September Newsletter

Hello Longfellow Families!

We have had a TERRIFIC start to our school year.  Thank you for sharing your children with us.

• The PASS program began on Tuesday, September 22nd.  Participation is by invitation only.  Students who received an invitation should return the signed permission slip to the main office. 
• We will be starting multiple school activities and clubs - MakerSpace, Gaming Club, Chess Club, Flag Football, Choir, Band, Orchestra, Longfellow Leaders - just to name a few.  Make sure to check your child's folder regularly (especially Friday Folders) for these forms!
• October is fire awareness month. We will have special Fire program by the West Allis FD on October 7th.
• Parent/Teacher conferences for 1st quarter are October 14th and October 21st, 4:00-8:00pm.  Our expectation is that ALL FAMILIES participate in a conference during 1st quarter.  Please look for the sign up form to come home in Friday Folders on Sept. 25.  
• Friday, September 25th will be our first monthly DOJO incentive.  Students with 80% positive points for the month of September will be able to participate.  If you need to sign up for DOJO notifications, please contact your child's teacher. 
• A reminder to parents - EARLY PICKUPS should only occur in an emergency.  Students who are regularly picked up early are missing out on valuable instructional time.  
• Phone calls and messages to the office should only be done in emergencies.  It is disruptive to classrooms to call with multiple messages at the end of the day. 
• The Health Department will be doing fluoride treatments on Tuesday, October 6th.  To have your child participate, please return the form that was sent home last week. 
• NO SCHOOL on Monday, September 28th due to Teacher Professional Development day.

Lego Math Program!

May Newsletter

Hello - we hope all of you had a good long weekend with friends and family!

• The PASS Program ended on May 21st.  Please make arrangements for your students after school now that PASS is over.
• A citizens committee on school attendance areas held their first meeting on May 21, 2015.  The committee has representatives from schools throughout the district. 

Their charge is to:

Review elementary and intermediate school grade configuration and determine if it should be 4K-5^th and 6^th-8^th or 4K-4^th and 5^th-8^th

Establish attendance areas 4K-12

Balance enrollment 4K-12

Review the district’s transfer policy

The committee will meet throughout the summer and give a report to the School Board in September.  Go to the district’s website for meeting dates and meeting minutes.

• Our last PTA meeting of the year will be Wednesday, June 10th at 5:30pm.  We thank PTA for all the great things they do for our school and hope that more parents will join!
• West Allis a la Carte is Sunday, June 7th - noon - 6pm.  Make sure to stop by - it's a great family activity.
• Mark your Calendars!  The 5th grade Recognition Ceremony will be Wednesday, June 10 at 9:30am at Longfellow.  The 4K Recognition Ceremony (divided into 2 parts) will be Wednesday, June 10 in the afternoon at the Recreation 4K Center.  We look forward to celebrating with all our 5th graders and 4K students as they move on to new and exciting things. 
• Students will again participate in the Scholastic Summer Reading Program!  They will also have an opportunity to do online "book clubs" with Kidblog.  In the upcoming weeks, Ms. Hennings will be doing a lesson in each classroom about how to use these resources over the summer. We encourage our students to read, read, read during the summer months...our final RIF and Books at the Beach distribution will allow all students to have new books to read at home over the summer. 
• The last day of school is Friday, June 12th.  Students have a full day of school that day.  Report cards will come home with students at the end of the day. 

Enjoy the summer weather!

Jessica Moe

 

May Newsletter

• We thank our PTA for all their efforts to make a GREAT Teacher Appreciation Week. 
• Progress Reports will come home on Friday, May 15.  This will only be for those families who did not communicate with their child's teacher via parent/teacher conferences (in person, by phone, by email). 
• Friday, May 22 is Longfellow/Rec Center Field Day.  Every year, we hold Field Day at the field attached to the Recreation 4K Center.  Permission slips will come home this week - PLEASE RETURN BY FRIDAY, MAY 15 if you'd like your child to participate in Field Day. The rain date for this event is Friday, May 29. 
• The last day of the PASS program is May 21st.  Please mark your calendars accordingly. 
• Our Longfellow BOCS concert is Tuesday, May 19th at 2:00pm. 
• The NEW District 2015-2016 calendar is now posted on the District website.  Paper copies were also sent home.  MAKE SURE YOU LOOK CLOSELY, as there are many changes to the previously released calendar.  If you have questions, please contact the main office. 

Make it a great day!

Jessica Moe

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.