NIH Children's School
About the NIH Children's School
Our school is an accredited satellite of the Montgomery County Public School system staffed through the MCPS Home and Hospital Instruction Office. It is subsidized by the Federal government and is free of charge to Clinical Center patients.
The school is located in room 1-5672 in the Clinical Center.
Phone: (301) 496-2077
Email: hmays@mail.cc.nih.gov
Fax: (301) 480-3727
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Description
All school-age patients are eligible to attend grades K-12 along with those who wish to work on the GED.
- ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) is offered to school-age patients at the discretion of the school director. Please call for a consultation.
- Students are ideally taught from their own textbooks following assignments from their home teachers. Our teachers can provide an appropriate curriculum with the aid of the school's extensive textbook library. Students are encouraged to use the classroom. If that is not possible, they are taught at bedside.
- The grades and credits earned while the student is in the school are transferred to the home schools. When they attend the NIH school, students are not usually considered absent from their home schools for that period.
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How to Enroll
A student may enroll in the program by making a request to the social worker, nurse, or physician. These staff members will then notify the school. The school director will interview the student and assign a teacher or teachers. Some parents contact the school directly after getting the school information on the NIH web. At that time, arrangements are made for an appointment during the hospital admission.
For questions or to refer a patient to school, call (301) 496-2077 or email Helen Mays at hmays@mail.cc.nih.gov
This information is prepared specifically for caregivers involved in clinical research at the NIH Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health.
