fundraisers!
graduation tickets
It's not too late! Don't forget to purchase your ANGP raffle tickets to win six reserved box seats at graduation and limo service to and from the ceremony! This is a great opportunity to avoid the hassles of driving and parking and to enjoy a close-up view of the graduating seniors as they receive their diplomas. Info is available on the PTSA website or by clicking here: www.langleyptsa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ANGP-2013-Limo-Fundraiser-Flyer.pdf. Please note that these reserved seats replace your general admission seats. kiss the seniors goodbye!
Help support the freshman class and say goodbye to your favorite seniors through the Hershey Kisses Sale. Kisses are $2 per bag and can be purchased during lunches from May 20-22 They will be delivered to seniors at graduation rehearsal. Kisses may be ordered through the mail as well. Please make checks payable to LHS Class of 2016. Forms and payment must be received by June 7 and can be mailed to: LHS Class of 2016
6500 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101
For more information and order forms, contact Malia Kishore, <maliajoy2010@gmail.com>.
arts benefit
The LHS Art Club is hosting an open house art fundraiser Fri, May 17 from 7-10 pm in the cafeteria. There will be free food and student art available for sale. Funds raised will go to aid charity organization Life Pieces to Masterpieces ( www.lifepieces.org), which works to teach art and positive expression to African American boys and young men in Washington. The event is open to all who would like to view beautiful art and simply enjoy themselves!
license plates
Looking for a great graduation gift? Or have a rising senior applying for a Langley parking pass? Langley's Chorus has the perfect gift for your senior or a surprise for your student who will be driving to Langley next year! The License Plate Frame is the perfect gift for your teen driver. It is an inexpensive (only $20!) and a special way to personalize the family car. Use the standard wording on it -- "Saxon Country" on the top, "Langley High School 2013" on the bottom -- or personalize it with your student's activity or their new college! Ordering is easy and delivery is quick and painless. Just go to the Langley Chorus website and click "LHS License Plates" under Quick Links for order form and instructions. So what are you waiting for? Order your child's license plate frame today! parking tags
Paperwork for Student Parking Hang Tag Applications for 2013-2014 and the "Langley High School must be turned in to Mr. Rogers in the Security Office or Mrs. Myren in the Main Office no later than Fri, May 24, with no exceptions!
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quick links
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Activities
703.287.2787
Attendance Line
703.287.2727
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Langley PTSA
Communications Committee
Editor-in-Chief
Colette Worm
Assistant Editors
Jane Riddle
Anne Whipple
Submit items
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editors' note
Send submissions & photographs by deadline. To keep e-news concise, submissions might be shortened, and links added to the appropriate webpage.
No e-newsletter on: May 28. Last e-news 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 e-news is published by volunteers who try to publish only news that pertains to FCPS, LHS, & PTSA. Any opinions expressed therein are those of the submitter & not necessarily those of FCPS, LHS, or PTSA.
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learning to deal with digital learning
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Many parents face issues related to the computer-based assignments their students receive. FCPS will soon hold a series of community engagement sessions for students, parents, staff, and community members to share their thoughts on a digital learning vision for FCPS. The goal is to contribute to the development of a strategic plan for digital learning.
The meetings will provide an overview of digital learning and then have attendees work in groups to share ideas and information. The collective input will be shared with the School Board in the fall. One meeting will be held in each cluster. The Cluster 1 (Langley pyramid) meeting will be held at Great Falls Elementary on Mon, June 3 from 7-9 pm in the school cafeteria.
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mclean center seeks youth board members
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The McLean Community Center Governing Board for 2013-14 will vote on new members during McLean Day. There are currently NO youth candidates for the LHS school area, but write-in candidates are allowed. Write-in youth candidates must have 10 votes from teens who live within the Langley high school boundary. The Elections Tent will be at the entrance to the event Sat May 18 at Lewinsville Park, 1659 Chain Bridge Rd. from 10:30 am to 5 pm. For more information, contact the McLean Community Center, or check their web site, www.mcleancenter.org. |
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awards, honors & kudos
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parents thanking teachers: Gratitude and thanks to all parents who donated gift cards and money for Staff Appreciation at Langley. Our PTSA and faculty are so grateful for your generosity!
And, thanks to the PTSA Hospitality Committee for hosting a royal lunch for our loyal bunch of Langley faculty. (Thank you to the parent bakers, as well.) It was a fantastic luncheon, and a great way to show our staff how much we appreciate them!
best of the year: The Greater McLean Chamber honored our own Norma Jamsheed as Employee of the Year, Jackie Ryan as Student of the Year, and Jennifer Bonafide as Teacher of the Year at their Annual Education Awards Breakfast.
art excellence: Congratulations to Langley Senior Ashley Morabito on being selected as an Emerging Artist this year. She will be displaying her photography at the 2013 Celebrate Fairfax! Festival at the Fairfax County Government Center June 8-9.
scholarship: Congratulations to Langley senior Mujtaba Mumtaz Wani, one of 22 FCPS students, and 2500 students nationally, to win a prestigious $2,500 National Merit Scholarship.
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debate & ethics
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debate: Langley sent seven students to the Washington-Arlington Catholic Forensics League's Metrofinal Championship Tournament (for all speech competitors in Virginia, DC, and parts of Maryland). Three of them -- senior Aimee Cho (captain), sophomore Kaita Gurian, and freshman Zahra Quettawala -- qualified for the national championship, held in Philadelphia over Memorial Day weekend. Zahra placed 3rd overall in her category (declamation) and Aimee placed 8th overall in her category (oratory). Sophomore Ethan Zell got 7th overall in his category (impromptu).
ethics: In their first year competing, a team of five Langley students won the Baltimore Area High School Ethics Bowl on Feb. 9. The five students -- seniors Drew Armstrong, Caitlin Duffy and Erik Pike, and juniors Jane Sevila and Monique Swirsky -- were coached by their Nature of Knowledge teacher, Allison Cohen.
