Longfellow Weekly News: April 2, 2018
Dear Longfellow Community,
Welcomback from Spring Break! This Wednesday, April 4th our classrooms will be taking a moment to discuss safety, one of our most important "Bear Necessities". We will be discussing this topic to prepare for a hard lockdown drill that is scheduled to take place on the morning of Wednesday, April 11th. A hard lockdown is called when there is a direct threat to student safety either inside or outside of the school. We feel is it important for students to know why we have these drills and what the expectations will be for them. Our goal is to review the procedures, the process, and give students a sense of control to prepare for the drill to take place. If you have any questions please let us your your classroom teacher know.
Thank you,
Maggie Cahill, Assistant Principal
Dr. Cool & Pride!
On Wednesday, March 21st Dr. Cool & Pride visited Longfellow for a special assembly. The cast and crew of this popular PBS TV show used original music, story telling and interactive dance to teach us lessons about Respect, Responsibility and Safety. Each Longfellow Student has the opportunity to watch 5 free PBS episodes to help reinforce the messages they learned. Please click here to access the flyer and website with more information. Thank you to our PTO for funding this amazing learning opportunity!
Longfellow's Got Talent!
Longfellow's Got Talent is back looking for new talent across our third, fourth, and fifth grades! The show will be Thursday, May 10th at 6:00pm in our Auditorium. Auditions will be after school on Thursday, April 19th from 3-4pm in the auditorium (students must return a permission slip to attend, and stay for the whole hour). If students are not able to attend the audition date, they can schedule a private audition with Ms. Golemes or Ms. Utter for another time. Our dress rehearsal will be on Thursday, May 3rd from 3-4pm. Information sheets are coming home next week on Wednesday, March 14th. There will be a website link on that form which will guide you to our "all access" talent show page. This website will have all the information you would need regarding the talent show. Looking forward to another great show! - Ms. Golemes and Ms. Utter
Friendship Bags for Veterans
Longfellow PE Teacher, Mrs. Patterson, is collecting toiletries for homeless veterans. If you have any extra toiletry items, please consider donating them by sending them to school with your child or dropping them off in the office for Ms. Patterson. Purchased items will also be accepted. Please bring these items through April 6th. Please see suggested items to donate.
Kindergarten and New Student Registration
If you have an incoming Kindergartner or know of anyone who does, please share this important registration infomation with them!
Pennies for Patients- Student Council Drive
The Longfellow Student Council will be running The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Pennies for Patients program, a service-learning program that gives students the opportunity to help raise funds in honor of thousands of children and adults fighting against blood cancers. We are asking that Longfellow students join in this effort by collecting funds in their donation boxes that will go home on Monday, 3/19, or finding sponsors to support them on our school donation page. We will also have a Bring the Change week from April 2nd-6th to finish our campaign. During this week, each day focuses on a different spirit wear item and coin:
- Monday 4/2-Pajama Penny Day: Don't forget to put your pennies in the pockets of your favorite pajamas.
- Tuesday 4/3-Neon Nickels Day: Wear your brightest neon and bring in nickels.
- Wednesday 4/4-Dazzling Dimes Day: Donate dimes & wear something shiny or something that makes you different and unique.
- Thursday 4/5-Crazy Quarters Day: Wear a crazy hat and/or socks to school today and cash in your quarters.
- Friday 4/6-Team up for Leukemia: Wear your favorite team's jersey or colors and collect all coins and dollars!
All donations are due that Friday, April 6th. For more information about Pennies for Patients, please visit www.studentseries.org. If you have any questions, please reach out to Lindsey Bennett at [email protected].
Longfellow Sports Night!
Longfellow's Sports Night
Upcoming Events
Monday, Apri 2nd: School Resumes after Spring Break
Monday, April 9th: Spring ALL Classes Begin
Wednesday, April 11th: Art Night at 6:30 pm
Thursday, April 19th: Talent Show Auditions for Grades 3-5 from 3:00-4:00 pm
Thursday, May 3rd: Sports Night
Saturday, May 5th: Ethnic Fest
Thursday, May 10th: Talent Show
Saturday, May 12th: Dunkin' for Diversity
Tuesday, May 15th: PTO General Meeting at 7pm in the Library
Friday, May 18th: End of Year Picnic
Monday, May 21st: Longfellow General Music Concerts (8:15-8:45am Weber & Hjalmarson, 9:00-9:30am Ellis & Niewald, 10:00-10:30am Gordon & Pruitt & Heide, 10:45-11:15am Bennett & Wilkes, 12:45-1:15pm Pasquinelli & Ryan, 1:30-2:00pm Nelson & Golemes)
Tuesday, May 22nd: Longfellow General Music Concerts (8:15-8:45am Naber & Djikas, 9:00-9:30am Pod, Aguilar & Utter, 10:00-10:30am Sorensen & Wieczorek, 10:45-11:15am Witz, Lamb & Winchell, 2:00-2:25pm - Longfellow Elementary Chorus, 2:30-2:50pm - Longfellow Elementary Chorus)
Friday, May 25th: Olympic Day
Monday, May 28th: NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)