When teachers prepared for their student’s first day back to school in the past, the to-do list probably consisted of completing required professional development, creating lessons, collaborating with...
On August 24 Fauquier County Public School (FCPS) students and teachers returned to school through all virtual instruction. Find out how they felt about their first day back.
Weekly Schedule and Important Dates:
Classes start on Aug. 24. This first week will be treated like an orientation week for students to adjust to virtual learning and receive information and materials...
Catherine Smith, Advertising Manager & Social Media Director
• August 12, 2020
The Fauquier County Public Schools (FCPS) School Board voted unanimously to move from a blended model opening to a 100 percent virtual opening on August 24.
Monday evenings meeting began with Citizens...
Tonight the Fauquier County Public School Board announced the 2020-21 school year will continue virtually through December. Jeck recommended that due to staff shortages in the nursing, transportation and...
Many rising seniors may remember the name Riley Dishner, a former English teacher who resigned following the 2018-19 school year to take care of her father on the family farm. After a year away from FHS,...
Catherine Smith, Advertising Manager & Social Media Director
• July 20, 2020
Fauquier County Public Schools (FCPS) will not be returning to school in the fall like years past. As the start date for schools approaches, school districts all over America face new obstacles in reopening....
From the moment they enter the high school doors as a freshman, students dream of the day they will walk across the stage in their cap and gown and receive their hard-earned diploma. This year, as seniors...
English teacher Julie Duggan retired at the end of this school year, after 31 years of teaching. She said she planned to do this for over a year now but didn’t expect for her final weeks to be cut short...
Fauquier County Public Schools (FCPS) announced that Kraig Kelican would become the official principal at a school board meeting on April 20, after serving one year as the interim principal.
Kelican...
Catherine Smith, Advertising Manager & Social Media Director
• April 6, 2020
Superintendent David Jeck and Deputy Superintendent Major Warner in their April 3 video update explained to the community how remote instruction will be implemented when students resume classes on April...
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