Longfellow PTA

Longfellow Middle School PTA

PTA BOARD POSITIONS AVAILABLE: CLICK HERE FOR JOB DESCRIPTIONS. Contact Lynn Clancy if you are interested in serving on the board for 2009-2010 school year.

Laptop Fundraising Effort Still Short of Goal! Please Donate Click Here

Important Dates

May 18

PTA Meeting 7:30 PM in the Library

May 25

Memorial Day Holiday

June

No PTA Meetings

June 18

Teacher/Staff Luncheon

June 18

Last Day of School

Additional rehearsal schedules & school events are listed on the LMS website

NEW! SWINE FLU PREVENTION HELP

HELP OUR SCHOOL PREVENT A FLU OUTBREAK. PLEASE SEND IN A JAR OF HAND SANITIZER AND A BOX OF KLEENEX WITH YOUR STUDENT ON MONDAY. YOUR STUDENTS MAY LEAVE THESE ITEMS IN THE FRONT OFFICE. WE ARE HOPING TO COLLECT AT LEAST 80 BOTTLES SO EVERY CLASSROOM HAS ONE. PLEASE REMIND YOUR STUDENTS TO WASH THEIR HANDS DILIGENTLY TO HELP AVOID SPREADING OF GERMS. THANK YOU!

A letter from Jack Dale, FCPS superintendent, was sent home with your students today. Please ask your child for the letter and check the website for the latest information about this topic.

SWINE FLU SCHOOL INFORMATION LINK: Here is the information link for FCPS-updated daily, FCPS Swine Flu. Other useful links on this topic: Fairfax County Health Department , Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National PTA

NEW! FAIRGRADE ACTION ITEMS ON GRADING SCALE!!

Click Here to read the latest information and to learn what actions you need to take NOW to ensure this effort continues. Honors and Advance course grade credits are the main issue.

NEW! START TO SUCCESS SUMMER PROGRAM FOR RISING 7th GRADERS:

Help your child prepare for the middle school transition this summer. CLICK HERE for registration form for the START TO SUCCESS PROGRAM!

NEW! SUPPORT OUR CHAMPION LONGFELLOW KNOWLEDGE MASTERS TEAM!

We need your help to send our championship Longfellow Knowledge Masters Team to the Questions Unlimited Junior National Competition at Marymount University. Our team did so well—the best performance a Longfellow Knowledge Masters Team has ever turned in at the Academic Hallmarks Spring 2009 Knowledge Master Open—that they now qualify to compete at the QU Junior Nationals! But they need our financial support to help defray the $1600 registration cost so that they can represent our school at the Junior Nationals. Please help by sending in a donation to the PTA (in any amount) to show your support for our fantastic team!

How to Help Your Student Thrive In Middle School

The Longfellow PTA is sponsoring a workshop for parents of rising and current Longfellow students. This program is intended to give parents of rising 7th graders insights into the world of middle school and the teenage mind. Parents will hear information that will help them parent their teen; helping them to navigate this new world successfully. While the speaker’s presentations will be rather brief, they will give you top line important data. If interest merits, we will offer more detailed presentations of the data at a later date. For the informational brochure CLICK HERE.

McLean-Langley School pyramid results from the2008 Fairfax County Youth Survey

If you were unable to attend the April 20th presentation, please review this data subset of the youth survey. Mclean-Langley 2008 Youth Survey Presentation. The complete county reports are also available: Youth 2008 FAQs, Executive Summary, Youth 2008 Presentation. Be sure to thank you Longfellow Board and the SCC for co-sponsoring out area presentation.

ATTENTION RISING LANGLEY STUDENTS! Spiritwear Available!

Langley HS PTA is selling Spiritwear. Please see attached flyer for ordering information and examples. Order Form

Principal Carole Kihm Named Outstanding First-Year Principal for Fairfax County.

Carole Kihm, principal at Longfellow Middle School, has been awarded the Nancy F. Sprague* First-Year Administrator Award and has been named the 2009 Outstanding First-Year Principal by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).

Carole was nominated by the Longfellow PTA Board for her superb leadership of the school in her first year here. Thank you to Board Member Juliana Cofrancesco for compiling and submitting the lengthy nomination packet! CLICK HERE for additional information.

FCPS SUMMER CAMPS!

FCPS has posted their schedule of summer camps at: http://www.fcps.edu/news/summer/camps.htm

McLEAN HS Theater Boosters is offering a Theater Camp for rising 4th,5th,6th & 7th graders! Click Here for more information!

Staying In Touch with Longfellow:

Since there is no “backpack folder system” at Longfellow, the only way to stay in-the-know is electronically. These are the two ways to get information from the PTA and the School via e-mail:

1. For PTA Information about Student and Parent Events and Volunteer Opportunities: Join the Longfellow PTA Yahoo Group. Simply enter YOUR EXISTING E-MAIL ADDRESS (no need to create a new Yahoo address!) and click on the Yahoo icon below. This is the ONLY manner that the PTA communicates with the parent community. There is no paper newsletter. The Yahoo group messaging system supplements our web site and allows for time sensitive communication.

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Again note: You do not need to create a new Yahoo e-mail address to be part of the Longfellow group. When asked, put in your own current e-mail address.

2. We strongly encourage Longfellow parents to sign up for e-mail distributions from the school and Fairfax County Public Schools via the Longfellow KEEP IN TOUCH (KIT) e-mail system. This helpful link provides weather delay, emergency and school notices. In addition, our principal, Carole Kihm, sends periodic Longfellow news via KIT.

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Updated May 3, 2009