November Newsletter

Happy November, Longfellow Families!  We hope everyone had a wonderful long weekend.

• We have split our fine arts concerts into multiple dates to attempt to avoid overcrowding in our gym.  Some clarification of upcoming dates:
  • Longfellow BOCS - Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 - 2:00pm- All Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Suzuki students performing
  • Longfellow Winter Concert - Wednesday, December 17th, 2014, 2:00pm - Students from BISSEN, COTA, FOLEY, PRZYBYLSKI, WANDSNEIDER, GRASSEL performing
  • Recreation 4K Center Concert - Wednesday, December 17th, 2014 - Time TBD - Recreation 4K Center students performing
  • Longfellow Mid-Winter Sing - Thursday, March 19th, 2015 - 2:00pm - Students from UNITY, ASPIRE, CHARACTER performing
  • Longfellow Spring Sing and Talent Show - Thursday, April 23rd, 2015 - 2:00pm - Students from WISDOM and talent show performing
  • Longfellow Spring BOCS - Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 - 2:00pm - All Band, Orchestra, Chorus, Suzuki students performing
• ​1st quarter report cards will come home on Friday, November 7th in Friday Folders. 
• Tuesday, November 4th is Voting Day at both Longfellow and the Recreation 4K Center. 
  • Longfellow - breakfast enter through front doors, bag lunch in classrooms, students play on tot lot area only, voting takes place in the gym
  • Recreation 4K Center - breakfast in classrooms, must enter for breakfast using FRONT/MAIN doors, lunch in classrooms, voting takes places in cafeteria
• CLASS DOJO CLARIFICATION:
  • Class DOJO is a behavior monitoring system that helps give feedback to students as they meet our expectations of Respect Self, Respect Others, Respect Environment. 
  • Students in grades K-3 will have more frequent positive/negative points.  Students in 4/5th grade will have less frequent awarding of points - only for exceeding expectations (+) or failing to meet expectations after a verbal warning (-).  Our hope is that students in 4/5th grade are better able to meet expectations with less feedback as they prepare to move to Intermediate School. 
  • Parents can sign up using their email addresses to monitor DOJO from home/work. Please be advised that teachers see many students throughout the day, and cannot always leave an individual comment regarding why a point was given.  The intention of sharing DOJO accounts with parents is so that you can talk with your child about their choices throughout the school day.  
  • Parents were given a handout of classroom expectations at the start of the school year and/or at conferences.  Please contact your child's teacher if you need another copy or with questions. 
  • We have monthly DOJO incentives for students who are consistently meeting our expectations.  For K-3 students, this means getting 80% positive points.  For 4/5th students, this means staying at an average of no less than 0%.  We have some students who work towards alternate goals based on individual needs and plans.
• A request - if you call the main office and get our voice mail, please leave a message and we can return your call as soon as possible.  Many times parents call, but do not leave a message.  This makes it difficult for us to help you out, answer your question, or solve your problem.