service award
Teachers, Coaches, Guidance Counselors, Organizations, and Club or Society Sponsor...Do you know someone who would be perfect for the PTSA Student Service Award?
The PTSA Student Service Award is directed at those "unsung" or unrecognized students who have used their talent and/or time for the betterment of the school and/or the community at large far above that of other students. Contact Asst. Principal Fred Amico <Fred.Amico@fcps.edu> or Aradhana Luthra <alluthra@yahoo.com> for a nomination form and details about how to recognize this special student. Nominations are due Fri, May 3.
freshmen
Please join us for our Freshman Class Coffee, Mon, Apr 29 at 9:30am, which happens to coincide with Freshman Cupcake Day! We will be joined by Principal Matt Ragone, Ms. Sue Shifflet (Drivers' Ed), and Ms. Jan Dabroski (Testing). Our Asst. Principal Corey Bowerman and a guidance counselor Ms. Jessica Omasta will also address career/college planning. Prior to our coffee, come watch the fun during Saxon Time when we hand out cupcakes to freshman...and upper classmen disguised as freshmen. If you can help bake, buy, and/or collect cupcakes, please click on the following link under Class of 2016.
sophomores
Date change for Class Coffee to Mon, May 13,
at 9am in the Auditorium.
"Wrapping Up Sophomore Year and Looking Ahead" is the topic for Hannah Hurlburt from the College and Career Counseling Office, who will speak at the meeting and give an overview about what to look forward to next year. If you have specific questions or want to sit down and speak with her, you can contact her at <hwhurlburt@fcps.edu>.
juniors
Please save the date for Tue, May 7 for our last Class Coffee of the year. Come to the Auditorium at 9:15am for coffee and a presentation at 9:30am. The topic will be "What to Expect Senior Year," by Hannah Hurlburt, LHS College and Career Center Director, and Jen Baldesare, Counselor in LHS Student Services Department.
Annual Career Day for Juniors is
Fri, June 7.
Following a dynamic key note speaker, all Class of 2014 students will then attend three preselected sessions to learn about careers that interest them. The goal of Career Day is to provide students with the many opportunities available to them, to learn about the career paths of professionals currently in the field, and to start thinking about their own unwritten future.
seniors
Please join us for the last Class of 2013 Coffee on Thu, May 2 at 9:15am in the Auditorium. We'll discuss graduation, senior week activities, and other end-of-year events.
Enjoy Graduation in style with the ANGP Limo and VIP Seats Fundraiser! Package includes 4 hours of limousine service and reserved VIP seats at D.A.R. Constitution Hall. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25 and on sale now!
And it's not too late to pay your student dues. All student fees, including dues, must be paid for your child to attend graduation. The dues form is on the "PTSA Class of 2013" webpage.
Visit www.langleyptsa.org/?page_id=146 for the forms and flyers and other Senior Class information.
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quick links
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Activities
703.287.2787
Attendance Line
703.287.2727
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summer events
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cybersecurity summer camp: Chantilly Academy will host a CyberSecurity Summer Camp in partnership with Northrop Grumman Information Systems and the Air Force Association's CyberPatriot-National High School Cyber Defense Competition. Registration for the camp is now open. The 2013 CyberSecurity Camp will be held Mon, Aug 12, through Fri, Aug 16, at Chantilly Academy. Led by Chantilly Academy information technology faculty and cybersecurity experts from Northrop Grumman, this year's camp will accommodate 80 students who will be in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year in FCPS. Cost is $150 and includes lunch each day and a t-shirt. For more information about the camp, click here: http://www.fcps.edu/ChantillyAcademy/.
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2 opportunities to help
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race for life update: Calling all parents! Relay for Life (RFL) needs our support!! Whether it is by providing cases of granola bars and water or by volunteering to chaperone from 10pm-2am or 2am-6am, please lend your support. Sign up at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/30E084DAAAD23A31-volunteers or contact Betsy Shomaker to join us for a late-night shift.
chipotle & all night graduation party 2013 (ANGP) fundraiser:
On Mon, April 29, go to the downtown
McLean Chipotle between 4-7pm. Be
sure to tell Chipotle you support Langley's ANGP before your meal is rung up, so
ANGP will get 50% of the proceeds!! The last regular home boys' varsity lacrosse
game is that evening at 7:15 pm, so
make your plans now to eat at Chipotle
and then go to the game. Just remember to say you are there to support Langley's ANGP! Chipotle flyer is found on the
PTSA website under "Class 2013_ANGP" or by clicking here.
