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Welcome to the 2024-25 school year! Below you will find important information for the start of the year.

Beginning of Year Action Items

TalkingPoints

TalkingPoints is an easy and safe way families can communicate in their home languages with their child’s teachers for free. We will be using this platform to communicate with you about your child’s education and progress. For more information about Talking Points.

Lightspeed

Parents can get information about their child's activity on their FCPS laptop. Sign up to receive a weekly Parent Report from Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, which will provide a list of the top sites the child visited that week. For more information about Lightspeed.

Event Dates and Details

Madison will be hosting numerous events in the coming weeks to kick off the 2024-2025 School Year. View our Events Dates and Details page for more information.

SIS Parent Account

The SIS Parent Account (otherwise known as “ParentVUE”) is a secure portal for parents to view information about student schedules, demographics, attendance, current class performance, and grade reports. Parents can now also update student information (phone numbers, emergency contacts, health conditions, and immunization dates) online using the Online Verification Update Packet (OVU) in their ParentVUE account. Once you log in, look for the "Online Packets" button to access the Online Verification Update Packet. Before school begins parents should log in to their account to review and update all necessary information.  

School Counselor Assignments

Due to staffing changes on our counseling team and overall student enrollment, we have adjusted our school counselor alphabetical breakdown. These changes help balance counselor-to-student ratios and ensures each student has full access to school counselors to receive individualized academic advising, college and career guidance, and social/emotional support as needed. School counselors will be back on contract on August 1. Find your assigned counselor on the Student Services Staff page.

If your child plans on attending a school other than Madison this upcoming year, please contact Ms. Vianmarie Milan at @email to let us know.

Class Schedules

Class schedules will go live in StudentVUE at 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 15. Students can log in using their FCPS username and password. Students who are new to FCPS will not have access until school begins.

Bell Schedule & Calendar

Student Laptops

Students will receive a school-issued laptop as part of the FCPSOn initiative. These will be distributed over the first two days of school, and there is no fee associated with school issued laptops this school year.

School Supplies

There is no common school supplies list.

Lockers

Ninth and tenth grade students will be able to access their locker assignment and combination in StudentVUE on August 17. Eleventh and twelfth grade students may request a locker. Students will access via their FCPS account.  

Parking

  • Visit the Class of 2025 page for information regarding senior parking.
  • Visit the Class of 2026 page for information regarding junior parking.

MySchoolBucks

  • MySchoolBucks.com is an easy way to set up student lunch accounts and make school-related payments for various items such as parking permits, library fees, dance tickets, and transcripts.
  • Create an account if you haven't already done so.

PTSA

  • Join the PTSA
  • The PTSA will provide an electronic directory to all Madison PTSA members. It will be password protected and mobile friendly. If you wish to opt-out of the directory, complete the necessary pages of the Opt-Out Booklet and return the signed form to our Student Information Assistant Ashley Mendez. 

Graduation

Class of 2025 Graduation Date: June 3 at DAR @ 10 am

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