Longacre Weekly News

March 3, 2025

EVERYONE LEARNING, EVERYONE LEADING

Dear Longacre Families,

We had a wonderful Legacy Review visit last Thursday! Our student, staff, and parent leaders did an incredible job showcasing our shared leadership model. It was truly special to have alumni staff, students and parents join us for the day, along with Dr. Coffin- FPS Superintendent and Mrs. Kaminski- FPS Assistant Superintendent of Business Services.

Throughout the Legacy Review visit we highlighted our effective practices in leadership, culture, and academics. The Student Lighthouse Team, Greeter Leaders, and CheerLEADers all displayed exceptional hospitality to our guests, and our choir performed a beautiful song celebrating leadership. A special thank you goes out to our Teacher Lighthouse Team, Parent Lighthouse Team, PTA, and Ms. Bailey for their meticulous preparations, which helped make the day such a success!

Additionally, we kicked off March Reading Month with the exciting title reveal of our One School One Book selection—DOGTOWN by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. Each family received a copy of the book, along with information about the fun plans we’ve created to make this reading journey enjoyable for all. Be sure to check out the links below for a detailed reading calendar and video read-alouds created by FPS staff members:

OSOB 2025 Calendar with Questions.pdf

Click here to watch video read-alouds with FPS Staff.

We look forward to this shared reading experience! 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

Longacre Legacy Video

Click on the video linked below to see what current and former staff, students and families have to say about Longacre's Legacy! Special thanks to TV-10 for creating the video.

Legacy Review Day Highlights

CheerLEADers- led by Ms. Portelli!

Longacre Alumni- Current Farmington High School Students!

SLT Members- Anaya & Kevin with FPS Superintendent & Assistant Superintendent

Reader in Me Night!

Parents learned strategies to help their child grow as a reader, writer and speller while students participated in fun and interactive reading activities sponsored by the West Oaks Civitans.

Thank you to the following Longacre Teachers for for leading our READER in ME Night!:

Ms. Perris, Mrs. DiBella, Mrs. Burkmyre, Ms. Portelli, Mrs. Vlahos, Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. Chin

Winter NWEA Results

You will be able to view your child's Winter NWEA results in Mi-Star. Please click on this link for directions on how to access the results: NWEA Parent Letter- Winter 2025

Giving Education Day- March 5th

Did you know that Give Education Day is on March 5th this year? Did you even know that there was such a day? Learn more about it and more about the Farmington/Farmington Hills Education Foundation! https://www.give-education.com/story/Ffhef

March's Leader in Me/Positive Behavior Support Lessons

During the month of March we will focus on the skill of social awareness: The ability to take the perspective of and empathize with others, including those from diverse backgrounds and cultures; the ability to understand social and ethical norms for behavior and to recognize family, school, and community resources and support.

LIM HABIT: 6 Synergize

MANNER OF THE MONTH: Do the Right Thing (Even When nobody’s watching)

PTA Dining Days Out- Tuesday, March 4th

Must bring the flyer below...

Bingo for Books- March 14th

Our annual Bingo for Books is coming soon! You can click on this flyer link for all of the specifics: Bingo for Books- March 14th

Prior registration is required for this event with March 7th as the deadline. There will be no sales at the door and tickets are on a first come basis as seating is limited.
There is a nominal fee for this event to cover the included dinner.
Volunteers are needed to help with this event and the QR code to volunteer is on the flyer.