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Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School starts July 21, 2025.
All other schools start August 18, 2025.
Registration for SY 2025-26 Is Now Open
Registering early ensures your child has the necessary resources and a smooth start to the school year.
Kindergarteners Are Invited to Step Up to Kindergarten
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Charles Barrett Elementary School
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Charles Barrett is an elementary school with a strong arts-integrated academic program, dedicated staff, committed local community and a diverse student body. The staff of Charles Barrett provides a program of academic excellence, social-emotional learning and equity. Our dynamic, research-based instructional approach is a unique blend of arts-integrated learning and language acquisition strategies, which facilitate deep learning for all students.
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![Alexandria City School Board Reelects Dr. Michelle Rief and Elects Christopher Harris as Chair and Vice Chair at Annual Organizational Meeting]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1752785908/acpsk12vaus/ghibpgfdivvm5nhddr7f/school-board-25-26-release.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1752785908/acpsk12vaus/ghibpgfdivvm5nhddr7f/school-board-25-26-release.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1752785908/acpsk12vaus/ghibpgfdivvm5nhddr7f/school-board-25-26-release.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1752785908/acpsk12vaus/ghibpgfdivvm5nhddr7f/school-board-25-26-release.jpg","width":1050}])
![Soak Up the Summer and Gear Up for a Great 2025-26 School Year]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1718292528/acpsk12vaus/e4zkxewr67hda6jj5am5/summerbreakreminders.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1718292528/acpsk12vaus/e4zkxewr67hda6jj5am5/summerbreakreminders.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1718292528/acpsk12vaus/e4zkxewr67hda6jj5am5/summerbreakreminders.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1718292528/acpsk12vaus/e4zkxewr67hda6jj5am5/summerbreakreminders.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1718292528/acpsk12vaus/e4zkxewr67hda6jj5am5/summerbreakreminders.jpg","width":1400}])
As we look forward to the 2025-26 school year, please take a moment to review some important reminders so that your students are prepared to take their next academic steps.
![Dr.Kay-Wyatt speaking.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1749222999/acpsk12vaus/rnkashyuhaape3jvmdef/SupeSpotlight.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1749222999/acpsk12vaus/rnkashyuhaape3jvmdef/SupeSpotlight.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1749222999/acpsk12vaus/rnkashyuhaape3jvmdef/SupeSpotlight.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1749222999/acpsk12vaus/rnkashyuhaape3jvmdef/SupeSpotlight.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1749222999/acpsk12vaus/rnkashyuhaape3jvmdef/SupeSpotlight.png","width":1400}])
In our June 2025 Supe’s Spotlight, Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt shares her thoughts on graduation as a rite of passage as we prepare to embrace our newest students in the upcoming school year.
![2025 Principal and Teacher of the year with leadership.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746805315/acpsk12vaus/ppgvuqaiizwrjhk8stir/ToyandPoy.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746805315/acpsk12vaus/ppgvuqaiizwrjhk8stir/ToyandPoy.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1746805315/acpsk12vaus/ppgvuqaiizwrjhk8stir/ToyandPoy.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1746805315/acpsk12vaus/ppgvuqaiizwrjhk8stir/ToyandPoy.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746805315/acpsk12vaus/ppgvuqaiizwrjhk8stir/ToyandPoy.jpg","width":1400}])
Two highly-accomplished ACPS educators were celebrated as Suzanne Hess was announced as the 2025 ACPS Principal of the Year (POY) and Sharon Phox as Teacher of the Year (TOY).
![ACPs will host two in-person events to assist families registering students for SY 2025-26]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1746815780/acpsk12vaus/ofe4nkim5gufexccv8ah/reg-event-th.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1746815780/acpsk12vaus/ofe4nkim5gufexccv8ah/reg-event-th.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1746815780/acpsk12vaus/ofe4nkim5gufexccv8ah/reg-event-th.jpg","width":630}])
Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School (Door 12), 6th Floor
Every Wednesday starting May 7 through July 30, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
![A teacher teaching to a kindergarten class.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1743709672/acpsk12vaus/sumkrqt04sexorannx1h/KindergartenRegistration.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1743709672/acpsk12vaus/sumkrqt04sexorannx1h/KindergartenRegistration.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1743709672/acpsk12vaus/sumkrqt04sexorannx1h/KindergartenRegistration.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1743709672/acpsk12vaus/sumkrqt04sexorannx1h/KindergartenRegistration.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1743709672/acpsk12vaus/sumkrqt04sexorannx1h/KindergartenRegistration.jpg","width":1400}])
ACPS kindergarten registration process gets underway for the 2025-26 school year on April 23, 2025, for all division elementary schools. We encourage families to register early as it helps to ensure the school division has the teachers, staff and resources needed to support every student.
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ACPS Fast Facts
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Total enrollment
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Years in operation
The original Barrett School opened on Oct. 25, 1943