A few important dates for your planning:

3.12 - Student Led Conferences from 4:00-8:00 PM

3.14 - Noon dismissal (lunch will be served for our students before dismissal), Student Led Conferences from 1:00-8:00 PM

3.15 - No school for K-6

3.18-3.22 - Spring Break!

3.25 - We add 15 minutes to the end of each instructional day until the end of the school year

3.26 - 4th Grade to Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony at the GBPAC at 12:15

3.27 - Fire Drill at 10:30 AM

3.27 - Last day to send Box Tops, Milk Moola caps and strips and Hy Vee receipts for our Spring drive!

3.29 - 1st Grade to Diary of A Spider, A Worm and A Fly at 12:30 PM

Report Cards will emailed home today! We send these one grade level at a time so please allow time to receive each one if you have more than one student at Lincoln.

Student Led Conferences will be held on Tuesday, March 12th and Thursday, March 14th. We are looking forward to speaking with both you and your students! Our Conference Scheduler will be open on Monday, February 25th and will close on Sunday, March 10th. Please use these directions to schedule a time and let us know if you need help!

Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) - Beginning this Spring, all Iowa 3rd-11th grade students will begin taking the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) tests. These tests will replace the Iowa Assessments and will take place during the week of April 15th. In addition, these will be taken digitally using our Chromebooks. We will begin working with our students using practice tests to help them become familiar with both the format of the tests and types of questions they will be answering. These practice tests are available for use by our families as well! If you have questions, please let us know!

Please help PALS with Box Tops, Milk Moola caps and strips and Hy-Vee receipts! Please send your Box Tops, Milk Moola caps and strips, and Hy Vee receipts to school! Classrooms will be setting goals to collect these items, and will get classroom rewards! Please bring these in by March 27th!

Supporting Student Online Safety - A host of Internet hoaxes and threats continue to make the rounds, including the most recent "Momo challenge" which is now receiving coverage. As parents, we know that it can be difficult navigating social media use with your children. We wanted to provide a few resources to help promote safety and positive use of technology.

- This resource from Common Sense Media, a reputable and parent-friendly source, can be a good place to start

- Don’t Panic, What Parents Really Need To Know About “Momo Challenge”

- Momo Challenge: What Parents Need To Know

Are you looking for opportunities for your students? Please make use of the Fliers section of our district website!

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

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

See you next week!