Find out when your student can clean out their locker. A limited number of students will be allowed in the building at any given time in order to keep our students and staff safe and healthy. Masks will be required and social distancing will be practiced.

The Eighth Grade Awards Ceremony will be premiered on May 28 via Facebook and 8th-grade teachers' Google Classrooms. Eighth-grade students receiving awards can pick their award(s) up on June 3, 4 or 5 in the cafeteria.

All school offices are closed. In addition, all outdoor facilities such as athletic fields, courts and playgrounds are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing recommendations.

All children who will be five years of age on or before September 30 must be register to begin kindergarten for the 2020-21 school year. To register, parents should contact the registrar at the school their child will attend.

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

In addition to hosting virtual graduation ceremonies, James Wood, Millbrook and Sherando high schools will be hosting parades and in-person graduation experiences to recognize graduating seniors. The events will be held in controlled settings in which social distancing and other recommended safety actions are practiced.

Families transferring out of Frederick County who are still in possession of FCPS property such as Chromebooks, textbooks, library materials, athletic uniforms, etc. are asked to drop these items off at the Technical Triage Center.

Graduation ceremonies at James Wood, Millbrook and Sherando high schools will be held virtually this year. The three high schools are also looking at additional opportunities to recognize graduating seniors, including the possibility of having students receive their diplomas at their school during a controlled event at which social distancing and other recommended safety actions are practiced.

The Virginia Department of Education and several public television stations are partnering to broadcast teacher-led classroom instruction across the state. The instruction is aligned to the commonwealth's academic standards.

Millbrook High School Technology Education Teacher Matt Brame is utilizing some of the school division’s 3-D printers to make face shields to support Valley Health and Lord Fairfax Health District employees who are on the front lines in the battle with COVID-19. To date, more than 50 face shields have been created. Valley Health is providing funding to support the effort.

Student registration plans have been finalized for students who have moved to Frederick County and not yet enrolled in FCPS and for rising first-12th grade students who plan to enroll in FCPS for the 2020-21 school year.