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freshmen
Our first
Parent Coffee will be
Oct 7, 9 am at Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike. Principal
Fred Amico and Assistant Principal
Mark Penn will talk about helping you and your child adjust to their first year at Langley. This will be a great forum for parents to have questions answered.
Next week is
Homecoming Week. If you ordered a class t-shirt, ask your child to pick it up during lunch Mon-Wed. We still have a few extra t-shirts, so please submit your
class dues form soon to reserve a shirt.
Don't miss out on
Class News! Please sign up for the
Class of 2019 Google group. To join, click
here for our PTSA Class of 2019 website, then click on "Class of 2019 Google Group." Make sure you indicate you want to receive ALL emails sent to the group.
Tickets can still be purchased at the discounted price for the
Class Dinner and Fundraiser on
Wed, Oct 14. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Come and hear
David Kraus, Dean of Admissions at
Davidson College, speak about preparing for college admissions. See
flyer for more details.
Please send in your
class dues form! For your convenience, the form can be found
here.
Please remember to
pay your class dues. Dues must be paid before your student can participate in senior year events, including field trips and graduation. The form is available on our class page
here.
The
deadline to submit college application information contained in the Senior Handbook for
Early Action is this Fri,
Oct 2. Check the Senior Handbook for details; it's been posted to our class
website.
Distribution of Spirit Week T-shirts will take place during all
lunches on
Oct 5-7
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Senior Swag on
Oct 6-7. Please remind your students pick up their Spirit Week t-shirts as they will need to wear them on
Thurs, Oct 8 for the
pep rally,
senior panoramic photo and
senior picnic.
We need a few volunteers to help with the
Senior Picnic
Senior field trip to Dave and Buster's is
Wed, Oct 14! Permission slips were due
Sept 28. Download slips
here. Please turn in all late permission forms to
Ms. Stankiewicz in room 217 ASAP!
Our first
Senior Class Coffee will be
Fri, Oct 16 at
Trinity United Methodist Church, 1205 Dolley Madison Blvd, McLean (use Main Office entrance, and go upstairs to Langley Hall). Please note this is a
NEW LOCATION. Coffee will be served at 9:20 am, and the
program begins at
9:30 am.
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quick links
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Activities
703.287.2750
Attendance Line
703.287.2727
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Tomorrow kicks off
Homecoming Spirit Week 2015! Students will get a head start on showing their
Saxon Pride when the school's
Spirit Video
is shown during 7th block.
Langley students LOVE Homecoming! They go all out for
Spirit Week, and over half the school attends the dance. And yes, many of them do actually dance. Most kids attend in groups, and they have a blast! Encourage your student to take part in all the
Homecoming festivities listed below.
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Mon, Oct 5: Mathlete vs Athlete
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Tues, Oct 6:
Rave (aka "neon," had to ask the kids about that one)
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Wed, Oct 7: Hawaiian
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Thurs, Oct 8: Tie-dyed
"Class of..." t-shirts for the
pep rally
The annual
Powder Puff football game,
Junior Girls vs. Senior Girls, is Thursday night at 7 pm. The game is open to any 11th and 12th grade girls not playing a fall sport. Students must see
Ms. Hamilton or
Mrs. Conrad for permission forms. Juniors have
Coaches Mye, Sronce, and
Velin; seniors get
Coaches Healy, Kelly, and
Whitehorne. Should be an epic battle!
Friday, Oct 9 is a
teacher workday. No school for kids! Parents, a great time to schedule doctors' appts and haircuts!
Friday night at 7, it's Langley vs. Washington-Lee. Students should wear their tie-dyed class t-shirt and anything-and-everything tie dyed.
The theme for Saturday's
dance, which is put on by the school's student leaders, is
"Under the Sea." The dance is held at the school from
8-11 pm. Tickets will be sold during lunches this week for $10. The price goes up to $15 next week, and $20 at the door. Also during lunch next week, kids will vote for the
Homecoming Court, which will be recognized during halftime of the football game.
We want the kids to have an awesome week, and
a fun, memorable, safe Homecoming. After this, there are only three more weeks left in the first quarter! YIKES, where did the time go?
