KABOOM! and our funding partner, Foresters Financial, want students' input when designing the new play structure we will building during the 2020-21 school year. Please have your child draw their ultimate playground and share it with us via the link below. Further instructions are also provided by following the link.

 

Student drawing instructions and submissions: CLICK HERE.

 

 

Advocacy is what PTA is...with impending budget cuts looming, your help is needed to write our legislators. 

CLICK HERE to read why parent advocacy is needed and what you can do.

Long Beach Unified School District has been offering breakfasts and lunches at 34 sites during school closures and has added a supper meal at 27 of those sites. All meals (breakfast, lunch and supper) will be distributed during the usual meal service hour of 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

To view this week's menu, click HERE.

To view a list of school sites, offering meal pick ups, click HERE.

If you or someone you know in the Longfellow/Long Beach community are experiencing hardship including (potential) homelessness, reach out to transparent.care.

Transparent is a nonprofit that is geared towards preventing homelessness & helping those who are already experiencing homelessness by providing transitional housing and comprehensive assistance.

For more information or if you have questions, please send an email to info@transparent.care.

Times have affected many businesses and Longfellow PTA would like to provide support to our business sponsors and Third Thursday participants by sharing the information below with our community. Some of our business sponsors are offering deals and/or have altered their business model to meet current needs. Please keep them in mind and give them your patronage so that we can support them as they've supported Longfellow.  

Visit the Pride Day page to see the business sponsors and Pride Day businesses that have shared current hours and business info.

CLICK HERE to find out Some Longfellow Good NEWS!!!

Upon parents' request, a virtual book fair has been set up to offer an affordable way to purchase books through Scholastic while book stores remain closed for in person shopping.

25% of all sales go to support PTA's Read At Home Program (RAH) in which ALL students get a free book 3-4 times during the school year. Orders are shipped directly to your house and orders over $25 have free shipping. This virtual book fair goes all summer long until 9/4/2020.

CLICK HERE TO SHOP THE BOOK FAIR.

Looking to be more active with volunteering? Longfellow PTA has some open chair positions for the 2020-21 school year. Send an email to info@LBLongfellowPTA.org if you would like any additional information or are interested in any of the positions below.

• Career Day - Assist our counselor with organizing this special day that happens in the spring.
• Family Events - Organize 3 events during the year: Parents & Pastries and two family movie nights.
• Spirit Wear - Co-chair position: assist with inventory and fulfilling orders.
• Talent Show - Run auditions, rehearsals, and then the main event that happens in the spring.
• Uniform Exchange - Coordinate this event that happens once a month.