Volunteers Needed! Lincoln Rummage Sale!

The sale runs from 8:00 to 2:00 on Saturday, May 18, with a $2.00 "Bag Sale" at 1:00.

Volunteers Needed!!
Please sign up to help with the Lincoln Rummage Sale.  Volunteer jobs and times are listed below.  Please e-mail dani.nikolai@gmail.com or call Dani at 216-4124 and let us know what time/roll you could help with and include your name, e-mail and phone number.  Thank you for supporting Lincoln!
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Set-up	Friday	17-May	3:30pm	1
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Pricing	Friday	17-May	6:00pm	1
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During Event	Saturday	18-May	7:50-10am	1
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During Event	Saturday	18-May	10am-noon	1
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During Event	Saturday	18-May	noon-2pm	1
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PPT Meeting -- Monday, May 13 -- 7pm -- Lincoln Media Center

The next PPT meeting is this Monday, May 13, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Media Center.  Tonight's topics include:  recent funding changes for Lincoln fieldtrips and classroom supplies, 2013-14 PPT Budget, and new officer elections.

The Lincoln PPT is a great place for Lincoln parents, guardians and staff to get more involved at Lincoln.  Hope to see you there!

Talent Show Auditions - May 1-3

Auditions for the Talent Show are May 1-3. Students were informed of these dates about a month ago. Students can perform a 0-2 minute talent of their choosing. It must be rehearsed; they must have whatever they need to audition (music, props,etc.) those days. We ask that karaoke music, or instrumental music be supplied for students who want to sing.
The Talent Show will occur on the afternoon of May 24.

May 24 - Project Family Day - Volunteer Teachers Needed!

Project Family Day - May 24 - Morning 
Last spring, Lincoln parents, staff and students took a day to come together as a community. Groups of kids from all grades participated in mini elective classes all morning, learning and growing in all our multiple intelligence areas. Last year 33 classes were offered. Just a few of these were: Crepes, Karaoke, Czech Republic, Poetry Bags, Interpersonal Games, Baseball, Fishing, Community Service, Replanting, Robotics, and Pinwheels.

So, it is time to gather volunteers and solicit class ideas for this year. We would love to have you volunteer your time and talents teaching a class to mixed groups of Lincoln students. Classes can be either 20 or 45 minutes in length. You can have about 5, 10, or 15 kids in a class. You can work solo or with a team of friends. Please let me know what kind of space/equipment you want to use for your class (inside, outside, a projector, tables, etc.). Please e-mail me your class title and information (20 or 45 min class, number of kids per class, and space requirements). The more volunteers we have, the more fun our day is. If you do not want to teach but want to help direct traffic, let me know as well.

Thanks for your willingness to enrich the lives of our kids and as always, your flexibility and devotion to Lincoln Choice School.
Linnea Archer, Student Government Facilitator, Lincoln K-8 Choice School liarcher@rochester.k12.mn.us

Lincoln Raised Bed and Butterfly Gardens - Help Wanted!

Compost for Lincoln Raised Bed Gardens - We currently have six raised bed gardens that will be planted shortly. We have someone who is willing till the gardens this week but we really need some compost from the Waste to Energy center to top off each garden before we till. If you have a truck and are willing to pick up some compost and deliver it to school we would really appreciate it. Please contact us soon if you are interested!

Mulching - In the not too distant future we will need to remulch the butterfly garden and the walking space between the raised bed gardens. If you would like to help spread mulch, please let us know. We are requesting between 10 and 15 yards so we have a lot of mulch to spread!

Want to help? Contact Jakulzer@rochester.k12.mn.us or jabarton@rochester.k12.mn.us

Lincoln Annual Rummage Sale - Start Cleaning those Closets - Items Accepted Starting May 13!

The Lincoln Annual Rummage Sale will be on Saturday, May 18 from 8:00am to 2:00pm, with a bag sale at 1:00.

Families can start bringing things in to Lincoln on Monday, May 13. We will have Uppers students available to help unload on the 16th and 17th after 3:00.

Contributions we will accept are clothes (adult and children), books, toys, games, household, sporting goods, appliances, (No TVs!) furniture, gardening.

RAP (Rochester Afterschool Program) - Last Day Was April 29

RAP for this school year has come to a close. 4/29 (yesterday) was our final day. The staff enjoyed being a part of the student’s day after school this year and look forward to next year. Thank you for staying “after school.”

