⋆｡‧˚ʚ🐯ɞ˚‧｡⋆ Hello, Longden Families.

🎃 First and foremost, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who answered our call and donated candy for our trick-or-treating and haunted library events! Your kindness and generosity brought so many smiles, and sugar rushes to our Tigers. Today was filled with laughter, Halloween magic, and community spirit—because of YOU! We’re so grateful for our amazing community. You made this day spooktacular! 

🫶🏼Red Ribbon Week was a success! Students and staff showed incredible school spirit with themed dress-up days and fun activities. From colorful outfits to inspiring messages, the week was filled with positive energy and reminders about making healthy, drug-free choices.

The Door Decorating Contest was a great way to wrap up Red Ribbon Week. Everyone’s creativity shone through, and our judges had quite the challenge choosing the winners.

🏆 And the winners are…

 TK–Kinder: Miss Valenzuela

 1st–3rd Grade: Mrs. Lee

 4th–6th Grade: Miss Montes

Congrats to our winners! ❤️

🎉 Our Spirit Assembly highlighting Honesty was incredible! Our 3rd graders rocked it with a song, a skit, and lots of energy!

During our assembly, we were honored to receive a $5,000 grant from the Barona Band of Mission Indians to support new Social Studies Weekly materials. The grant was presented by Assemblymember Mike Fong, who also celebrated students recognized for honesty, truthfulness, and fairness. Each student received a purple dog tag and a free meal certificate from Panda Express. It was a memorable way to celebrate great character!

A huge shoutout to Jerry Jambazian of Temple City Photos for capturing event.

🧟🐈‍⬛🧛🏻‍♀️ A Parade, Trick-or-Treating, and a Haunted House—Oh My! What an amazing day we had today! From the morning parade filled with creative costumes to the spooky-fun haunted house in the library and classroom performances, the Halloween spirit was everywhere. Students, teachers, and families made it a day to remember!

We’ve included a few highlight photos and short video clips in this newsletter, but there’s so much more to see! Head over to Temple City Photos to watch the full parade video and check out tons of extra pictures. (They’ll be posted soon—so keep refreshing the page!)

We have another exciting week planned for next week. Here's a quick sneak peek of the fun activities we’ve lined up:

🇺🇸 🦅 Let’s show our appreciation for the incredible men and women who have served our country! This Veterans Day, Longden is creating a Field of Honor with a beautiful & patriotic display of U.S. flags proudly waving on our lawn.

Flyers are heading home, and attached to each one is a name tag for your child to fill out in honor of a family member, friend, or relative who has served in a branch of our great military. 🫡 🫶🏻

Once returned, we’ll attach the tags to flags and display them as a heartfelt way to honor those who’ve protected our freedom. 🇺🇸🗽🦅

Let’s fill the hill with flags, love, and gratitude! USA ❤️🤍💙

We’re excited to introduce our new interactive menus for families! Click on any item to view its photo (coming soon) and nutritional details. Check out this week’s breakfast and lunch menus on our website.

Menu items and photos are being added regularly, so thank you for your patience as we update the system.

Questions? Contact Marisol Cortez, Director of Food Services, at mcortez@tcusd.net

Make their day extra special with a birthday shout out on our new digital marquee. Submit your birthday message request using the attached Google form and drop off your $20 tax-deductible donation to the office or pay by credit card using the link in the form. Google Form

Just a friendly note: if you send us any requests during breaks or on days when school is not in session, our response might be delayed until we're back. Thanks for your understanding!