SOL Testing will begin May 21st and end on May 31st. It is very important that students are present and on-time each day during the SOL testing window. View the schedule.

Frederick County Public Schools is inviting students, parents, teachers, staff and members of the community to participate in the Season of Celebration and Success through June 7. The Season of Celebration and Success is an opportunity to share success stories from the 2017-18 school year and to thank Frederick County Public Schools’ employees who have made a difference for students. Submit your success story.

The Winchester Star has made us aware that it may not be able to report athletic results on the day immediately following an event due to implementation of an earlier nightly deadline. Although scores are still being provided to the media, they may not always be submitted prior to the new, earlier deadline. Please be aware that information on Sherando High School athletics/activities, including scores and other results, can be found at sherandohs.rschoolteams.com.

Students interested in applying for Career and Technical Education classes at Dowell J. Howard must complete the CTE online application.

Place your order online now for the 2017-18 Sherando High School Yearbook.

LFCC Library Resources are available to all dual enrollment students.

Sherando's 25th Anniversary Commemorative Coin is now available.

More than 1,000 seniors will receive their diplomas during commencement exercises at Millbrook, Sherando and James Wood high schools next week.

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

The Virginia Education Association has recognized the STARS (Students Teaching and Reaching Students) Mentoring Program at Admiral Richard E. Byrd Middle School with its Barbara Johns Youth Award for Human Relations and Civil Rights.

Millbrook High School Principal Carolyn Price has announced that she will be retiring at the end of the 2017-18 school year. Mrs. Price has spent her entire 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 Apple Pie Ridge, Gainesboro, Indian Hollow, Redbud Run and Stonewall elementary school attendance zones. Preliminary applications should be completed and submitted at the preschool student’s base school.

The Virginia Department of Education has awarded FCPS a $37,500 grant to fund the purchase of new equipment for the school division’s career and technical education program​s​.

Buzz-in entry systems will be installed prior to the start of the 2018-19 school year at all schools that are not currently equipped with such systems. Due to limited resources, the majority of the project will be funded by delaying some facility maintenance projects the school division had planned to address this year. All school facilities constructed in the future will also include secure entry systems.

The 2018-19 School Calendar has been adopted. The first day of the 2018-19 school year for students is August 15, 2018.