Hugh Mercer Elementary School

Kindergarten students learned about the artist Ines Alvidres.
These kindergarten works were inspired by Alvidres

About Our New Logo

Our new logo reflects the many dimensions of Fredericksburg City Public Schools, a system defined by connection, growth, and purpose. The interwoven lines represent the process of learning itself: dynamic, evolving, and rooted in the creation of new connections. Just as synapses in the brain build understanding through interaction, our students, staff, and community strengthen and expand through shared learning experiences.

The geometric framework also symbolizes the physical spaces where learning occurs across our city. When overlaid on a map of Fredericksburg, each blue point of connection aligns with one of our schools. The larger point indicates a shared site, emphasizing collaboration and shared purpose. All lines represent pathways connecting our schools across the City of Fredericksburg.

Together, these interconnected elements capture the essence of our division: We are a community of learners, growing through connection and commitment to Educating and Inspiring Every Child, Every Day.

At Hugh Mercer we are pink from head to toe in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Cancer impacts the lives of many every day and FCPS has many Breast Cancer Survivors and Warriors. At HM we honor them every Tuesday.

Fourth grade had a great trip to Friends of the Rappahannock.

Dine out for a cause! The PTA will receive 25% of sales on Oct. 15 from 4 - 8.

First Grade showed appreciation for all the hard work the custodians do and expressed their gratitude with a thank you poster.

Kindergartners did a taste test on Wednesday for the sense of taste. We had some sour faces and some happy tasters! Ms. T (Fortune) joined in the fun!

Here is the Patriot of the Week! She has been showing the patriot core value of achievement!

We had a fantastic time on our field trips to the Sunshine Ballpark. It was so great seeing our friends from all the schools!

Here are some more pictures from Spirit Week. We love seeing our scholars every single day. Attendance matters because you matter.

Here are the patriots for this week! They were both nominated for showing the patriot core value of teamwork.

We celebrated career day on Thursday for our Spirit Week. "Dress for the job you want." We loved seeing everything from astronaut to princess to lawyer and so much more!

We've been showing up for attendance awareness this week by participating in spirt days. Monday, we wore our favorite teams T-shirts and jerseys. Tuesday was color wars day. And today was wacky, tacky day.

Kindergarten is learning about community helpers. Officer Reed, our school resource officer, came to visit and talk about being a first responder! Did you know he likes to eat ice cream for breakfast?

Third graders shared the special things about their heritage and culture that make them unique.

We are excited to celebrate our first spirt week of the year.
Mon. - Wear your favorite team apparel (Also is picture day)
Tues. - Color Wars
Wed. - Wacky/Tacky day
Thurs. - Career Day
Fri. - PJ day

Fifth graders mapped the garden at Hugh Mercer. They also investigated different parts of the plants and pollinators

Please Note: We will be moving from daily updates to weekly updates starting next week.

Beginning Monday, September 15, Fredericksburg City Public School’s Transportation updates will be delivered through ParentSquare to bus route-specific groups. We created this mechanism internally and have tested it to be sure it works as designed. While we do not expect any issues Monday, there may be some as this is the first official roll-out. Our goal is to efficiently communicate with you.

All bus updates will be pushed as Alerts, which means all updates will be instantaneous.

Parents/Guardians and Secondary Students should expect to see a text message from 66458.

Please contact your child’s school if any additional recipients (Guests) need to be added to your child’s ParentSquare Alerts list.