Service continues to be an important component of the culture and student experience at Langley.
Saxon Service was offered seven times during the course of the academic year, with
more than 1,500 student hours dedicated to service to others.
Langley students served organizations supporting
the homeless, active-duty military, children in hospitals, teen mothers, animals in shelters, people battling cancer, women in third-world countries, children in Haiti
as well as other wonderful efforts.
A shout out to the many Saxon Service leaders
is below; however, our Langley students did not limit their volunteerism to Saxon Service.
Approximately 1,400 Langley students recorded a large variety of service hours on
x2Vol
, logging almost 4,000 hours in total.
Many additional hours have been earned but are not logged or yet logged into the system.
In the Class of 2019, approximately 150 students earned service cords,
for volunteering 40 or more hours of service over their Langley career. That number represents one-third of the senior class and is
an all-time high for LHS.
Further,
30 seniors earned Civic Seals on their diplomas,
for 50 or more hours of civic-related service.
The spirit of service in our students and at Langley is truly inspirational!
~ Patty Burgess, PTSA President
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A hearty thank you to the Saxon Service student leaders,
who assisted fellow students at our Saxon Service activities and dedicated hours in Service Learning Club meetings to brainstorming, planning and improving Saxon Service:
Nikki Haley, Ale Van Scoyoc, Ryan Herberg, Alex Paul, Abby Piper, Michelle Ascrizzi, Adrienne Malcolm, Lily Kleinknecht, Annie Xing, Connor Hohl, Eleanor Lavin, Anna Krause-Steinrauf, Maddie Bridgewater, Hannah Liu, Bridget Lee, Gillian Morrissey
and
Brandon Liao.
A very special thank you to this year’s Saxon Service parent volunteers of seniors:
Ann Haley, Beth Harkaway, Cindy Gersony
and
Ahalya Sharma.
We'll miss you next year!
An
extra thank you to the parent volunteers of this year’s 9th-11th graders
:
Patty Burgess, Chrissie Lavin, Heidi Appel, Kristen Bae, Effie Hoffman, Rebecca Castagna, Sage LaTeef, Marielle Ter Horst, Laura Skeen, Glaucia Petcov, Junko Holbrook, Georgina Dell’Atti, Amy Adams, Jennifer Feinstein, Deborah Drain, Bryson Donoghue
and
PTSA Saxon Service Lead Julie Hohl.
We look forward to seeing you all along with new volunteers next year!
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We are about one week from graduation and we
urgently
need more volunteers to make ANGP a success. We still have over 30 volunteer spots unfilled!
Without enough volunteers to fill the needs,
ANGP will have to reduce the number of games and casino tables available at the event
— two very popular areas for our graduates. These slots are full-event shifts (10 pm to 4 am at the very latest). Parents who have worked this event in prior years say the night goes by quickly and the great memories last a lifetime!
Coffee and snacks are promised for all volunteers.
Please consider helping!
Take a couple of hours off work … skip the morning work-out routine … procrastinate on your post-graduation errands.
ANGP is your LAST chance to share a Langley tradition and memory with your senior,
and a great chance to see what your younger student will be doing in their senior year ANGP!
At a minimum, we need the following:
- 14 casino volunteers (you don’t need to know how to play poker— we’ll train you!)
- 25 games and security volunteers (we just need a little help “herding the cats” and making sure kids are safe)
Please
sign up
to make this a
fun and memorable event for the Class of 2019.
A huge thank you to those of you who have answered our call for volunteers so far!
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chorus:
Tonight
(Thu, May 23),
the
Langley Choirs
present
The Greatest Show – A Tribute to Popular Movies Past and Present
at
7 pm in the Auditorium.
The show consists of six songs from
The Greatest Showman
and medleys from
The Lion King, Moana, Mary Poppins Returns, La La Land, Sing!
and
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Tickets are available at the door and suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.
Come enjoy the show!
band:
Tomorrow night
(Fri, May 24),
the
Langley Bands present their last concert of the year at 7 pm in the Auditorium.
The concert features the
Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony.
The evening will honor our seniors and includes
the final appearance of assistant band director Kyle Harrington,
who is opening a new school in Loudoun County next year. One of the evening’s pieces has been widely recorded by college and professional groups, but our concert will be the first performance of the piece ever performed by a high school band!
Reception to follow— hope to see you there!
orchestra:
Next week
(Wed, May 29),
the
Langley Orchestra
presents
Music & Animation
at
7:30
in the Auditorium,
a pops concert that features favorite cartoons and comics on a screen behind the orchestra. The evening includes music from
The Avengers, How to Train Your Dragon, Aladdin, Spirited Away, Black Panther, Pink Panther
and a rendition of A-ha’s hit song,
Take On Me
.
Come early for treats before the concert!
