The start of the school year often comes with information overload, so I hope that your family had an opportunity to relax over the extended Labor Day Weekend! Now that we've had a couple of weeks to settle in, keep in mind these ways to stay up to date on what is happening around Langley:
back to school night: Watch for school communication regarding Back to School Night on Wed, Sept 14.
ptsa general membership meetings: Mark your calendar for Wed, Sept 28 at 9:30 am, in the Lecture Hall.
ptsa website: Visit ptsalangley.org and take some time to look around! From class news to links to virtual technology help to links to student organizations, it's a great resource for all LHS parents.
class events: Check your class page on the PTSA website, as well as this newsletter, for upcoming dates including class coffees and class dinners. Be sure you've signed up for your class mailing list. These are all important ways to get class-specific news and updates and connect with parents in your grade level.
langley enews: And of course you have this newsletter! We do our best to include details about everything happening around the school. We count on our community for submissions, so if you'd like to share news of your student's clubs or sports, let us know. Anyone can submit an item by emailing enewslangley@gmail.com. Guidelines are here.
langley hs website: Information from LHS administration can be found here. Find the latest news, announcements and details about academics, activities and much more. In addition, sign-up for This Week at Langley and other weekly correspondence through the News You Choose link here.
If you take advantage of these resources, you should be able to find the answers to almost any question about life at Langley. Still can't find the answer? Let me know at ptsalangley@gmail.com.
And of course, Homecoming is this weekend! I wish everyone a fun – and safe – time.
~ Jamie H. Loving, PTSA President
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Spirit Week wraps up tomorrow with Beach Blackout (wear black shirts with beach accessories such as leis, sunglasses, sunhats, etc.)! Evening festivities kick off at 7 pm Fri when the Saxons Varsity Football team takes on the Oakton Cougars.
The Homecoming Dance is Sat, Sept 10, 8–10:30 pm, in Langley Hall and the Courtyard. Tickets are $20 per student and may be purchased through MySchoolBucks until tomorrow, Sept 9. Get your ticket now for HoCo 2022!
If your student would like to bring a guest who is not enrolled at Langley, they must submit a completed guest form to Mrs. Hamilton or Mrs. Conrad, via their mailboxes in the main office. The form is in the MySchoolBucks link.
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Join us for a New Family Social tomorrow Sept 9 from 5:30-7 pm in the Amphitheater, just before the Homecoming football game. If you’re able to make it, please RSVP to LHSNewFamilyNetwork@gmail.com.
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Help landscape the last of Langley's three courtyards and donate a leaf for Langley's Legacy Tree!
By donating a leaf (copper $50, silver $100, gold $200) or bird or acorn ($500), you're helping to complete the courtyard renovation and "grow" the Legacy Tree – a beautiful wall sculpture across from the Main Office in Langley's Lobby. You choose the engraved message! The Legacy Tree is a permanent, prominent record of courtyard contributors and a lasting legacy for Langley and your family. Leaves also make great tributes to teachers, friends, pets, coaches, and grads!
Thanks to the 600 generous Langley families and local organizations who've already donated a leaf, bird, or acorn.
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link your grocery card and amazon smile accounts |
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Link your Harris Teeter VIC card to LHS for the 2022-23 school year! Click here and let us handle registering your card or simply send an email to susanGconnery@gmail.com with your VIC card-linked phone number. You can also ask extended family members and neighbors for their VIC card-linked phone numbers and we can link them on their behalf!
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Shop with Amazon via the AmazonSmile option! Click here and choose to support “Langley High PTSA”. You can also get the app to shop AmazonSmile from your phone or tablet.
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Princeton Review is hosting a virtual PSAT, SAT or ACT mock test on Sat, Sept 17. The cost is $25 and is a fundraiser for Langley HS PTSA. Click here to register by Wed, Sept 14.
You’ll receive an email with a Zoom link and other info by Friday prior to the exam. Afterwards, you'll receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and weaknesses. After taking the practice test, use the free FCPS test prep tutoring available through Tutor.com.
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Saxons! Consider this year's Reflections theme "Show Your Voice!" and decide which category (or categories) you would like to enter.
