Thousands of Thanks!!!!

Thanks to the dedication of 155 volunteers, our students benefited from 4,286.6 volunteer service hours! Lincoln is the great school that it is because of the commitment of staff, students, parents, families, and community members who make our students a priority.  A big heartfelt thank you to each of you who helped make the school year a success and especially to those who donated their time to make a difference. Watch for more VIE news coming later this summer!

Greatest School in the Universe and just getting better and better! - A Letter from Principal Sonju

We are very excited as we look ahead to the new opportunities we will have next year at Lincoln K-8! We have some very positive new additions to course offerings and impressive new staff joining us!

Uppers Program Changes

• To meet the growing amount of state standards we are changing the way we are addressing Science classes in grades six through eight. Similar to the way we have taught math as specific grade levels, we will also have single grade classes in the Uppers’ Science Program. This will be highly advantageous for many reasons in the areas of Math and Science as we meet the needs of our students. 
• Corey Dornack will be teaching 6th grade Science, Math and STEM as well as continuing with his grade 6-8 homeroom. 
• Kyle Casper will be our 7th and 8th grade Science teacher. Kyle comes to us after teaching seven years in Alaska and is a native of Winona.
• Andy Roth will be teaching 7th and 8th grade Math. Andy is joining us from Willow Creek Middle School and has outstanding teaching experience having taught 14 years.
• Social Studies and Language Arts will continue to be grade six through eight multi-aged classrooms that will travel as homerooms to give the program the continuity of the multi-age opportunities. 
• Linnea Archer will continue teaching grade six through eight multi-age Language Arts, homeroom as well as a Communication Arts class to 7th and 8th graders each for a quarter. 
• Alyse Schroeder will be our Social Studies teacher coming to us from John Marshall High School. Alyse will also be a fantastic homeroom teacher as well.
• Students will continue to have Phy Ed/Music every other day. 
• Music- Rebecca Mealey will be our Elementary and Uppers’ Music teacher which will create a nice continuity in music programming. Michelle Mogensen has done a phenomenal job and we look to find her a more fulltime position in the district. Scot Schwark will be back as our Band teacher and Lori Ringen will have a little more time available for students for lessons with Orchestra. 
• Students will also continue to Art with KimSue at least one quarter for each grade. 
• Andrea Wheeler will be our Uppers’ Spanish teacher as we are adding Spanish to our Uppers’ Program. The 7th and 8th grade classes will have a quarter of Spanish each year at Lincoln.
• James will continue our Project Lead the Way Course which are very challenging classes involving Robotics and Design for 7th and 8th graders. We will have new sets of robotics materials ready to go in the Fall. James will be also be teaching a technology class to 6th graders including an emphasis with ipads and technology integration. 6th grade will also have a STEM Class that will be working with experimental design implementing our Fish Lab and other science areas. This class will be taught by James, Corey and Kyle. 

Elementary Changes

• Liz Koehler will be working as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with students in grades 1-5. Liz will help our students meet state standards through this STEM approach and her innovative teaching. 
• Carrie Graff will be replacing Liz Koehler in the 2/3 classroom. Carrie has been our Social Studies teacher for years and is now looking forward to getting back with an elementary classroom. 
• Laura Jacobs will be our halftime Kindergarten teacher joining us from Gibbs Elementary. Laura is replacing Monica Cookman that has taken a leave from the district to run a daycare.

Meet the Teacher will be August 29th and will be a very important time in which parents can meet these new staff and be part of the growing opportunities for learning at Lincoln.
Parent orientation will be sometime in September.
Stay tuned to E-files and Lincoln news throughout the summer as we will give further updates and share ways to learn more about these new opportunities and staff at Lincoln!

Thank you for another fantastic year!
Together we will continue making this school the Best School in the universe for our kids!
Jim Sonju