Lincoln Auction News and Online Pre-Auction Open through June 4!

NEW THIS YEAR: ONLINE Pre-Auction http://www.32auctions.com/lincoln
This is a "pre-auction" to our large live event to be held at Lincoln on Saturday October 25.
We have collected a few items for use THIS SUMMER, and thought an online auction would be a great way to raise money for our awesome school!  Items include many local summer activities; Twins tickets, Valleyfair tickets, Honkers Package and more!

• Please share the link with your family and friends!
• 100% of auction proceeds benefit our Lincoln Students! 
• Online Pre-Auction BEGINS Thursday May 22 at 4pm & CLOSES Wednesday June 4 at 9pm 
• Easy process to register and bid. No cost to register & you can view auction items without registering. 
• All winners must arrange for pickup within 5 days of the auction ending. 
• All payments to be made via check.

 How else can you help with the auction? Volunteer Opportunities Available! Currently our we are focusing on GETTING VOLUNTEERS AND AUCTION ITEMS:

• Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator- Responsible for identifying, contacting and scheduling volunteers to work on Auction tasks. 
• Friends and Family Solicitors- Contact previous donors, and reach out to new donors, to identify items from our Lincoln friends and families. 
• Live/Platinum & Local Solicitors – Volunteers to contact local businesses that have donated previously and identify new businesses that would like to donate. We would like each volunteer to commit to contact 10 to 15 local businesses. 
• Classroom Basket Manager(s) – Work with Lincoln classroom teachers to create unique classroom baskets. 
• Meet the Teacher Day Information Fair Booth Organizer – Organize information to be presented to parents at upcoming Meet the Teacher in August. 

These are positions that will be meeting over the summer. More volunteer opportunities to be announced later. We appreciate all help! Please contact your auction co-chairs:
Donna Layton calldgl@aol.com 507-254-5579
Aaron Richard  richard.aaronandjeab@gmail.com

Books Needed for First Grade Classrooms

As you are cleaning off your bookshelves this spring, please consider donating some of your gently used books to the Lincoln first graders.  We are specifically looking for any titles within the following series:

·         Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli

·         Little Bear by Else Minarik

·         Elephant and Piggie by Mo Williams

·         Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold

·         Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

·         Young Cam Jansen by David Adler

·         Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant

·         Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown

·         Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

·         Ready Freddy by Abby Klein

Please send any donations to Stephanie Koenig’s classroom.  Our first grade readers appreciate your help!

Lincoln Gardens Update

You may have noticed as you drive through the pickup line that the raised bed gardens are being planted…Grades 2/3 are creating Salsa Gardens to make salsa next fall. The other teams will be planting on Tuesday. We have added straw bales this year as part of a grant we received from the Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom. We have been conditioning them and watering them and they are now ready for planting. The internal temperature of each bale is now over 100 degrees due to decomposition. Students will be planting vegetable and flowers on each bale. Hopefully we will be able to see if there is a difference in the plant growth between the raised beds and the straw bales. Keep watching us grow….

May PPT Meeting: Monday, May 19 -- 7-8pm -- Lincoln Media Center

Please join us for the May PPT Meeting this Monday, May 19, from7-8pm in the Lincoln Media Center. The PPT is a great way to keep informed about what is going on with our students, and a great way to find out how you can get more involved in the Lincoln Community.  All parents, guardians and staff are welcome.

Panel Discussion on E-Cigarettes - May 19 at Century High School

A live panel discussion on e-cigarettes will be held on May 19, 2014 from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the Century High School Forum. Panelists will discuss the associated health risks of e-cigarettes, state and local perspectives on the issue, and school policies with regard to e-cigarettes. Adults and middle/high school students are welcome. Panelists include:

• Pete Giesen, Director of Public Health, Olmsted County
• Dr. Michael Burke, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center
• Erin Simmons, American Lung Association
• Mark Kuisle, Rochester Public Schools, Activities Director, Century High School 

There is increasing evidence of the negative impact of e-cigarette use on children and teens. A recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report showed that e-cigarette use more than doubled among U.S. middle and high school students from 2011-2012. Researchers from the Center for Tobacco Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco, reported that trying e-cigarettes increased the odds that a teenager would also try tobacco cigarettes and become regular smokers. And the Minnesota Poison Control System (Poison Center) saw more than 10 times as many reports of children and teens being poisoned by e-cigarette juice in 2013 compared to 2012.

The panel discussion is co-sponsored by the Century High School PTSA, Mayo High School PTSA, Friedell Middle School PTSA, John Adams Middle School PTSA and the Rochester Area Council.

CLICK HERE FOR A FLYER ON THE PANEL DISCUSSION

Summer Camp Available at Boys and Girls Club

Fun morning camps with the complete Club experience!
June 9 – August 22
Monday – Friday
7:30am – 11:00am (Club open until 6pm weekdays for campers)
For ages 6 to 12
Breakfast & lunch will be provided (as always, dinner provided for all Club members)
*Please note: regular Club hours will be 11:00am – 6:00pm for all members, including campers*
 Each camp week is $25 – you choose the weeks!
We’ve got something new and exciting planned each week!
Pay for all 11 weeks and receive a $50 discount!

CLICK HERE FOR FULL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMP AND REGISTRATION INFO