Eid Mubarek to those in our Muslim community celebrating! Eid al-Fitr begins at sunset May 2 and marks the end of Ramadan. It is a time of receptions and visits, when friends greet one another, presents are given, new clothes are worn, and the graves of relatives are visited. #OurFCPS

Dress Code Considerations:

As the spring weather brings warmer temperatures, we’d like to work together to ensure that students continue to dress for success during their school day.  We’re asking for your support in speaking with your student and remind them that appropriate dress is expected for the classroom environment.  Students are expected to dress in a manner which does not distract from the educational process.  The exact wording regarding appropriate dress in the Student Rights and Responsibilities document is:

FCPS respects students’ right to express themselves in the way they dress. It is important, however, that their appearance is tasteful and appropriate for a K-12 school setting. Discussion about dress code violations shall be held privately and maintain the dignity of the student.

Clothing and accessories should not:

• Display vulgar, discriminatory, or obscene language or images
• Promote illegal or violent conduct
• Contain threats or gang symbols
• Promote the unlawful use of weapons, alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or drug paraphernalia
• Expose private parts or show an excessive amount of bare skin (see-through clothing)
• Contain studs or chain belts
• Include hats or other head coverings unless worn for significant religious, cultural, or medical purpose

The LHMS faculty and staff appreciate your support in this matter.

As an IB school that values principled action, we take seriously the FCPS expectation that students complete 15 hours of service learning during their time in middle school.  The deadline for this year’s 8^th graders is June 3, though prospective NJHS inductees have an additional hour’s requirement of 5 hours and all 20 of their hours are due by May 2.

 Linked here is a list of ideas, resources, and virtual volunteer opportunities that should help students figure out how to serve if they are still looking for ideas.  This document was shared with students before spring break and you will need to be logged into a student’s @fcpsschools.net account to access.  In addition, students can log hours for their Environmental Stewardship Projects completed in Science 7 and 8^th graders will have an opportunity to earn five hours through a Civics project on political advocacy in May.

 To log hours, students will go to www.fcps.edu/naviance, click Student Log-in, and then click the link to X2Vol.  Students should be sure to respond to all three reflection questions when logging hours.  Any questions can be directed to our IB MYP Coordinator, Chris DelGrosso, at cjdelgrosso@fcps.edu.

Our annual Teacher Appreciation Week is next week, May 2-6. Thank you to all those who have already donated or volunteered to shower our teachers and staff with appreciation! 

We are still in need of baked goods for our Cookie Bar and drinks for Friday's luncheon. If you are able to contribute, please visit our Signup Genius. As always, we're also happy to collect monetary donations that we'll put toward the week's activities. Click here to donate.

If you have questions, please contact Jessica McInerney at jrhansmac@gmail.com. 

Thank you for your support!

We have SOLD OUT of all goody bags! We are so thankful to everyone who donated and purchased. At this time, there are none to sell, but if we get enough interest through PRE-ORDERS we may make more to deliver in May. If you would like to PRE-ORDER, please complete this FORM. Thank you again!

Questions? Contact Mrs. Burke at  ktburke@fcps.edu.

Hughes V Carson May 6^th

Come out to Rachel Carson and support our students as they take on Carson Middle School on Friday, May 6^th. There are 5 games with doors opening at 5:00pm and the last game ending around 9:15pm. Come cheer your Hughes Panthers!  Tickets are $5 and can be purchased using the MySchoolBucks link below or at the door.   If you purchase tickets through MySchoolBucks, please use your printed invoice as your entry ticket.  There will also be snacks, drinks, and pizza for sale. All students need to be picked up by 9:30 PM, so please plan accordingly!

 Link to purchase tickets:

Carson/Hughes Basketball Game Tickets - MySchoolBucks

Register now for 

2022 VIP Summer Camp-Langston Hughes MS

Wednesday, June 29^th – Thursday, July 28^th, 2022

8:00am – 4:00pm

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/sM6Ebqzf1218XMmg7

About VIP Summer Camp:

This camp includes rising 7^th and 8^th grade students who will be attending Hughes, Herndon, Carson Longfellow or Cooper Middle Schools fall of 2022. Our enrollment is based on accepting an equal amount of students from each enrolling middle school.  Registrations will be confirmed by June 1, 2022  and payment will be due that next week ($50.00) via MySchool bucks or a check to your enrolling school.  

Students will participate in a variety of activities including Basketball, Soccer, STEAM, Arts & Crafts, Cooking & Film School    Transportation, breakfast and lunch will also be provided daily. 

Additional STEM opportunities provided by Startfield include:

July 11-15 Engineer for the Week - build a team to design a tech prototype that addresses a social issue in your community and use your influence to create a project with purpose. 

July 18-22  Cybersecurity - learn how to protect computers and discover cyber threats through hands-on labs and gaming exercises used by real-world ethical hackers.

July 25-29 Coding Beats  -  use your creative expression to bring beat-making and coding to life and compete to earn the title Beat MVP.

Congratulations, to the LHMS Odyssey of the Mind team; They did it! the team took 1st place and won the OMer award in their problem/division; therefore, they will now attend the World Finals which are being  held at Iowa State University next month.

The team is respectfully asking the community for assistance; we need to get our set, props, costumes, and the team to Iowa; part of the donations will also go towards their room and board in dorms on campus.

Donations are being accepted on their “Go Fund Me Page” (Link Below)

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It will be an amazing experience for the students to compete with teams from around the world.

The team thanks you for considering!

We are pleased to announce that students now have unlimited access to online tutoring support services through Tutor.com at no cost to families. Tutor.com is available 24/7, through online voice or text chat, and in your student’s preferred language. Student participation is optional, and parents/guardians can opt their students out of accessing the service. You can learn more about Tutor.com on the Tutor.com Online Tutoring Services website.

Students will be able to access Tutor.com via a link in Schoology.  Additional information about how to log in and access a tutor is provided to families via the following instructional videos: 

elementary video and secondary video. Questions not answered in the posted resources may be sent to onlinetutoring@fcps.edu.

This new service will help many Hughes students’ complete assignments, better understand classroom lessons, and be successful.