Welcome to Principal Hunt's Corner

February 24, 2025

Monthly Character Value: Responsible Decision Making

This week, we will conclude our monthly focus on the character trait of Responsible Decision Making. Please watch the 8-minute video of Jay Morrison speaking to teens at Benjamin Banneker High School in Atlanta, Georgia. In the video, Morrison shares how his decisions shaped his life’s direction. This serves as the Weekly Power Tip on Responsible Decision-Making.

314/Pi Day Reading Challenge

We will be supporting our students at Long to achieve this goal by participating in a school wide reading of The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett. The Probability of Everything is about Kemi Carter, an 11-year old who loves science and calculating probabilities. When she learns that an asteroid--Amplus-68-- has a 84.7% chance of hitting Earth in four day, her world is turned upside down. To makes sense of it all, Kemi decides to create a time-capsule to preserve her family's legacy, just in case. Throughout her journey, she learns about her family, community, and herself while navigating big emotions, tough decisions, and surprising secrets.

Students will receive their text Tuesday, February 25, 2025 during Advisory. We will actively and collectively DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) each day for 15 minutes during 6th period Intervention.

September 19, 2024

Good morning Lynx Families:
Last night, September 19, 2024, we received notification of a threat of school violence along with four additional schools. Through most of the night, I worked with our Safety and Security Team, as well as our Central Office Administrative team, to review the investigation. After a coordinated investigation with the SLPMD Intelligence Officers (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department) and the FBI Taskforce, the threat was investigated and found to be unfounded and "Not Likely."  Furthermore, Dr. Borishade, our Acting Superintendent, has sent a letter as an update to families. We will continue our measures of enhanced safety and security through this week and next week September 23-30, 2024. Please review our safety protocol:

- Officer Lofton and Officer Scott will complete perimeter checks twice an hour. All exterior doors are to remain locked and closed throughout the school day.
- Students will not participate in outdoor activities, including, but not limited to, physical education or recess. 
- We will continue to limit the number of visitors, new enrollments, and parent visits this week. Only appointments will be recognized for visitors or parents. New appointments will be accepted for next week beginning September 23rd. 
- For dismissal, we will dismiss by buses as they arrive. Car riders and pick ups will continue their dismissal procedure.
- Further information regarding any modifications to arrival procedures and/or after school activities will be sent in a separate email. 
- We have also requested additional security to patrol our school and community throughout the day.

As always, if there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Dr. Hunt or Mr. Fanning. Please use the Courage2Report linked shared by Dr. Borishade to report threat of school violence seen, heard, or posted. We have attached the communications from our district regarding safety here and on Class Dojo. 

August 13, 2024:

Welcome Back to School!
We are getting ready to welcome our Long Lynx Students back to Long! School starts Monday, August 19th, at 7:15 AM!

All summer, the building has been under construction renovating bathrooms, new flooring in classrooms, new interior paint, and new water bottle fillers! There are a few projects still under way, and we are looking forward to seeing them completed very soon. One pivotal change was our transition from the Tigers to the Lynx. We are now the Long Lynxes! Along with the mascot change, our school colors have changed to light blue (North Caroline blue), navy blue, and gray. We ordered every Lynx sweatshirt, and a Lynx water bottle. They will be delivered to the school within the first two weeks. We will send these items home with each student and notify you of their delivery; there is NO FEE for these items. If a student misplaces or loses any of these items, there will be a CHARGE to REORDER. Our mascot and school colors have been updated on the website to reflect these changes: 6th grade--light blue tops, 7th grade--navy tops, 8th grade--charcoal gray tops.

Our Welcome Back to School Night is August 22nd from 5-8 PM. You will have time to visit classrooms, tour the school, meet staff and teachers, visit our Partnership Fair, and treat yourself to Kona Ice! The Information for the Welcome Back to School Night is attached, on our website, and on our Class Dojo website. If you have not joined Class Dojo, please join by clicking the link here: https://www.classdojo.com/ul/p/addKid?target=school&schoolID=5c297ae756621f0016fc7273. All communication for the school can be found on our Class Dojo site. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact me via email or Class Dojo. I look forward to seeing all of my returning Lynx and meeting our new Lynx students on Monday, August 19th!