Belated Happy Veterans Day wishes to all. It's nice to have a day to recognize the veterans in our school and in our community. Thanks to all veterans and their families for your sacrifices.

Friday is Touching Bases, which is Langley's version of parent/teacher mini-conferences and lasts from 7:30 to 9:30am in the Cafeteria and Main Gym. Students report to classes at 10:20am, and buses run three hours late as well. Dismissal is the same as usual. We look forward to seeing you on Friday. ~ Matt Ragone

Editorial Note: A Keep In Touch (KIT) message with more details about Touching Bases was emailed to all LHS parents Nov 14. If you aren't receiving these KITs, go to www.fcps.edu to sign up.  

It's helpful to print out and bring the latest progress reports along with the full names of your child's teachers.

mun awards: Langley recently attended the College of William & Mary's 26th annual Model UN Conference. The students worked really hard and had a great group of student officers who helped prepare them along with teachers Jennifer Stocks, Jessica Omasta, and Jillian Busath.  

Langley High School - Best Large Delegation AWARD

(1st time defeating TJ & known powerhouse UChicago Lab School)

UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Jenna Smith 

Organization of American States (in Spanish): Rachel Stone

Joint Crisis Committee: Am Civil War: Brendan McConnaughay

Joint Crisis Committee: Am Civil War: Gregory Adams

Internat'l Atomic Energy Agency: Natalie Fahlberg, Grace Sununu 

salad bar: New to the Langley Cafeteria is a SALAD BAR in Line 2. Please encourage your students to try the salad bar.  It's only $2.75!

theatre: Saxon Stage presents a fresh, new interpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, featuring the original Shakespearean language, but set in a dystopian future in a Gotham-style city. Showcasing exciting fight choreography and student-designed and built sets, audiences will enjoy unique staging complete with multi-level scaffolding. Show dates are Nov 15-17, 7:30pm in the Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased in the Cafeteria at lunchtime for $8 or at the door for $10. Please visit the Saxon Stage website for more details.

orchestra: Thanks to the families and friends who ordered items from our Honeybaked Ham fundraiser. Honeybaked Ham orders placed by Thu, Nov 15 can be picked up on Tue, Nov 20.  Pickup will be from noon-2pm in Hertzler Hall (Orchestra Room). If you have questions, contact Greg Pennington at <greg.pennington@me.com>. ◆ Update your calendars for the next orchestra concert on Tue, Dec 11, 7pm in the LHS Auditorium.

band: Congratulations to the Marching Band, and Director Doug Martin and his staff: Joe McClure, Alex Singer, Doug Wallace, Kevin Thompson, John Spirtas, and Adam Stokes, for a fantastic season.  Special thanks to the band seniors for their dedication and many years of participation in the Langley HS band program: Paul Bernstein, Hilary Brown, Hee Jin Cho, Jean Choi, Seth Coggeshall, Christie Goddard, Laura Grems, Michael Guo, Aamir Javaid, Spencer Jesse, Cody Jones, In Jung, Liana Krammer, Brendan McConnaughay, Luke McLindon, Ashley Panetta, Jacob Poisson, Anna Pope, Laura Roman, Allison Sherlock, Divita Vohra, Steven Weyback, Adele Wheeler, Mira Yoon, Bradley Yuan, and Syed-Ali Zaidi. Thank you also to Simone McLindon, Silvia Roman, Barbara Young and Trish Barber for organizing a fun and tasty Senior Recognition and to Lisa Hodge, Lisa Barker, Doug Martin and Daretia Carmichael for helping on the day. ◆ The concert bands will hold their Winter Concert the evening of Dec 6 in the LHS Auditorium.  More details to follow.

volleyball: State Semi-Finals vs Floyd E. Kellam is at Stuart C. Siegel Center on Nov 15 at 7pm.

football: District 5 Playoffs is at Stone Bridge vs Stone Bridge HS on Nov 16 at 7:30pm.

activities office: Twitter@langleysports & HOTLINE: 703.287.2787

crew: Langley Crew Gives Back! The crew team recently supported the 2012 Thanks for Giving food drive/charity event by providing manpower and supplies, including winter clothes and holiday food staples to help 100+ families in D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. The donations were collected at the Langley Crew Open House and were shipped last week. ◆ Poinsettia Fundraiser includes beautiful red, pink, and white poinsettias in 7-inch containers for $15 each. Send a check made out to "Langley Crew Boosters Club" and mail with order information, including number ordered and colors to Donna Doll, 842 Whann Ave, McLean, VA 22101. Poinsettia pick up is at the Langley parking lot on Sat, Dec 1.

service club collection: Mon, Nov 12-Fri, Nov 16, the Community Service Club and the Langley Leadership Honor Society will be collecting food donations to prepare lunches for delivery to the homeless later that weekend.  All students are asked to help by bringing in items that will be used to create the meals: 

• individual bottles of water
• loaves of sliced bread
• deli meats for sandwiches
• individual slices of cheese
• whole apples
• individual bags of chips
• brown paper bags
• individual sandwich bags

All items can be dropped off in Room 192 anytime. ~ Chris Bass, Community Service Club

hurricane sandy relief: The Langley SGA/Leadership are organizing a Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort in coordination with Churchill Road ES.  Bring the following items to school anytime between Nov 12-16 (the truck will depart Churchill Rd for NJ and NY Fri afternoon):  

• long underwear & coats (child & adult) 
• cleaning supplies, industrial-type garbage bags 
• school supplies, toiletries
• D-sized batteries, blankets  

adopt a family: To help a needy family from a Fairfax County elementary school in December, please consider "adopting" a family. For more info, contact LHS social worker at <djbarnsley@fcps.edu> or 703-287-2874.  ~ Donna Barnsley, LHS Social Worker

hockey: Come and watch the first game of the boy's ice hockey team vs Madison.  Puck drops at 6:10pm at Reston Skatequest this Fri Nov 16.

service hours--swim meet: Sea Devils Swimming, a not-for-profit, 501c(3) organization, will host its largest meet of the year this weekend, Nov 16-18. High-school students can fill many volunteer positions during this meet to be held at Oak Marr Recreation Center in Oakton. We have 3-hour slots open for volunteers beginning Fri evening from 5-8pm and all day on Sat and Sun from 6:30am to 9pm. Please contact meet director Kristy Kellogg <kkellogg@WTHF.com> to volunteer.