Lincoln Weekly Announcements 2018-01-12

Academics Lincoln Elementary

Lincoln Families - Thank you for a great week!


A few important dates:

1.12 - No School for 7-12, K-6 will be in session!

1.13 - Poster Night at Cedar Falls High School! All Elementary students admitted free to the basketball games!

1.15 - No School, MLK, Jr. Day

1.16 - 3rd Grade Concert at 7 PM

1.16 - STEM Open House for 6th Grade Students (see below for more information)

1.23 - 6th Grade Parent Meeting from 5:30-6:30 PM in the Lincoln Cafeteria to plan for 7th Grade

1.25 - 6th Grade String Festival at Southdale from 4:00-7:30 PM

1.26 - Cedar Valley Band Solo Festival 7:30-9:00 AM at Cedar Falls High School

1.29 - 6th Grade students visited by Holmes Counselors during the school day to plan for 7th grade from 10:00-11:20 AM

1.30 - 6th Grade to Freedom Riders at GBPAC at 12:30 PM

3.1 - Please make sure to turn in all Box Tops and Milk Moola in our office!


Wacky Winterfest! PALS is busy planning and preparing for our largest fundraiser of the year, Wacky Winterfest.  Mark your calendars for a day of fun on February 17th from 11-2pm (NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FROM PAST YEARS!)  This event can only happen with every family taking a volunteer shift to work our fun carnival games.  Use the sign up genius soon to ensure your choice of game and time!

What to look for:

Raffle tickets will be coming home with your child on February 2nd.  Lincoln families and businesses have sponsored some amazing prizes including a Cedar Falls Family Pool Pass, Beats Headphones, $100 gift cards and more.  Each ticket costs $1 and money raised is used by PALS to support our students and school.  Watch for more details in the ticket packet arriving on Friday, 2/2!

How can I help?

We need YOU!  Beginning at 9am on February 5th, we need parent volunteers to help count and sort tickets and money as they are returned.  This happens every day from 2/5 through the end of our ticket sales on 2/16!  Did you know...in previous years, we have sold between 14,000 and 26,000 raffle tickets?  Join us in the Lincoln lounge on any or all days to assist with this project.   Many hands make light work!


Please welcome Christy Kelly as our new Nurse! She will serve both Lincoln and Cedar Falls High School! She can be reached at christy.kelly@cfschools.org or 319.553.2987 (our health office). We are also pleased Mrs. Dagit will continue to serve Lincoln as our Health Assistant!


Would your Kinder-5th grade student and family member be interested in a volunteer opportunity on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 15th?


6th Grade Students and Parents:  Please visit the STEM Open House at Cedar Falls High School on Tuesday, January 16. Come see student projects and learn about STEM course options in the Cedar Falls School District. The STEM Open House will be held from 5:30 to 7:15 PM in the PLTW classrooms, numbers 30 and 31, in the lower level of the high school, below the gym.


Winter Clothing: We will embrace the chance to enjoy winter weather! If the temperature is above zero (actual or with wind chill), we will be enjoying the winter weather! Please make sure children are dressed appropriately for the weather. Once there is snow on the ground, students will need snowpants and boots. If you need assistance with winter gear, please contact the office at 553.2950 and we are happy to help!


2018-2019 Kindergarten Students: We need your help getting a list of all our 2018-2019 incoming kindergarten students. If you have a student who will be a kindergartner next year (2018-2019), please fill out this Google Form. Please feel free to share this post with family and friends who will have an incoming kindergarten student at Lincoln next school year. If you know of a student who will be a kindergartner at our new elementary, Aldrich, please have them call the business office at 319.553.2423. Thanks for being proactive and helping us getting a kindergarten list created!


Please order a Yearbook! Our yearbooks are for sale online! To order, please visit: https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob. Our school ID is: 12435618


Weather-Related Announcements: The contact information we have in Power School is the same information that our weather-related announcements will pull from. Please ensure your Power School information is accurate, so you receive the necessary weather related alerts.


We are pleased to announce that we have an Online Directory! This is an optional opportunity for families to share contact information with other families. Our plan is to make this available digitally. If you have a need for a printed copy, please let us know. If you would like to participate, please provide information using this link and join code cflincoln: https://www.myschoolanywhere.com/join.a5w

If you are already part of our directory, please update your information including your child’s teacher and contact information.


Follow Lincoln On Social Media

We have many options for following our work with your students on social media. Please consider following:

Art: https://www.facebook.com/LincolnArtRoom/

Music: https://www.facebook.com/LincolnMusicCF/

Media Center: https://www.instagram.com/lincolnlibrarycf

Physical Education: https://www.facebook.com/Lincolnphysicaleducation/

Lincoln Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CFLincolnElementary/

Lincoln Twitter: @CF_Lincoln