Preliminary applications for the 2020-21 FCPS preschool program will be accepted from the families of eligible students residing in the Apple Pie Ridge, Gainesboro, Indian Hollow, Jordan Springs, Redbud Run and Stonewall elementary school attendance zones through Friday, February 28. Applications should be completed and submitted ​at​ the school ​in whose attendance zone the rising preschool student currently resides.

The School Board has approved the Northeastern Elementary School Rezoning Plan which creates an attendance zone for Jordan Springs Elementary School. The new attendance zones will take effect at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year and impact Stonewall and Redbud Run elementary schools.

Information about yearbook ordering came home this week. This information is for online yearbook ordering only. If you wish to pay by cash or check, there will be order forms coming home at the beginning of March.

Thanks to our SCA for helping to collect our food donations for the Salvation Army. We collected 543 canned and non-perishable food items.

This time of year we start to run low on emergency clothes for our students who may need them. We would be grateful for donations of sweatpants or leggings sizes 4-14. Thank you for your generosity during this holiday season.

Virginia Reader's Choice, is an opportunity for 4th and 5th graders to read from a select group of books. If you did not sign up for this reading group yet, you are not too late. Just speak to Ms. Younkin for a sign up form.

Join us in March at James Wood Middle School for Critical Decision Points for Families of Children with Disabilities. This free, 3-week parent training opportunity is presented by FCPS Special Instructional Services staff and the Parent Resource Center.

For the 19th consecutive year, Handy Mart and H.N. Funkhouser & Company have partnered with the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance to provide each school with a $500 grant to support math and science programs.

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

In his proposed FY21 budget, Superintendent David Sovine addresses enrollment growth, increased student needs, attracting and keeping high-quality teachers and staff, opening Jordan Springs Elementary School and funding preventative maintenance projects.

FCPS is hosting a Teacher Career Fair on February 29. Pre-registration is encouraged.

The Frederick County Circuit Court has issued an Order of Publication regarding the School Board's request to relocate and reinter the abandoned graveyard found on the site of the replacement Robert E. Aylor Middle School.

Parents with a student currently enrolled in Frederick County Public Schools should register their rising kindergarten student between February 3 and 28. Parents who have no children currently enrolled in FCPS should register their child for kindergarten from March 3-31. Parents should complete the registration process at the elementary school their child will attend.

Frederick County Public Schools Supervisor of Career and Technical Education Mary Beth Echeverria has been named the 2020 Virginia Association for Career and Technical Education Administrator of the Year.