What is Mathcounts? Find out what we do in this after school club and how you can participate.

Over the summer, buzz-in entry systems were installed at all schools that weren't previously equipped with the system, including James Wood High School. Individuals visiting all Frederick County Public Schools now have to use the system and state their name and the purpose of their visit before being granted access to a school.

The Frederick County Board of Supervisors have appropriated $45.5 million for a Robert E. Aylor Middle School replacement. Although the appropriation is less than the $52 million initially sought by the School Board, the Board is committed to building a school that will accommodate the greatest number of students and possible future expansion without affecting the ability to implement current instructional pedagogy and the integration of technology.

Robert E. Aylor Middle School is now on Facebook. Be sure to like Aylor's page in order to keep up on Spartan news and information.

This week is National School Lunch Week. School lunch is offered each day at every Frederick County Public School. Elementary school lunch is $2.60. Middle and high school lunch is $2.85.

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

Work has begun on a middle school attendance zone adjustment that will take effect at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year and impact James Wood and Frederick County middle schools.

Frederick County Public Schools is one of 102 Virginia school divisions receiving School Security Equipment Grants this year. The $18,781 state grant will be used to provide additional security cameras at nine different schools.

Frederick County Public Schools is offering several free screenings of the documentary SCREENAGERS: Growing Up in the Digital Age during the week of October 22.

A special food drive to benefit Bright Futures Frederick/Winchester is being held in conjunction with the Harlem Globetrotters game being held on November 5 at 7 p.m. at Shenandoah University's James R. Wilkins, Jr. Athletic and Events Center.

The on-time graduation rate for members of Frederick County Public Schools' Class of 2018 was 93.3 percent which compares to Virginia's on-time graduation rate of 91.6 percent.

Please update student contact information in the Parent/Student 360 portal by October 26.