Mission:
The Fox Chapel community is dedicated to helping students achieve academic success, develop a love of learning, and respect differences by working as a team.

Vision:
Each student at Fox Chapel achieves success by actively learning, putting forth effort, and showing good character in an engaging, comfortable environment.

About Us:

We are dedicated to helping students achieve academic success, develop a love for learning, and respect differences by working as a team.  Each student at Fox Chapel Elementary achieves by actively learning, putting forth effort, and showing good character in an engaging, comfortable environment.  The excellence of Fox Chapel Elementary is a result of the combined efforts of our outstanding staff, our hardworking students and our supportive community. 

At the present time, we have about 600 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade.  Our student body is very diverse with over 30 languages represented.  Our students come to school each day ready to learn.  A climate of mutual respect supports the cooperative learning of our students who strive to exhibit the Fox Chapel Trailblazer characteristics:

We are…Trustworthy 

We are…Respectful 

We are…Appreciative 

We…Inspire Others 

We are…Leaders 

Fox Chapel Elementary implements the MCPS curriculum with differentiated and small group instruction.  Data on student performance is continuously collected and analyzed in order to plan for appropriate instruction.  Grade level teams work together each week to review the data and to plan collaboratively. 

At Fox Chapel Elementary, we implement the Home School Model which provides the opportunity for our special education students to be in their home school with their neighborhood peers.  Our special education staffs, along with our regular education staff, have been trained in co-teaching and inclusion.

• Student leadership and talent are developed through our extracurricular activities, such as:
• Safety Patrols
• Student Morning Announcements
• SERT/Green Team
• After School Activity Clubs
• Chess Club

Fox Chapel has an outstanding PTA with many parent volunteers.  Besides assisting in classrooms and chaperoning on field trips, our strong parent group participates in or sponsors:

• Book Fair
• Health Fair
• Ruth Rales Reading Program
• Cultural Arts Performances
• Reflections Program
• School Social Events
• Student Agenda Books and Red Folders