New Announcements

Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) - During the week of April 4th, all Cedar Falls 3rd-6th grade students will take the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) tests. These will be taken digitally using our Chromebooks. Students and families can take advantage of online practice tests to help students prepare. We will also be using these practice tests during school. Please help our students to be ready by ensuring they are rested, fed and come to school with a positive mental attitude. We ask that families ensure students are at school and appointments are avoided during this week. Last, we will ask students to leave home electronic devices or be prepared to turn in to staff during testing. If you have questions, please let us know!

Are you ready for the return of Wacky (Not So) Winterfest? The annual Wacky Winterfest Fun Fair and Raffle Fundraiser will be held this year on Saturday, April 30th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We are excited to have our yearly family friendly school carnival return! The event is an opportunity to help us raise funds to support our school. Our current goal is to raise money to buy books to be used to support reading instruction for our students. Our students will have the chance to sell raffle tickets to friends and family for prizes as well! Please consider volunteering to help our event by clicking on the link above!

BOOK FAIR COMING APRIL 4TH-7TH! - Get excited, we are having our first IN PERSON Book Fair since the fall of 2019!  We need lots of volunteers to make this event special for students, you can sign up to help here. All students will preview the fair and make wishlists March 29-April 1st and then we will be open for shopping on the following days and times. Please note student shopping is for third through sixth grade students only. April 4th-7th during library class - we strongly encourage you to use the eWallet option instead of sending cash to school!

Family Shopping - all students must be accompanied by an adult

April 5th 3:45-6:00

April 6th 1:50-2:30

April 7th 8:30-3:45

NEW THIS YEAR - eWallets - This is a safe, cashless way to shop the Book Fair. No more sending cash or a blank check to school! You can set up an eWallet (one for each child) here.

Dance Marathon! Lincoln is holding a mini dance marathon again! During the week of April 4th-8th students can purchase $1 paper hearts in the morning right outside the office. After purchasing a heart, students can put their name on it or a friend’s name on it and hang it on the wall near the office. The money will go to the Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. If a student can’t donate, it’s okay! All students will celebrate the fact that we are donating to such a great cause when dancing at our mini dance marathon on April 12th (during the school day). 

Please help us with our Leader In Me work! Each year we share a parent survey to help us measure our work as a Leader In Me school. The results are used to help us set goals each year.

Opportunities For Students - Are you beginning to think about opportunities for your children for summer? Please remember to check out our district fliers! Also, please consider opportunities from the Cedar Falls Rec!

Food Service Survey - To help our food service planning, please fill out this quick survey for each child you have in elementary. The survey will close Friday, April 8.

Please help us with our lunch order! If your student has an appointment and will arrive at school late, please let the office know before 9 AM what they would like for lunch. Thank you!

General Reminders

Face Coverings - we encourage the continued use of face coverings at school. Our goal is to keep everyone in our school learning! Thank you for helping keep all members of our school community safe!

Arrival And Dismissal - we are working to help our students safely enter and leave the building. In the morning, we will ask students to arrive between 8:30 and 8:45. They will report to their classrooms. At the end of the day, we will first dismiss students by grade who ride the bus. Following this, we will dismiss students who are picked up or walk home. Our staff will walk students to the door. Our Kindergarten and 1st grade students will dismiss at their outside classroom doors, second grade will dismiss onto the east playground, third grade will also dismiss onto the east playground, fourth grade will dismiss using our main entrance doors on 8th street and 5th and 6th grade will dismiss using our 7th street doors. We appreciate families making and following consistent after school plans. Thank you for helping us support safe morning arrivals and afternoon dismissals!

Snacks and Birthday Treats - We are proud to be a Blue Zones school and encourage healthy choices when students bring food for their daily snack. In addition, to support safety this school year when celebrating birthdays, we will ask for families to bring prepackaged items to minimize handling. Thank you!

See you next week!

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