County Public Schools BVP acknowledges that students can be meaningfully engaged with instructional rigor outside the walls of our traditional brick and mortar schools.