DEVELOPMENT UPDATE:
What Does The Langley Fund Support? The Langley Fund provides critical funds that support a variety of school priorities: programmatic innovation, teacher excellence, tuition assistance, and, in the coming academic year, expanded health and safety measures. Contributions to The Langley Fund support the gap between tuition and our operating budget, and allow Langley to maintain and enhance our role as a leader in preschool through eighth grade education. Programmatic Innovation The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the value of socialemotional learning (SEL) and the need to feel safe and secure in order to succeed academically. Langley’s long-standing commitment to SEL curriculum and resources has positioned our school well to meet the needs of students and families. Teacher Excellence Our team is made up of a diverse group of experts who are committed to helping young people grow academically, socially, and emotionally, while nurturing and supporting every child. Langley is committed to ongoing professional development for faculty, including new training our teachers may need as they balance on-campus and distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tuition Assistance At Langley, we welcome students from all backgrounds because we know a diverse environment reflects the heterogeneous world in which our students are growing up, and greatly enriches and deepens learning. To ensure that a Langley education is accessible to qualified students, we awarded nearly $1.9 million in tuition assistance during 2019-2020. Health & Safety In the 2020-2021 academic year, many new measures will be employed to ensure the safety of students, faculty, and staff that will result in an increased cost. This includes adding additional staff, including a second nurse, equipment, and infrastructure (masks, thermometers, hand sanitizing stations, and classroom technology to support socially distanced learning). To support The Langley Fund, visit www.langleyschool.org/ support-langley or use the enclosed envelope.
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SUMMER 2020
Langley’s Auction Goes Virtual This spring, Langley’s “Watch Us Grow” auction team pivoted quickly to a virtual model, holding a successful online auction with more than 300 registered bidders and a live virtual event on May 9 that included “Raise the Paddle” and brought together more than 100 households for a special moment of virtual connection. In total, the 2020 auction grossed over $292,000, with more than $123,000 of that raised in the #LangleyStrong “Raise the Paddle.” Thanks to the efforts of our auction team, led by Co-Chairs Elizabeth Crocker ’89 and Heidi Narang, we were able to retain our event sponsors, shift our contract with the Conrad Hilton to 2021, work with auction item donors who generously agreed to date extensions, and reimagine the “Raise the Paddle” moment as #LangleyStrong. During the virtual May 9 live event, there was a drawing for a faculty/staff raffle, courtesy of Brian Greenberg and Elizabeth Crocker, as well as a Big Green Egg prize, courtesy of the Board of Trustees and The Organic Butcher of McLean, along with a $1,000 Apple gift card donated by Devon McFadden and Ronya Corey.
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The Langley School Spring Auction
By taking this event online, we were able to include groups who haven’t traditionally attended the auction – alumni, past parents, and grandparents – and even had people tune in from across the country to cheer on our donors and support Langley.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this very unique auction to support Langley’s operating budget!
