Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
Starlight School Night — A Family Learning Extravaganza is coming soon!
Join us Tuesday, October 20 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Junior Achievement Center (301 Tilghman Rd., Salisbury, MD 21804) for a fun night of learning and family fun!
Visit information tables about learning opportunities in our schools. Explore hands-on STEM activities, create art, enjoy student performances, visit the UMES STEM Mobile Lab and watch Young Business Leaders Fishbowl make their pitch and take the LEGO challenge. Boxed dinners will be provided (while supplies last). Interpreters will be available.
Come explore, play, and learn together at Starlight School Night!
Join us Tuesday, October 20 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Junior Achievement Center (301 Tilghman Rd., Salisbury, MD 21804) for a fun night of learning and family fun!
Visit information tables about learning opportunities in our schools. Explore hands-on STEM activities, create art, enjoy student performances, visit the UMES STEM Mobile Lab and watch Young Business Leaders Fishbowl make their pitch and take the LEGO challenge. Boxed dinners will be provided (while supplies last). Interpreters will be available.
Come explore, play, and learn together at Starlight School Night!
Calendar reminder: Schools are closed on Friday, Oct. 16 for students and most school staff, for the Maryland State Education Association Convention. Central Office and school offices are open.
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
A Superintendent's Open Door Session will take place from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7. Time with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Micah Stauffer is on a first-come, first-served basis, at the school system's main office at 2424 Northgate Drive, Salisbury.
The next monthly meeting of the Wicomico County Board of Education is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 13, 2026, in the Board of Education Auditorium at 101 Long Ave., Salisbury.
For this Board meeting, the Board will convene at 1:00 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is available at https://wicomico-schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/
To register for public comments, please visit the pre-registration page (https://board_public_comments.wicomicoschools.org/), which is open from October 6 - 12. Anyone unable to pre-register online may visit the school system office at 2424 Northgate Drive during business hours to fill out a paper copy of the pre-registration form.
This meeting will be livestreamed on the Watch Board Meetings page of the school system's website - www.wicomicoschools.org
Meetings are also viewable after they have ended at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/watch-board-meetings
For this Board meeting, the Board will convene at 1:00 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 1:30 p.m. The agenda for this meeting is available at https://wicomico-schools.community.highbond.com/Portal/
To register for public comments, please visit the pre-registration page (https://board_public_comments.wicomicoschools.org/), which is open from October 6 - 12. Anyone unable to pre-register online may visit the school system office at 2424 Northgate Drive during business hours to fill out a paper copy of the pre-registration form.
This meeting will be livestreamed on the Watch Board Meetings page of the school system's website - www.wicomicoschools.org
Meetings are also viewable after they have ended at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/watch-board-meetings
Letter days for elementary students (including those at Pittsville Elementary & Middle) are posted each week during the school year. The schedule of letter days is on school web pages in Live Feed, and on the school system's website, in English, Spanish and Haitian Creole.
🍂 October PBIS Incentive: Fall Festival! 🎃
Students who have zero office referrals AND no more than 2 unexcused absences during October will be invited to our PBIS Fall Festival! We can’t wait to celebrate our Skippers for being Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn! 🐢💙💛
🙋 Want to join the fun? We’d love to have parent/guardian volunteers help make our Fall Festival a success!
Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/xvY8XdsFpB8FCdv68
Students who have zero office referrals AND no more than 2 unexcused absences during October will be invited to our PBIS Fall Festival! We can’t wait to celebrate our Skippers for being Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn! 🐢💙💛
🙋 Want to join the fun? We’d love to have parent/guardian volunteers help make our Fall Festival a success!
Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/xvY8XdsFpB8FCdv68
Wicomico Public Schools and Superintendent Dr. Micah Stauffer's 2026 - 27 "Plan for Success" is now available for reading on the Superintendent's web page at https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/superintendent-of-schools
Wicomico County Public Schools is a CEP (Community Eligibility Provision) school system in which all students may eat meals at no charge. We’re pleased to provide meals for students to support good health and readiness for instruction. Thanks to the team at Salisbury Middle for letting us share these photos of a recent lunch shift. Find October breakfast and lunch menus for Wicomico students on the school system’s Food & Nutrition Services website: https://www.schoolnutritionandfitness.com/index.php?sid=1748883292658&page=menus&sm=10&sy=2026#/clicktoscroll
Progress reports covering the first several weeks of the school year come out today, Sept. 30. It's a good check-in for students, teachers and families.
The Wicomico County Board of Education held a work session on September 29, 2026, that included the review of policies being moved forward to the October 13, 2026, Board Meeting. Those policies are available for public review at this link: https://www.wicomicoschools.org/page/policy-creation-review
Individuals wishing to provide comments on any of the policies before the Board meeting may send their thoughts to comments@mywcps.org or mail them to Dr. Brian Raygor, Wicomico County Public Schools, 2424 Northgate Drive, Salisbury, MD 21802.
Individuals wishing to provide comments on any of the policies before the Board meeting may send their thoughts to comments@mywcps.org or mail them to Dr. Brian Raygor, Wicomico County Public Schools, 2424 Northgate Drive, Salisbury, MD 21802.
THANK YOU #kindSBY! As part of #KindSBY's 100 Acts of Kindness Campaign, the organization donated $300 dollars ($100 each) to the Clothing Closets at East Salisbury Elementary, Fruitland Primary and Pinehurst Elementary School.
#kindSBY's Grace Murdock and Moushumi Chakraborty presented the check and a basket to Superintendent Dr. Micah Stauffer and Asst. Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Rick Briggs on Tuesday afternoon.
Thanks, KindSBY for always thinking of our students in Wicomico Public Schools.
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#kindSBY's Grace Murdock and Moushumi Chakraborty presented the check and a basket to Superintendent Dr. Micah Stauffer and Asst. Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Rick Briggs on Tuesday afternoon.
Thanks, KindSBY for always thinking of our students in Wicomico Public Schools.
#LearningTodayLeadingTomorrow
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🎉 September PBIS Incentive: Extra Recess!
This month, students have been earning Extra Recess by having zero office referrals! Beginning next month, students will also need to have no more than 2 unexcused absences each month to qualify. Thank you for helping our Skippers be Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn! 🐢💙💛
This month, students have been earning Extra Recess by having zero office referrals! Beginning next month, students will also need to have no more than 2 unexcused absences each month to qualify. Thank you for helping our Skippers be Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn! 🐢💙💛
Your next career move could be within our family at Wicomico Public Schools. Check out the current openings and if interested, apply today at wicomico.schoolspring.com
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THANK YOU SFS! Wicomico County Public Schools has an incredible Student and Family Services division, including Pupil Personnel Workers, Community School Coordinators, and Home School Liaisons. For the month of September, we want to say "THANK YOU" to the following individuals who give their all each week in helping students and families.
If you see them at the school, be sure to say "Hi", and if your family is in need of resources or would like to connect, their information can be found of the school's website.
At Beaver Run Elementary School
- Patricia Fontaine, Community School Coordinator
- Amanda Jamison, Pupil Personnel Worker
- Odette Pierre, Home School Liaison
At Fruitland Intermediate
- Braxton Clark, Community School Coordinator
- Tiffany Redden, Pupil Personnel Worker
- Tara Shockley, Home School Liaison
At Fruitland Primary
- Sharon Hutchison, Community School Coordinator
- Tiffany Redden, Pupil Personnel Worker
- Vanessa Ortiz, Home School Liaison
At Glen Avenue Elementary
- Aida Dodoo, Community School Coordinator
- Melissa Johanning, Pupil Personnel Worker
- Marcia Yamashiro, Home School Liaison
Thanks for all you do for our students and families of Wicomico County Public Schools!
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Check out our Dates to Remember for October as well as our upcoming Spirit Week.
Check out our Friday Family Memo for this week:
