Congratulations to the James Wood High School Class of 2019.

James Baker, a Dowell J. Howard student from Sherando High School, earned a Network+ Certificate after taking Mr. Lemieux's Computer Systems Technology class. Congratulations!

Students must complete the 2019-20 CTE online application and be accepted to participate in Career and Technical Education courses at Dowell J. Howard Center.

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.

Justin Raymond, who has served as the principal at Apple Pie Ridge Elementary School since July 2013, has been named the principal at Jordan Springs Elementary School. Mr. Raymond will assume his new position on July 1.