In order to help our school streamline our contact tracing procedures, we are asking that parents provide information regarding their students' vaccination status.

Please take a moment to complete this form, if you feel comfortable doing so. Unless we can confirm your students' vaccination status through ImmuNet, we will need to assume that students for whom a response has not been submitted are unvaccinated.

Please submit one form per student. At this time, we only need the information for the student(s) who attend Longfellow Elementary School.

Access the survey here

Parents/guardians should keep their children home if they are experiencing symptom(s) associated with any communicable disease, including COVID-19. In addition, parents/guardians are to perform the following COVID-19 health check every day before the student leaves home.

A child should NOT come to school with any of these symptoms:

• Fever of 100.4 degrees or higher


• Sore throat


• Cough


• Difficulty breathing


• Diarrhea or vomiting


• New onset of severe headache (especially with fever), or


• New loss of taste or smell


For persons with chronic conditions such as asthma, the symptoms should represent a change from baseline. Children exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 may not attend school.

• Please visit the HCPSS website for additional information on self screening, contact tracing and quarantining procedures. Additionally, visit the HCPSS website for more information on the 2021-2022 school year and answers to frequently asked questions.

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January 31st - Quarter 2 reports available online through HCPSS Connect

February 1st - HCPSS Schools closed for students

February 10th & 11th - Half Day for HCPSS students

February 10th & 11th - Parent-Teacher Conference Days (see the message below)

February 15th - Math Bingo Night for students in grades 3 to 5 (see flyer below)

February 16th - Half Day for HCPSS students

Click HERE to access the full HCPSS calendar for the 2021 - 2022 school year

Dear Longfellow Families,

This Winter, the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) will continue to use Synergy Conference Management to schedule Virtual Parent-Teacher Conferences on February 10th and 11th. Although parents and guardians are always welcome to communicate with teachers regarding student progress, February 10th and 11th are designated Parent-Teacher Conference days where parents are encouraged to meet with your student’s mathematics teacher. Beginning on January 28, 2022 at 8:00 am, through February 4, 2022 at 4:00 pm, you can log on to HCPSS Connect to access Synergy Conference Management (Direction can be accessed here). You can then choose your desired conference time(s) based on each teacher’s availability. For parents without Internet access, please contact our front office staff at 410-313-6879 for assistance in scheduling conferences. *Calls coming in after 12:00 pm on Wednesday, February 9th will require scheduling a conference after February 11th.

Tips for Scheduling Conferences:

• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be scheduled in 15-minute increments. To allow transition time from one Google Meet to the next, consider staggering your appointments to allow for full 15-minute conferences.

• Parents are encouraged to sign up with their student’s mathematics teachers. You can also sign up with other teachers based on their availability in Synergy Conference Management.

Related Arts Information

• In order to give priority to parents with specific concerns about a related arts class, please see your options for conferencing with related arts teachers.

• Option 1 - Come to a related arts team office hours session to get a progress update from all related arts teachers in a single Meet. A virtual waiting room will be used to prevent overlap between families.

  • Thursday, February 10th from 2:00 - 3:00pm (Primary) and 6:00 - 7:00pm (Intermediate)

  • Meet link for all office hours sessions - meet.google.com/myo-xzgb-euc

• Option 2 - Families may email any related arts teacher directly to set up an individual conference outside of the related arts office hour sessions.

  • Library Media – Erin Engelbrecht – erin_engelbrecht@hcpss.org

  • Physical Education - Jane Collins - jane_collins@hcpss.org

  • Physical Education - Anthony Strothers - anthony_strothers@hcpss.org

  • Music - Alicia Wetmore - alicia_wetmore@hcpss.org

  • Band/Orchestra - Diana Fay Williams - dianafay_williams@hcpss.org

  • Art - Sam Alger - sandra_alger@hcpss.org

  • Technology - michelle_baker@hcpss.org

Parents and guardians are encouraged to sign up online or call our main office prior to Monday, February 7, 2022. If you need assistance or have questions, please contact the school directly in order to confirm your meeting date and time(s).

Sincerely,

Derek Anderson, Principal

You can RSVP HERE

Get more information HERE