Lincoln Weekly Announcements 2021-04-16

Lincoln Families - Our students worked so hard on testing this week! 


A few upcoming dates:

4.12-4.16 - ISASP Testing Window (see below for more information)

4.19-4.23 - Conditions for Learning survey

4.19-4.23 - ISASP Make Ups

4.26 - 6th Grade students visiting Holmes Junior High 


Safety Reminders: 

Our school and school district will maintain our safety procedures regarding masks, hand washing and regular cleaning.


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. 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:

Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) - We will finish testing on Friday! Thank you for your continued support and helping our students to be ready for testing! We will complete makeup tests next week!


PALS Virtual Raffle - our Virtual Raffle is open! We will be selling raffle tickets online this year. We will sell tickets for a chance to win one of ten $100 gift cards to Hy Vee, Fareway, Amazon, Kwik Star and Target. The raffle will be open from April 2nd through April 16th. Directions on how to buy tickets are here! Families can also choose to send cash or a check made out to Lincoln PALS to school with the Number of tickets, First Name, Last Name, Phone Number, Teacher and Student Name.

 We will hold our raffle on Monday, April 19th via Facebook Live using both the Lincoln and Lincoln PALS accounts. We are continuing to raise funds to support adding and replacing books we use when teaching reading for all students. Thank you for your continued support of our school!


Take Charge Of Your Body - Our school will offer the Take Charge Of Your Body program the week of May 3rd through May 7th. Information about this program is outlined in this letter as well as this parent video. We partner with the Family and Children’s Council of Black Hawk County to offer this learning opportunity. Please carefully review both the letter and the video. If you do not wish for your student to participate, return the form to your child’s teacher. 


Nominate An Outstanding Educator! The Cedar Falls Lions Club is seeking nominations for an exceptional educator who goes above and beyond to create opportunities that foster student growth, embodies civic action and engages others in service, and inspires and promotes a spirit of life-long learning. A candidate for this award must be a full-time practicing pre-K-12 teacher or administrator in the Cedar Falls Community School District, Valley Lutheran School, or St. Patrick Catholic School. If you are an administrator, staff member, student, parent, or community member who knows such an educator, you are invited to submit a nomination. Educators may not nominate themselves. The recipient of this award will receive $500.00 and a plaque recognizing him/her as the Cedar Falls Lions Club Outstanding Educator of the Year. The deadline for submitting nominations is May 1, 2021. You may print and complete the paper copy of the nomination form and return to any Cedar Falls school or use this link to nominate digitally: www.tinyurl.com/3xn853th 

Nominees will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

 - A commitment to service learning; encourages student engagement in service to the community

 - A collaborative style that seeks input from a diverse community and strives for continual growth and improvement

 - Character development of students that reflects service to others and the promotion of kindness

 - Educational leadership that motivates student learning

 - Dedication to students and education


Morning Arrival and Afternoon Dismissal - as weather gets warmer, this is a friendly reminder that students should not arrive before we open our doors at 8:30. In addition, when students are dismissed at the end of the day they should head directly home unless they are under the direct supervision of an adult. We do not have supervision for students at these times. Thank you for helping to support student safety!


Water Bottles - please send students with a refillable water bottle each day. Our water fountains are not turned on and this will help them to stay hydrated.


Please Provide Feedback! Each year our Lighthouse Team gathers student, staff and family feedback on our Leader In Me work. Please take this short survey (10-15 minutes) to help us plan for next school year!


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 by April 23rd! Thank you!


PALS Meeting Notes - Here are the notes from our last PALS meeting last Monday.


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