Express who you are and why your voice matters! Create your masterpiece in visual arts, dance choreography, film production, literature, photography, music composition or special arts. Compete at school, regional, state and national levels.
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don’t delay, join your ptsa! |
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Check off another "to do"...
click below to become a member and donate to the PTSA.
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Your annual membership and donation dollars enable the PTSA to help support and enrich the student experience at Langley and to provide many items and opportunities for our students that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. Thanks for your support!
Note: Membership needs to be renewed annually, and PTSA dues are separate from class activity fees.
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Any freshmen wishing you hadn’t taken that high school level class last year in 8th grade? If you took a world language course, algebra or geometry last year in middle school and want to expunge the course grade from your high school transcript, you must submit this FCPS form prior to the completion of the first 9 weeks of this school year. No action is required unless you wish to expunge a grade.
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conversation with dr. reid |
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Save the date! Langley pyramid parents, students and other stakeholders will have the opportunity to meet with new FCPS Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid in person at Langley on Wed, Oct 26, 6:30-7:30 pm. It’s part of her Superintendent Community Conversations series of meetings with all of the school pyramids. Click here for more info and to register.
If you are unable to attend the Langley pyramid event, FCPS encourages you to attend another pyramid's event at your convenience. See the full list of Community Conversations events here.
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history and social studies standards |
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VDOE is conducting a periodic review of current History and Social Science Standards of Learning (SOLs). This process began in 2020 and completion is expected by Nov 2022. The public is invited to review and provide feedback on the proposed SOLs by Sun, Sept 25.
FCPS encourages families, students, staff, and community members to provide feedback to VDOE and participate in district discussions and feedback opportunities. Click here to learn more and offer public comment on the VDOE website.
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football: Tomorrow night, the Saxons take on the Oakton Cougars at 7 pm! Buy tickets for the football game here or purchase them at the gate. Note: Backpacks are not permitted in the stadium.
Remaining home games this year are Sept 9, Oct 7 and Oct 21. On Nov 4 Langley takes on McLean at McLean HS.
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softball: Langley Softball team interest meeting is Sept 15 at 3:30 pm, room 1420.
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crew: Join Langley’s award-winning Crew Team for an Open House this Sat, Sept 10, 10 am–1 pm at Sandy Run Park, 10450 Van Thompson Rd, Fairfax Station. Tour our boathouse, meet the coaches, and chat with varsity rowers and parents. Learn about Langley Crew’s program, the Learn to Row program and what it takes to row with the champions. View the flyer here.
Langley Crew’s Learn to Row program begins Sept 10 and runs through Oct 29! Learn to Row is open to students in the Langley pyramid, grades 8 and up. Classes take place Saturdays. No previous rowing experience necessary. Learn the basics of rowing, from language and handling equipment to performing rowing drills and rowing all eight. Check out the flyer or go to www.langleycrew.com.
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Does your teen know what to do with an intoxicated friend? Here are a few signs of alcohol poisoning: mental confusion, difficulty remaining conscious or inability to wake up, blackout (gaps in memory) and vomiting. Even if a person is passed out, alcohol is still being processed and the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) could continue to rise. Help your teen understand the importance of getting their friend help. Water, coffee and walking will not make a person sober. Call 911. Here is a tip sheet to better understand alcohol overdose.
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Read below for class news. Click the green class buttons to go to each class's webpage.
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senior picnic and class photo: Seniors will wear black out t-shirt (in place of HoCo t-shirt) on Fri, Sept 9 for Senior Picnic and Class Photo.
class activity fee: The $35 fee, payable in MySchoolBucks, covers the cost of Spirit Week activities planned by the student class officers, senior t-shirt, and class treat days and picnics. Due to the early Homecoming date, it is not possible to get HoCo t-shirts. We have arranged for Class Spirit t-shirts to be handed out Oct 26–28, before the McLean football game. The new class activity fee pay by date is Sun, Oct 2. No t-shirt orders will be taken after this date. Note: there will be additional fees for graduation later in the year.
senior packet: Senior packet is the document used by our school counselors and teachers to write college recommendation letters and to authorize the school to send out college transcripts and application info. There is a questionnaire part for both parents and students and a Transcript Release Form. Fill out and return to your students' school counselor as soon as possible.
