1. Are you interested in helping Langley PTSA? We are looking for a few new faces to do a variety of roles, some big, some small. Please contact Sara Koenig at saranapkoenig@gmail.com if you have any interest or would like to learn more about getting involved. 

2. LAST CALL FOR CHESS! The Langley PTSA is hosting a Chess

Tournament this Sat at 9 am! See the flyer here for more details and register here.

3. We need you! Ethics Day is an incredible opportunity for our students to explore ethical decision making. We need volunteers to help organize the event and to be table leaders at the event, which is Mar 20. Please contact Danica Alink if you can help in advance, danica.alink@hotmail.com, or please sign up and share this SignUpGenius to help at the event.

Read below for class news. Click the green class buttons to go to each class's webpage.

class of 2025 senior graduation dues: The senior graduation dues are required of all seniors. The funds will be used to pay for your students cap and gown, and to offset the cost of graduation and related expenses. You can pay the $75 senior graduation dues on MySchoolBucks.

senior yard signs: Let your graduate know how proud you are of them and support the ANGP. Purchase a Congrats Class of 2025 sign with their name on it to display in your yard! Deadline is extended to Mar 12! Click here to order.

sophomore class dinner and college night: Sophomore Class Dinner and College Application Case Studies Night is scheduled for Wed, Feb 26. Sophomore students and their parents/guardians are invited to join us from 5:45-6:45 pm for our class dinner. This fundraiser will be catered by Cafe Rio in the Cafeteria. Tickets are $25 per person and are non-refundable. RSVP by Feb 23. This is our only fundraiser of the year! Dinner tickets can be reserved here. To volunteer to help make this event a success sign up here.

College Night will begin at 7 pm. Come learn from the experts! This program will allow you to work alongside a college admission representative as part of a mock admissions team. Review applications and discuss applicants’ strengths and weaknesses. Gain a better understanding of the college admission process to plan for the rest of your high school experience. 

Parents and students are both invited to attend, one registration per family. Register for the Sophomore College Case Studies here. Registration will close on Feb 24. A dinner ticket is not required to attend the college night.

Congratulations to Risha Potluri for placing 1st in Impromptu Speaking and Gabriel Elferrane for placing 3rd in Extemporaneous Speaking at the VHSL Super Regional Debate Championships. Jack Rieckewald placed 4th in Extemporaneous Speaking and Elakshi Nedungottil placed 6th for Original Oratory. 

The team will go on to compete in the State Championships on Mar 28 in Salem, VA. The Langley Speech & Debate team placed 5th out of 12 teams.

Congratulations to the students whose 2024-2025 Reflections entries earned Outstanding Interpretation Award (OI), Award of Excellence (AE) or Award of Merit (AM) at the Fairfax County Council level! Outstanding Interpretation Award entries in the FCCPTA level were advanced to the Virginia PTA (VA PTA) level.

FCCPTA Reflections Awards Ceremony: Fri, Feb 28, 7 pm, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Little Theater, Entrance 14. All students in the OI, AE and AM awards lists and all local Reflections coordinators are invited along with school representatives, family and friends.

Please RSVP at the following link by Feb 25 (RSVPs asap are greatly appreciated and needed for our planning purposes).

Calling all chess lovers! The Langley PTSA is hosting a Chess Tournament on Sat, Feb 22 at 9 am! There are both USCF-Rated and Non-Rated Sections! See the flyer here for more details and register here. 

Join LHS Psychologist Anna Brown and Social Worker Jordan Payne for an engaging parent conversation on Jennifer Wallace’s book, Never Enough. Never Enough “takes readers on a journey into the heart of toxic achievement culture and offers practical, actionable solutions for families, schools and communities.” 

Wallace concludes that “kids who receive feedback that they matter, no matter what, are more likely to have the resilience, self-confidence and psychological security to survive.” Jennifer Wallace is an award-winning journalist who began her career at 60 Minutes and contributes to the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Mark your calendar for Fri, Mar 28 at 9 am in the Lecture Hall. 

RSVP to LHS Family Liaison Julie Zimmerman Hohl at jbzimmerman@fcps.edu if you are able to attend.

Families, educators, and community members are invited to the 2025 FCPS Family Summit - Beyond Labels: Nurturing a Culture of Belonging, hosted by Fairfax County Public Schools in collaboration with our valued community partners. This in-person event will held on Sat, Mar 15, 8:30 am-3:30 pm at South Lakes High School, 11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston, VA 20191.

Learn more about this event and register today! Contact FamilySummit@fcps.edu for more information.

crew open house: Students can come by the science hallway any afternoon through Feb 21 starting at 3:30 pm to see a conditioning practice and talk to the team!

Make sure to check out our website or contact us at langleyrowing@gmail.com.

spring sports athlete registration: Athlete Registration begins soon! First day of tryouts is Mon, Feb 24. Visit the Langley Athletics website for more information about registration and tryout dates for each sport.

• Registration must be done each year. If you registered for the 2023-2024 school year, you need to re-register for the 2024-2025 school year. Register your child here.

• To participate in Langley sports, students must complete a physical after May 1, 2024. The physical must be done on the official VHSL form. Submit completed VHSL Physicals by one of the following ways:

• Dropping them off in the Activities Office
• Mailing them to: Langley HS 6520 Georgetown Pike, McLean VA 22101, ATTN: Activities Office
• Scanning and emailing to langleyathletics@fcps.edu.

Looking for volunteer or other opportunities? PTSA volunteers maintain this running list of opportunities for our students. The Service and Jobs Opportunities Committee's goal is to help connect students to summer internships, jobs and volunteer opportunities to fulfill community service requirements, gain job experience and explore career paths.

Feb 22: PTSA Chess Tournament, 9 am, Location TBD

Feb 26: Sophomore Class Dinner and College Application Workshop, Cafeteria

Feb 27: Choral Pre-Assessment Concert with Cooper MS, 7 pm, Auditorium

Mar 3: Meet the Coach Night "Spring Sports", 7 pm, Auditorium

Mar 4: Orchestra Pre-Assessment Concert, 7 pm, Auditorium

Mar 6: Band Pre-Assessment Concert I, 7 pm, Auditorium

Mar 13: Band Pre-Assessment Concert II, 7 pm, Auditorium

Mar 20: Senior Ethics Day

Mar 21: Saxon Service