It's Fruit and Meat sales time again. Orders will be accepted throughout the month of October.

Registration for Advanced Placement (AP) exams will be held from October 19-30. For more information, contact the guidance department or visit www.collegeboard.org.

The Virginia High School League Executive Committee has adopted a “Championships + 1” schedule for the 2020-21 Athletic and Activities Season. Under the plan, winter sports begin December 7 with the first competitions to be held December 21.

Order your 2020-21 yearbook today at jostensyearbooks.com. You can order online or by phone at 1-877-767-5217.

The revised 2020-21 school calendar adopted by the School Board on August 11 moved the first day of school for students to September 8 and rescheduled Sherando High School’s 2021 graduation ceremony for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021.

The Valley Health-Project SEARCH program has been recognized for achieving 100 percent competitive employment for the 2019 program graduates.

Reducing the spread COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses this fall and winter is more important than ever. Please do your part.

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

James Wood High School student Benjamin Appling has been named a semifinalist in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Competition. Frederick County Public Schools is also home to eight other students who have been named National Merit Scholarship Competition Commended Scholars.

Frederick County Public Schools’ on-time graduation rate for the Class of 2020 was 93 percent compared to Virginia’s rate of 92.3 percent. In addition to exceeding the state’s on-time graduation rate, the school division’s 4.3 percent dropout rate for the Class of 2020 was lower than the state’s rate of 5.1 percent.

For the eighth consecutive year, the Association of School Business Officials International has recognized Frederick County Public Schools with a Meritorious Budget Award.

According to the College Board, the overall mean score of Frederick County Public Schools’ 2020 graduates who took the SAT was 1094. That exceeds the national mean score of public high school seniors by 64 points.

Superintendent David Sovine shares an important message about the 2020-21 school year.