
Class Photos
April 2nd


HM's fourth grade class spending the day at Hanover tavern. The Hanover Tavern's Virginia Standards of Learning-based 4th grade field trip program addresses history from the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary War and through the Civil War.











🌟 Join Us for the Mental Health, Wellness & Safety Resource Fair! 🌟
📅 Date: May 10th
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 Location: James Monroe High School, 2300 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
We are excited to invite you to a FREE school wide event dedicated to promoting mental health, wellness, and safety! 🌈💚
🎉 What to expect:
• Mental Health & Safety Vendors offering valuable resources
• Free Haircuts 💇♂️💇♀️
• Yoga Sessions 🧘♂️🧘♀️
• Student Athlete Mental Health Discussions 🏅
• Managing and Living with Grief Sessions
• Yoga, journaling & much more!
This event is open to all students and families of Fredericksburg City Public Schools! Let’s come together to support one another and prioritize our well-being. 💬
Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/wsHR6qud09


Look how sharp these boys are going to look. Big huge shout out to F.A.D.E.D. and Company for offering free haircuts to our HMES boys. 💈✂️💚








The fundraiser is open now through March 21st, and orders can be shipped anywhere in the U.S.!


March 10-14 is Severe Weather Awareness Week. ☁️🌪️🌩️
Today we held a statewide Tornado drill where the students practiced keeping themselves safe during a tornado.
Our students did so well getting into a crouch and protecting their heads.









Mental Health Series
Parenting Through Anxiety & Depression
March 12, 2025
Two sessions: 7 PM and 9 PM
Click this link to register 👉https://parentguidance.org/mhsindex/


Dress like a book character day
📕📖 Read Across America 📖📕






🐊GLADYS WEST UPDATES🐊
We’re excited to share some updates with you!
We’re currently working on purchasing CTE materials, PE, and fine arts equipment.
In a joint effort with Follett, a company that provides library services, software, and educational content for schools, FCPS is currently working to weed out older books and expand the diversity and language options at all three libraries (Hugh Mercer, Lafayette, and Gladys West). The library is on track for an early June move-in, as scheduled.
The k- grade 2 playground is nearly finished. We’re waiting for the rubber surface to be installed. The new grade 3-5 playground is up. 🏀Basketball and 🎾pickleball courts will be installed soon.




Literacy Night 2025- What a huge success! 📕📖🎉
Thank you everyone for making this possible, especially our literacy department and our teachers.🎉🎉
Also, a huge shout out to our families for showing up and supporting us! 🎉🎉










Happiness is soft pjs and a good book and time enough to indulge in both.
Read Across America - PJ Day






🌟 Join Us for the Mental Health, Wellness & Safety Resource Fair! 🌟
📅 Date: May 10th
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
📍 Location: James Monroe High School, 2300 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
We are excited to invite you to a FREE school wide event dedicated to promoting mental health, wellness, and safety! 🌈💚
🎉 What to expect:
• Mental Health & Safety Vendors offering valuable resources
• Free Haircuts 💇♂️💇♀️
• Yoga Sessions 🧘♂️🧘♀️
• Student Athlete Mental Health Discussions 🏅
• Managing and Living with Grief Sessions
• Yoga, journaling & much more!
This event is open to all students and families of Fredericksburg City Public Schools! Let’s come together to support one another and prioritize our well-being. 💬
Link to register: https://forms.office.com/r/wsHR6qud09


🎓FCPS is seeking representatives from each grade to participate in the beginning of the JMHS graduation event on May 16 at 6:15 PM at the UMW Anderson Center. Interested families should submit one form per child no later than Friday, March 28 (during Spring Break) at the link below. Representatives will be randomly selected and notified during the week of April 1-4, 2025.
👉https://forms.office.com/r/ecijYnmRC5


🎓FCPS is seeking representatives from each grade to participate in the beginning of the JMHS graduation event on May 16 at 6:15 PM at the UMW Anderson Center. Interested families should submit one form per child no later than Friday, March 28 (during Spring Break) at the link below. Representatives will be randomly selected and notified during the week of April 1-4, 2025.
👉https://forms.office.com/r/ecijYnmRC5


🎓FCPS is seeking representatives from each grade to participate in the beginning of the JMHS graduation event on May 16 at 6:15 PM at the UMW Anderson Center. Interested families should submit one form per child no later than Friday, March 28 (during Spring Break) at the link below. Representatives will be randomly selected and notified during the week of April 1-4, 2025.
👉https://forms.office.com/r/ecijYnmRC5


There will be a large presence of public safety agencies at Walker-Grant Middle School and Lafayette Elementary School from 8am to 4pm on Friday, March 7, 2025. This is a non-instructional day where students will not be in attendance.
These buildings, along with City Schools teachers and staff, will be taking part in an exercise to test their response to an active threat. Neighbors around Learning Lane and Pender Street may hear sirens and see realistic emergency response behaviors in this area. All activities will be confined to the school grounds.
This exercise has been put together as part of the Technical Assistance Program offered through the Virginia Department of Emergency Management's (VDEM) Training Education and Exercise Division (TEED). After submitting an application as part of a competitive process, the City of Fredericksburg was awarded the Technical Assistance to conduct a full-scale exercise with the support of VDEM. Members of the City's Police and Fire Departments, Emergency Management, the City's Communications Division, the Sheriff's Office, Fredericksburg City PubIic Schools, and Mary Washington HeaIth Care together form the Exercise Design Team. They have been hard at work coordinating this exercise since September of 2024. The purpose of this collaboration is to work to ensure a safe and secure environment for our students, teachers, and staff in the schools, as well as for our neighbors in nearby communities.
Access to the site will be limited. Learning Lane is already blocked at Emancipation Highway due to the Culvert Pipe Replacement Project. The gate on Pender Street will be secured and staffed. Only participants in the exercise will be allowed beyond this point.

As a reminder, there is no school for students tomorrow, Friday, March 7, 2025.


Read Across America - Crazy Hair Day
“In my hair, Gorillas leap, Tigers stalk, and ground sloths sleep. Prides of lions make their lair somewhere in my crazy hair.”
Crazy Hair by Neil Gaiman (Author), Dave McKean (Illustrator)





UPCOMING CAREER FAIR!
📅April 9, 2025 / 4:30 PM -6:30 PM
📌James Monroe High School
🏫2300 Washington Avenue
🏙️Fredericksburg, VA 22401
👉👉👉Register here: https://fxbg.link/careerfair
Pre-registration preferred. Same-day walk-ins are welcomed.
Contact Human Resources at 540-372-1130 if you cannot attend in person. Virtual options are available.
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✨Happy National School Social Work Week! ✨
This week, we shine a spotlight on our small but mighty team of school social workers who play an essential role in supporting our students, families, and communities. Their compassion, resilience, and dedication make a powerful impact every day, shaping brighter futures one step at a time. Thank you for everything you do!
