This Week at Langley

LANGLEY CALENDAR

All events listed below are available on the “Langley Calendar”.  You can click on the event for additional information.

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Monday, February 15

-President’s Day Holiday

Tuesday, February 16

-New Bell Schedule begins (8:20 a.m. – 2:50 p.m.)

-Blindspot Book Discussion, 7:30 p.m. 

Thursday, February 25

-Asynchronous Learning

Friday, February 26

-Asynchronous Learning

Tuesday, March 2

-In-Person Instruction Group 8 begins: Grades 9, 12

Friday, March 5

-Two Hour Early Release

Monday, March 8

-Staff Development (Student Holiday)

Tuesday, March 9

-In-Person Instruction Group 8 begins: Grades 10, 11

Wednesday, March 10

-PTSA General Membership/Principal’s Coffee, 9:30 a.m.

Did You Know…John Hopkins University provides tips for managing anxiety for return for school. “Keep in mind that anxiety is contagious, and we need to keep ourselves calm and have a strategy for speaking with our children and preparing for this school year. “ Here are some strategies  for all age groups.

Class of 2021 Senior Social

Friday, February 19th from 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Langley is hosting a Senior Social in the school's parking lot from 3:30-4:30pm on Friday, February 19th. We want all of our Seniors to come to the  parking lot to socialize and catch up with each other. Chairs will be placed 6 feet apart, so Seniors can catch up with their friends in an outdoor socially distant space, or hang out in their cars. We recommend that they dress warmly and bring a blanket. Seniors can grab a treat when they enter and reconnect with their classmates and teachers.

Hope to see all the seniors there!

The Class of 2021 Team

Mr. O’Rourke, Ms. Huang, and Mr. Sykes 

FCPS-issued Laptops

As we prepare for our Saxons to return to the building, please be sure that you are using your FCPS-issued laptop regularly. FCPS laptops are optimized to work on the school network, unlike devices you may be using at home. Additionally, many school programs and tests are required to be run on your FCPS laptop. If you have not been using your FCPS laptop regularly, please begin doing so now to prepare yourself to bring it every day you are in the building. If your laptop requires updates, drive to the nearest FCPS school and turn the laptop on in the parking lot. The laptop will connect to the FCPS network and download important updates. Please submit an IT request if you are having difficulty with your school laptops.

Online vs. In-person Instruction

To view your decision, please be sure to log-in to ParentVue on a computer (the app version on mobile devices does not show this information) and click on the Student Info tab.  Your decision can be found near the bottom of the page. 

If you would like to request a change in your status, please use the link below.  ALL requests MUST be submitted through the link below.  At this time, we are unable to accommodate students moving from online to in-person instruction however, we will create a waitlist to review if/when conditions allow.  Should we be able to accommodate your request, we will follow up with you accordingly.

SY20-21 Instructional Method Change Request (Late): https://forms.gle/THr3g8VCZQDWukG16

The 2021 Credit Exam for World Languages will take place in March of 2021.  Students who take the credit exam have the opportunity to earn up to three (3) credits, based on demonstrated proficiency.

Thirty (30) languages will be assessed via the FCPS Credit Exam.  In order to offer the test in all languages while maintaining a safe testing environment, some languages will be tested online and some will be tested in person.

• These languages will be tested online between March 2, 2021 and March 10, 2021:  Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
• These languages will be tested in person on March 13, 2021 and March 20, 2021 (Saturdays):  Amharic, ASL, Bengali, Farsi, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Somali, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Urdu and Vietnamese.

Registration opens Monday, February 8, 2021, at 8:00 a.m.  Additional Information can be found here: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/world-languages/credit-exam-world-languages.

All students must register for the exam through their school counselor by February 26, 2021. Late registrations will not be accepted.

SIS Parent Account - Weekly Progress Report Emails

Quick Reference for Parents

All parents/guardians of MS and HS students who have registered for a SIS ParentVUE Account and have a primary email address recorded in SIS ParentVUE can receive Weekly Progress Reports via email. This report provides a summary of your student(s) grades for the current quarter. To activate the Weekly Progress Reports via email, login to your SIS ParentVUE Account and first verify that you have a primary email address within the system. It is listed under the “My Account” tab. If it is blank, enter the email address where you would like to receive the progress reports and click on update account. Once confirmed, parents/guardians are able to activate and select their preferences for receiving these reports within the SIS ParentVUE “My Account” tab. Weekly progress reports for all of your middle and high school students will be included in one email.

Virtual Parent Education Series COMING SOON!

Substance Abuse Prevention

Tune into this three-part Parent Education Series on Substance Abuse Prevention hosted by FCPS Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist, Kelly Rankin. The series will provide three 20-minute sessions for parents about the development of the teenage brain, impact of drugs on its development, and current drug trends. Each session is offered twice; choose the time that works best for you!  With a goal of building awareness and arming parents with the knowledge and tools to identify early signs of substance use, the series will explore parents' role in prevention, including how to have an effective conversation with your child about addiction. Click here to join a session on the following dates and times: 

Part 1 - Teenage Brain: Building Connections on February 25, 2021 at noon and 7pm

Part 2 - Drugs and the Teenage Brain on March 25, 2021 at noon and 7pm

Part 3 - Drug Trends: Identifying Common Household Items and Drug Culture on April 22, 2021 at noon and 7pm Kelly Rankin serves as a resource for students and parents with questions or concerns about substance use or addiction. She can be reached at Krankin@fcps.edu or 703-287-2744.

The Langley, Cooper, and Churchill Road  PTSA/PTO Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) committees are commemorating Black History Month (February) with the 28 Days of Equity Awareness project. We invite participants to check out this list of 28 short readings, videos, and podcasts, and complete as many as possible. Our goal is to begin a conversation in which we investigate perspectives from marginalized voices. We hope you’ll join us.

During the month, on each Friday at noon, we will hold Friday Reflections lunch discussions, providing a safe space for reflection on the material. To attend, RSVP via this form: https://forms.gle/xbXWAcPXkF2ahixt9

NOTE: On February 16, 2021 at 7:30 pm, we will hold a pyramid-wide book club meeting on the first 7 chapters of the book Blindspot, by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald. Those chapters are among the selections on our 28-day list. To RSVP for the book club, please complete this form:

https://forms.gle/AmcuAgzoXbK6EM1i9

Action Requested: Help save trees and FCPS $$ on postage by opting in to receive “Paperless” Report Cards (that can be printed through ParentVUE)

Parents/Guardians may opt into “Go Paperless” for report cards by following the below instructions:

• Parents/Guardians can take advantage of the paperless option, by logging into ParentVUE, then going to “My Account” and selecting "Go Paperless!". This is the only way to keep a paper report card from being generated for students at the secondary level. All parents who share the same address as the student must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option.

Fairfax County Public Schools Standard Calendar for School Year 2020-21

Click here to view and download the FCPS Standard Calendar for School Year 2020 - 2021

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