Longfellow Elementary School is learning more about restorative justice and we can incorporate some of the foundational practices in our school to promote a sense of belonging, nurture positive relationships, and cultivate a learning community within our school and throughout the broader Longfellow community. To learn more about restorative practices in HCPSS schools, click HERE. We are seeking input from our families and ask that you take a few minutes to complete the anonymous survey below:

• Survey Link: https://www.research.net/r/ceea-parent

• Survey ID: longfellow45

November 22nd - 24th - Parent-Teacher Conferences

• November 22nd & 23rd - Half Days for HCPSS students

December 8th - LoES PTA Social Event (more details forthcoming)

December 15th - Half Day for HCPSS students

December 23 - 31st - Winter Break - HCPSS Schools Closed

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

Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled to take place on Monday, November 22nd through Wednesday, November 24th. Families can expect to receive information from their students' homeroom teacher about how to join virtual sessions. Alternatively, families can also join either of the following Google Meets to get the information needed to join your previously scheduled conference:

Family Support Links:

• • November 22nd Support Link: meet.google.com/gbc-jcyd-gfh

  • November 23rd Support Link: meet.google.com/qhs-xcto-ict

Report Card Access: Parents/guardians will have access to view report cards as of 5 p.m. on November 10th. Parents/guardians may view/download report cards by taking the following steps:

1. Log in to HCPSS Connect Synergy using parent/guardian credentials

2. Select More Options from the left panel

3. Select Report Cards from the middle

4. Select the report card you wish to access

Longfellow is a Title I Schoolwide Program school. Title I is a federally funded program designed to close achievement gaps and ensure all children have an opportunity to access a high-quality education by providing funding for supplemental academic services and supports. A Family-School Compact & Plan is an agreement between families, students, and teachers that is jointly developed and distributed to all families. It explains how families, students, and teachers will work as a team to make sure all students meet with success and get the support they need to achieve grade-level goals. The Longfellow Family School Compact and Calendar of Events can be found HERE and on the Longfellow Title I website. If you have any questions, please ask your child’s teacher at your upcoming parent-teacher conference. If you have any input or feedback, please contact either Tracy_Stansbury@hcpss.org or Deborah_Owen@hcpss.org.

We are so excited that EVERY student at Longfellow will have the opportunity to experience the joy of giving to others as they participate in the Holiday Shoppe this year! Each class will visit the Shoppe for 30 minutes during the school day. In order to assist students with shopping/budgeting, checking out, and wrapping, we will need plenty of adult volunteers! Please review the available slots HERE and click on the button to sign up.

Volunteers use the PinPoint platform to show proof of full vaccination at least five school days in advance

"Thinks Outside the Box" Lesson will include providing a blank white box to each participant who will then be asked to use various materials to express themselves. Different prompts and activities will allow students to create their external identity and attributes by creatively drawing or using stickers to decorate the outside of the box. Everyone will then share their creation. They will then be asked to put various items inside of the box that are either "unknown," less apparent or are more private like culture, traditions, pictures, artifacts etc. We will then share both and explore the many layers of both the external and internal parts of themselves. Learn more HERE.

Effective October 25, all volunteers and chaperones who interact with students, and parents/guardians who are conducting classroom observations were required to use the PinPoint platform to show proof of full vaccination at least five school days in advance. Please refer to the HCPSS website for additional information.

LoES Storytime is Back!

We’ll be hosting our first elementary-focused community event with a picture book read-aloud event with husband author team Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Justin and Peter will be reading and discussing their book And Tango Makes Three. This will be a virtual community event for families. Families with elementary-aged children will be eligible to receive a free copy of the book And Tango Makes Three (free to the first 50 registered families who wish to attend). Please let parents in your elementary communities know about this fun, free event which will take place on Saturday, January 8th @ 1:00 pm. Educators, community members, and parents with older children are also welcome to join, but only elementary school-aged children will receive a free copy of the book. Here is the link to register for the event.

¡El poder del juego! (The Power of Play)

¿Alguna vez se ha preguntado qué está haciendo realmente su hijo mientras juega? ¿Qué significa cuando dicen que los niños aprenden a través del juego? En palabras de Albert Einstein, "el juego es la forma más elevada de investigación". Sumérjase en la mente del niño pequeño en este atractivo taller que proporcionará información sobre por qué los niños deben jugar, cómo el juego afecta el desarrollo infantil y aprenda cómo debería ser el juego.

Martes 14 de Diciembre a las 7 p.m. Este evento es virtual. Por favor regístrense aqu

Nothing I Do Works: A Parent’s Guide to Challenging Behaviors

The Pyramid Model is a comprehensive, research-based approach that considers all of the factors that impact a child, family and a child's behavior. Learn how to help decrease negative behaviors from happening and/ or what to do when they do occur. Ask questions and leave with skills and resources that you can use immediately to help you feel more confident in your parenting. For children ages two to eight.

Wednesday, December 8, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Click here for registration to virtual workshop

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.