All upcoming sixth-grade students are invited to attend Bulldog Basics on Monday, August 13, 2018, from 8:30 - 11:30 am. Come and meet your teachers and classmates, tour the school, have a snack, and get ready for middle school with a pep rally! Remember to bring your schedule.

Schedules will be mailed August 6, 2018. Please do not request schedules before this date.

James Wood Middle School will be open from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. for students and parents on Monday, August 13 and Tuesday, August 14. This will be a great time for students to find their classrooms and lockers, pay all applicable school fees, and tour the building.

Football tryouts/practice will be August 6, 7, and 8 from 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. on the Practice Field.

Cross Country practice begins Monday, August 6 from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Meet under the canopy.

Girls basketball tryouts are August 6, 7 and 8. Seventh grade tryouts will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. each day and 8th grade tryouts will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day.

All students (and their parents) interested in participating in fall sports should plan to attend this informational meeting on Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at 6:00 p.m. in the gym.

James Wood Middle School Names New Assistant Principals

FCPS is holding a School Readiness Fair for English learners at the FCPS Administration Building located at 1415 Amherst St. in Winchester on Tuesday, July 24 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. The event is designed to assist the parents of English learners gain knowledge about general school information and to introduce them to community/school resources.

According to the Virginia Public Access Project, 73.2 percent of Frederick County’s high school graduates who applied to a four-year public college or university in Virginia from 2014-2016 were accepted. That exceeds the average statewide acceptance rate of 69.8 percent and is one of the highest acceptance rates in the region.

Check out suggested summer reading lists for middle school and high school students.

Frederick County Public Schools Receives NSPRA Golden Achievement Award.

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

Joanne Altendorf has been named the new principal at Millbrook High School effective July 1. Altendorf, who has spent the past six years as an assistant principal at Sherando High School, succeeds Carolyn Price who is retiring following a 33-year career with Frederick County Public Schools.

Preliminary applications for the 2018-19 FCPS preschool program are still being accepted from the families of eligible students residing in the Gainesboro and Indian Hollow elementary school attendance zones. Preliminary applications should be completed and submitted at the preschool student’s base school.