Back-to-School Guide
Back-to-School
All the information Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) families need to assist them with the start of the 2025-26 school year is easy to access below. Back-to-School forms are provided for families to complete. Enrollment information is made available that can be filled out online or in person at your child’s school. The ACPS Back-to-School Guide also explains how to track your child’s transportation schedules as well as offering information about meals for students, which includes the application for Free and Reduced Price Meals.
If you need help in how to download the ParentSquare family app or school supply lists, the Back-to-School guide has all the information you need to know. The guide also includes the student code of conduct, how to access virtual mental health services and safety information as well as the ACPS Anonymous Reporting System.
If you are new to ACPS, ensure you enroll your student. Once enrolled, please update your student and family information through the Back to School form.
Enroll
If you haven't already enrolled your child, it can be completed online or in person at your child's school.
Complete Back to School Forms
Families are encouraged to complete the required Back to School forms through PowerSchool.
Teacher Assignments, Bus Routes and Schedules
Want to know your child’s teacher and transportation info? On Wed. Aug. 13, 2025, families will get a welcome email with homeroom and transportation details, and a separate email with PowerSchool access for schedules and forms.
Virtual Mental Health Services with Hazel Health
Through our partnership with Hazel Health, students can meet with a licensed therapist for free virtual therapy.
Transportation Schedules
The Edulog Parent Portal app provides families with the scheduled time and location information for your students’ bus rides to and from school.
School Nutrition
The ACPS Office of School Nutrition Services, is committed to providing equitable access to quality meals that are nutritious, freshly prepared and culturally-inclusive. Our mission is to eliminate barriers to accessibility of nutritious meals, engage all students in opportunities for nutrition education, and meet the daily nutrition needs of students to optimize growth and academic performance.
Fentanyl Awareness
Virginia House Bill 1473 (HB1473), enacted in 2024, mandates the development and distribution of a fentanyl education and awareness informational one-sheet by the Virginia Department of Education, in collaboration with the Department of Health. This initiative aims to educate high school students about the dangers and prevalence of fentanyl, overdose prevention, and available resources for substance use disorders. The one-sheet is to be annually reviewed and updated, with each public high school required to distribute it to students in grades nine through twelve within the first two weeks of the school year.
View the one-pager to learn more: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/
Gun Safety Resources
Learn how to identify warning signs and support those who may be at risk, as well as strategies for promoting gun safety and preventing tragic incidents in our community
School Supply Lists
Find the list of recommended supplies used at each school in the list below.
- Francis C. Hammond Middle School
- George Washington Middle School
- Jefferson-Houston PreK-8 IB School
- Patrick Henry K-8 School
- Charles Barrett Elementary School
- Cora Kelly School for Math, Science and Technology
- Douglas MacArthur Elementary School
- Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School
- George Mason Elementary School
- James K. Polk Elementary School
- John Adams Elementary School
- Lyles-Crouch Traditional Academy
- Mount Vernon Community School
- Naomi L. Brooks Elementary School
- Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School
- William Ramsay Elementary School
ACPS Anonymous Reporting System
Please call 911 to report an emergency or a crime in progress.
The ACPS Anonymous Reporting System allows you to securely and anonymously report concerns about someone who may be a danger to themselves or others.
ParentSquare: Download the Family App
Back to School with ACPS Volunteers!
To chaperone a field trip or volunteer in Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), please submit a volunteer application for the 2025-26 school year.
Join Your School PTA!
ACPS partners with the city’s Virginia Parent-Teacher Association Council. Alexandria Council of PTAs and PTSAs, also known as PTAC, connects 17 Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) units across Alexandria’s public schools whose mission is “to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.”