Welcome Saxon families! The school year got off to a great start on Monday with the WJLA cameras at Langley to capture the enthusiastic greeting that Otto the Saxon, our marching band, cheerleaders and dance team provided to our students as they arrived for the first day of the 2022-2023 school year. Watch it here.

While Monday was the official start of school, the school has been quite busy the last few weeks. The PTSA Hospitality Committee hosted a delicious breakfast for our teachers. Last Thursday, the Langley administrators, class parents and the PTSA Family Network Committee welcomed Freshmen and transfer families with an orientation designed to ease their transition into LHS.  

Even if you are not new to Langley, the LHS Return to School forms list and the PTSA Back to School forms packet are essential checklists to help your family stay organized at the beginning of the school year. A special thank you to the PTSA Back to School Packet committee who coordinated the PTSA documents, which include quick links and info for:

Signing up for eNews and attending the General Membership Meetings will keep you well informed throughout the school year. Mark your calendar for the first General Membership Meeting on Sept 28 at 9:30 am in the Lecture Hall.

Fall sports are now in full swing! Come out and support all of our fall sports including volleyball, field hockey, football, cross country and golf. If you come to the football game on Friday night you will also be able to see our terrific marching band, cheerleaders and dance team! There is something going on nearly every day. Visit the Langley Athletics website to get all the latest information. 

~ Jamie H. Loving, PTSA President 

Back-to-School packets are available online. Take a moment to browse the materials here.

return to school forms: The LHS Return to School webpage is your one-stop site for info on required and optional forms, Schoology, the bell schedule and more.

digital resources: Parents, please complete the Digital Resources Parent Consent form. LHS teachers use numerous digital resources in class and for homework, and parental consent is required for students to use them. Review the Langley list of digital resources requiring parental consent at this link and complete the consent form here. More info about approved digital resources can be found on the FCPS website.

bell schedule and calendar: See the bell schedule here and print out the Green/Gold schedule here for a handy reference throughout the year.

Spirit Week and Homecoming are early this year, Sept 6-10! The Student Government Association and Class Officers plan daily spirit activities throughout the week, culminating in the Homecoming Game on Sept 9 and the Homecoming Dance on Sept 10.

Get your ticket now for HoCo 2022! The dance is on Sat, Sept 10, 8 - 10:30 pm, in Langley Hall and the Courtyard. Tickets are $20 per student and may be purchased through MySchoolBucks until Fri, Sept 9.

If your student would like to bring a guest who is not enrolled at Langley, they must submit a completed guest form to Mrs. Hamilton or Mrs. Conrad, via their mailboxes in the main office. The form is in the MySchoolBucks link.

Due to the early date of Homecoming this year, t-shirts will not be ready in time for Spirit Week and Homecoming. The new distribution date is in October, in time for the Langley vs. McLean crosstown rivalry football game. The design of the t-shirt will be such that it can be worn throughout the year for any LHS vs MHS event! Pay your student’s Class Activity Fee by Oct 2 to secure their class t-shirt. Don’t forget to indicate their t-shirt size! T-shirts will be ordered on Oct 2, after which no additional orders will be taken. Don’t miss out! Pay your student’s Class Activities Fee today thru MySchoolBucks.

We are in need of 12 parent volunteers to help out at the Homecoming Dance on Sept 10 from 7:45 – 9:45 pm. The volunteers will be checking in students who have purchased tickets on MySchoolBucks. Click here to volunteer. We appreciate your help so our students can have a terrific time!

Saxon Stage is gearing up for a fun new theatre season and isn’t wasting time! The fall play this year is the hilarious comedy The Man Who Came To Dinner by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The play sets up as Sheridan Whiteside, having dined at the home of the Stanleys, slips on their doorstep and breaks his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follows. The Stanley’s living room is monopolized by the irascible invalid Sheridan Whiteside, who invites an array of characters to the Stanley household.

