A few important dates to begin the year for your planning:

11.14 - Noon dismissal, Student Led Conferences from 1:00-8:00 PM

11.15 - No school for PK-6

11.19 - Trimester 1 ends

11.19 - 6th Grade concert at 7:00 PM

11.20 - Report Cards emailed home

11.21 - Fundraiser Pickup in the Gym beginning after school

11.26 - ISASP scores will be sent home with students in 4th, 5th and 6th grade

11.27 - No school for students

11.28-11.29 - No school, Happy Thanksgiving!

New Information:

The weather has changed! Please help our students dress for the weather as we will be outside for recess as much as possible. If you need help with winter gear, please contact us and we can help!

To help keep everyone safe at dismissal, we would like to request all families use a parking spot when picking up students. Please do not double park behind staff vehicles.

Noon Dismissal on Thursday, November 14th - we will dismiss at noon on Thursday, November 14th. We will serve lunch before the students leave for the day. Please make sure students are picked up promptly and please do not ask them to wait at school (in the office or on the playground) as there will be no supervision.

Book Club - there will be no Book Club on Thursday, November 14th.

ISASP - Please read this letter from our district regarding the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress. We will send home the scores for students who took the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress last Spring on Tuesday, November 26th with our students. We will only have scores for students who attended school in Cedar Falls last year. If you moved to our district, please reach out to your former district to obtain scores.

Please Order Lincoln Gear! Please Order Team Lincoln Gear! We are excited to offer new Team Lincoln gear for our students and families! We will be accepting orders starting on Tuesday, November 12th through Thursday, November 21st. Paper order forms will be available at school and t-shirt sizes will be be available during conferences. These orders will be returned before Christmas! Attached is the order form. Thank you!

Ms. Kane will be dashing for cash! Yes, you read that correctly! Ms. Kane applied for and will compete in the dash for cash at the Waterloo Blackhawks game on Saturday, November 23rd. Each ticket sold to a Lincoln family or staff member will result ia $3 donation to Lincoln! You can buy your tickets here!

PALS Meeting notes - please see the attached notes from our PALS meeting on Monday, November 11th. Our next meeting will be on December 9th at 7 PM in our Media Center. All are welcome!

Reminders:

This is a friendly reminder that our school and breakfast opens each morning at 8:30. Students should not be dropped off at school or on our playgrounds before this time. In addition, we are asking for families to help our students build independence by letting them walk to their classroom on their own. Following dismissal, students should be picked up or go directly home. Unless under direct supervision of an adult, they cannot be on our playgrounds until after 4:15.

Student Directory - PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) offers our students and families an opt in directory to allow families to share information for invitations and play dates outside of school. If you would like to join or update information, please use these directions. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Bryant!

Cedar Falls Home Football Games Elementary students must be accompanied and supervised by adult chaperones during the game. They should be sitting in the stands and not hanging out or running around in the concourse area.  

Tiger Bucks Are Back! Tiger Bucks Can Now Be Purchased Online! We now have the ability to do online scrip orders! Each order will help you with everyday purchases and also support our school! Orders are due by November 14th!

Here is how it works:

 - Go to shopwithscrip.com and select REGISTER, then JOIN a SCRIP PROGRAM.

 - Our school code is: E98A55LD24662

 -  Once you have Parents and Lincoln School selected as your preferred program, create your personal login!

 - Add your bank information (it can take a couple days for the bank info to be approved and added to your account...so make sure to do this step right away so you are ready to order soon!)

Paper copies of the order form will be available in the office if you prefer that route.

Have a great weekend!

Follow Lincoln On Social Media!

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

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 Instagram: cflincoln

Lincoln Twitter: @CF_Lincoln 

Lincoln PALS Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LincolnPALS/