A few upcoming dates:

1.11 - PALS meeting at 7 PM

1.15 - No school for 7-12, Elementary students will have school!

1.18 - MLK, Jr. Day, No School!

1.28 - 6th Grade parent meeting for Holmes at 7 PM (see below for more information)

Safety Reminders: 

We would appreciate having all families wear face masks when dropping off or picking up from school. In addition, please help our students keep them on until you leave our school and school grounds. Thank you! 

Face Coverings - please remember that students will be required to have a face covering at school and on the bus. The most recent guidance from our state states that if a student is exposed to a positive case in a community setting such as school and both people are properly wearing masks, the exposed individual would not need to quarantine. This will only apply to students who are wearing masks, not face shields. Our most recent Return To Learn family frequently asked questions document can be found here.

Visitors and Volunteers - to support safety, we will not be able to allow visitors or volunteers to enter our classrooms. We will continue to have adults in the hallway to help our students each morning. In addition, if you come to the building to pick up your child, you can enter the office or call and we will walk the student outside to our visitor parking spots.

Arrival And Dismissal - we are working to help our students safely enter and leave the building. In the morning, we ask students to arrive between 8:30 and 8:45. Please do not come before 8:30. As our weather gets colder, please plan to arrive after 8:30 as we will not be able to have kids come inside the school early. After 8:30, we will continue to ask students to report to their classrooms. At the end of the day, we will dismiss students by grade to the bus. Following this, we will dismiss students who are picked up or walk home. Our staff will walk students to the door. There will be no after school activities so we will expect students to leave school immediately following dismissal. Thank you for your patience as we work to support student safety each morning and afternoon.

Additional Announcements:

Preschool Registration - Registration for Cedar Falls Schools 2021-2022 Preschool will open at Noon on Friday, January 29, 2021. Registration is online at https://www.cfschools.org/parents/preschool.

Parent Meeting For 6th Graders - Holmes Junior High will provide a prerecorded virtual parent meeting on Thursday, January 28th on the Holmes Junior High Counseling website. This is an opportunity to learn about class requirements and options for 7th grade. 

Please Look For Read-A-Thon Information! We are sending home a sheet about our Read-A-Thon today! If you are a virtual student and would like to participate, please email Mr. Bryant. This will happen between Friday, January 15th and Friday, January 29th. Our annual school fundraisers have helped PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) support many purchases at Lincoln including most recently our playground addition, water bottle filling stations and new, flexible group room seating. In addition to the handout, here are the details:

Go To: https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/WUSAXR

How It Works:

• Activate your account at the link above.

• Use the easy online tools to tell friends and family about our Read-A-Thon.

• Track and log at home reading sessions online.

Thanks so much, Lincoln PALS (Parents and Lincoln School)

Specials Plan For Our Next Cycle - Starting on January 5th and continuing through January 13th, our

sixth, third, kinder and second grade students will attend Specials (Art, Music, PE and Media) outside of the classroom. In addition, fourth, first, sixth and fifth grades will eat in our Cafeteria and attend PE in the Gym.

Dressing for the weather - the colder weather and snow has arrived! We do our best to be outside as much as possible. Please plan to send coats, snow pants, hats, gloves and boots to school to allow students to enjoy recess. We ask students who do not have boots to remain on hard surfaces. If your student needs help with winter gear, please contact their teacher and we will do our best to help.

Please join us for the PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) meeting on Monday, January 11th! PALS stands for Parents and Lincoln School. Our parent organization meets on the second Monday of every month. This month we will be setting our fundraising goals as well as planning for our upcoming silent auctions and raffle. Our meeting will happen virtually. If you would like to attend, please email Mr. Bryant for the Zoom link and password. Thank you!

Please continue to save and collect Hy-Vee receipts! We are able to turn these in and receive a check that Lincoln PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) uses to support our students and staff!  Please drop them off at the Lincoln Office OR at 804 West 13th Street. Thank you!

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