This Week at Langley


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

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.

Friday, November 3

  • End of 1st Quarter
  • Two Hour Early Release

Monday, November 6 

  • Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
  • First Day of Winter Sports Tryouts 

Tuesday, November 7 

  • Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff) | Election Day

Friday, November 10

  • Talent Show, Auditorium, 6:30 p.m. 

Monday, November 13 

  • Meet the Coach Night for Winter Sports, 7:00 p.m. 

Tuesday, November 14 

  • Partners for Safe Teen Driving, 6:30 p.m. (doors close promptly at 6:30 p.m.) 

Thursday, November 16 

  • Saxon Service 

Wednesday, November 22 - Friday, November 24

  • Thanksgiving Break 

Tuesday, November 28 

  • Financial Aid Night @ McLean High School, 6:30 p.m. 

 


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Did You Know...

National Drug Take Back Day is October 28th 2023.  Visit our Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Kelly Rankin at Tysons Emergency from 10:00 to 2:00.  


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.

 

Hearing and Vision screening is for all 10th graders and new students to FCPS. Please have your child bring their classes and/or contacts for the screening. 


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.


Upcoming College Access Fairfax Events

Plan to attend a virtual workshop on Paying for College or Scholarship 101. College Access Fairfax and FCPS will present a series of virtual workshops for students and their parents. 

Paying for College - an overview of the financial aid process

  • Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 10:00 AM
  • Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 7:00 PM 

 

Scholarship 101 - an overview of the process for applying for outside scholarships   

  • Saturday, November 18, 2023 at 10:00 AM 
  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7:00 PM

 

To attend any of the workshops, simply click on the appropriate link above.  Links can also be found on the Events calendar on our website:

https://collegeaccessfairfax.org/?utm_campaign_&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery 


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New deadline is on November 17th

Be inspired by this year’s theme “I am Hopeful Because…”

What are you hopeful about? Why are you hopeful?

Unleash your creative potential and compete at school, regional, state and national level.

Explore, create and submit your Original work of Art until November 17th.

Choose one or more categories from Visual Arts, Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Photography, Musical Composition, Special Arts.

For inspiration watch the videos: here

For more information, talk to your English and/or Art teachers, or follow this link A Quick Guide - Reflections 2023, or scan the QR codes on the Reflections posters in the hallways, or email Langleyreflections@gmail.com


Quick Links:


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