April Newsletter


Hello Parents/Guardians! This
is an electronic version of our annual school climate survey. All responses
remain anonymous once you "submit". There is a space at the end of the survey
for additional comments and concerns. Thanks for your time - we value your
honest feedback!

I've invited you to fill out the form Longfellow and Recreation 4K Center PARENT SURVEY 2015. To fill it out, please click on the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17B_MfBTkMquBOfBlZKZLGfzb3TMCXbgNVMofQtu1oa0/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link


 

Welcome back!  We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break.

  • This week is Tornado Awareness Week.  Students at both Longfellow and the Recreation 4K Center will practice our procedures for severe weather.
  • Our next PTA meeting is Wednesday, April 15th at 5:30pm in Rm. 112.
  • PASS program resumes on Tuesday, April 14th.  Remember that the last day of the PASS program is Thursday, May 21st.
  • Our next parent/teacher conference date will be Thursday, April 30th from 4:30-8:00pm.  Conference selection forms will come with students on Friday, April 17th.  Please complete your selection and return to your child's teacher ASAP. We work as a staff to schedule conferences back/back for siblings. 
  • PTA will be sponsoring a Family Game Night on Monday, April 20th from 6-7:30pm at Longfellow.  We encourage all Longfellow and Recreation 4K Center families to attend.
  • Team Wisdom will be having their Spring Sing and Talent Show on Thursday, April 23rd at 2:00pm.  Only students from Team Wisdom and talent show participants will be performing.
  • We have many upcoming assessments as we near the end of the school year.  Students in grades 3-4-5 will be doing the Badger Exam (Smarter Balanced) in the weeks after we return from break.  Students in grades K4-3 will complete PALS testing.  Students in K5-5th will complete Spring MAPS testing.  Please look for specific dates/times to be communicated to you by your child's teachers. 
  • Please see the note above about completing our annual School Climate Survey.  You can access it in several ways:
    • click on the blue link above
    • cut/paste the link above into your browser
    • access the link from our Longfellow webpage
    • pick up a paper copy of the survey in the main office at Longfellow or the Recreation 4K Center

Make it a great week!

Jessica Moe, Principal

Writer's Workshop: Opinion Writing

We know how important our VOICE is in our writing, especially when voicing our OPINION about something.  But the first and second graders also know how important it is to build our
 WRITING STAMINA during our
Writer's Workshop time.  
This video is a great example of what one would expect to see during our independent writing time.