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The Class of 2019 graduation
is just a few weeks away! What better way for your students to celebrate all their years of schooling than going to the
All Night Grad Party!
This is a safe, alcohol and drug free environment with lots of activities to do all night long from 11 pm to 4 am!
There is going to be so much at the party:
- Lots of food (Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Robek's, sushi and more)
- A real Casino (fake money, but very real prizes)
- A money whirlwind (real money in a wind tunnel, you keep what you can grab)
- Bumper cars, an outdoor climbing wall and more
- A dance area in the courtyard with a DJ
- Major prize giveaways at the end of the night (Apple products, gift cards, concert tickets to Wiz Khalifa, Ariana Grande and Thomas Rhett)
Purchase tickets
online
for $85.
The price
at the door goes up to $95!
Buy your tickets today! Questions - contact
Beth Harkaway at
bethkharkaway@gmail.com.
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Donate your AP exam, SAT and ACT books!
Starting next
Tue, May 28
, junior
Melis Akinci
and sophomore
Tessa Fedewa
are collecting college prep materials for
Covenant House,
an organization that supports homeless and underserved teens in the DC metro area.
Please donate your prep materials to help students who can’t otherwise afford to purchase these valuable materials.
Collection boxes are in the
Career Center.
Questions? Contact
Betsy Shomaker
in Student Services or at
enshomaker@fcps.edu
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prom was a great success!
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Langley Prom 2019 was phenomenal!
Students and volunteers alike enjoyed a fantastic evening in a beautiful venue with an amazing DJ. Thank you to prom parent co-chairs
Christina Treacy
and
Lisa Nevins
, class sponsors
Mary Baker
and
Jeff Vande Sande,
student co-chairs
Seline Torkam
and
Aly Trumbull,
and the
parent and student prom committees
for all their work over the last 18 months! Thank you also to
all parents, teachers and administrators who volunteered last Saturday evening
and helped make the event a resounding success.
Below is a “movie star” poster of our own AP
Jim Robertson
and two photos highlighting the evening.
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Do you know a Langley junior
whose dedication to
volunteerism is exemplary
?
The
Langley PTSA Award for Outstanding Service
recognizes and awards up to a
$500 scholarship
to juniors who have
demonstrated excellence in service achievement and an ongoing commitment to making a difference in our community.
Juniors can be nominated by parents, teachers, administrators, supervisors, coaches, etc. Self-nominations are also encouraged! Click
here
to nominate a deserving student.
Don’t wait! The deadline is tomorrow (Fri, May 24) at noon.
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Need a graduation gift?
Teacher gift? A thank you to a great coach or mentor?
Give a gift that lasts -- a leaf on the Legacy Tree!
You choose the perfect engraving!
The Legacy Tree will soon be up in Langley's front entrance (across from the office) for all to enjoy for years to come. Donating a
leaf (copper $50, silver $100, gold $200) or bird or acorn ($500),
is a great way to pay tribute to your favorite people.
But hurry!
Wheat's Landscaping
landscape architects are working on the courtyard renovation plans
now.
The
more metallic leaves
on the Legacy Tree,
the more actual leaves there will be in the courtyards.
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The Langley Saxons ice hockey team
was recognized by the
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
for being the
first Fairfax County team to win the Virginia State ice hockey title.
Dranesville District Rep John Foust
and
Springfield District Rep Pat Herrity
nominated the team for commendation, which was awarded by
Chair Sharon Bulova.
During the ceremony,
Coach Patrick Keough
also noted that the Saxons had the most players achieve All Academic honors of any team.
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play golf or donate to support LHS teams:
The annual
Langley Golf Tournament
to benefit our
wrestling and baseball teams
will tee off at
2 pm on Sat, June 1 at the Reston National Golf Course.
Come have a great day on the course or as a spectator! This
highly successful and well-attended event
attracts area professionals, Langley alumni, local residents and all levels of golfers throughout the northern Virginia and DC metro area.
Click
here
for more info regarding participation and sponsorship. Questions? Email
Coach Mye
at
jrmye@fcps.edu
.
Thanks for your support and hope to see you there!
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summer sports camps:
Registration is open
for Langley camps!
Don't delay;
they do fill up quickly.
Langley summer sports camps are
open to all interested elementary and middle school students
— no prior experience or advanced skills are required!
Share this information
with any friends or neighbors who you think may be interested.
- Football Skills Camp: June 3 – June 5
- Field Hockey Camp: June 17 – June 21
- Volleyball Camp: June 17 – June 21
- Girls' Basketball Camp: June 24 – June 28
- Boys' Basketball Camp: July 8 – July 12, July 15 – July 19
Click
here
for information and to register.
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Senior Chloe Edgington
recently received a
highly coveted scholarship
from the
US State Department National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y).
