LoES Eagle News
February 18, 2018
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, February 19th - President's Day - Schools closed for students
- Tuesday, February 20th - Grade 5 Field Trip to Toby's Theater
- Thursday, February 22nd - Maker Faire (*more info below)
- Friday, February 23rd - Deadline for submitting Box Tops to get cash for LoES
- Tuesday, February 27th - Hearing and Vision Screening at LoES
- Friday, March 2nd - LoES Spirit Day
- Tuesday, March 6th - Family FIT Night at LoES
- Tuesday, March 13th - The University of Rochester Yellow Jackets come to LoES
Click HERE to view the LoES Community Calendar for future events
Quarter 2 Awards Assembly
We want to congratulate all of those students recognized at our recent quarter 2 awards assembly. Hundreds of students in grades K to 5 were recognized in a variety of ways for being hard working, kind and well-rounded young people. We look forward to celebrating more of our LoES Eagle during the next assembly after quarter 3.
News & Notes
An Important Statment from Dr. Martirano - HCPSS Interim Superintendent Dr. Michael Martirano issued the following statement in response to the tragedy that occurred in Florida this past week. The safety of students continues to be the top priority for LoES and schools throughout the Howard County Public School System.
- Make Up Days for the 2017-2018 School Year - There have been four inclement weather days used so far this school year. To make up those days, schools now will be in session on April 4, 5, and 6 and for a half-day on May 18. Learn more about the inclement weather make up days here.
LoES Maker Faire 2018 - coming on Thursday, February 22 from 6:00-8:00pm! We are looking for adult and student makers who want to share their creations as well as donations of items for our maker activities that night. Please visit our Google Site to fill out a maker proposal form to share your creations at the MakerFaire.
- Learning Together Program - The Longfellow Regional Early Childhood Center (RECC) preschool program is making preparations for classes for the 2018-19 school year. These classes include children with and without disabilities. The program’s focus is helping all children develop communication, literacy, math, problem solving, motor, and social skills. Parents of children who will be 3 by September 1st or 4 years of age may contact Cecilia Booth or Sue Brown in the school office for an application package beginning February 15. All applications must be returned by the last Friday in March. A limited number of openings are available for children without disabilities. Children are selected based upon screening information given on the application form and the “Ages and Stages Questionnaire,” as well as observations of the child’s participation in a playgroup. If necessary, a lottery process is conducted. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Dailey at Jennifer_dailey@hcpss.org
- Family Fit Night is coming to LoES - join us on Tuesday, March 6th for Family FIT Night at Longfellow. You can view the flyer for the event here and those interested in volunteering can use this form.
- Making Summer Vacation Plans? - All 4th grade students can get free access to National Parks throughout the US for a year. Includes everyone in the vehicle. Get more information here.
Car Loop Information
Reminders to keep students safe
Each day, we have hundreds of students and families moving throughout our car loop. Although we have numerous staff members assigned to specific areas, we want to encourage families to continuously be mindful of practices that will keep our students staff. Below are a few reminders that we would like to reiterate:
- Please be courteous when traveling through the car loop. Many families are looking to get their student(s) to or from school and our staff works hard to ensure that both cars and pedestrians are moving through efficiently and safely.
- Please stop at the stop located at Hesperus Drive & Eliots Oak Road. This is important as we have students of all ages coming to and from school and it's the law.
- Please know that safety is our number one priority. Please be mindful of the above reminders so that we do not compromise the safety of our students for a relatively short amount of time traveling through the car loop.
Order Your Yearbook Today
2017-2018 LoES Yearbooks are available to order online. You can access the website here to place your order today.
LoES PTA Corner
- Please follow us on Facebook (Longfellow Elementary School PTA)
- WANTED! We need pictures for the yearbook of any school event (Fun Run, Halloween, field trips, etc.). Please send your pictures to Lisa Wynne @ balerina687@gmail.com.
- Please consider using the LOES PTA AmazonSmile link: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7111263 when doing your online shopping!
- Certifikid (www.certifikid.com) offers many deals on family and kid-only entertainment. Use promo code "LOES" at checkout for any purchases $30 and over to receive $5 off. The best part is Longfellow ES PTA will also receive $5 for every purchase made!
- The PTA Spring Fair Committee is looking for volunteers for the Spring Fair! Saturday, May 12th. Volunteer opportunities include: Set-up/take-down, games, concessions, silent auction, staff raffle/basket organization, ticket sales, advertising, and more! Please contact Brooke Dalesio bdalesio27@gmail.com or Lisa Wynne for more info.
- One of our biggest fundraisers for the year, the Silent Auction, happens during the Spring Fair! The Silent Auction helps the PTA meet its budgetary goals so we can continue our support of the students and teachers. Silent Auction donation solicitations will start soon. If you know of any business that may be interested in donating any services or goods, please have them contact us at loesptafundraising@gmail.com. We are also more than happy to take personal donations of gift baskets, gift cards, or cash to use towards the Silent Auction. Please contact loesptafundraising@gmail.com with any questions.
- Box Tops = Cash for our school. Send in as many Box Tops as you can by Friday, February 23. The money generated from this collection will be included in the school's Spring check. These funds will be used to purchase important supplies for the students. Box Tops for Education Coordinator: Ellen Edmondson (ellenedmondson@comcast.net)
- Read-a-thon is coming and we need your help to make it a great event for our students. If you are interested in volunteering please contact Jennie Davidson at jennieadavidson@hotmail.com
HCPSS Community News
Please visit Community News and Programs on the HCPSS website for all announcements of upcoming events and programs sponsored by non-profit organizations. The button above will redirect users directly to the Community News & Programs website.