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

11.8 - PK-6 Conferences from 4:15-8:15

11.10 - PK-6 Noon Dismissal, Conferences from 1:00-8:15, no Y’s Kids or Book Clubs

11.11 - PK-6 No school

11.16 - End of first trimester

11.18 - Challenge to Change Yoga 

11.23-11.25 - Happy Thanksgiving, no school!

New Items:

Please remember we will open our doors at 8:30 each morning. In addition, if your student is involved in Safety Patrol, they should not arrive before 8:20. In addition, please use a parking space when picking up at dismissal. We cannot double park behind our parking spaces along 8th Street.

Fall Conferences - We are excited to welcome our families and students for student led conferences on November 8th (4:15-8:15) and 10th (1:00-8:00). We ask our students to attend conferences with our families as we work to involve them in sharing their learning. We can still help you sign up for a conference by contacting our teachers or the office! It is our goal to meet with every student and family!

Lincoln PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) is hosting a conference meal for our staff on Tuesday, November 8th! This opportunity for our staff to eat together and take a quick break from conferences and enjoy a meal prepared by our families. You are welcome to drop off any items during the school day on November 8th. In addition, we appreciate any volunteers who can join us for the meal. Would you indicate your interest here, please? Thank you!

No Book Club On Thursday, November 10th due to our early dismissal and conferences. Please plan accordingly!

There is also no Y’s Kids on Thursday, November 10th due to our dismissal and conferences. Again, please plan ahead!

Iowa Performance Profile – In accordance with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a federal education law, the Iowa Department of Education released new information on school performance recently.  The Iowa School Performance Profiles reflect how public schools across the state perform related to a set of core accountability measures including the results of statewide assessments. Lincoln is designated with an acceptable rating for the performance of students with Individualized Education Plans (IEP’s). Our staff will continue to work to meet the needs of all students and meet our goal of no longer being a designated school. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Bryant.

Second Entrees at lunch - our Food Service has provided clarity around the ordering of more than one lunch per day. Students are able to order a second entree (slice of pizza, chicken nuggets, bosco sticks, etc.) for an additional charge of $2.25. Students may also purchase a second milk for an additional charge of $0.50. Students will no longer be able to purchase two full meals per day. The ordering of a second entree can only occur in the morning when teachers take attendance and lunch count. To give permission for this, we ask that you communicate both with the classroom teacher and Mrs. Czuba in the office. This will help us plan ahead and ensure you are aware of the extra charge. This change will be open to all students on December 1st.

Information To Remember:

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. We do not provide supervision before 8:30 AM. 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, please do not ask your students to wait on our playgrounds until you are able to arrive.  Thank you for helping us support safe morning arrivals and afternoon dismissals!

Wednesday Early Dismissal - we dismiss every Wednesday at 1:50 PM. Please be sure to set a reminder to pick up students promptly. Our staff use this time to collaborate to support learning for our students.

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!

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