Weekday School Emergency Notifications/Closing

St. Matthew's Weekday School follows the Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) policy for severe weather. If FCPS is closed due to weather, then St. Matthew's WDS is closed.It is the parent's responsibility to know when the county schools will be closed.  There are several ways to find out about school closings:

  • Channel 21 on Cox and Verizon Cable

  • WTOP AM 1500

  • WMAL AM 630

  • FCPS "Keep in Touch" System

Anytime you feel the road conditions are dangerous and want to pick up your child early, please do so. IN CASE OF EMERGENCY whenever you are concerned about local or national security and want to pick up your child from school, please do so. Children will be dismissed to parents/guardians UNLESS there is a lock down order issued by the government. Depending on the threat, we will move the children to the classrooms underneath the social hall until we receive further instructions from emergency services officials. In order to provide for your child in the event of a lockdown, we have provisions stored to accommodate your children. We will notify families in the event of emergencies through our Facebook page and our Remind Me App. The class code for remind me is @6fcahd. Please download the app for alerts. 

LATE OPENINGS Fairfax County St. Matthew's Weekday School

  • ONE hour DELAYED opening

  • All classes: Arrive at 10:00 am (dismiss at normal time)

EARLY CLOSINGS Fairfax County St. Matthew's Weekday School

  • ONE or TWO hour EARLY closing

  • Preschool & Toddler Classes dismiss @ 1pm

  • School Age Children dismiss @ 1pm with weather related closings

  • If weather is projected to impact a safe dismissal, St. Matthew’s Weekday School Administration will make the best call to end the school day at 12 Noon or earlier.

St. Matthew's Preschool follows FCPS regarding make-up days for closures during inclement weather as long as the days are made up DURING the normal, published calendar year.