CALENDAR EVENTS
November
25 Team Explorers Parent Coffee (Wu/DeShazo/Bafaro) 9:20 a.m.
25-26 No After School Activities
27-29 Thanksgiving Break-No School
December
4 Team Renegades Parent Coffee (Bergstrom/Weidus/Aldrich) 8:25 a.m.
7 Wolftrap Holiday Sing-Along
10 Team Spartans Parent Coffee (Kane/Dinion/Huftalen) 8:25 a.m.
12 Team Islander Parent Coffee (Wilson/Daniels/Bermudez) 7:40 a.m.
13 Winter Band Concert - McLean HS 7:00 p.m.
17 Winter Orchestra Concert – McLean HS 7:00 p.m.
20 No After School Activities
23-31 Winter Break-No School
January
1-3 Winter Break-No School
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
There will be no after school activities Monday, November 25th or Tuesday, November 26th.
THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
As I reflect on Longfellow as a “world class” school, I am so very grateful for our amazing teachers, students, parents, and staff members. I think of all that is positive in our lives. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your hard work and generous contributions which make Longfellow Middle School such a special place to learn and grow. I am appreciative of our incredible staff whose steadfast dedication and constant focus guide our students to success. I’m thankful for our supportive parents who make a tremendous difference in the lives of all our students! Last, but certainly not least, I’m thankful for our students who work hard, take risks, and challenge themselves to do their best every single day! I consider it a tremendous honor to be your principal at Longfellow Middle School. May you all enjoy a festive holiday filled with family, friends, joy, peace, and fun!
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LMS students create new Rubik's cube mosaic in front entranceway display case. (Nicholas Whiteree, Philip Cho, and Lucas Bardella)
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SUPPORT LONGFELLOW LOVE
Top 3 Reasons to support Longfellow Love at Jam-a-Thon:
1) Drop off your student for a good cause
2) Hang out with your middle school friends for a good cause
3) Enjoy some free pizza and snacks for a good cause
Bring $20 cash or check to the door TONIGHT.
Can’t attend? To DONATE CLICK HERE
To learn more about the Longfellow Love Student Assistance Program, click here.
Things to know for attending tonight’s event:
• Must be a LMS student
• Use LMS - front door entrance only
• If your child wants to leave the event before it is over, we expect a parent to meet their child at the door
• Any attendee that steps outside is not allowed back in and will need to be picked up immediately
• No bags/backpacks allowed at the event
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NEWS FROM THE LONGFELLOW LIBRARY
Happy (almost) Thanksgiving Longfellow Community! Ms. Hoyle and Ms. Saladino want to share our GRATITUDE for all the support the Library has received so far this year. All students at LMS attended an orientation to the Library at the start of the school year. Since then we have seen classes for book talks as well as lessons on plagiarism, note taking, citations, research and other research skills. We have enjoyed meeting all of your children and we love discussing their favorite reads. At Longfellow, students have opportunities to visit the library before school, during lunch, during Lancer Time and after school. Students visit the library to read, check out books or use the computers. Coming soon is the Longfellow Book Fair! The Bookfair runs from December 9th-13th and every student will have an opportunity to visit the Bookfair during one of their English classes that week. In order to have a successful bookfair, and raise money for the library, we do need lots of help! Please consider giving the gift of time to help at the LMS Bookfair. The link to the Bookfair Signup Genius is https://tinyurl.com/rv4j7uw.
SPARTAN TEAM COFFEE
Spartan Team Coffee will be held on Tuesday, December 10th in room 110 (Ms. Kane’s Room) from 8:30 – 9:00 am. This is a great opportunity to hear about the curriculum and assignments that your child is working on. We want to bring in the Holiday Cheer! Our team coffee will be a cookie exchange! We encourage parents to bring some cookies to swap with other parents and teachers. We will provide the coffee. We hope to see you there!
8TH GRADE PARTY PLANNING MEETING
8th grade parents, please join us for our first planning meeting on Tuesday, December 3rd, 9am at the Chesterbrook Starbucks. We are seeking volunteers for various tasks such as chaperones, serve food, decorations and clean up. Looking forward to seeing you.
LONGFELLOW HOLIDAY COOKIE BUFFET – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18th
Please consider signing up to bring a delicious home-baked sweet to help our Longfellow teachers and staff celebrate the holidays. Longfellow 8TH Grade students can earn 1 service hour for baking a delicious treat. Please bring your donations to the Food Lab or front office on December 18th by 9:30 a.m. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4FA8AE2EABFA7-holiday3. Thank you and happy baking!
CHINA EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Applications are now open for students to host and/or travel to China in 2020 as part of our very first China Exchange Program at Longfellow Middle School!
We will be welcoming 15-20 students from our partner school in China, from Friday, January 31st to Friday, February 7th, 2020. They will be hosted by Longfellow students and immersed in classes during the week with all programming to be coordinated by our trusted third party Alpha Exchange. For each student hosted, families will receive a $200 stipend or $500 credit towards the China trip during Spring Vacation. The trip will run from Wednesday, April 1st to Saturday, April 11th and cost $3,200 per student ($2,700 or $2,400 for students that hosted 1-2 students). We will visit our partner school and homestay with the Chinese exchange students in Yichang and enjoy 3 days of sightseeing in Beijing, including visits to the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall of China.
Contact Ms. Madeline Coyne (mycoyne@fcps.edu) for more information and signup at this link.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITY
Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, November 28, 2019
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Lewinsville Retirement Residence
1515 Great Falls St.
Here’s an opportunity to participate in the annual community Thanksgiving dinner as a guest or volunteer. All ages are welcome including children, families, young adults, singles, and the elderly who are far from home or without family. There is no cost to participate as the dinner is staffed by volunteers and the meal is provided through generous donations. A link to the dinner information and volunteer opportunities as well as donations can be found at https://www.lewinsville.org/event-items/thanksgiving/. We would love to have Longfellow students and faculty participate in our dinner, whether it is by volunteering, or joining us as we eat with the rest of our community.
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Full Day Absences
Parents are reminded that whenever an absence is anticipated for a future date, such as required family trips, college visits, etc., it must be pre-arranged with the pre-arranged absence form, linked here and also available in the front office. Completed forms should be returned to the main office.
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