Upcoming Events

January 21 - McLean High School Advanced Academics Night & Principal Jones “State of the School Address”

January 28 - End of Second Quarter and 2-hour Early Release

January 29/30 - Student Holiday

January 21 - McLean High School Advanced Academics Night & Principal Jones “State of the School Address”

Join us on Wednesday, January 21, for an informative evening regarding course selections and school updates.

Part 1: Advanced Academics Night

• Time: 5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
• Location: Lecture Hall

We will discuss the differences between Advanced Placement (AP), Dual Enrollment, and Honors courses to help students and their families make informed course scheduling decisions for the 2026-27 school year. After the presentation, content teachers will be available for discussion until 7:00 PM.

Part 2: PTSA Meeting & State of the School Address Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Location: Auditorium Directly following the Advanced Academics Night, please join our PTSA General Membership Meeting. Principal Raven Jones will deliver the "State of the School" address, highlighting key findings and updated goals for school improvement and student success.

January 28 - End of Second Quarter and 2-hour Early Release

Wednesday, January 28, is the last day of the quarter and a 2 hour early release for students. See the complete school year calendar.

The Gradebook in SIS will not be available in ParentVue and StudentVue from Wednesday, January 28 at 4:00pm until Thursday, February 5 at 6:00am. Report cards are scheduled to be available to students and parents in SIS ParentVue and StudentVue on February 5th, 2026.

January 29/30 - Student Holiday

Schools are closed for students on Thursday, January 29, for a staff development day, and Friday, January 30, for a teacher workday.

See the complete school year calendar.

Student Achievement

Do you know a student, club, or team that has done something amazing? We want to hear about it! We're looking for accomplishments big or small to feature on the school website and in our weekly newsletter. Whether it's an academic achievement, an athletic victory, a creative project, or an act of community service, we want to shine a spotlight on the incredible things happening at McLean. Please fill out our Google Form to submit an accomplishment. To see a full list of student accomplishments, check out the Student Recognitions page on the McLean website.

Student Volunteer Group Expands Musical Outreach in the Community

Rising Stars, a student volunteer group that enriches the lives of senior citizens by providing musical outreach, is now also helping these seniors celebrate their birthdays. In addition to the monthly musical performance at a local senior citizens center, Rising Stars members now also personally deliver handwritten cards and sing happy birthday to each resident who is celebrating a birthday that month. Due to the popularity of the effort, the students now also include cards for the hard-working staff members of the senior center who are celebrating a birthday that month. So far, Rising Stars has delivered 119 birthday cards, helping bring extra joy to the birthday celebrations of our McLean neighbors. Rising Stars has multiple members from McLean High School.

Safety and Security

Student Medication and Important Health Room Procedures

With limited exceptions, students cannot carry or self-administer any medications at school, including Tylenol and ibuprofen.  Prescription and non-prescription medications are stored and administered in the health room. Each medication, including over-the-counter remedies, epinephrine, and inhalers, requires a properly completed Authorization Form. If students are found with unauthorized medication at school, we will contact parents to come pick it up.

If your student will have a medication in the health room, please provide prescription medications in original containers with a pharmacy label (up-to a 30-day supply). The instructions on the completed Authorization Form (e.g., medication name, dosage, administration time) must match the pharmacy label. We are unable to make any exceptions.  Over-the-counter medications must be in original, unopened containers with no more than 100 pills/tablets/capsules.

You may call the health room at 703-714-5710 if you have any questions or would like to coordinate a time to drop off a medication and Authorization Form for your student.

Pedestrian Gate Access

Please be aware of the updated schedule for walking path gates at McLean High School

Wednesday Workshop

Every Wednesday from 3-4:30pm we invite interested students to attend Wednesday Workshop to receive support in the core content areas, homework completion, and executive functioning (planning & organization). Wednesday Workshop will take place in the library and transportation is provided home from the school via school bus. Buses depart at 4:45 PM. Any questions? Please reach out to Ms. Ashley Lowry (aclowry@fcps.edu).

Student Services

End of 2nd Quarter and Schedule Change Requests

The 2^nd quarter ends on Wednesday, January 28^th. The window for teachers to submit 2nd quarter grades is January 22nd through February 4th. To ensure accurate reporting of quarter grades, a pause will be placed on schedule changes during the grading window. Completed schedule change packets received by 12:00 PM on Tuesday, January 20th will be reviewed and, if approved and pending space availability, processed prior to the grading window opening on January 22nd. Any schedule change requests received after 12:00 PM on January 20th that are approved will be processed on Thursday, February 5th or after.

At this time, all elective changes are complete; the only schedule changes being considered are for downward level changes (e.g., AP to Honors, or Honors to non-Honors). The final deadline to request a schedule change for the 2025-26 school year is Wednesday, February 11th.