Longacre Weekly News

January 27, 2025

EVERYONE LEARNING, EVERYONE LEADING

Dear Longacre Families,

We have exciting news to share! Longacre has been invited to apply for LEGACY Distinction, which is the highest certification level a Leader in Me School can receive. There are only 14 Leader in Me schools in the entire world who have been granted Legacy Distinction.

To be invited to apply for LEGACY Distinction the school has to meet the following criteria:

Lighthouse School Certification has been maintained for a minimum of eight years.
The school exhibits innovation and sustained growth to sustaining levels in the majority of Lighthouse criteria.
The school has made and continues to make an innovative and distinctive contribution to the Leader in Me community or the education community at large.

Our LEGACY review visit is scheduled for Thursday, February 27th and we need your help! We are creating a video that includes testimonials of how the habits have empowered our students, teachers and families and invite your family to submit one.

Here are the directions:

Video record yourself/family or child completing this sentence: Learning the 7 habits at Longacre has empowered me/my child/my family to… (we are using the word "EMPOWER" as the legacy we want to leave for our students, staff and families, therefore we want to highlight that word throughout the video).
The video submissions should be brief- less than one minute.
Upload your video to this folder by Friday, February 7th: Longacre Legacy Videos

Thank you in advance for synergizing to help us showcase our leadership journey. As always, feel free to contact me or the main office at 248-489-3733 if you have any questions.

With Longacre Pride,

Rhonda Henry, Principal

Join us for HERITAGE NIGHT on January 30th

Heritage Night is a way to recognize and celebrate all of the cultures and heritages that make up our school family. You can be a part of the evening by representing your family heritage with food, clothing, and/or a display, or you can simply attend and learn about other families.

We would love to have families represent their culture with wearing traditional, formal clothes, or any attire that would represent part of your family's heritage.

You can make a display with items, pictures, poster, etc. that teaches others something about your family and their heritage.

You can also bring in a traditional food (allergy safe-completely nut free) to go with your display. Serving utensils will be provided, but please bring food to share with a large crowd! Family members are welcomed and you can be at your display to tell others about your heritage.

Click here to signup:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0C4BABAD2DA3FE3-54406544-heritage

Heritage Week Student At-Home Project

Students were given an at-home project to complete in honor of Heritage Week. Please click on the link box below for more information.

Heritage Week 2025 - Student Activity

Families,

We are excited to announce that our school has officially kicked off our Light The Night campaign to support the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Join our team by working together with your child to visit our school team page at https://pages.lls.org/ltn/mi/DetroitL24/longacreelementaryschool and select “Join Your Classroom Team” and start getting support from friends and family from all over. By raising money, they will earn a Light The Night t-shirt when they raise $100 or more. Parents and guardians! You can even link your child’s fundraising page to Facebook -this is the coolest way parents and guardians can support your student’s fundraising efforts!

Click on the video below for more information

Parents are invited to Reader in Me Night! Childcare will be provided

You and your Longacre student(s) are invited to learn about and participate in our Reader in Me Family Night on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 6pm. Parents will learn strategies to help their child grow as a reader, writer and speller. Students will participate in fun and interactive reading activities sponsored by the West Oaks Civitans. Every student who attends will receive a free book. This is a parent and Longacre student event. Parents must stay with their child during this event. This family night is for current Longacre students only; no siblings.

Please Click here to sign-up:

Longacre Reader in Me Family Night Sign-up

Family Leader in Me Night!

Join us for an informative, interactive and fun Family Leader in Me Night facilitated by our Parent Lighthouse Team and Student Lighthouse Team members! The evening will focus on Habits 4, 5 & 6. Bring your entire family to learn how the habits can positively impact your family.

WHEN: Tuesday, February 11- 6:15 p.m.- 7:45 p.m.

WHERE: Longacre

We hope you can join us! Please RSVP below. Thank you!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050D4FAEAB29AAF85-54274907-family

Support Our Troops via the Junior Optimist Shoe Drive!

Do you have athletic shoes sitting around taking up space and collecting dust?

Led by North Farmington High and Farmington High’s Junior Optimist Clubs and supported by some of the Junior Optimists clubs in elementary schools across the district, the Junior Optimists are having a district-wide shoe drive.

If you or your child(ren) have any athletic footwear you no longer need, please consider donating it to this drive!

Gently used athletic shoes yield a higher profit while well worn sneakers are properly recycled. We'll take your athletic shoes regardless of their condition! All proceeds will go to the "A Million Thanks" organization (https://amillionthanks.org/), which supports our troops and their families.

Junior Optimists will be collecting during the month of January. A box is located in Longacre's main entrance for you to put your donations in. Thank you!

January's Leader in Me/Positive Behavior Support Lessons

During the month of January, students will be working on Relationship Skills: The abilities to establish and maintain healthy and supportive relationships and to effectively navigate settings with diverse individuals and groups. Such as communicating effectively, developing positive relationships, practicing teamwork and collaborative problem-solving, seeking and offering support.

Leader in Me HABIT: 4 Think Win-Win

MANNER OF THE MONTH: Use Kind Words

Click here for most recent PTA Newsletter

Join the Parent Pages community book study!

Parent IDEA be reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt, for those not familiar, this particular book is timely and impactful book addressing the challenges our children face today. Click here to sign-up: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cSIadp51K8-ftNshEPbapRjefTpvlwQE/view?usp=sharing

Upcoming Events

Monday, January 27- WIDA ACCESS testing window opens

Thursday, February 6- Reader in Me Night- 6:00 p.m. (Scroll up for details)

Friday, February 7-

Bonaventure Skating Night- 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Popcorn Friday for $1.00- All proceeds go towards Leader in Me Initiative

Monday, February 10- Legacy Videos due today. Please scroll up for more information.

Tuesday, February 11- Leader in Me Family Night- 6:15-7:45. Scroll up for more information.

Wednesday, February 12- PTA meeting at 6:00 p.m. in the media center

Friday, February 14- LOC Credit Union is Open for all banking transactions

February 17-21- Mid-Winter Break

Thursday, February 27- Longacre's LEGACY REVIEW! Please scroll up for more specific information.

Winter Weather Reminder

With the colder weather here, please send your child(ren) to school dressed appropriately for outdoor recess with coats, hats, and gloves/mittens. Additionally, please remember to label your child’s clothing items so they can be easily identified if they become misplaced. Children will go out for recess as long as the wind chill temperature is above 0 degrees.