Bulldog Basics for rising sixth-grade students will be Tuesday, August 13 from 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. Students will meet their teachers and classmates, tour the school, and practice their locker combinations. Remember to bring your schedule.

The 2019-20 school supply list is available.

There is a meeting on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. in the gym for all students and their parents interested in participating in fall sports.

Cheerleading tryouts will be August 5, 6 and 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the wrestling room.

Cross County practice begins August 5-14, 2019, from 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. Meet under the canopy.

Football tryouts will be August 5, 6 and 7 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Meet on the practice field.

Girls basketball tryouts will be August 5, 6 and 7. Seventh grade tryouts will be from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. and Eighth grade tryouts will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Meet in the gym.

Rising seventh and eighth grade students who will be participating in sports for the 2019-2020 school year MUST have an approved VHSL (Virginia High School League) Sports Physical on file at the Frederick County Public School Board Office (1415 Amherst Street, Winchester) before trying out or participating in any sport.

Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School has earned the Virginia Board of Education’s Continuous Improvement Award. The award recognizes schools which are Accredited or Accredited with Conditions and meet at least one of the designated benchmarks for improved performance on accreditation-related school quality indicators.

Bass-Hoover and Stonewall elementary schools will have new principals in 2019-20. Stonewall Elementary School Principal Darren Thomas has been named the new principal at Bass-Hoover. Indian Hollow Elementary School Assistant Principal Mark Weisbrod has been named the new principal at Stonewall Elementary School. Both will assume their new roles on July 1.

The members of the Class of 2019 have great things ahead of them. Combined, this year's James Wood, Millbrook and Sherando high school graduates earned nearly $5.6 million in scholarships. Congratulations!

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

Frederick County Public Schools will be operating on a four-day work week through July 26. All schools and the school division’s administrative offices will be open to the public from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and closed on Fridays.

Megan Dodd has been named the new principal at Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School. She currently serves as the principal of the Early Learning Center at Funkstown in Washington County, Maryland, and will assume her role with FCPS on July 1.

Congratulations to Sherando High School senior Isaiah Taylor who received the William Andrew Mullins Courageous Achievement Award at the 2019 Allstate Foundation/VHSL Achievement Awards Program on May 20. Isaiah has overcome many challenges, including being homeless, while playing football and earning his diploma at Sherando.

Schools Superintendent David Sovine and Washington Capitals Director of Community Relations Peter Robinson have signed an agreement that will result in a new inline hockey rink being installed outside James Wood Middle School. The rink is expected to open this summer.