MCA Testing - Week of April 29

Thank you all for making sure your students were at school this week for MCA testing.
Here is the schedule for next week (Math):
Monday, April 29 Morning Andi, Ginelle and Liz - Afternoon Will and Corey Dornack’s homerooms
Tuesday, April 30 Morning Mickey and Beth - Afternoon Linnea and Carrie
Wednesday, May 1 Morning Kim Olson - Afternoon makeup tests
Please make sure if your children are testing that they get a good nights sleep and have a healthy breakfast.

Staff Appreciation Tea - Monday, April 29 - Donations Needed!

Please help us show our wonderful Lincoln Staff our appreciation for all they have done this year with our Spring Tea this Monday, April 29th!

The following items are needed:
Variety of flavored tea (caffeinated please)
Black Tea (flavored or regular)
Green Tea (flavored or regular)
Herbal/Decaffeinated flavored tea
3 boxes of flavored ice tea mix - please get the individual packets that are added to one water bottle
1 package water bottles
1 package plates
3 lemons
Sugar cubes or packets
Bottle of cream (not flavored)
Bottle of honey
Short bread Cookies
Sugar Cookies
Loaf Cake
Biscotti
Tea Sandwiches - your favorite or Google a recipe
Scones
Fresh Fruit
Pastries
Other tea party treats - choose your favorite
Large Coffee/Tea pot/server for serving hot water

Respond with the item you would like to donate to dani.nikolai@gmail.com or call Dani at 216-4124.

Please bring your donations to the staff lounge by 9:15am on Monday, April 29th and mark them "For staff appreciation".
Thank you for your help in showing the staff how much we appreciate them!
THANK YOU!!! Lincoln Staff Appreciation

Lincoln Spirit Wear - Place Your Order Today!

The order forms for T-shirts and Sweatshirts in now the Lincoln Website. We have two designs and a variety of colors. Just fill out the order form if you are interested and press submit. Send a Check to the office marked “Spirit Wear” and we will match up your payment with the order form. http://www.lincolnk8.new.rschooltoday.com/page/2972

Seeking K-3 Literacy Tutor at Lincoln Choice School

Seeking K-3 Literacy Tutor at Lincoln Choice School for 2013-14 School Year.
$500 Biweekly Living Stipend and $5,550 Education Award
You Can Make A Difference! Learn more and apply by visiting www.MinnesotaReadingCorps.org

Volunteers for Lincoln Haunted Hallways Space Needed

Please consider volunteering to coordinate the Lincoln Haunted Hallways space this year. It is a very fun event and a fundraiser for Lincoln. You could help Lincoln create a fun (not scary) Halloween themed space for the young kids or a spooky space (with uppers acting) to frighten the older kids.
The event will be October 24-26.

The event is a fundraiser for Rochester Public Schools with 100% of the proceeds going to the schools. While the amount can vary, the amount that has gone directly back to Lincoln each of the last two years has been $1000.00 per year and Lincoln has also been granted $4000.00 additional funds raised from the event including InSciEd Out Garden Project and iPads for All.

The Haunted Hallways Planning Team will work with you to help you generate ideas and plan your space if you wish. Past Lincoln Haunted Hallways Leads will also assist you.
Please contact Dani Nikolai at dani.nikolai@gmail.com or 216-4124 for more details or if you have questions. Please try to respond by May 7 so we can let the planning team know Lincoln will be involved in Haunted Hallways 2013 by the response deadline of May 8. There will be a Haunted Hallways Volunteer Meeting on May 15 from 7-8pm to give you a tour of the space and all the details you need. Thank you for considering this opportunity!

Young Authors, Young Artists Conference for Grades 4-6 - Deadline for Registration is Wednesday!

The Young Authors, Young Artists Conference is for students in grades 4-6 from public and private schools across southeast Minnesota. Interested Lincoln students can attend this conference on May 21 from 8:00 am to 2:00pm. The cost per student is $45.00 until April 19. A Lincoln adult chaperone will be accompanying the Lincoln group.

If your student is interested, please fill out the registration form below - make sure your student selects his preferred sessions to attend - and send the registration form and check for $45 made out to Lincoln Choice School to Beth Napton by the end of the day Wednesday.

CLICK HERE FOR YAYA BROCHURE AND REGISTRATION FORM 

At the Young Authors, Young Artists Conference, students participate in active, motivating, idea-generating symposium of sessions. The conference focus is to promote student enthusiasm and competence in written and visual communication. Students will be encouraged to have fun with their creativeness and uniqueness. This program makes a significant impact on children whose writing interests range from mild avid and diverse and exposes students to the art and joy of writing. It's a great way to cultivate a child's imagination!

