Please join us in congratulating Frederick County Public Schools Bus Driver of the Year Sheila Moore.

Please join us in congratulating Gainesboro Elementary School Head Custodian Rick Revetta for being named this year’s Gala Award winner. The Gala Award recognizes an outstanding facilities services employee, custodian, mechanic, courier or school security officer.

There are still four spots available in the 2020-21 FCPS preschool program for eligible students residing in the Gainesboro and Indian Hollow elementary school attendance zones. Contact Preschool Coordinator Angie White at 540-662-3888 for information.

The 2020-21 school supply list is available.

FCPS has created a set of videos to help families assist their elementary children with practicing skills while at home. These short videos focus on math and reading concepts for students at a variety of grade levels. They are not a replacement for the learning provided by classroom teachers, but are meant to enhance or review skills children and families can practice together.

The Valley Health-Project SEARCH program has been recognized for achieving 100 percent competitive employment for the 2019 program graduates.

Reducing the spread COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses this fall and winter is more important than ever. Please do your part.

The latest edition of Frederick County Public Schools’ E-newsletter FCPS Focus is now available.

James Wood High School student Benjamin Appling has been named a semifinalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Frederick County Public Schools is also home to eight other students who have been named National Merit Scholarship Competition Commended Scholars.

Frederick County Public Schools’ on-time graduation rate for the Class of 2020 was 93 percent compared to Virginia’s rate of 92.3 percent. In addition to exceeding the state’s on-time graduation rate, the school division’s 4.3 percent dropout rate for the Class of 2020 was lower than the state’s rate of 5.1 percent.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Association of School Business Officials International has recognized Frederick County Public Schools with a Meritorious Budget Award.

According to the College Board, the overall mean score of Frederick County Public Schools’ 2020 graduates who took the SAT was 1094. That exceeds the national mean score of public high school seniors by 64 points.

Superintendent David Sovine shares an important message about the 2020-21 school year.