Welcome to the 2023-24 School Year!

Review the 2023-24 school year calendar for important dates, including holidays, parent-teacher conferences and more at apsva.us/calendars.

Important Dates

• Aug. 28 – First Day of School for K-12
• Aug. 29 – First Day of School for PreK and VPI
• Sept. 1 & 4 – Labor Day Holiday
• Sept. 6 – Elementary Back-to-School Night
• Sept. 12 – Middle School Back-to-School Night
• Sept. 14 – H-B Woodlawn Back-to-School Night
• Sept. 20 – High School Back-to-School Night
• Sept. 25 – Holiday: Yom Kippur
• Sept. 27 – Langston/New Directions/Arlington Community High School Back-to-School Night
• Sept. 28 – Career Center/Arlington Tech back-to-School Night

Download ParentSquare, our new all-in-one communications platform for APS! With ParentSquare, you’ll be able to:

• Choose to receive information as it comes (instant) or all at once at around 6 p.m. (daily digest).
• Communicate with teachers and staff in your preferred language.
• Send and receive two-way text messages with automated translation.
• Sign up for parent-teacher conferences.
• Sign permission slips and more all from your computer or mobile device.

Download the app and register your account or log on to parentsquare.com/signin.

Register using the email address or cell phone number you provided to your child’s school.

Unable to register your account?

Update your contact information via ParentVUE. Your school can help you log into to ParentVUE to update your info. Learn more.

Still need help:

Learn more about ParentSquare: apsva.us/parentsquare

Email: parentsquare@apsva.us

Send a text to 571-500-1636

• Bus information for eligible students are available in ParentVUE.
• If you have questions once you receive your information, contact: Via Phone: The Family Information Line, at 703-228-8000, and select option #1
  • 6 a.m. – 4 p.m. weekdays through Aug. 28.
  • Starting Aug. 28, call center hours shift to 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • The Family Info Line will not be open over the Labor Day weekend.

• Via Email: transportation@apsva.us

TIP! Track your students’ bus arrival times via the free WheresTheBus app. Learn more at apsva.us/transportation

APS offers healthy meals daily at a reasonable price:

• Elementary and Secondary Breakfast: $2
• Elementary Lunch: $3.25
• Secondary Lunch: $3.50

Families may pre-pay for student meals through the MySchoolBucks online payment system– visit: myschoolbucks.com

To Receive Free & Reduced Meal Benefits:

Eligible families must complete a new free and reduced lunch application online by visiting myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict

APS partners with Paper to provide unlimited access to trained tutors so every student in grades 6-12 can ask questions, work through problems, and grow their confidence—at no cost to families.

Paper provides:

• 24/7 chat with a tutor
• Writing feedback
• Assistance on all academic subjects

Visit apsva.us/paper for more information.

On May 11, 2023, the federal government ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), which means that COVID efforts shift from emergency response to managing COVID-19 alongside the flu and other illnesses.

• Students who test positive for COVID-19 will still be expected to isolate at minimum until day 6 and mask until day 10.
• Students are no longer required to report cases of COVID-19 to APS through Qualtrics.
  • The APS COVID Dashboard is no longer being updated and is archived as of June 2023.
• Students experiencing COVID-like illness are strongly recommended to test for COVID-19 before returning to school, but are no longer required to submit documentation of a negative test result for clearance.
• The weekly in-school testing program ended June 9. School clinics will continue to supply free Rapid Antigen COVID-19 tests.

Additional Information