Open Call auditions are being held Aug 30 and Aug 31 from 3 - 6 pm in the Black Box (room 1136). View the audition flyer and use the QR code that links you to the sign-up and audition materials.

The Tech Call application is open for students to sign up and help with tech crew (lights, sound, construction, marketing, front of house, and more). Use the QR code on the tech flyer and fill out an application today. The deadline to sign up for tech is Aug 30.

Be on the lookout for our first production of the year! Performance dates are Oct 13 - 16.

Your annual membership and donation dollars enable the PTSA to help support and enrich the student experience at Langley. From classroom teaching tools, supplemental curriculum materials, school improvements (like the umbrellas in the courtyard), continuing education programs for teachers, staff appreciation events, support for the music and performing arts programs (such as instruments for the marching band and video projection equipment), service learning opportunities and much more. Your support helps to provide many items and opportunities for our students that wouldn’t otherwise be possible.

Note: Membership needs to be renewed annually, and PTSA dues are separate from class activity fees. Thanks for your support!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the New Family Forum/Q&A this morning with Principal Greer and Director of Student Services, Braden Peterson. Our next event will be a social on Sept 9 from 5:30-7 pm in the Amphitheater, just before the Homecoming football game. Please join us for some conversation, food and fun!

Click here to learn more and to sign up to receive New Family newsletters and here to join. Questions? Email LHSNewFamilyNetwork@gmail.com. 

Juniors and seniors with a 3.5 weighted grade point average or above are invited to apply to the National Honor Society. The application is posted on the NHS Applicants Schoology Course page, along with all the specifics related to the requirements. Students can access the NHS Schoology Course by using the code 7PB6-5SZK-W6PH9. Applications are due no later than Oct 2. Seniors who were inducted last year do not need to re-apply. Questions? Email Melinda Conner at mbconner@fcps.edu or Kat Stankiewicz at kastankiewic@fcps.edu.

Langley’s Marching Saxons spent the first weeks of August in marching band camp learning their new show, The Power of Three, featuring music from Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony, Saint-Saens’ Symphony No. 3, La Forza del Destino by Verdi, Nothing by Bruno Major, and Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. Last Friday, they previewed the entire show for family members.

Come catch a performance at one of our Langley home football games! The Marching Saxons perform during halftimes and the pep band always amps up the atmosphere throughout the games. The first home game is tomorrow, Aug 26, when the Saxons take on Yorktown! Other home games this year are on Sept 2, Sept 9, Oct 7, and Oct 21. And the Langley pep band will be at the game when Langley takes on McLean at McLean HS on Nov 4.

Welcome rising 9th grade and transfer families! We invite parents and students to sign up now for the Langley eNews, to be up-to-the-minute on important news for Langley families and the community.

Please forward this issue of eNews to any new families to Langley with a note to sign-up for eNews using this link! It’s also posted on the LHS PTSA newsletter page. Note: sign up using personal email accounts and not FCPS accounts!

Have all your students graduated from Langley? If your inbox is full of college info and you want to unsubscribe from the Langley eNews, just click the unsubscribe link posted at the bottom of each issue of the eNews. Best wishes to you and your Langley graduate!

Support Langley’s PTSA throughout the year through these partner programs.

Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to LHS for the 2022-23 school year! Harris Teeter’s “Together in Education” program is an easy way to raise funds to support Langley students and staff, but you must re-register your VIC card each academic year. Click here and let us handle registering your card!

Shop with AmazonSmile! Click here and choose to support “Langley High PTSA”. You can also get the app to shop AmazonSmile from your phone or tablet.

Attention Langley students! Are you undecided as to which college entrance exam to take? Would you like to practice before the upcoming Oct 12 school test date?

Princeton Review is hosting a virtual PSAT, SAT or ACT mock test on Sat, Sept 17. The mock test is $25 and will serve as a fundraiser for Langley HS PTSA. Click here to register by Wed, Sept 14.

