Report cards will go home with learners today. Please check backpacks for those. Good grades deserve ice cream, right?

That groundhog didn't know what he was talking about!
Please have your children wear winter coats again as they will go outside each day, as long as the wind chill is above 0. Thank you!

Under Construction! You will notice some work happening to the landscaping in front of Longfellow. Thank you to the MSD maintenance staff for their work. We can't wait to see the changes! We are asking your children to stay on the sidewalk and not walk through the dirt. Please help remind them of that during arrival and dismissal. Thank you!
Bring on the future Longfellow Lions!
Sessions are March 19th OR 21st and either 5:30 pm OR 6:30 pm.

Let's Go Kernels!!! Thank you to the MHS Boys Basketball Team for visiting us today so we could cheer you on before you head off to state. We are so proud of you!!!
K-E-R-N-E-L-S! Kernels! Kernels! AHHHHH!
https://youtu.be/qLVGw0kVhBY



Fox in Socks at LO. We had a lot of different socks around the halls. Here are a few.


Due to the MHS girl's basket ball team going to the state tournament this week, we will not have our school store open this Friday, 3/8/24. Instead, we will have it on Wednesday, 3/13/24. Good luck to our very own, Miss Mertens, who coaches, and the rest of the Kernel Girls Basketball!!
Don't forget to check out the March Newsletter for what we did in February as well as what's coming up this month at Longfellow. https://www.smore.com/u/longfellow

Tomorrow is PJ Day in honor or Read Across America Week. Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! Remember that we will still go outside, have PE, etc., so keep that in mind when choosing clothing for the day.

Check out the fun today as we helped send off our Girl's Basketball Kernels to the state tournament. Thanks for visiting us today!
https://youtu.be/iTgtWA5FhG8
https://youtube.com/shorts/0t4O7kgb2sY

Good Luck Girl's Basketball Kernels!!!! Special shout out to Coach Mertens!

Spring Picture Day is TOMORROW May 6th. Photos will only be taken if a packet is returned and paid for. Please let the teacher or office know if your child is having their picture taken so we do not miss them.
www.Scherling.PreOrderPhotos.com
Access Code: E47KQ9

Festival Choir was music to our ears!

You will usually find Mr. Damon (custodian/maintenance) in the hallways, keeping our 1st floor clean and tiddy. This morning, the kids found him on the playground and challenged him to a game of soccer.

Read Across America!

Spring School Pictures are coming up THIS WEDENSDAY, March 6th. Photos will only be taken if photo packet and payment is returned. Please alert the office or teacher if you intend on having photos taken that day.

We send out a HUGE thank you to The Palace City Pedalers and Ron's Bike Shop for their generous donation of bikes for 3 deserving students. Their smiles say it all!!
The Mitchell School District celebrated their district Teachers of the Year and Classified Staff of the Year on Wednesday, February 28th at the Sherman Center on the campus of Dakota Wesleyan. Angela Putnam was chosen as District Classified Staff of the Year and Molly Becker was chosen as District Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Becker will now apply to be the Regional Teacher of the Year and if chosen will enter the selection process for South Dakota Teacher of the Year. https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/becker-putnam-honored-as-mitchell-school-district-teacher-of-the-year-classified-staff-of-the-year

March is here!! Time to sign up for Kindergarten Jumpstart, coming up March 19th and 21st. Call us to reserve your future Lion's spot!


Longfellow's March newsletter is ready and full of information. Please take a minute to look it over. You can find it in the 2023-2024 School Year folder. https://www.smore.com/u/longfellow

