A few important dates for your planning:

5.31 - Field Day beginning at app. 1:30 PM

6.1 - Lincoln Night at the Waterloo Bucks (see below for more information)

6.3 - 5th Grade Field Trip to Des Moines (They will have their end of the year picnic on this trip)

6.4 - Field Day Rain Date

6.5 - Awards Ceremony for students in grades 3-6 beginning at 9 AM, Preschool graduation at 12:30 PM

6.6 - Student Variety Show beginning at app. 1:30 PM

Summer Reading Opportunities - please click this link to find opportunities to keep reading in the summer!

End of the Year Lunch Balance - In order to balance our accounts in the lunch program at the close of the school year, we need to have your child's lunch account balance at 0 or above. Please bring it up to date as soon as possible.  Any remaining balance will remain in your child's account and carry over for next year. If your children will not be attending Cedar Falls schools next year, please let us know as soon as possible and they will be given a refund of the balance left in their account  at the end of the year.

Please remember to pick up medications in our nurses office before the last day of school!

Please also make sure to check on Lost and Found. All items left after the last day of school will be donated!

BoxTops for Education is changing to a new app-based system. If you buy a product with a BoxTop, still clip it and send it to school! Some products will now say "Scan Your Receipt" on it instead of having a BoxTop. Download the BoxTop app to scan your receipt and credit your purchase to Lincoln Elementary PALS! For more information, check BTFE.com.

Would you like your child to participate in FIRST Lego League during the 2019-2020 school year? Students interested in being part of a FIRST team can use the links below to sign up. Teams will be forming now through the end of August. Please contact Ashley Rasmussen (ashrasmussen72@gmail.com) with any questions. If you are moving to a different school or have older students that you would like to sign up please contact Ashley Rasmussen (ashrasmussen72@gmail.com) for more information on those programs. NOTE: Sign up with the corresponding grade that your child will be in for the 2019-2020 school year.

• FIRST LEGO League Jr. (grades K-3): Teams consist of 4-6 students and meet for 12 weeks in the fall or spring. Students work as a group to learn about the theme for the year, robots and coding. The team shares their learning at an Expo at the end of the season.

Lincoln Elementary FLL Jr.

• FIRST LEGO League (grades 4-8): Teams consist of 5-10 students and meet throughout the fall. Students work as a group to research a topic related to the theme for the year and program a robot they have built to complete missions. The team participates in an FLL Regional Qualifier at the end of the season.

Lincoln Elementary FLL

• FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7-12): Teams consist of 7-15 students and meet from September through January. Students work as a group to design, build and program a robot for competition. The team competes with other schools in several League Meets during the fall and a League Championship in January.

FTC Team Sign Up

Sturgis Youth Choir Opportunity - Parents, if your child would like to participate in the Sturgis Children's Choir, please sign them up with the following link. Details are listed below: https://forms.gle/uQ9jbmtQKXJvv99u9

Rehearsal Schedule as follows:

Monday, June 24-Thursday June 27 5-6:00 PM at Lincoln Elementary (321 W. 8th St.-enter on 7th St through North doors)

Performance Details:

Friday, June 28 meet at 4:45 behind band shell at Overman Park. Performance at 5:15. Wear t-shirt given at rehearsal with dark bottoms of your choice (skirt, shorts, pants, jeans, etc.)

* please note that when signing up for your child's t-shirt, the shirts are ADULT sizes and not children's size.

Dismissal Help Needed! Please make sure that you follow our daily dismissal plans. Our staff appreciate the chance to prepare for the next day when our students are picked up in a timely manner. Last, unless an adult is with their students following dismissal, students must leave immediately following dismissal and head home. This ensures that all students are safe! Thank you!

Please join us for Lincoln Elementary Night at the Waterloo Bucks! This fun and exciting event will take place on Saturday, June 1 at 6:35 pm. Gates open at 5:30 pm. The Bucks play Rochester! Enjoy FIREWORKS after the game! All kids will be able to participate in a pregame parade before the game. Please check in to ‘Guest Services’ by 5:45 pm to participate. Tickets are just $5.00 each. Online fees do apply, but you still receive a savings of $3.00 off the regular box office price. Tickets are available by using the special Promo Code (LINCOLN-CF). To order, please follow the instructions on the attached flyer. Tickets are available starting on May 1 and you have until May 31 to purchase and receive the discounted price

Do you need transportation for the 2019-2020 School Year? If so, you may request transportation using the form on this page. Please note that we will be busing only to PRIVATE day cares (registered by the State of Iowa).  We do not have service to/from Blessed Beginnings, A to Z, Community United, CCUDC Nordic, Cradle to Crayons, or ABC Childcare. If you have any questions, please contact the Transportation Dept at 553-2458.

Would you be willing to give the Iowa Department of Education information through a four question survey?

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!