Students must complete the 2021-2022 CTE online application to be considered for acceptance in Career and Technical Education courses at Dowell J. Howard Center.

High school students interested in attending Mountain Vista Academic-Year Regional Governor's School for Science, Mathematics, and Technology (MVGS) should complete an application by March 1, 2021. Learn more and access the application in English or Spanish.

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.

Will Sigler has been named Millbrook High School's new swim coach. He succeeds Priscilla Elliott who recently resigned from the position after leading the team for the past two seasons.

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 Millbrook High School’s 2021 graduation ceremony for 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16, 2021.

The Academic Team would like to thank all of the students and faculty who came out on Friday to see us off to the State tournament. We didn't win the title, but we are proud of our season. We set a new school record in wins and we were also the first Millbrook Academic Team to win Regionals.

Congratulations to the entire Millbrook DECA chapter for earning the Blue Chip Award at States!. This award recognizes a year of hard work and dedication by every chapter member.

The Frederick County School Board has adopted a Middle School Rezoning Plan that will take effect at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year.

Parents with a student already enrolled in Frederick County Public Schools are to register their rising kindergarten student between February 8 and 26. Parents who have no children currently enrolled in FCPS should register their child for kindergarten from March 1-31.

FCPS has developed a General Assembly Web page to help citizens follow the 2021 General Assembly session and bills that could impact public schools. The page also includes contact information for Frederick County's state legislators.

Frederick County Public Schools ranks in the top-third of school districts on the 2021 Niche list of Best School Districts in Virginia.

The FCPS Return to Activities Plan will enable high school students to compete in revised fall, winter and spring sports seasons beginning March 1.

When the second semester of the 2020-21 school year begins on February 1, FCPS will continue providing both the hybrid and all distance learning models. Parents who would like to explore the possibility changing their student's learning model should contact their child’s school principal.

The School Board has adopted its 2022-2026 Capital Improvements Plan. Projects at Indian Hollow and Armel elementary schools and James Wood High School are the top three priorities.

The School Board has adopted a revised 2020-21 School Calendar that includes a number of adjustments students, families and staff need to note.