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principal's message
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Dear Langley High School Families:
This week is National Volunteer Week. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderful parents of Langley High School who spend countless hours helping our teachers, staff, administrators, and administrative assistants with everything from clinic support to Career Center activities to organizing humongous programs like the Alcohol Awareness Program last week.
Langley High School has a long tradition of positive parent involvement that has led to a trusting, collaborative culture in almost every aspect of high-school life. Parent volunteers have made things happen in academics, athletics, performing arts, clubs, class events, and so many other special programs. The support you provide our students and your children make this a very special place to live and learn. We could not do anything without this volunteer army.
Please accept our gratitude and thanks on behalf of everyone here at Langley High School.
~Matthew J. Ragone
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ptsa family network
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THANK YOU!!! Last week, the PTSA Family Network Committee organized an Alcohol Awareness Program for all junior and senior students. This program is unique to Langley and beyond the scope of programs at other high schools.
The interactive education it provides to students would not be possible without the support of many: first and foremost, our wonderful parent volunteers: Ann Haley, Sandi Robinson, Tim Thompson, Lea Ann Edwards, Cynthia Cross, Leslie Kiess, Gail Welch, Barb Long, Marion Devlin, Paula Delk, Aradhana Luthra, Karuna Nag, Karen Alden, Hortense Dunbar, Wendy Biliter, Todd Brunjes, Anne Shaw, Jacquelyn Cho, Colette Worm, Matt Haley, Beth Eames, Lien-Rung Kao, and Christy Slade; the TWENTY Fairfax County Police Officers who devoted two full days to working with our Langley students (you may have seen their police cars in the parking lot last week); Safe Community Coalition; Medicine Chest in McLean; and KKP Printers. In addition, we would like to offer a special thank you to the LHS administration and staff for their cooperation, the Leadership Class students and teachers for their support, and particularly the English and PE Departments for their patience and flexibility.
~Betsy Shomaker and Julie Hohl
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AP scores different
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"Beginning in July 2013, AP® scores will be available online only. If your child has taken an AP Exam in the past or is planning to take one this year, he or she will need a College Board account to access scores. In addition, students will use this account to send their AP scores to colleges. . . . To make sure the process of getting scores in July is quick and easy, we strongly suggest all students go to apscore.org and try signing in to their account now to make sure they remember their username and password Remember, AP scores will not be sent by mail this year. Students will use their College Board account to get scores, so remind your child to keep his or her username and password in a safe place. Stay tuned for further updates at <apscore.org>."
Excerpt from College Board
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merci, gracias, & danke
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Gratitude....for our teachers and support staff that make our school so great! Help us to say "thank you" with gift cards for our Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon on May 10. We really need our Langley families to consider donating one or more $15, $20, or $25 gift cards. Or if preferred, cash or check of any denomination are accepted--checks should be made out to "Langley PTSA." Mark your envelope "Staff Appreciation" and have your student drop it off at the Main Office by Fri, May 3, 2013. Some gift card suggestions include gas cards, Target, Amazon, Giant, etc. Many thanks to those families who have already contributed!
We are still in need of many more gift cards. Thank you in advance for your support of Langley's faculty and staff!
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last late wednesday
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Be sure to double check the LHS calendar (link found in the green side bar), but the LAST LATE WEDNESDAY is May 1.
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performing arts
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Spring Play 2013, Nicholas Nickelby
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community events
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A local design company, Abbey Design Center, will honor three students with one each from elementary, middle, and high school for earning straight As (or grading equivalent) on their final report card for an Award for Excellence in Academics. All students in grades 1-12 attending Fairfax County Schools are eligible. Winners will receive carpeting. Deadline for entry is June 30. For more details, go to their website at www.AbbeyDesignCenter.com. This award has been given to students in the community for 13 consecutive years. |
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editors' notes
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Send submissions and photographs by deadline of Tuesdays at noon please to <enewslangley.gmail.com>. To keep e-news concise, submissions might be shortened and links added to the appropriate webpage.
~No e-newsletters will be sent the week of May 28.
~Last enews deadline for this school year is June 11.
~Summer deadline for the only hard copy is Aug 13 to cover events from Aug 28-Sept 26.
Your enews is published by volunteers who try to publish only news pertaining to FCPS, LHS, and PTSA. Any opinions expressed therein are those of the submitter and not necessarily those of FCPS, LHS, or PTSA.
~Editors Colette Worm, Jane Riddle, & Anne Whipple
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saxon scope
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Check out the student-run newspaper filled with articles from everything about Langley's ranking in Virginia to LHS alum at Boston Marathon to the courtyard at Langley open for spring. Go to www.saxonscope.com for the latest news at Langley! |
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