Del escritorio del Director, Mr. U Dear Parents, It is my pleasure to welcome all families and students to another exciting year at Longfellow Elementary School. We are very proud to be a Dual Language/Fine Art school which emphasizes our core Reading and Math Programs enhanced by our Spanish Language curriculum and enriched with our incredible Fine Arts program.  We expect to work with our parents during this year to meet our shared objective of striving for the success of our children, both academically and socially.  The staff at Longfellow Elementary recognizes the uniqueness of each child and will try hard to meet each student needs through a variety of instructional methods.  Our focus will continue to be, to provide a program and a school that is challenging, stimulating, and full of high expectations. It is well known that shared responsibility and accountability is also needed for the success of our children.  Please be involved with our school and most important with your child's education. You are the most significant person influencing your child's educational success.  This is Our School - Let's All Work Together To Continue Our Wonderful Environment For Children.  Please know that we encourage and welcome you at school. Respectfully, Richard B. Ulibarri Principal A Visit To Longfellow from CDP Seeing Possibilites- by JoLynne Lyon *NEW APS Perspective News Longfellow Elementary Joins Effort to Declare Camino Real a National Historic Road Click Here Information About Our School Nuestra Escuela Bilingual Program Longfellow ES provides both English/Spanish programs to all students.  We believe if students develop literacy in their first language they will be more sucessful in their second languague. Almost all classroom teachers have the endorsement to teach either TESOL (Teaching English to Students of Other Languages) or the Bilingual endorsment, to teach students in their home language, Spanish.  Longfellow provides 90min of Spanish/English Literacy Block . Everyday Math Longfellow is using a new math program. Everyday Math is the math program used by all elementary schools in APS. It follows research by the NCTM (National Council for Teaching Mathematics) and has six strands: number and numeration, operations and computation, data and chance, measurement and reference frames, geometry, and patterns, functions, and algebra.  The program builds on itself, spiraling on these six strands through the grade levels. Treasures/Tesoros Longfellow is using a new reading program, Treasures (English) & Tesoros (Spanish) for grade 1st-5th. Treasures is a reading program which combines whole group, small group, and independent reading activities into the reading block.  The six components of literacy are taught, which include phonemic awareness, phonics, oral language, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary.  Longfellow students have at least 90 minutes of literacy a day. Kinder, 1st and 2nd grade are using the Fundations Program for 30 minutes a day. LFES use Sucessmaker and Waterford in reading and math on the computer. Art,Music & Drama Program The Art Program enables students to develop their skills and powers of perception to understand, communicate, evaluate, and to apply themselves to the serious task of creating in a variety of art media. The Music curriculum give children an opportunity to participate in the joy and expression of making music as a community.The Drama Program offers our students the opportunity to express themselves freely “on stage”. Sometimes the plays are real productions. More frequently the scripts are written by the children. The children’s drama experiences are usually expressions of something they learned in class that excited them so much they wanted to share it with others. Cafeteria Lunch Menu Elementary School Prices           Regular Lunch $1.85           Reduced $.40           Milk $.40 For more information, please contact Yolanda Chavez. Manager at 247-0140 My Lunch Money.com Nurse Office/Enfermeria Recursos para Maestros SEMS ATF Union ABQ

This Month at Longfellow Dear Parents, Thank you for another year of support.   It has been a great year!   This last month of school is filled with lots of activities for our students.   I appreciate any and all help and support that you can provide, especially with fieldtrips.  Contact your child’s teacher if you can help.  Mark your calendar with dates and activities for this month.   Please remember to come in and register your child or children for next year if you haven’t done so already.   Registration is on-going throughout the month of May, during school hours. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL;  Tuesday, May 29th.    There was a mistake in our school calendar that listed the last day of school as May 24th.    The correct day was Friday, May 25th.  We now must make up one Snow Day, which will extend our school year after Memorial Day.   Tuesday, MAY 29th is our official last day of school, and it will be a full day unless we are notified otherwise. TIME CHANGE VOTE:   The vote on changing our school daily time schedule is complete and it DID NOT PASS.   The vote was 59% in favor of changing our school time.   However, 66% of parents must approve of the change in order for this request to be final.   Therefore,   our school time will remain the same for next year.  Thank you for your vote.   SUMMER SCHOOL:   Students in grades 1-5 who are still at Beginning Steps or Nearing Proficient in Reading, Math, or both, will be receiving a letter informing parents of Summer School.   It is my expectation that all students who are recommended for Summer School will attend. Dates:    June 27—First day                August 1—Last day                 8:00-2:00p.m.  