Debra Lane White Oaks Elementary School is in the Lake Braddock Secondary School pyramid. The caring and dedicated faculty of White Oaks Elementary School provides outstanding educational opportunities for approximately 850 students. The high academic expectations of teachers are implemented with individualized student support to attain the school's motto of Ensuring Excellence for Every Child. Continuous progress instructional models are implemented in the skill areas of mathematics and reading. Students' successes in these two subjects are assessed on a regular basis.
Teachers use the results of the assessments to determine students' instructional needs.
The model provides students with instruction at levels appropriate to their needs and ensures the rewards of academic progress for every child. The school's overall instructional program is extended, enhanced, and enriched through strong use of technology. Over two hundred computers in two labs and all classrooms are used in conjunction with digital cameras, presentations systems, flex-cams, and telecommunications to engage students with learning and empower them to create products of exceptional quality. Musical, visual, and performing arts are an integral component of the core curriculum for all students. The faculty also focuses on the development of the whole child with an emphasis on social growth through regular class meetings and peer mediation training sessions.