Langley Calendar
Visit the “Langley Calendar” for events for the 2023 – 2024 school year. Click on the event for additional information. Check back frequently for newly added and updates on events. Bookmark page for future reference.
This Week at Langley
Monday, October 16
- Class of 2027 Dinner, Cafeteria, 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 17
- Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 19
- Saxon Service
- Choir Concert @ Saint Luke Catholic Church, 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 25
- Principal Q & A | PTSA General Membership Meeting, Lecture Hall, 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, October 26
- New/Transfer Families Forum, Lecture Hall, 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
- Band Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Did You Know...
Johns Hopkins Medicine reports, Teens love to label themselves “night owls,” trading stories of all-nighters and sleeping away an entire Saturday. So how much sleep is enough? Teens need 9 to 9½ hours of sleep per night—that’s an hour or so more than they needed at age 10. Why? Teenagers are going through a second developmental stage of cognitive maturation. Additional sleep supports their developing brain, as well as physical growth spurts. It also helps protect them from serious consequences like depression or drug use. Here is the full article from Johns Hopkins Hospital
College Fair
College Fair Sunday, October 15th, 4-7 p.m.
Eagle Bank Arena at George Mason University Approximately 250 colleges and universities
Register at https://bit.ly/fcps2023postsecondary
Upon registration, students will receive a barcode allowing college representatives to retrieve student information electronically. Barcodes can be scanned from mobile devices. Sponsored by the Fairfax County Public Schools Instructional Services Department in coordination with the Office of Admissions at George Mason University.
Virtual Postsecondary Night
Monday, October 16 and Tuesday, October 17, 5:00 p.m.
Join us for Fairfax County Public Schools Two Night Postsecondary Event and participate in one or all of the live virtual sessions. You will learn how to be better prepared for the next chapter of your educational journey.
Click here for more information
Freshman Class Dinner
Monday, October 16th from 6 -7:30pm
Langley High School Cafeteria
Class of 2027 students and their families are invited to mingle and meet our administrator, class sponsors, and other families at the Freshman Class Dinner. Dinner will be catered by Cafe Rio. Tickets are $20 per person and are non-refundable.
Purchase your tickets on My School Bucks by October 12th. This will be one of the only class-wide events of the year, and is our main fundraiser. You won’t want to miss it!
If you are interested in volunteering to help make this event a success, please click the link below to sign-up.
Volunteer Sign Up Link
Saxon Service
Encourage your student to participate in the next Saxon Service on Thurs, Oct 19 during Langley Links. Besides making cards, other activities include making dog and cat toys for area shelters, folding origami cranes for people with cancer, making blankets to support Operation Smile and many more.
Click here for the form to participate, which will allow them to obtain a pass to be released for Saxon Service. Once completed, students can log into x2vol.com to have their service hour verified for credit.
Parents, interested in becoming a Saxon Service volunteer? Contact LHS Family Liaison Julie Zimmerman Hohl at jbzimmerman@fcps.edu.
Parent volunteers needed for hearing & vision screenings:
Please volunteer for the annual hearing and vision screening which will take place on Tuesday, October 24 and Wednesday, October 25. We need 10 volunteers for each class period when the screening will occur. Sign up using this link.
New/Transfer Families
Is your family new to LHS? Did you relocate from another country, state, county or FCPS pyramid? Or from a private school/homeschool program?
Come join Directory of Student Services, Dr. Braden Peterson for a New Family Forum/Q&A on Student Services Resources: meet the Student Services Department including counselors, social worker, school psychologist and career counselor on Thursday, October 26 from 9:00 – 10:00 am in the Lecture Hall. There will be a social coffee starting at 8:30 am. RSVP to LHS Family Liaison, Julie Hohl at jbzimmerman@fcps.edu.
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2023-2024 Standard School Year Calendar
| November 1-2 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos |
| November 3 |
End of First Quarter - 2-hour Early Release |
| November 6 |
Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff) |
| November 7 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff) | Election Day |
| November 11 |
Veterans Day |
| November 12 |
Diwali |
| November 22-24 |
Holidays | Thanksgiving Break |
| December 7 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Chanukah (begins sundown 12/7-sundown 12/15) |
| December 8 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Bodhi Day |
| December 18-31 |
Holidays | Winter Break |
| December 25 |
Christmas |
| January 1, 2024 |
Holiday | New Year's Day |
| January 6 |
Three Kings Day/Epiphany |
| January 7 |
Orthodox Christmas |
| January 15 |
Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday |
| January 19 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Epiphany |
| January 25 |
End of Second Quarter - 2-hour Early Release |
| January 26 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff - Option to work at an alternate location) |
| February 10 |
Lunar New Year |
| February 14 |
Ash Wednesday |
| February 19 |
Holiday | Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day |
| March 5 |
Presidential Primary (tentative) |
| March 11 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 3/10 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 4/9) |
| March 20 |
Orthodox Ash Wednesday |
| March 22 |
End of Third Quarter |
| March 25-29 |
Holidays | Spring Break |
| March 29 |
Good Friday |
| March 31 |
Easter |
| April 1 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff) |
| April 2 |
Student Holiday (Staff Development Day for Staff) |
| April 9 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Eid al Fitr (begins sundown 4/9 – sundown 4/10) |
| April 10 |
Holiday | Eid al Fitr (begins sundown 4/9 – sundown 4/10) |
| April 22 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | First evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/22 - sundown 4/30) |
| April 23 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Second evening of Passover |
| April 24 |
Religious and Cultural Observance | Theravada New Year |
| May 3 |
Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff ) |
| May 5 |
Orthodox Easter |
| May 27 |
Holiday | Memorial Day |
| June 3 |
Class of 2024 Graduation Day |
| June 12 |
Last Day of School / Early Release |
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