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New PTO Board for SY20-21 + Accomplishments from PTO in SY19-20

9/11/2020

We are excited to formally introduce your new SY20-21 PTO Board:

Annie Wright, President
Maryam Oladipupo, VP
Maria Olmedo-Malagon, Secretary
Patrick Fritz, Treasurer

The SY19-20 Exec Board’s term has come to an end. It has been our honor to serve the Langley staff, families and PTO community. We will continue to support the new team in their transition, but they are now the decision makers and your new leaders. Want to reach out to them with questions? Email LangleyPTA101@gmail.com

The new team will send a note introducing themselves, sharing their priorities for the year and announcing the first PTO meeting of the new school year.

How can you help the new PTO right now? Join the PTO by filling out your membership form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/5DX9YWH.

It was our pleasure to work with you last year. You are an incredible group of educators and we look forward to partnering with you even more this year!

Sincerely,
Your SY19-20 PTO Executive Board
Christina Robbins, President
Kiyana Ingram, Vice President
Kathrin Frauscher, Secretary
LaChelle Campell, Treasurer

Langley PTO Accomplishments SY19-20

Communication:

Serving as a liaison with the school administration to best understand and support initiatives that help the school as a whole
Working with our before and after school providers regarding enrichment and administration to help fund and organize clubs
Updating and maintaining the www.Langleyelementary.org website
- Updating the information regarding the curriculum, before & aftercare, the new administration’s biographies, the school calendar, the staff directory
- Posting all DCPS emails and administration emails on the Tiger Tales blog as well as sharing with the PTO Listserv
Sharing school and PTO information on our @LangleyTigersPTO Facebook Page & Instagram accounts
Creating a formal Code of Conduct to keep the listserv respectful and productive
Creating a digital membership form and updating & maintaining our active members’ information
Actively recruiting families, community members and staff to join the PTO

Fundraising, Grants & Events:

Raising over $28,000 from events, donations and school swag
The Grants Cmte securing a $3,000 Whole Kids Foundation Garden + a Fruit Tree Foundation grant to pay for the plants that will make up the Food Forest
Organizing the Fall Festival, Tiger Trek, Make Some Noise Auction, and Scholastic Book Fair
Donating funds to purchase the food for Back to School BBQ & Winter Wonderland
Organizing Movie Night
Updating and distributing items purchased through the Langley PTSA Amazon Wish list
Hosting a Nando’s Thanksgiving luncheon for the staff
Showering our Langley Staff with love during Staff Appreciation week by mailing them cookies, gift cards and thank you notes to show our support for their hard work
Purchasing over $3,000 worth of equipment to support the Langley Cheer team

Family Engagement and Support:

Running a winter coat drive & uniform drive
- Purchasing & installing lockers to store coats and uniforms in Mr. Carr’s office
- Organizing uniforms and winter supplies by gender and size
Collecting individual donations (of nearly $1,000) + re-allocating over $2,600 from PTO funds to purchase VISA gift cards and cleaning supplies for Langley families in need
Working with teachers and parents/guardians to have a Room Parent for each classroom
Working with our aftercare provider, Flex, to offer care on days off
Organizing a cleaning supplies drive + purchasing items to make sure all classrooms have “cleaning kits” when school is in person
Working with school administration, DDOT, Commissioner Pinkney, Councilman McDuffie, McKinley Tech, Harmony and MPD to advocate for safety improvements for T street in front of the school.
- Making a clearly marked "no parking and pick-up/drop off lane" in front of Langley
- Making a "no parking loading zone" in front of The Summit (for emergency vehicles and public transportation vehicles to use)
- Requesting a traffic enforcement officer during pickup and drop off hours (this person can give citations)
- Clearly marking the speed bump in front of the school
- Enforcing the current one-way restrictions on T street
- Asking for a traffic study to examine traffic issues around the school & whether T Street can be permanently made one way.

Garden & Wellness:

Teaming up with FoodPrints, the Garden Committee and families to expand those participating in planting, watering, weeding, and harvesting our beautiful garden throughout the Spring & Summer
Continuing to work with Landscape Architect, Lincoln Smith, PTO members and Administration to plan the Food Forest that is being installed at Langley & Harry Thomas
Hiring a landscaper to mulch and weed the Langley Garden
Hiring a landscaper to repair and mulch the damaged areas of our school playground

PTO Updates & Changes in Langley Leadership

Working with our pro-bono attorneys to develop, propose and pass the new bylaws, transitioning the PTSA to a PTO
Helping organize, recruit nominations and run an election for the Langley Principal Selection Panel
Participating in the interview process resulting in the hiring of Principal Kristina Kellog and Assistant Principal Sandi Bear.

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