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homecoming update: Get your ticket now for HoCo 2022! The dance is this Sat, Sept 10, 8–10:30 pm, in Langley Hall and the Courtyard. Tickets may be purchased via MySchoolBucks for $20 per student. Note that if your student would like to bring a guest who is not enrolled at Langley, they must submit a completed guest form to Mrs. Hamilton or Mrs. Conrad, via their mailboxes in the main office. The form is contained in the MySchoolBucks link. Ticket sales close tomorrow, Sept 9.
activity fees: Thank you to all who have paid your student’s class activity fee to date. The fee helps to cover Homecoming spirit week activities, treat days, and a spirit wear t-shirt. Due to the early date of Homecoming game and dance this year, Sept 9 and 10 respectively, t-shirts will be distributed in October in time for the Langley vs. McLean crosstown rivalry football game. The design of the t-shirt will be such that it can be worn throughout the year for any LHS vs MHS event! Shirts will be ordered on Oct 2, after which no additional orders will be taken. Don’t miss out! Find a link to the 2024 Activities Fee button on MySchoolBucks.
parent coffee and forum: Save the date and join other parents of juniors at a class coffee and forum on Sept 30, 9-10 am! Our class AP will be on hand to take questions during a Q&A session. Look for a form mid-month to submit questions in advance. See you there!
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parents, thank you to those who have already paid the sophomore class activity fee! The pay-by date for the class activity fee is now Sun, Oct 2 to select your student’s preferred t-shirt size. T-shirts will be distributed in October prior to the rival Langley vs. McLean football game on Nov 4. No additional t-shirt orders will be taken after Oct 2!
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freshman parents, mark your calendars for our first class dinner for students and their families on Thurs, Sept 29. Our first Class of 2026 Parent Coffee will be held on Sept 21 or 22. Details to follow on both.
Also, remember to pay Freshman Class Activity Fee in MySchoolBucks. The new due date is Oct 2 to ensure that your Freshman gets a class t-shirt (in his/her size). Annual class activity fees are used to purchase class t-shirts, fund class activities, and start building to fund prom and other big class events.
Visit the Class of 2026 page on the Langley PTSA website to sign-up for Class of 2026 Parent Emails and to join the Langley High School Class of 2026 Parents group on Facebook.
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Rise Against Hunger McLean
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
1545 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean
Sat, Nov 5
Registration is open for the next meal packaging event. The goal is 200,000 meals, which will bring us close to 3 ¼ million meals since 2010!
Come see how good it feels to help this cause! There will be three 2 ½ hour meal packaging shifts beginning at 8 am, 11 am and 2 pm. We’ll need many, many student and parent volunteers to reach our goal.
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FCPS has numerous health and safety protocols in place to keep students, staff and families safe this year. Read about them on this FCPS webpage.
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Sept 9: Spirit Week - Black Out Day
Sept 9: New Family Social, 5:30-7 pm, Amphitheater
Sept 9: Homecoming Football Game, 7 pm
Sep 10: Homecoming Dance, 8:30 pm
Sep 12: Partners for Safe Teen Driving, 6:30 pm, Auditorium. Doors close promptly!
Sept 14: Back to School Night, 6-8:30 pm
Sept 16: Class of 2025 Parent Coffee, Lecture Hall
Sept 17: Band Tag Day!
Sept 19: Underclass Photos Make-Up
Sept 23: Club Day
Sept 26: No School
Sept 28: PTSA General Membership Meeting, 9:30 am, Lecture Hall
Sept 29: Class of 2026 Freshman Class Dinner
Sept 30: Class of 2024 Parent Coffee, 9 am
Oct 26: Community Conversation with Dr. Reid, 6:30 pm, Langley HS
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Join the LHS PTSA! Click Here.
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LHS PTSA eNews Editors
Gary Coetzee, Julianne Kass, Niki Mallick, and Helen Miller
Stephanie Maxwell (Technical Advisor)
Amy P
The Langley eNews is published by PTSA volunteers and includes news that pertains to LHS, PTSA and FCPS.
Any opinions expressed herein are those of the submitter and not necessarily those of LHS, PTSA or FCPS.
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