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arts
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arts competition finals: The finals of the 2013 James C. Macdonald Arts Scholarship Competition will be held Thurs, May 23 at 8 pm
in the Alden Theatre. Langley HS is proud to announce that eleven of the fifteen finalists are LHS students. The finalists performed before a panel of judges in a preliminary competition in April and were chosen to move forward. The final competition is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the awarding of the scholarship prizes. The Langley community is encouraged to come support all of our artists. Finalists from Langley are:
dance: Sotiria Sgovros, Charlee Vasiliadis, Kristen Wolaver theatre: Rachel Mayman, Christopher Paul, Kathleen Welch vocal music: Madeleine Chalk, Jack Flatley visual art: Jennie Kim, Caroline Russell, Suhyun Yoon
chorus: The award-winning LHS Chorus presents "Get on Your Feet: Pop Hits Through the Decades" at their annual spring show on Thurs, May 30 and Fri, May 31 at 7:30 pm. The choirs will be performing songs from the 50's (Shake, Rattle and Roll) to current pop hits of Kelly Clarkson, Colbie Caillat, and Plain White T's. There will be selections from The Temptations to Madonna to disco to a show-stopping tribute to Michael Jackson. Tickets are available at the door or from any choral student at $10 a person (special $5 ticket price for students in middle and elementary school). Join us for a fabulous evening of music!
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sports
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softball: Langley Varsity Softball finished fourth in the Liberty District. The District Tournament begins May 15 at home. Come out and support these girls!
junior varsity sports: The up-and-coming athletes at Langley have closed out their seasons, largely with winning records!
Boys JV Soccer ended their season with a record of 8 wins, two losses, two ties, and the Girls similarly finished up 8-0-4.
In JV Lacrosse, the Girls had a 10-1 record; the Boys combined wins with a few ties for an undefeated season.
JV Softball wrapped up with a 6-8 record; JV Baseball cleared a 10-4 record.
tennis-boys: This week, the Boys' Varsity Tennis team begins competing in the Regional Team Tournament. Two weeks ago, the Saxons won a thrilling victory over the McLean Highlanders to earn the second seed in this tournament. Although we would have a preferred a district championship and the number one seed, TJ proved to be too tough an opponent . . . so far.
Last week our number two singles player, Kevin Shen, upset his TJ counterpart in the District Individual Tournament and will head to the Regional Individual Tournament this week. Our number two doubles team, JT von Seggern and Joe LaFuria, upset McLean's number one team by the decisive score of 10-4 to place third in this same tournament. All of this is to say, we are heading into the Regional Team tournament with our confidence sky-high and the desire and expectation of returning to the State Championships this year. volleyball-girls: Girls' Volleyball is looking forward to another strong season this Fall 2013! Tryout information as well as practice and match schedules are all available on the website, www.langleysports.org. Click on the FILES section under GIRLS' VARSITY VOLLEYBALL. Good luck to our graduating seniors Cathrine Baek, Hoai-Nam Bui, Jenna Dean and Maureen Marsh as they continue their academic and athletic careers in college!
summer sports camps:
Infomation has been posted for the following camps -- check them out!
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last ptsa coffee of the year
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The final Principal/PTSA Coffee of the year will be held Wed, May 29 at 9:15 in The Choral Room. We will vote on the incoming PTSA Board, the Amended Budget for the remainder of this school year, and the proposed Budget for 2013-14.
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will you be an angp angel?
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Junior Parents: We still need several parent volunteers to take down decorations from the ANGP (all night graduation party) at Langley. The party gets started on Thurs, June 13 at 11 pm. We need volunteers to assist with take-down from 2:45-4:30 am to get the school ready for classes on Friday morning. This is a long-standing tradition and one that we will benefit from next year when our students have their ANGP. Please let us know if you can help by emailing Mary Welch at <maryswelch@verizon.net>. Thanks so much and a special thank you to those parents who have already answered our plea!
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scholarship opportunities
| Fairfax County Council of PTAs is accepting applications for two student scholarships:
- The Catherine A. Belter Memorial Scholarship of $1000 to be awarded to one graduating Fairfax County high school student planning to enter the field of education or other child-related field.
- The Career and Technical Education Scholarship to be awarded to FCPS high school seniors who are furthering their education in fields they first studied in the FCPS CTE program. FCCPTA will award CTE scholarships to two FCPS students in the amount of $1000 each.
For more information and scholarship applications, go to
www.fccpta.org/content/fccpta-scholarship-applications-due-may-31 .
The FCCPTA scholarship program is funded entirely by voluntary contributions from our member PTAs/PTSAs. To contribute to the FCCPTA scholarship program, please go to www.fccpta.org/content/fccpta-dues-payment-form to donate or for more information. |
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upcoming events
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Wed May 22
| Senior Ethics Day
| Fri May 24
| Deadline for parking hang tag application
| Mon May 27
| LHS Holiday for Memorial Day
| Wed May 29
| Principals' Coffee/PTSA Meeting, 9:15 am
| May 30 & 31
| Choral Show 7:30 pm
| Sat June 1
| Junior/Senior Prom
| Mon June 3
| Academic Awards, 7 pm
| Tues June 4
| Orchestra Concert, 7 pm
| Thurs June 6
| Band Concert, 7:30 pm
| Fri June 7
| Theatre Awards, 3 pm
| Mon June 10
| Orchestra Awards
| Tues June 11
| Choral Awards, 6 pm
| Wed June 12
| Band Awards Banquet
| Thurs June 13
| Class of 2013 Graduation, 10 am
| Tues June 18
| LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
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