Respect is a key term in understanding daily life at Dranesville. Students are due respect and they owe respect to adults and to each other. An emphasis on other widely accepted values, such as responsibility, trustworthiness, caring, fairness and citizenship is supported by the Character Counts Program that is implemented school-wide. The school has an active peer mediation and conflict resolution program. Physical education, art, and music are basic.
Students participate each week in physical education and music classes taught by specialists.
The art teacher works closely with classroom teachers to integrate art instruction. The mission of Dranesville is to provide a stimulating, challenging, and well-planned academic program that accepts and honors the diverse backgrounds and leaning approaches of all students. The staff recognizes that each student has special needs and endeavors to meet those needs. Feelings of self-worth and a desire for personal growth are fostered in a caring, encouraging and safe environment. To improve student achievement in mathematics with the emphasis on the development of strategies to improve problem-solving and basic computation.