~ Terri Markwart,
PTSA President
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The Homecoming Dance is coming together beautifully, but the students in the Leadership class who plan and host still need a little help from parents. Take tickets or check coats -- and get a brief, privileged parental view into the dance. (Tell your kids you won't have time to embarrass them because they'll only see you for 30 seconds on the way in.) Please visit this
SignUp Genius and volunteer. This year's theme is "Under the Sea."
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Did you receive your link to the directory? Student data for this year's directory is being verified online.
All registered students are already included in the directory. You should have received an email from Langley HS Directory which includes your login information and link to the directory website. If you haven't received this email, please contact
langleydirectory@gmail.com right away (please do not reply to the school). This means we don't have a valid email address for you and will be glad to assist you with updating your account. If you registered for school after
Sept 15, we need to add you to the directory.
All students are included in the directory. It's very important that you sign in and verify your family and student information as soon as possible. You must log in to make changes or corrections before the directory is printed. If you don't want to be included in the directory,
you must opt out after logging in to your account.
All data not verified will print as is.
Thank you for taking the time to update your information.
The deadline to verify your information or opt out of the directory is Oct 9. For questions or assistance, email
langleydirectory@gmail.com.
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Halloween CandyGrams are a fun way to send a treat to your favorite student(s) or faculty members. They are only $5 each. Proceeds support the
2016 All-Night Graduation Party (ANGP), an all-night, fun-filled event designed to celebrate this milestone with a safe, alcohol-free, drug-free graduation night party for the Class of 2016.
Click
here for full details and an order form, or download it from your class page on the PTSA website. Orders must be received by
Oct 26! Make someone your sweetie with your support of ANGP!
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more golf greats: Langley's girls' golf team won the
Liberty District Girls Golf Championship!
cheer:
JV and Varsity cheer teams traveled to Richmond this past Saturday to compete in the Cosby Cheer Challenge.
Varsity placed 3rd overall with a fantastic performance! Great job, both teams!
dance: Support the dance team in the following
fundraisers! Proceeds will be used to travel to the
Nationals Dance Competition in Florida:
- Enjoy delicious fall treats at our bake sale on Sat, Oct 17 from 11 am til 4 pm at the Great Falls Safeway and the McLean CVS
- Eat at the Silver Diner in Tysons on Oct 21 from 5-8 pm as the dance team "runs the diner"
- Get your dance team t-shirt "Here for the Half-time Show," at the front entrance to football games
field hockey: The Lady Saxons (4-3 in regular season play) were runners-up in this fall's Herndon Invitational Tournament in early September, losing a heartbreaking final 1-0 to Herndon after three convincing victories in earlier matches. Midfielder
Morgan Kuligowski, was named the tournament's MVP, and she, along with
Mackenzie Regen and
Jackie Kotoriy, won
All-Tournament Team honors.
Oct 7 is Senior Night for field hockey!
Visit
langleysports.org
for updated game schedules, field directions, and other information. Come out and support your fellow Saxons!
Visit
langleyboosters.org
for membership, booster wear, Saxon sales and sponsorships.
Follow us on Twitter @langleysports.org.
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 Purposely coinciding with the first day of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
Carine McCandless, Fairfax County native and author of
The Wild Truth, is speaking
Thurs, Oct 1 at 6 pm at the TJHSST Auditorium (6560 Braddock Road). The public is invited. Ms. McCandless's brother,
Chris McCandless, was the subject of
Jon Krakauer's 1996 book
Into the Wild. Proceeds from her book will go to
Shelter House for victims of domestic violence. For more information on Ms. McCandless and her motivation for writing
The Wild Truth, click
here.
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shop and raise money for lhs
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Please take a few minutes to enable Langley to earn money while you shop. All the info and helpful links you need are outlined below. We have several programs in place; each one has its own rules and sign-up process. Contact
Elizabeth Trumbull at
elizabeth.trumbull@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
introducing amazon smile for ptsa:
You asked for it . . . regular Amazon shoppers, link your Amazon account to the
Langley PTSA Amazon Smile account. We'll receive 0.5% on all qualifying purchases if you purchase via
smile.amazon.com. It's easy to use and does not have the restrictive limitations on qualifying purchases associated with our Amazon affiliate program. To link your Amazon account, click
here and follow the prompts.
new process for giant fundraising: Giant no longer allows third parties to link their cards to schools. So, we're counting on
you to link your cards! Please click
here and enter the first three letters of your last name and your Giant card number. If you don't know it, call the Giant hotline at
1-877-366-2668, option 2. Langley's school ID is
01995. Please register your card by
Oct 9 when the
Giant A+ School Rewards program begins for this year. Every purchase you make at Giant earns money for Langley. Last year, we earned over $13K with only 430 cards registered. This year, our goal is $15K with 500 cards registered.
