This Week at Langley


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School Year Events for 2024-2025 SY

Visit the “Langley Calendar” for events for the 2024-2025 school year. Click on the event for additional information. Bookmark page for future reference. You can also visit the Langley High School website under events


This Week at Langley 

Monday, October 14 

  • Staff Development Day (Student Holiday) 

Friday, October 18 

  • Saxon Service 
  • Principal Q & A | PTSA General Membership Meeting, Lecture Hall, 9:00 a.m. 
  • PTSA/Leadership Family Tailgate, Upper Parking Lot, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Monday, October 28

  • Senior Portrait Photos

Tuesday, October 29

  • Senior Portrait Photos
  • Orchestra Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 30

  • Senior Portrait Photos
  • Band Concert, Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 31

  • End of 1st Quarter | 2 Hour Early Release

Friday, November 1

  • Holiday (Schools closed)

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College Visits

Check Langley High School's website for a list of College Visits the week of October 14th.

College Visits 

 

Please check Naviance for the most up to date list of college visits

These visits are only for students in the Class of 2025 and Class of 2026


Vision and Hearing Screening for Sophomores 

The Vision and hearing Screenings will be on October 16th and 17th for all Sophomores.

Students will need to bring reading glasses with them on the day of the screening.

If you are available to volunteer, click on the link below.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040B44ACA722A02-51518996-langley#/


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Come on out! Wear white and get PINKED OUT at the Family TailgateFri, Oct 18, 5:30–6:30 pm in the Upper Bus Loop Parking Lot just prior to the LHS v. Yorktown football game.

All LHS students, parents and siblings are invited to attend this free social event filled with music, games, giveaways and more. 

Note: the tailgate activities are free but you will need a ticket to enter the football game. Student and adult volunteers are needed to support this fun event. Sign up https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4FA9A823A2F4C25-51844795-2024


Attendance Reporting

  • All Day Absences: The Attendance feature in ParentVUE is the FCPS secure web solution for reporting all day absences.

    Partial Absence: To report late arrivals, early dismissals, or to update already submitted attendance, please email  LangleyHSAttendance@fcps.edu.

How to Report an Absence Through ParentVUE


2024-2025 Back To School Packet

Available on the PTSA website at this link.

Information available listed below and more... 

  • Join the PTSA 
  • Class Letters
  • Reflections Contest 
  • Sign up for Langley eNews
  • Visit site for additional flyers from Orchestra, Saxon Stage, Saxon Scope, Yearbooks, Crew, Academic Boosters, Athletic Boosters..... 

FCPS College Fair

Date: Sunday, October 20, 2024 Time: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Location: Eagle Bank Arena at George Mason University, 4500 Patriot Cir, Fairfax, VA 22030

Link for information and registration: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/college-career-planning/college-education-planning/events-college-and-career-planning

The College Fair is designed to connect high school students with opportunities in postsecondary education. It is one of the largest College Fairs in the region. It features 200 colleges and universities from around the nation as well as representatives from the U.S. Service Academies. Each year the College Fair draws thousands of students and their families.


Virtual Postsecondary Nights

Dates: Monday, October 21, 2024, and Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Times: Sessions are at 5, 6, and 7 p.m. A two-night virtual event featuring live sessions each night! Join us and learn how to be better prepared for the next chapter of your educational journey.

Link for information: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/college-career-planning/college-education-planning/events-college-and-career-planning

Registration: Prior registration is not required. All students and their families are welcome to participate in one or all of the virtual sessions. The virtual session links will be published one week before the start date.


National PTA Reflections

Consider this year’s Reflection’s theme “Accepting Imperfection” and create Art that reflects the theme!

Click here for additional information. 


PTSA Directory 

A to Z Connect manages the private student directory for the exclusive use of Langley High School students, parents and staff.  If you would like to be included in the school directory, you need to login to your A to Z account and confirm what information you would like available. This is not shared publicly, it's a resource for students, parents, and staff.

https://ptsalangley.membershiptoolkit.com/

A printed version of the directory will be available for a cost of $20.  Once the online directory has been updated and the printed copies are produced, they will be available for purchase at the PTSA meetings.  The PTSA will also communicate other events when the directories will be available for purchase.

Questions? Contact Tonia Powell

LHS Directory Committee

toniampowell@gmail.com


Health and Wellness Updates

Emergency Resources

Crisis Link Regional Hotline            703-527-4077

Crisis Text                                       Text NEEDHELP to 85511

Dominion Hospital Emergency       703-536-2000

INOVA Emergency                         703-289-7560

Merrifield Center Emergency         703-573-5979  TTY dial 711

Life Threatening                             911

No-Cost Virtual Therapy for High School Students

Virtual therapy sessions are available to FCPS high school students at no cost to provide them with a safe space to address concerns such as:

  • Mood/behavior changes, motivation, grief/loss
  • Anxiety, worry, fears
  • Social skills, bullying, peer and family relationships
  • Academic stress

Quick Links:


*2024-2025 Standard School Year Calendar 


October 14 Student Holiday | Indigenous Peoples’ Day (Staff Development Day) 
October 31 End of First Quarter - 2-hour Early Release 
November 1 Holiday | Diwali
November 1-2 Religious and Cultural Observance | All Saints Day / Día de los Muertos
November 4 Student Holiday (School Planning Day for Staff)
November 5 Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff) | Election Day
November 11 Holiday | Veterans Day
November 27-29 Holidays | Thanksgiving Break
December 8 Religious and Cultural Observance | Bodhi Day
December 23 - January 5

Holidays | Winter Break

Holidays | Winter Break

December 25 | Christmas

December 25 - January 2 Religious and Cultural Observance | Chanukah (begins sundown 12/25 - sundown January 2)

January 1 - Holiday | New Year's Day 

January 6 Religious and Cultural Observance | Three Kings Day/Epiphany
January 7 Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Christmas
January 19 Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Epiphany
January 20 Holiday | Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday 
January 20 Holiday | Inauguration Day
January 28 End of Second Quarter
January 29 Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day) 
January 29 Lunar New Year
February 17 Holiday | Washington’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day
February 28 Religious and Cultural Observance | Ramadan (begins sundown 2/28 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/30)
March 1 First Full Day of Ramadan (begins sundown 2/28 and continues with daily fast and nightly prayer until 3/30)
March 5 Ash Wednesday
March 5 Orthodox Ash Wednesday
March 20 Nowruz
March 28 End of Third Quarter
March 31 Holiday | Eid al Fitr (begins sundown 3/30 – sundown 3/31)
April 1 Student Holiday (Teacher Work Day for Staff) 
April 12 Religious and Cultural Observance | First evening of Passover (begins sundown 4/12 - sundown 4/20)
April 13 Theravada New Year
April 14-18 Holidays | Spring Break
April 18 Good Friday
April 18 Religious and Cultural Observance | Orthodox Good Friday
April 20 Easter
April 20 Orthodox Easter
May 26 Holiday | Memorial Day
June 7 Eid-al-Adha (begins sundown 6/6 - sundown 6/7)
June 11 Last Day of School / Early Release (time of early release determined by each school)
June 12 Staff Development Day
June 13 School Planning Day
June 16-17 Teacher Workdays
June 19 Holiday | Juneteenth