You’ll receive an email with a Zoom link and other info by Friday prior to the exam. Afterwards, you'll receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and weaknesses.

Start off the new school year by tapping into your artistic side! Enter the National PTA’s annual Reflections contest this fall. Follow this link to A Quick Guide - Reflections 2022, choose a category and let your imagination run wild. This year’s theme, “Show Your Voice!” can take you anywhere. Take some time for yourself and create something new!

Get a jump now — entries are due Fri, Oct 21. Questions? Email: Langleyreflections@gmail.com.

Help landscape the last of Langley's three courtyards and donate a leaf for Langley's Legacy Tree!

By donating a leaf (copper $50, silver $100, gold $200) or bird or acorn ($500), you're helping to complete the courtyard renovation and "grow" the Legacy Tree – a beautiful wall sculpture across from the Main Office in Langley's Lobby. You choose the engraved message! The Legacy Tree is a permanent, prominent record of courtyard contributors and a lasting legacy for Langley and your family. Leaves also make great tributes to teachers, friends, pets, coaches, and grads!

Thanks to the 600 generous Langley families and local organizations who've already donated a leaf, bird, or acorn.

To order your leaf – or leaves! – visit the PTSA website. Email any questions to chrissielavin1@gmail.com.

VDOE is conducting a periodic review of current History and Social Science Standards of Learning (SOLs). This process began in 2020 and completion is expected by Nov 2022. The public is invited to review and provide feedback on the proposed SOLs by Sun, Sept 25.

FCPS encourages families, students, staff, and community members to provide feedback to VDOE and participate in district discussions and feedback opportunities. Click here to learn more and offer public comment on the VDOE website.

register your athlete: If your child is interested in participating in sports for the 2022-2023 school year the following must be completed prior to trying out for a team:

crew: Sign up for Langley Crew’s Learn to Row program Sept 10 – Oct 29! Learn to Row is open to students in the Langley pyramid, grades 8 and up. Classes take place Saturdays.

No previous rowing experience is necessary. Learn the basics of rowing, from language and handling equipment to performing rowing drills and rowing all eight. Check out the flyer or go to www.langleycrew.com.

yard signs: Yard Signs for Fall Sports are currently for sale! Get a yard sign to support your athlete and the Langley Athletic Boosters. These durable signs not only look great but they can be used both indoors and out. Find the link to order on the Boosters website. Don't wait! The deadline to order is Sept 6.

Jen Zamzow, PhD from Psychology Today writes, “Have you ever started out the school year excited for all the memories you’ll make with your kids, only to find yourself barely hanging on by Christmas? What starts out feeling manageable somehow morphs into an endless cycle of activities and responsibilities and the never-ending taxi driving.” Here are some tips on making the school year sustainable.

Read below for class news. Click the green class buttons to go to each class's webpage.

class activity fee: The $35 fee, payable in MySchoolBucks, covers the cost of Spirit Week activities planned by the student class officers, senior t-shirt, and class treat days and picnics. Due to the early Homecoming date, it is not possible to get HoCo t-shirts. We have arranged for Class Spirit t-shirts to be handed out in October, date TBD. The new fee pay by date is Oct 2. No t-shirt orders will be taken after this date. Note: there will be additional fees for graduation later in the year. Note: there will be additional fees for graduation later in the year.

senior night: Don’t make dinner – come join us! A catered dinner will be provided during Senior Night on Tue, Aug 30 from 5:30-6:30 pm in the Cafeteria for students and parents. The cost of dinner is $20 per person in MySchoolBucks. Come support your senior class fundraiser!

Senior Night follows dinner from 6:30-8 pm in the Auditorium. Langley college career counselors will present the LHS College Application and Enrollment Process to the senior class students and their parents.

purchase your senior swag: Senior swag apparel is designed by our class Student Leadership team just for the Senior Class of 2023. Don’t wait! Order yours here. Pop-up shop closes Wed, Aug 31 at midnight!

