The APCS Family Life Education curriculum is designed to provide a comprehensive, sequential K-12 program that includes age-appropriate instruction in family living and community relationships, abstinence education, human sexuality and reproduction, and the value of postponing sexual activity and benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy.

Instruction is designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self-concepts and provide mechanisms for coping with peer pressure and the stresses of modern living according to the students' developmental stages and abilities.

Parents have the right to review the complete family life curricula (links can be found below), including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program (resources available by contacting Mike Humphreys, FLE Instructional Specialist, at 703-619-8047).

Virginia Department of Education Guidelines and Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools

Student Exemption Forms

Parents may exempt their child from participating in Family Life Education or Human Growth and Development (grades 9-12) by indicating this in the appropriate section of the ACPS Signature Form, received in the Welcome Packet at the beginning of each school year, or using one of the forms below.

Kindergarten:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Grade 1:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Grade 2:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Grade 3:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Grade 4:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Grade 5:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Middle School:
English (PDF) | Español (PDF) | Amharic (PDF) | Arabic (PDF)

Curriculum

Grades K-8

• Kindergarten (PDF)
• Grade 1 (PDF)
• Grade 2 (PDF)
• Grade 3 (PDF)
• Grade 4 (PDF)
• Grade 5 (PDF)
• Grade 6 (PDF)
• Grade 7 (PDF)
• Grade 8 (PDF)

Grades 9-12

• Fundamentals of Human Growth and Development: Family Life Education Curriculum Guide (PDF)