Hi Everyone,

At Longview Schools we finished the 2020-21 school year with a flourish. Both Mark Morris and RA Long High Schools put on wonderful traditional graduation ceremonies and events afterwards for families to celebrate with their graduate. Discovery High School also had a fantastic graduation ceremony, which included our first graduates from the Longview Virtual Academy. Congratulations to all the 2021 grads!

Summer school is now underway and serving students at all grade levels. To help our kids achieve their academic goals we are offering expanded summer school this year. Summer school at lower grade levels will focus on literacy and math, while high school students who have fallen behind will have the chance to get back on track with graduation requirements.

We are looking forward to the start of school this fall. For planning purposes, the first day of school is scheduled for Tuesday, August 31. Students at all grade levels will be attending class in-person, full-time five days per week. After school activities will resume normal schedules and seasons, which we are excited about. For those who want it we will continue offering remote learning for grades 1 through 5 and Longview Virtual Academy for 6 through 12th grade students.

Some parents have called asking questions about mask requirements for next year. We are being told by state officials that updated health safety protocol information will be sent to schools this summer. We will be sending you information and posting it to the district website once it becomes available to us, so more information will be coming on this.

During the summer the district works very hard improving facilities and classrooms. From a facilities standpoint you will see some of our buildings being painted, getting a new roof, new signage or other important maintenance. What you won’t see is the work going on inside the buildings as old classroom technology is updated, new flooring installed or numerous other projects get completed while kids are enjoying time off for the summer.

Finally, I’d like to thank all the parents and families of students who worked so hard this past year supporting their child’s education. It was a year of full of challenges and changes that we all worked very hard to adapt to. Thank you again for your support, patience and dedication to learning.

I hope you enjoy the summer and get time to read to, and with, your children.

 

Respectfully,

Dan Zorn, Superintendent

Longview Public Schools