Along with 15 other students from across the country,
Chloe will live and study in Chisinau, Moldova for nearly an entire year (Aug 2019-May 2020),
studying in a Russian language program and taking classes at Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University in Moldova.
NSLI-Y
offers both full-year and six-week summer language/academic programs in other languages, including
Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Persian
and
Turkish
. Click
here
for details about the program — or ask Chloe!
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For details on graduation ceremony logistics and requirements, please make sure to review the
2019 Graduation Letter
. This letter was mailed to all senior families, is posted on the Class of 2019
website
and is included
here
. The
schedule
can also be found below.
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We need your help to clean up at ANGP
on
Tue, June 4, 3 am
(yes, am!) at Langley! PJs and slippers are perfectly acceptable attire! Please click
here
to sign up!
Remember to send your
photos of juniors in school events
— prom, sports, musicals, concerts and other activities — to
lhs2020photos@gmail.com
. Our own senior slideshow is only one year away! Click
here
for details.
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…
parents and adults,
if you
provide alcohol to a minor
you have a
civil liability to pay damages
if either a party-goer or a third person is injured. Virginia law recognizes
your liability for negligence if you provide alcohol to a minor
who causes the injury either to that minor or to another person. You also may face
criminal charges
of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. For more info about hosting alcohol-free events, click
here
. Also, as graduation season is upon us, please share this 30-second
video
about
alcohol poisoning
with your student.
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Get a jump on math for the upcoming year!
Langley is offering summer camps for students entering
Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2
, and
Pre-Calculus
. The
two-week session
will be spent reviewing prerequisite knowledge and introducing new concepts that will be taught during the upcoming school year. Students will receive
lessons that are hands-on and interactive
. The program is
taught by Langley math teachers
and class sizes are small -- around 10 students -- so students receive lots of individual attention and continuous feedback.
There are two camp sessions:
Camp 1
-- Algebra 1/Algebra 2 Camp (taught separately):
July 8-19
Camp 2
-- Geometry Camp/PreCalculus Camp (taught separately):
July 22-Aug 2
Click
here
for the registration form.
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Seniors must submit Class of 2019 dues, meet all other financial obligations and return all textbooks in order to receive their six graduation guest tickets!
Check lists posted in the main office for what you owe. Make payments through
myschoolbucks
or by check at the main office. Avoid the lines — pay fees and turn in books before
Fri, May 31!
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Wednesday 5/29
,
10 am
-
Graduation Rehearsal
in LHS stadium.
Caps & Gowns will be distributed
.
Thursday 5/30
-
Hershey Park trip
. Students arrive
8:15 am
; breakfast sandwiches distributed in cafeteria. Lunch vouchers are provided. Buses return to LHS at approximately 6 pm. Please make sure to
hand in Hershey Park permission slips!
Friday 5/31, 8:30-9:15 am
-
Senior Family Breakfast "Open House"
from
8:30-9:15 am
followed by
Class Award Ceremony/Senior Video
. Afterwards, students stay for
Graduation
rehearsal
and
ticket distribution
. Each senior will receive six (6) graduation tickets.
Monday 6/3
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Graduation!
Students
meet in the Langley Auditorium at
7:45 am.
Buses for seniors depart at 8:15 am for DAR Constitution Hall
(buses are one-way only). Doors open for guests at 9 am.
Ceremony is from 10 am until about 11:30 am.
Monday 6/3, 11 pm - 4 am:
All Night Graduation Party at LHS.
Visit the ANGP
website
for tickets, to volunteer and more info.
Yearbooks:
The
Shire
yearbooks are available during Saxon Time in Saxon Hall
on
Tue, May 28
through
Fri, May 31.
They can also be picked up before graduation rehearsals on
May 29 and 31.
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May 23: Choral Show, 7 pm
May 24: Band Concert, 7 pm
May 29: Orchestra Pops Concert, 7:30 pm
May 31: Senior Family Breakfast
June 3: Graduation, No school for grades 9, 10 & 11
June 4: Academic Awards, 3:30 pm
June 5: Langley Career Fair, 8:30 am
June 7: Early dismissal, 12 pm, Parking Hang Tag Application due 8-9 am
June 10: Early dismissal, 12 pm, Rising Senior Photos
June 11: Early dismissal, 12 pm, Rising Senior Photos
June 12: Early dismissal, 12 pm, Rising Senior Photos
June 13: Last day of school, 10:10 am Dismissal
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Langley PTSA Communications Committee
Stephanie Maxwell, Helen Miller, Jane Riddle, Anne Whipple
The Langley eNews is published by volunteers who present only news that pertains to FCPS, LHS and PTSA. Any opinions expressed herein are those of the submitter and not necessarily those of FCPS, LHS or PTSA.
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