CALENDAR EVENTS
January
21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday-No School
25 Student Holiday-No School
29 Lancer Invitational-Chamber Orchestra 6 p.m.
February
4 Student Holiday-No School
7 Curriculum Night-Rising 7th Grade Parents
8 PTA Meeting 9:00 a.m.
18 Presidents’ Day Holiday-No School
28 Pre-Assessment Choral Concert McLean HS 7:00 p.m.
CONGRATULATIONS JOSH CHEN!
Josh Chen, 7th grader, performed at the Metropolitan Solo & Chamber Music Festival in December and was awarded the best solo piano performer. He has been invited to perform his winning piece at Carnegie Hall on July 6, 2019.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CYBER PATRIOT TEAMS
On Saturday, January 12th, both Longfellow Cyber Patriot teams competed in The State Round which is a nationwide, 6-hour long tournament. Both teams received high scores and qualified to proceed to the Semi Final round to be held in February.
This year's Cyber Patriot members are:
Alex Abraham
Miles Sipper
William Cody
Nitish Tenepalli
Aditi Shukla
Logan Pinkston-Sayers
Callum Pinkston-Sayers
Ram Reddy
Ethan Ye
Mohammed Anam
Iftekher Abir
Krishnan Shankar
Samuel Distefano
Daniel Qiu
Teddy Winston
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CELEBRATING NO NAME-CALLING WEEK, JANUARY 22-24, 2019
This is the first year Longfellow Middle School will be organizing national No Name-Calling Week! Sponsored by the students of Sources of Strength and GSA, this week is structured to bring awareness and support to end name-calling and bullying in schools.
Originally founded in 2004 with Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, and evaluated by GLSEN research, No Name-Calling Week was inspired by James Howe’s novel, The Misfits, about students who, after experiencing name-calling, run for student council on a No Name-Calling platform.
The week is rooted in the idea of #KindnessInAction — not merely recognizing the importance of kindness, but actively adding kindness into our every action!
Each day students are being encouraged to participate in a themed awareness day with a chance to win a prize in their 1st period class.
Tuesday, January 22nd - School Pride Day: We are all unique and different, but we at least have one similarity: we are members of the Longfellow community. Wear blue or rainbow to show your Longfellow pride.
Wednesday, January 23rd - Wear Red Day: Red signifies a stop sign and is a message to stop name calling and bullying.
Thursday, January 24th - Team Up Against Bullying: Wear your favorite sport, team, or club jersey.
SCREENAGERS MOVIE AT LONGFELLOW
Monday, January 28, 6 p.m.
Lecture Hall
Are your teenagers spending too much time in front of screens? Wonder how this is affecting their development including the effects on the brain? SCREENAGERS is a movie developed by primary care physician and documentary filmmaker Dr. Delaney Ruston as she identifies the issues and effects of too much screen time on our teens and their developing brains. Bring the entire family to this important movie event with a panel discussion immediately following the movie. SCREENAGERS is about the impact of the digital age on children and how to help them minimize harmful effects and find balance. After seeing the film, teens and parents feel more confident and better equipped to establish balance around screen time. Our panel discussion will include members of the school and local mental health community and offer insights and advice on how to minimize the impact of too much screen time on our teenagers. Come hear what people who work with our teens everyday are seeing in their practices and in our school community. This movie is appropriate for anyone age 10 and older.
We are offering to pre-order Domino's pizza and chicken to make it easier for families to attend. Click here to pre-order your dinner and show up anytime between 6:00 - 6:30 p.m. to eat before the movie. You do not want to miss this important movie and discussion.
For further information about SCREENAGERS, please visit their website.
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ALL CHOCOLATE LOVERS!!
The McLean High Interact Club and the Rotary Club of McLean are partnering to hold McLean's eighth annual chocolate festival on Sunday, January 27th, from 11-5 PM at the McLean Community Center. The Center will have two rooms devoted to vendors selling anything chocolate: candy, cakes, ice cream, cupcakes, etc. American Heritage, a Mars company, will demonstrate how chocolate was made in the 1750's. MHS Interact Club students will lead children in chocolate-related games. One room will be devoted to live entertainment throughout the day. Admission to the Chocolate Festival is $2. Children aged 3 and under get in free. Twenty-five percent of all proceeds will support local community organizations like the Falls Church-McLean Children's Center, Homestretch, Literacy Council, Timber Lane Elementary School, high school senior scholarships, the Safe Community Coalition's 6th Grade Ethics Days, and many others. For more information, please visit www.McLeanChocolateFestival.com.
EDUCATION FIRST STUDY TOUR
Mr. McElroy is organizing an 11-day whirlwind Education First study tour of Japan, “The Land of the Rising Sun”, scheduled for late June 2019. Tour stops will include Tokyo, Kamakura, Hakone, Odawara, Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima and more! If you are at all interested, please e-mail Mr. McElroy (MBMcElroy@fcps.edu), ASAP. Space is limited!
SUMMER CAMP FAIR
McLean HS
Saturday, February 16, 2019, 3-5:30p.m.
Visit with Day & Residential Camps
Math & Science
Music, Art, Performing Arts
STEM
Sports and Outdoors
Foreign Language
Writing & Journalism
College/Pre-College
Brought to you by the Fairfax County Association for the Gifted, a non-profit, parent-volunteer advocacy group for advanced academic children in Fairfax County.
www.fcag.org
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