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A big round of applause for our Longfellow community. NACI's first community service project goal in October 2009 was to collect over  2,000 books and supplies for  EPI, Education Project International. We surpassed our goal and with our help EPI is providing books to multiple schools in Tijuana.

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NACI – Longfellow’s community service committee -- Niños Ayudando Comunidades Internacionales (Children Helping International Communities) is sponsoring a blanket drive to help the homeless in San Diego County.   Please bring a new or gently used (and clean) blanket to school to donate between February 8 –18; and place it in a NACI box by the front office or in the auditorium.

There are over 4,000 people living on the streets in San Diego with another 2,500 in shelters.   Let’s help keep them warm.

Blankets will be donated to Embrace, a local non-profit that feeds the homeless three days per week year-round and conducts quarterly blanket drives.  www.embrace1.org.  Below are Embrace volunteers handing out blankets in San Diego.

If you would like more information about NACI, Longfellow’s service committee NACI, which means, “I was born,” contact parent Debra Dziewit This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or Sra. Perez or Rodriguez. NACI provides fun and engaging opportunities to contribute to our local and global community, while helping our children develop community awareness and the skills to make a difference.

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There are very important SDUSD Board Meetings occurring right now. At these meetings they are making decisions on what the districts priorities are. We need parents (and students) to attend these meetings as well as speakers who will get up and let the board know that Magnet School Funding and Busing are very important. The more parents, teachers and staff we have the more powerful the message will be. If your child would be interested in attending and speaking (in Spanish would be awesome) we encourage that too,.
 
Last year Language Academy brought in over 20 – 30 parents and kids to speak at the meetings, it would be awesome if we could have a turnout like that! We want to make this an organized effort so please contact Julie Moore at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and sign on to speak or attend one of the upcoming meetings. 
 
The next meeting is scheduled for February 9 at 5:00 and the budget will be a top priority. We hope to see you (in your Longfellow gear!) there.