DAILY                Breakfast and Lunch will be served MAY ACTIVITIES: May 3--- PTO Meeting—5:30 p.m. May 4—5th Grade to the Mountain School            --- SCOOPS OF ART  1:00-6:00 p.m.   Enjoy ART Exhibits throughout school/Gym                 Ice Cream for all from----3:45-6:00 p.m. May 7--- 3rd-4th-5th Grade students to ISOTOPS PARK    11:30---Leave School                 Return--- 4:00- 4:30 p.m.   Parents must pick up students at school upon return. May 8--- National Teachers Day—PTO provides lunch for teachers May 16--- Kindergarten Promotion Night.      5:30-7:00 p.m.     GYM May 18--- PLAY DAY---AM—Primary       PM- Intermendiate          18--- Parent Appreciation Breakfast—All Parents invited--  7:30-9:30 a.m.    Library          18—Albuquerque High School Graduation May 22—Kindergarten, First, and Second grades ---  fieldtrip---ZOO           22—5th Grade fieldtrip TIGUEX PARK May 23—Fifth Grade Promotion---5:30-7:00 p.m.    GYM May 24—First and Second Grades – fieldtrip---Aquarium  Longfellow E.S. & APS School Calendar 2011-12 April 5 PTO Meeting at 5:45pm April 6 Vernal Holiday NO SCHOOL! April 12 Family Night at Explora Museum Free Admission April 26 Take your son/daughter to work day May 3 PTO Meeting at 5:45pm May 4 Title I Scoops of Art Family Night May 16 Kindergarten Promotion 5:30pm-7pm May 18 Play Day & Parent Appreciation Breakfast May 23 5th grade Promotion 5:30pm-7pm May 29 Last Day of School  Box Tops for Education earns cash for our school. Box tops help our school earn money and can save you money too. How? It's so easy!  Simply sign up at the Box Tops website,   and you'll be able to print money-saving coupons for your favorite Box Tops brands.  Cut-off the box tops along the dotted line and place them into a ziploc bag, put your child's name on the bag, and turn them into your child's classroom.  At the first of each month these tops will be collected.  Thanks to everyone for collecting and submitting the Box Tops!!! Last Year Longfellow E.S. earnings were $86.00 Our goal this year is $500.00 Community Partners Longfellow Child Development Centre   Preschool Program FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT TEACHER LIZ  AT 765-1966 OR VISIT AT ROOM W1 Before/After School Child Care & Programs The following programs are offering before/after school child care services for our students. For more information, please contact them or visit their website. ON-SITE LFES Cafeteria (505) 873-6035  Fax (505) 873-0145 Website Santa Barbara Martinez Learning Center (505)459-4481/(505)480-5567 Website Wells Park Community Center (505)848-1390  Website Sign Up! For Every Box Tops we earn 10 cents Ideas to Boost Longfellow's Box Tops Earnings Fundraising Blogs - BoxTops Put up a Collection Box at Work Why not encourage your co-workers to collect Box Tops?  Many people who do not have school-aged children have never heard of the program.  You can create a cute collection box with your child and put it on your desk in or in the lunch room.  If they learn about the Box Top coupon, they will know not to throw them away.  Visit http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/clip/Projects.aspx for some easy collection box projects.

Our Vision/Visión Escolar In partnership, the school, parents and community will respect, guide and challange students, empowering all to achieve academic excellence to make them responsible and sucessful members of a global society. En asociación, la escuela, los padres y la comunidad respetarán, guiarán y retarán a los esutdiantes esperando lograr la excelencia académica de todos, para que sean exitosos y responsables miembros de una sociedad global.                Our Mission/Nuestra Misión The Longfellow Community and School, in collaboration, will be responsible to support, and prepare each student with the necessary tools and resources to become proficient academically in Spanish and English, and skilled in  technology. Our students will onachieve high levels of competence in, and strong appreciation for the fine arts in society. These efforts will be achieved in a context that values cultural diversity, models and uses collaboration and fosters responsible citizenship and commitment to a healthy life style. La comunidad y la escuela Longfellow, en colaboración se encargará de apoyar y preparar a cada estudiante con las herramientas y recursos necesarios para dominar académicamente en Español e Inglés, y ser proficientes en tecnología.  Nuestros estudiantes alcanzarán altos niveles de habilidad y gran aprecio por las bellas artes en la sociedad.  Estos esfuerzos se lograrán en un contexto que valora la diversidad cultural, utilizando los modelos de colaboración, promoviendo una ciudadanía responsable con el compromiso de un estilo de vida saludable.       PTO 2011-12 Valerie Griego- Co-Chair Michelle Garcia- Co-Chair Kathy Kretz-Treasurer Carla Gallegos- Volunteer Coord Janet Jurado- Fundraising Crystal Luna- Fundraising Sra. Mendoza- Teacher Liason Sra. Ofeliz Chavez- Title I Coord      General Meetings April 5 May 3     General PTO meetings are held several times this year and are open to EVERYONE.     These are good occasions to find out what’s going on in the school.  This is a great place to contribute ideas, articulate concerns, have a voice in decision-making and meet other members of Longfellow Elementary School.     All Meetings will be held at 5:45pm in the Teachers Lounge unless otherwise noted. Recursos para el estudiante Online Games Factmonster.com Apple 4 Teachers Parent's Corner Rincón Para Padres How I Can Help My Child? 10 Tips Colorin Colorado Website Dual Language Education of NM Albuquerque Public Schools