Senior Swag is a class of 2023 fundraiser. Proceeds will go towards class picnics, the class trip and senior class expenses. Items purchased will be available for pick up at school during the week of Mon, Sept 26, day/time TBD.

senior portraits: Today is the last Senior Portrait session after school. Schedule at this link.

parking hang tag: Parking hang tag applications for the 2022-2023 school year are available in MySchoolBucks to seniors. Cost for the parking hang tag is $200.

Students will be required to submit a copy of their driver’s license prior to receiving the pass. Copies can be emailed to Mark Rogers at marogers2@fcps.edu.

senior packet: Senior packet is the document used by our school counselors and teachers to write college recommendation letters and to authorize the school to send out college transcripts and application info. There is a questionnaire part for both parents and students and a Transcript Release Form. Fill out and return to your students' school counselor as soon as possible.

activity fee update: Thank you to all who have paid your student’s class activity fee to date. The fee helps to cover Homecoming spirit week activities, treat days, and a spirit wear t-shirt. Please note: Due to the early date of Homecoming game and dance this year, Sept 9 and 10 respectively, t-shirts will be distributed in October in time for the Langley vs. McLean crosstown rivalry football game. The design of the t-shirt will be such that it can be worn throughout the year for any LHS vs MHS event! Shirts will be ordered on Oct 2, after which no additional orders will be taken. Don’t miss out! Find a link to the 2024 Activities Fee button on MySchoolBucks.

homecoming update: Get your ticket now for HoCo 2022! The dance is on Sat, Sept 10, 8 - 10:30 pm, in Langley Hall and the Courtyard. Tickets may be purchased via MySchoolBucks for $20 per student. Note that if your student would like to bring a guest who is not enrolled at Langley, they must submit a completed guest form to Mrs. Hamilton or Mrs. Conrad, via their mailboxes in the main office. The form is contained in the MySchoolBucks link. Ticket sales close on Sept 9.

Parents, thank you to those who have already paid the sophomore class activity fee! The pay-by date for the class activity fee is now Oct 2 to select your student’s preferred t-shirt size. T-shirts will be distributed in October prior to the rival Langley vs. McLean football game on Nov 4. No additional t-shirt orders will be taken after Oct 2!

Find a link to the 2025 Activities Fee button on MySchoolBucks.

Freshman parents, remember to pay Freshman Class Activity Fee in MySchoolBucks. The new due date is Oct 2 to ensure that your Freshman gets a class t-shirt (in his/her size). Annual class activity fees are used to purchase class t-shirts, fund class activities, and start building to fund prom and other big class events.

Visit the Class of 2026 page on the Langley PTSA website to sign-up for Class of 2026 Parent Emails and to join the Langley High School Class of 2026 Parents group on Facebook.

student opp

Spring Hill ES (8201 Lewinsville Rd) is hosting its 7th annual Back-to-School Block Party on Fri, Sept 16 from 5:30-7:30 pm. This community-building event brings together Spring Hill families for a night of food, music and games. High school and adult volunteers are needed to help set up tables and chairs, serve food and clean up.

Volunteer hours: 2 shifts of 2 hours each – (1) 4 to 6 pm and (2) 6 to 8 pm. Up to 5 volunteers per shift. To volunteer, contact springhillptospecialevents@gmail.com.

community opp

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer

1545 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean

Registration is open for the next meal packaging event. The goal is 200,000 meals, which will bring us close to 3 ¼ million meals since 2010!

Come see how good it feels to help this cause! There will be three 2 ½ hour meal packaging shifts beginning at 8 am, 11 am and 2 pm. We’ll need many, many student and parent volunteers to reach our goal.

Learn more about this event here and here, and visit this webpage to register. View also our one-page impact flyer. Volunteer hours verification will be available by emailing riseagainsthungermclean@gmail.com.

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