Langston's Letters

Dear Langston Hughes Family,

On Friday June 14th we will come together to celebrate our 3rd Annual Juneteenth Festival. The day will include a parade, student performances, and lunch in the schoolyard. Students will perform dances, dramatic readings, and music. All activities will take place in the schoolyard (weather permitting), and we invite our families to join us. Bring a chair, pack your lunch and patience, and enjoy all that our students have to share.

Juneteenth Celebration

Friday, June 14

10:30am-11:15am Parade

11:30am-1:30pm Performances and lunch

In the big schoolyard

Join us as we acknowledge the lives lost in slavery and celebrate the resilience of the people of the diaspora!

Have a wonderful week!

Denean Stephens-Spellman

Our 3rd Annual Juneteenth Festival is just 8 school days away. Like last year, this year's festival will be commemorated with a Juneteenth t-shirt. Did you get your 2024 Juneteenth t-shirt yet? T-shirts are for students and parents. Print the document below and submit it to purchase your 2024 Juneteenth t-shirt. June 3 is the deadline to place your order.

• June 10: Juneteenth Community Spirit Awards - At June's PTA meeting we will meet in person and celebrate our families for their collaboration and support throughout the year. The PTA meeting begins at 6:30pm.

• June 11: Langston Hughes School Culture Day Pageant - Students will dress in the colors of their culture and participate in a pageant. This event is for the students only.

• June 11: Juneteenth's Ancestral Eats - Families are invited to hear the history and taste the flavors of foods that are prepared in Africa, the Caribbean, and America. This event is open to our community and will begin at approximately 6:00pm.

• June 13: Juneteenth Film Festival and Red Carpet Reception - The Rising Star TV production class will walk the red carpet and screen the film they created this year. This event is open to our community and will begin at approximately 4:30pm.
  

• June 14: Juneteenth Parade - The parade will begin at approximately 10:30am.

Over the summer you will receive information to support summer learning, class assignments, and about the upcoming school year. Please complete the Google form below to ensure I have your most up-to-date information.

If your child did not get a seat in Summer Rising, have no fear! Our very own Ms. Nesbitt will once again serve as the Site Director for Freedom School. Please reach out to Ms. Nesbitt at (718) 346-8103 if you are interested.

Kindergarten registration has begun. Kindergarten registration is not automatic. If you were awarded a seat in our kindergarten program and your child currently attends our pre-kindergarten program, you are still required to register for kindergarten. If you have questions or need support, please feel free to reach out to your Parent Coordinator, Tanisha Allen. Ms. Tanisha can be reached at (516) 519-3812 Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:30am and 3:30pm.

On June 22 our students will compete in the NYC Schools Steel Band Festival. The event will take place in Brooklyn at the Prospect Heights High School Athletic Field. If you attended the jamboree two years ago you know how much fun we will have. If not, join us for the first time and find out. We want our students to see as many familiar faces as possible. Please plan to attend and cheer like crazy for our talented musicians.

• 6/5/24 - Queensborough College Performing Arts Center - All fourth and fifth grade classes
• 6/12/24 - Land-o-Fun - Kindergarten Stepping Up trip

• June 3: Scholastic Book Fair ends

• June 6: Pivot to Remote Learning (9:00am-9:25am only)

• June 7: Schools closed for students only

• June 10: Fifth Grade Awards Ceremony

• June 10: Juneteenth Community Spirit Awards at the PTA Meeting 6:30pm
  

• June 10: Final PTA meeting of the year (in person) 6:30pm

• June 11: Langston Hughes School Culture Day Pageant
  

• June 11: Juneteenth's Ancestral Eats 6:00pm

• June 12: Grades 2-4 Awards Ceremony 12:30pm

• June 13: Juneteenth Film Festival and Red Carpet Reception 4:30pm

• June 14: Juneteenth Parade (schoolyard opens at 10:00am, parade begins at 10:30am)

• June 17: Eid al-Adha--schools closed

• June 18: Juneteenth Film Festival and student screening

• June 19: Juneteenth observed--schools closed

• June 20: Fifth grade promotional exercise 9:00am

• June 20: Senior Dance 5:30pm-8:00pm

• June 20: Kindergarten promotional exercise 1:00pm

• June 21: Fifth grade senior trip

• June 22: The Rising Star Steel Band competes in the CLACC-C Steel Band Jamboree

• June 24: Senior Yearbook Day/Field Day for grades 3-5

• June 25: PK Stepping Up Ceremony at 9:30am

• June 25: 3K Stepping Up Ceremony at 11:30am
  

• June 26: Last day of school

• July 2: Summer Rising begins