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Hello Long Families!

I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Kimberly Bocell, and I have the honor and pleasure of being this year’s J.L. Long PTA President! My oldest son, Jay, “graduated” from Long this past year, and my youngest son, Reid, will be starting 6^th grade tomorrow! To the new students and faculty, I want to send my warmest welcome. And to all those returning, welcome back! We have a lot of “firsts” this school year with a new Executive Director, Principal, and Assistant Principals, but I am excited about the changes and am confident this will be a fabulous year!

There are so many exciting events coming up this fall and throughout the year, so to stay in the know, please create an account on our website, subscribe to the Buc News, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram! (See the links below!) We have an incredible PTA Board who are ready to serve our students, staff, and Long community in all the ways! We are excited to work with our Long Families to make this our best year yet!

I want to thank our Buc Camp Chairs – Ida Gleaton and Corey Martindale, and Mr. Jones, our teacher rep, and their committee for making this year’s Buc Camp (i.e., 6^th grade orientation) a HUGE success! Also, thank you to our Sprit Wear Chairs Jenn McGuirk and Susan Powell and committee for making our new “Sprit Store” a huge hit! (Shout out to Principal Cronin for giving us the space!) Big thanks as well to our Staff Appreciation Chairs Cyndi Hull and Sloan Dix and committee for giving our staff such a great welcome back! And finally, shout out to our Communications Committee Pennie Marshall, Susan McKelvy, Alex Fergus, and Lauren Rench for keeping the website updated and getting all the virtual information posts created and out there to keep the Long Community in the loop!

Cheers to a great 2025-2026 Year!

#LongStrong

Kimberly Bocell

J.L. Long PTA President

2025-2026

Welcome back to the new school year, Buccaneers! With the new school year, we need your help filling our peace pantry to help serve our students in need! If you wish to donate food, please use the Amazon link below to purchase pantry items that will be sent directly to the school. Thank you for always helping take care of the students and families in our community! 

Click Links Below to Purchase items and have them sent directly to the school:

The Online Spirit Store is currently OPEN!

ONLINE ORDER PICK-UP & SHOPPING DATES: 

August 14, 2025 3:45pm-4:15pm

NEW PICK UP LOCATION: Room 237

(right around the corner from where we used to be in the front hallway)

Online order pick-up & shopping days during the school year will be in Room 237 of JL LONG on the FIRST Thursday of every month from 3:45 to 4:15pm, unless indicated otherwise. All orders made by the Tuesday before the Thursday pick-up date will be available for pick-up. Any orders made after Tuesday will be available at the next scheduled pick-up date. Parents and/or students may pick-up an order.

 QUESTIONS: Email us at spiritstore@jllongpta.com

 Starting Aug. 12, Dallas ISD will enforce HB 1481, a new Texas law banning student use of personal electronic devices during the school day. This includes phones, smartwatches, tablets, laptops, AirPods, and smart glasses.

Elementary: Teachers will collect devices and store them securely until dismissal.

Secondary: Students will use pouches to store devices, which can be unlocked at the end of the day.

If pouches aren’t available on day one, campuses will have a plan to secure devices in backpacks.

Learn more: www.dallasisd.org/devicefree

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