Friday, September 14, 9:00 a.m.
 Come join Principal Kihm and the PTA for the first meeting
of the year. The meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed at 9:30 by our
guest speaker Riley Barrows – Longfellow's after school specialist. Longfellow's
after school programs have more then 40 clubs students can join. Each year
about 500 students participate in at least one of these clubs. Come find out
all about how your student can take advantage of these free after school
programs and why it is beneficial for them to participate. Get all your
questions answered as most after school clubs start the
week of September 24th.
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Support
the Longfellow community and join the PTA here.
 Our Support Excellence Campaign is our only fundraiser for
the year. We hope to raise $60,000 to to fully fund our PTA programs including
the school's technology needs. We are asking families to contribute $150 to
meet our goal. We recognize this is not possible for every family and any
donation is greatly appreciated.
Click here to donate to our Support Excellence Campaign.
If you have any questions, please contact April Wade Turk at
vpfundraising.ptalms@gmail.com.
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 The PTA is in need of a just a few more committee chair
volunteers. Please consider volunteering your time for one of these open
positions.
Reflections Chair- This is a very easy committee to
oversee. Reflections is a program run by the Virginia PTA which encompasses the
arts and encourages students to express themselves through different art
mediums. You are simply the messenger between the students and the Virginia
PTA. It is mostly a fall event and requires minimal time.
International Parents Network Co-Chairs- We have over 70
languages spoken at Longfellow. Our international parents network is vital to
building our community here. We are looking for a chair or co-chair to arrange
for social opportunities for international families to get together. Typically,
the school host a potluck dinner in October to kick off the year. Great way to
get to know the diverse community that makes LMS so special.
Heritage Night- Two co-chairs needed to work with
Longfellow teachers and students to host a heritage night in early spring. It
is a night of cultural celebration with a potluck meal, talent show and so much
more. The are many notes and it is an extremely organized event thanks the
teachers at LMS.
General Volunteer Pool- Don't have time to commit to
being a chair, but want to hear about volunteer opportunities with the PTA. Sign up here to be part of the general volunteer pool. It does not commit you to any event,
but you will be contacted first as needs arise.
Please contact Jennifer Von Elm at presidentptalms@gmail.com
if interested in one of the openings.
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 Send your student with $3 on Fridays in September and
October. Zinga yogurt will be for sale at dismissal. This is a fun way to end
the week and very popular among the students.
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 We are barely into the start of the school year, and the
Hospitality Committee has already hosted two wonderful events for our teachers
and staff at Longfellow. First, an amazing breakfast buffet was provided for
the teachers and staff on their first day back to Longfellow on August
20th. Second, BBQ and all the fixings
were served prior to Back to School Night on Wednesday, September 5th. We would
like to say Thank You for all the
yummy donations and parent volunteers who made these events so successful. The
teachers and staff were very appreciative -- they love all of the homemade
treats! The PTA would not be able to host these events without
the help and support of the Longfellow community.
 Earn cash for Longfellow by shopping at Giant through the
Giant A+ School Rewards program. Follow
the directions below to designate the card yourself:
- Go to Giantfood for details and sign into you Giant account
(top right hand corner)
- After signing into your Giant account click on the button
“Manage Your Account"
- On the next page click on “Reward & Savings”
- You will see A+ School Rewards, click on the button “change
schools”
- Now you can follow the directions and select
your Longfellow Middles School (Our school code is 01928)
If you registered your card last year, you DO NOT need to
re-register this year, but you may want to visit Giant's website to verify the
school assignment. Also, don’t forget to
encourage your friends and relatives to do the same. It could mean more CASH
for our school. If you don't know your card number or need assistance, call
Customer Care at 877-366-2668 OPTION #1.
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 Use
this link every time you shop on Amazon and before adding items to your cart.
Our school receives between 4 and 10 percent of the value of your Amazon
purchases when you start your shopping through this Longfellow link.
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 Our 2018-2019 printed and online school directory will be
produced again this year by AtoZ School Directories. However, in accordance
with new Virginia privacy laws the directory will only include the email
addresses of each family and will not include addresses and phone numbers. PTA
members not only will receive a free copy of the printed directory, but also
access to a secure/password-protected AtoZ directory app. Look for a
verification email in early October (after the office staff has processed all
student data and pulled any directory opt-out entries).
If you have any questions, please contact the directory
team at lms.ptadirectory@gmail.com.
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September 14 – PTA Meeting
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