Development Update

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.

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.

watch us GROW

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!

What’s Next with The Next Generation Campaign?

COVID-19 has presented challenges that we never could have imagined as we entered 2020. However, our commitment to ensuring that Langley has the resources and facilities to endure, and thrive, well into the future has never been stronger.

The Next Generation Campaign will accomplish two institutional priorities: • A new facility to enhance the learning experience for

Primary School students, as well as our pivotal fifthgrade year, and a new technologically advanced library • A stronger endowment

Pre-pandemic, we knew that we needed to build a new Primary School to realize 21st century standards. Our new reality has emphasized even more why having facilities that meet the modern needs of our youngest students is so vital. Likewise, the financial impact of the pandemic has underscored the need for Langley to grow its endowment. Endowments serve as the financial bedrock of an institution, providing funds in perpetuity that will allow Langley to achieve our mission. Langley’s endowment also provides funds to support scholarships and faculty development, both of which are vital to our core principles.

A Langley Legacy

Over Langley’s 78-year history, countless students and families have left a lasting legacy through their many contributions to the school. In our earliest days as a cooperative, parents maintained the buildings and tended the gardens on our campus. Over the years, as the school has progressed and professionalized, we have never lost sight of our sense of shared responsibility and commitment to community. Many individuals have been so inspired by the role that Langley has played in their lives and in the lives of the The pandemic has amplified that these priorities remain vital for Langley’s continued success. However, given the uncertainty of these times, the Board revisited its recent decision to break ground on the new building in June 2020, and instead decided to return to the original plan of starting construction in the spring of 2021.

Setting the date back to the spring of 2021 not only alleviates the unknowns in the nearterm, but also allows us to focus on our most pressing concern – keeping our students and their families safe and healthy and planning for a successful school opening this fall.

That said, please know that we recognize the potential financial and health impact of the pandemic on our community and will continue to gauge each family’s readiness as we move forward with the campaign.

To learn more, contact the Development Office at

“The Langley School has been an integral part of our family for the past eight years. We feel incredibly fortunate to be part of this amazing community of dedicated teachers, administrators, and families. The Langley community has always made our family feel welcomed, valued, and supported. The impact this community has had on our son, Jack ’22, is priceless. It was only fitting to include Langley in our estate planning as the school is like family. We want to see Langley thrive not just while we are here, but for generations to come.” -Jack and Debbie Ballinghoff

thenextgeneration@langleyschool.org. thousands of children the school has served that they have chosen to include Langley in their estate plans – our Langley Legacy Society.

This summer, we launched a planned giving site that provides a wealth of information for families. Visit the Support Langley tab of www.langleyschool.org or contact the Development Office at thenextgeneration@langleyschool.org for additional information.