Upcoming Dates For Our Calendars:

9.4 - 12:00 PM dismissal 

9.7 - No School - Labor Day

9.8 - PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) Meeting at 7:000 PM in the Media Center

9.14-9.18 - 6th Grade School of the Wild Field Trip

9.17 - 4th Grade Music Concert at 6:30 PM in the Gym, doors will open at 6:15 PM

9.26 - 4th Grade Orchestra Kick Off at Cedar Falls High School at 9:30 AM

9.28-10.1 - 3rd Grade to Museum School

Predictable Routines = Confident Kids - Morning routines can be hectic, but consistency is key! When children know exactly what to expect each morning, it lowers their anxiety and sets them up for a successful day of learning. Thank you for helping your child arrive on time and ready to shine!

Morning Drop Off Needs - thank you for reading carefully to ensure we are safe and efficient during drop off each morning. Please pull up as far as possible before dropping off. Also, please help our students exit cars quickly and use the sidewalks to walk towards the building or the cross walk to come to the building. Please do not allow our students to cross the traffic! Last, please take care of all hugs and high fives before coming to school as this slows everything down during drop off. Thank you!

Lincoln PALS (Parents and Lincoln School) - Lincoln PALS is our parent organization that supports our students, staff and school community. We meet each month in our Media Center on the second Tuesday of each month (unless there are conflicts) at 7:00 PM. Our first meeting is on Tuesday, September 8th. All are welcome to attend!

Safety Drills - Students and staff at all Cedar Falls schools participate in drills to continually improve our Safe School Plan. These drills help make sure everyone understands what to do in a crisis situation. Drills are practiced for fire, tornado, dangerous intruder, and off-site evacuation situations. Classroom teachers explain the purpose of the drill in age-appropriate discussions with students, and drills are clearly identified as only a drill. If you wish to opt your child out of participating in these discussions or drills, please contact your building principal. More information will be coming regarding drills.

Arrival And Dismissal - we want to help our students safely enter and leave the building each day. In the morning, we will ask students to arrive between 8:30 and 8:45. We will not have staff available to supervise before this time. Students are not allowed to wait on our playgrounds. They will report to their classrooms or to the cafeteria for breakfast, if needed, when we open our doors each day at 8:30 AM. At the end of the day, we will dismiss our older grades first and end with our youngest students. 

Our Kindergarten and 1st grade students will dismiss at their outside classroom doors, second and third grade will 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!

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!

Lincoln Family Directory (https://tinyurl.com/4f5rcpc7) - Parents and Lincoln School (PALS) is sponsoring a directory to help our families connect! This is an opt in directory and it will be shared only with those families who choose to share their information. We will not share this link on social media. Please reach out to Mr. Bryant with questions!

Order your Team Lincoln gear! (https://lincolnstore26.itemorder.com/shop/home/) Here is a link to order Team Lincoln gear! This store will be open until September 11th. Happy shopping!

Thank you for your support! We are looking forward to seeing you again next week!

Respectfully,

Ralph Bryant

Lincoln Elementary Principal

Follow Lincoln On Social Media

Art: www.facebook.com/LincolnArtRoom/ 

Music: www.facebook.com/LincolnMusicCF/ 

Media Center: www.instagram.com/lincolnlibrarycf 

Physical Education: www.facebook.com/Lincolnphysicaleducation/ 

Lincoln Facebook: www.facebook.com/CFLincolnElementary/ 

Lincoln Instagram: cflincoln

Lincoln Twitter: @CF_Lincoln 

Lincoln PALS (Parents and Lincoln School): www.facebook.com/LincolnPALS