Laying the Foundation for Success
PHILLIPS Building Futures provides intensive hands-on career training for youth. The program provides youth with academic programming, positive behavioral supports, industry certification and related services while they learn the building trades as part of their school day.
Building Futures students are learning to build a house!
click on the video to See One Student's Success Story.
One young person, who used to see themselves as failure, now looks at the house with pride and says:
“I BUILT THAT!”
Services:
PHILLIPS Building Futures provides students with the opportunity to attend school in a nontraditional manner.
Students spend half of the day in a classroom receiving their academic instruction, and half of the day on the work site learning the construction trades.
Vocational training may include:
Construction Design
Carpentry
Plumbing
Landscaping
And other aspects of home construction and repair.
We Are:
State approved to serve students ages 16-21 with:
Autism
Emotional Disability
Intellectual Disability
Multiple Disabilities
Other Health Impairment
Specific Learning Disability
Licensed to operate, from the Virginia Board of Education
Accredited by the Virginia Association of Independent Specialized Education Facilities (VAISEF) whose process has been approved by the Virginia Counsel for Private Education (VCPE) as authorized by the Virginia State Board of Education
Approved for placement by Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia
Member, National Association of Private Special Education Centers (NAPSEC)
Admission Process
Most children are enrolled in PHILLIPS Schools by their public school system. Usually the admissions process is as follows:
Parent and County personnel discuss placement options at the IEP meeting
PHILLIPS receives referral file
PHILLIPS calls parent(s) to arrange free interview
Admissions team reviews child’s history
Parents and/or guardians attend interview with child (required)
If you believe that PHILLIPS may be an appropriate setting to meet your child’s needs, please call
703-941-8810 or email: annandaleadmissions@phillipsprograms.org
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Parent Forms for Enrolled Students
Please send all forms via email to:
annandaleschoolforms@phillipsprograms.org
Release of Information
Emergency Forms
Medication Forms
School Alert Forms
Federal Lunch Program Forms
Parent Handbook
VA Parental safeguards - english
VA Parental safeguards - SPANISH
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md Parental safeguards - SPANISH (COMING SOON)
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For more information contact:
Amy Taylor, M.Ed
Education Program Supervisor
Phone: 703-941-8810
Email: Amy.Taylor@phillipsprograms.org
