The Benjamin Foulois Creative & Performing Arts School 
4601 Beauford Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Tel:  301-817-0300


(Phonics Tip:  Foulois = Foh Loy)

Before and After Care at this school?
YES.

For additional information about the BAC program contact:
301-408-5593

     The Prince George’s County Board of Education
proudly welcomes the students, parents, and communities of Prince George's County Public Schools, 
to the New, K-8
Benjamin Foulois Performing Creative & Performing Arts School 

     This new State-of-the-Art facility is designed to support all strands of the Creative and Performing Arts program, with specialized instructional equipment and furnishings specifically tailored for Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Art, Dance, and Theater (ex. a theatrical stage with adjacent accessory rooms with design, and outdoors amphitheater stage and seating).

     Accompanying quality design is a quality and dynamic curriculum, which has been proven to promote student achievement and academic excellence. We will maintain high expectations and an orderly environment It is our firm belief that the integration of academic and artistic training will strengthen character, clarify judgment, and refine sensitivity. These personal developments are key to academic and career success.

    We are looking to our new families to: 
       •  bring with them a positive and constructive attitude;
       •  believe and support succcess not only of our students, but in the program as a whole;
       •  foster trusting relationships with teachers and staff; and
       •  ENJOY! HAVE FUN while making the Benjamin Foulois Creative & Performing Arts School the BEST 
       Creative and Performing Arts program in the County!

• All students have exposure to a wide variety of the arts, and will be taught with an arts integration focus, with the goal to increase knowledge of a general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater understanding and appreciation of the fine and performing arts.

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     Each Art Strand room is designed with state-of-the-art equipment and materials. Everything is intended to meet the needs of the students down to the smallest detail, from the high-tech music Midi lab to the extra cushioned floors in the dance rooms.  Your music rooms have optimal acoustics, and visual arts rooms are fully stocked.  All we need now is You!

     One of the new features for this program is the new Midi Lab.  What's a Midi Lab?
MIDI/Music Technology Lab is where music students learn current music technology skills that they will need as future music teachers or performers in the 21th century. The goal of the Music Technology program is to prepare future music students to be knowledgeable and proficient in Music Technology. In the future most if, not all, music careers will contain some use of music technology. It is then vital for future music educators and professionals to have knowledge of music technology.

Benjamin Foulois Creative & Performing Arts School
Statistical  Information

Facility Facts:

Creative and Performing Arts Attendance Areas

     In the past, because the Thomas Pullen CPA School was the only K-8 program in the county, its attendance area was the whole county.  Now, with the program replicated at Benjamin Foulois, the county has to be divided so that each school has an area large enough to sustain the program for years to come. 
     As with EVERY school in the system, students must attend the school in their boundary/attendance area.  As with EVERY school in the system, out-of-boundary placement is not allowed.  Students currently attending Thomas Pullen, but reside within the attendance area of Benjamin Foulois, are being reassigned to the attendance area school -- Benjamin Foulois.
     So, the question on everyone's lips is:  How do I know what my attendance area is?  The answer:  Areas south of Central Avenue will be reassigned to Benjamin Foulois.  This approximation is very close but may not be exact in every case.  To be exactly accurate, know that if the neighborhood high school is Largo, Douglass, or Wise (and all high schools going south) then the student will be reassigned from Pullen to Benjamin Foulois. 
     The map below better demonstrates the attendance areas of the two schools:

     If you have any questions regarding attendance areas, or any of the information provided on this page, please don't hesitate to call us at 301-952-6772 or 301-952-6010, or 240-264-1732.

Vansville Elementary School
6813 Ammendale Road
Beltsville, MD 20705

Grade Levels:  PreKindergarten – 6 

Doors Open:  August 2008
(Note: School is currently still under construction.)

Bell Times:  7:45 a.m. – 1:55 p.m.

Click Here for School Fact Sheet 

Before and After Care at this school?
YES.

For additional information about the BAC program contact:
Tisha Robinson, Program Coordinator
301-408-5593, ext. 223