Take five minutes to register your card today! Please ask your family, friends and neighbors to link their cards to Langley as well.
harris teeter: VIC cards must be re-linked each year. If you didn't provide your VIC card number as part of the
AtoZ Directory process, please link your card today! If you know your VIC card number you can re-link the card
here. Langley's school ID is
5420. If you don't know your VIC card number, email the last name and phone number associated with your card to
lhs.ptsa.fundraising@gmail.com and we will link it for you. If you prefer, you may call Harris Teeter at 1-800-432-6111, option 2. Earnings have started for Harris Teeter, so please link your card today! Last year we earned $1800 with 170 cards linked. Our goal for this year is $2500 with 250 cards linked.
safeway: Unfortunately, Safeway has discontinued their school rewards program. If possible, please shop at Giant with your card linked to Langley so we can continue to earn money from the dollars you spend on groceries!
target red card: If you have a
Target Red Card, please click
here to link your card to Langley. Our school ID is
103662. This program will only continue through May 2016, but we appreciate every dollar contributed between now and then. Langley earns 1% of all purchases made using your linked Red Card.
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LHS is going through
an external review for re-accreditation through the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Colleges and universities value this accreditation as part of their admission process, and it is important to our community as it validates the performance of our school.
As part of this re-accreditation process, Langley is conducting
a parent survey which will be used to help assess our overall academic program and guide our decisions in making improvements.
The administration values your opinion. Please take the time to complete this survey by clicking
here. Your responses to this survey will be anonymous, and your honest opinion is appreciated. The survey window closes
Oct 16. And thank you!
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what happens after graduation
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Future Quest 2015 is a free college and career event for middle school and high school students with disabilities, their families, and adult professionals who work with them. Future Quest features more than 70 sessions and exhibits related to successful life after high school such as:
Options After High School, Self-Advocacy, College Support, Assistive Technology, and many others.
The Resource Fair will give participants the opportunity to browse community supports and services and better understand available resources as they transition to life after high school. Future Quest 2015 will be held
Sat, Nov 14, 8 am-3 pm in the Johnson Center on the Fairfax campus of
George Mason University. For more information and to register, please click
Future Quest.
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fairfax county election news
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fairfax county meet and greet candidate forum: On
Wed, Oct 14 at 7 pm, at the McLean Community Center, all certified candidates campaigning for office in the district have been invited to a question-and-answer session. Presented by the Fairfax County Council of PTAs and the League of Women Voters, the forum will allow interaction with the candidates. For more information, click
here.
meet county and dranesville candidates: On
Mon, Oct 19 at 6:30 at The Grange on Georgetown Pike, meet candidates for Dranesville and At-large School Board members. Candidates for other county positions such as Clerk, Commonwealth Attorney and Sheriff will also be present.
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Senior Early Decision deadline for Langley paperwork |
Oct 6
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Q1 interims
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Oct 7
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Freshman parent coffee, 9 am
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Oct 9
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Student holiday
Homecoming football game, 7 pm
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Oct 10
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Homecoming Dance
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Oct 12
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Columbus Day holiday
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Oct 14
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PSAT / 2-hour dismissal
Senior field trip
Sophomore class dinner
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Oct 16
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Senior parent coffee, 9:30 am |
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FCPS College Night, Fair Oaks mall, 7:30-9:30 pm |
| Oct 19 |
FCPS College Night, Hayfield school, 7-9 pm
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Choral Concert, Providence Baptist Church |
| Oct 26 |
NCAA informational meeting, McLean HS, 7:30 pm |
Oct 28
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Principal's coffee and PTSA meeting, 9 am at Cooper MS
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Oct 30
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Two-hour early dismissal
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Nov 2-3
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Student holidays (teacher workdays)
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