Registration for our Shadow Days is currently closed.  Please check back next fall for new opportunities to visit! 

Schedule Your Visit (Grades 9-11)

Schedule Your Visit (Grades 6-8)

Students are highly recommended by the AFA to “shadow” any of the programs before their audition. By shadowing, we mean that the student leaves his/ her home school and visits Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) to spend the class time for that particular program observing the students and the class activities for blocks 1 and 2. This helps the students to determine if the program is truly one in which they are interested. Students must provide transportation to GTJHS; however, transportation from GTJHS back to the student’s home school by block 3 is provided by FCPS buses (note: this is only for High School students.  Students participating in the Middle School Shadow Day must provide transportation TO and FROM TJHS). 

Students are required to be at GTJHS by 7:20 am. Students are REQUIRED to turn in the signed parent permission form stating that the student is allowed to visit GTJHS with travel by provided bus or personal vehicle back to their home school.

We offer shadowing days once a month during the school year.  On a typical Shadow Day, visitors will:

• Participate in a general information session with time for questions
• Take a tour of all four AFA program areas. 
• Sit in on at least one class in a specific focus area and participate in activities.

This year's Shadow Days are:

• October 17th
• November 20th
• December 19th
• January 16th
• February 20th
• March 13th
• April 17th (Middle School Shadow Day)

IMPORTANT: students MUST have their own transportation TO TJ High.  FCPS will provide transportation back to the home high school for high school students when the visit is complete. 

​Click below to schedule your visit!

Schedule Your Visit (Grades 9-11)

Schedule Your Visit (Grades 6-8)