Longfellow Middle School
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8th Grade Registration for High School
8th Grade Registration for High School

Thurs., Feb. 4
During the school day, Central & Logan staff will meet with the 8th grade students to hand out registration materials & explain the registration process.

Mon., Feb. 8
Curriculum Fair @ Logan HS
6-8pm Multi-Purpose Room
6:30-7pm Freshman Parent Meeting in the Theater

Mon., Feb. 8
Curriculum Fair @ Central HS
6-6:30 pm Freshman Parent meeting in the Auditorium
6:30-7:30pm Curriculum Fair in the Hackett Gym

Wed., Feb 10
Central & Logan registration materials are due to Mr. Dinger or Ms. Schultz

Wed., Feb 17
8th grade students will use the computer lab to enter their high school classes.

Registration for Current 6th & 7th grade students
Registration for Current 6th & 7th grade students

Feb. 10-11
Counselors will visit 7th grade classrooms to discuss & distribute course selection sheets for the 2010-2011 school year.

Feb. 15-16
Counselors will visit 6th grade classrooms to discuss & distribute course selection sheets for the 2010-2011 school year.

Feb. 17
7th grade course selection sheets are due to Mr. Dinger or Ms. Schultz.

Feb. 24
6th grade course selection sheets are due to Mr. Dinger or Ms. Schultz.

Video Welcome from Dr. Reedy
Video Welcome from Dr. Reedy

   
Solo & Ensemble Festival
Solo & Ensemble Festival

On Friday, February 19, 2010 Central High School will be the host for the annual Middle School Solo &
Ensemble Festival. The Festival will begin at 1:00pm and end at approximately 9:00pm. All 7th &
8th grade band students are required to participate in a large ensemble such as Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir,
Saxophone Choir, Brass Choir and Percussion Choir. Many band students are hard at work on solos,
small ensembles and large ensembles. Some of the titles of solos are, "The Carnival of Venice", "The
Technician", "Chaconne", "In the Hall of the Mountain King" "Serenade" and "King's Jester". Some
ensemble titles are "Amazing Grace", "Bourree", "Gone Are the Days", "Pizza Party", and "Katie's
Bossa". The schedule for the festival will be posted on the band web sites very soon. Good luck to all our
dedicated band students!

Spelling Bee
Spelling Bee

The annual Spelling Bee took place on Friday, January 22nd at Longfellow/SOTA II Middle School. Seventeen students participated this year. The vocabulary words were harder this year than last. Our final two participants were Hudson & Taylor. After a few rounds, Hudson won by correctly spelling geranium. Congratulations to all the students who participated. Good luck to Hudson at the regional Spelling Bee in February!

Links of Interest
Wisconsin Covenant
Longfellow Merchandise
Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
The Road She Traveled
Longfellow on Twitter
   
Longfellow/SOTA II Welcomes 2nd Thought Band
Longfellow/SOTA II Welcomes 2nd Thought Band

Jerrilynn Donley entered Longfellow into a contest through the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The entry consisted of getting pictures of milk mustaches on our students, making a commercial for milk and doing a promotion on the benefits of drinking milk.

The prize for this contest was a special concert by a national recording group called 2nd Thought. This band is made up of four high school students from Whitefish Bay, WI. 2nd Thought has played at Summerfest in Milwaukee and has also recorded their first CD.

One the day of the concert, Alice in Dairyland, Cheryl O'Brien, and three representatives from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board handed out FREE chocolate milk to every student during lunch. We also had Chris Collins, from the La Crosse Radio Group and former student of Longfellow, play music during lunch for our students.

During the concert Dr. Reedy, Alice in Dairyland, and Jerrilynn Donley got up and sang "Johnny Be Good" with the band. We had a great time!

Saving Student Computer Files
Saving Student Computer Files

If your student is having issues working on assignments at home & then opening them at , the easiest solution is to have Open Office loaded on your home computer. It is a FREE download.

The district has chosen this software because it is safe, easy to use and free. Visit http://www.openoffice.org/ & download it to your home computer. Your students can save their documents, presentations, etc. to a flash drive & then open it on the computers.

Contact Information

Longfellow Middle School
1900 Denton Street
La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601
608-789-7670 Phone
608-789-7975 Fax

Dr. Penny Reedy, Principal

Mr. Jon Baudek, Associate Principal