PPT Meeting -- Monday, April 15 -- 7pm -- Lincoln Media Center

The next PPT meeting is this Monday, April 15, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Media Center.  Tonight's topics include a presentation about "What to Expect When You have a 2/3 Student at Lincoln" (presented by Melissa Murphy).  We will also hear a presentation from the owner of Fish & Pets, who has assisted Lincoln with the InSciedOut project.

The Lincoln PPT is a great place for Lincoln parents, guardians and staff to get more involved at Lincoln.  Hope to see you there!

Lincoln Family Movie Day - Saturday, April 13th - UPDATED!

Come join us for Family Day at the Movies

Saturday, April 13

Cinemagic Hollywood 12 Theatre - 2171 Superior Drive NW – Rochester

Come See:

The Croods (PG)

GI Joe (PG-13)

Forty-Two (PG-13)

Yogi Bear (PG)

Doors open at 8:30 AM - join us for coffee - provided by Phil Garofano and Caribou coffee,

mini muffins, yogurt, and juice

Movies start at 9 AM

Cost is $3 for movie/muffins per person

Concession Deals $2.15 16 oz drink and small box of popcorn

and $3.75 20 oz drink and small bag of popcorn

Please RSVP at lincolnsc@mail.com for movie choice,

number attending and if you prefer the concession deal.

Trying to get a rough count to speed things along.

**This is a family event, Parents are responsible for thier children**

MCA Testing Begins Next Week

Monday – Linnea Archer’s class and Carrie Graff’s class

Tuesday – Mickey Laughland, Beth Napton, Will Schulz and Corey Dornack’s classes

Wednesday – Kim Olson, Liz Koehler and Corey Dornack

Thursday – Make-up tests

Please make sure your children have had a good breakfast on their testing day.  Please make sure your children are at school on their testing days.

RAP News

RAP will resume after spring break on April 8th.
RAP will continue Mondays-Thursdays in April until the 25th.
The last day of RAP will be a final celebration on April 29th.
Remember that RAP attendees need to be coming to RAP at least once a week to stay on the enrollment. We will not be taking new enrollment after April 9th.
If you have further questions email them to: anharmon@rochester.k12.mn.us.

MCA and NWEA Testing Schedule for Spring

Please note the following schedule for testing at Lincoln. It is very important that you do not schedule vacations or doctor/dental appointments during this time. We will send out a schedule of the exact dates by grade, right after Spring Break:

April 23, 24, 25:                  MCA Reading

April 26:                             MCA Reading Make-ups

April 30, May 1 & 2:            MCA Math

May 3:                                 MCA Math Make-ups

May 7:                                  MCA Science – Grade 5

May 8:                                  MCA Science – Grade 8

May 9 & 10:                        Any remaining MCAs

May 14-17                           NWEA Reading

May 20-22                           NWEA Math

May 23 & 24                       NWEA Make-ups

VIE Coordinators Needed for 2013-2014

Looking for a great way to volunteer at Lincoln from home?  Consider being one of two new VIE coordinators for the 2013-2014 school year.  Amount of time needed is minimal and can be done from home! Contact one of the current VIE coordinators for more information: lincolnschoolvie@gmail.com

Cinnamon Marxen
Danielle Nikolai
Alex Morrissey
Tammy Szewczynski

***CANCELLED*** PPT Meeting - Monday March 18 - 7pm in the Media Center

*** CANCELLED *** The next PPT meeting is this Monday, March18, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Media Center.  The Lincoln PPT is a great place for Lincoln parents, guardians and staff to get more involved at Lincoln.  Hope to see you there!

"Life Support" - Science Program at Century High School

This year the Century Elementary Program will be offering a new course entitled “Life Support”. This class is taught by the Advanced and Honors biology students and the Science Club of Century High School.
This course is offered for students in Grades 1-3 and 3-5.
Class Dates, Times and Grades:
Class I April 10, 17, 24, and May 1 and 8 (Wednesdays) 4:00 - 5:30 PM for Grades 1-3
Class II April 11, 18, 25, May 2 and 9 (Thursdays) 4:00 - 5:30 PM for Grades 3-5
Cost: $60.00 for the 5 week course
Register by March 20, 2013
CLICK HERE FOR THE REGISTRATION FORM

The program will explore the needs of organisms in order to maintain life. We will be looking at organisms ranging from protozoa to fungi to plants and animals. We might even include a few bacteria. We have many live animals and plants as we explore the systems needed for life to exist. Units include: 1. How do things get around in there? (Circulatory System)
2. Does everybody breathe? (Respiratory System)
3. What do they eat? (Digestive System)
4. How do they protect themselves (Integumentary System)
5. How do they move and where do they go? (Skeletal and Muscle systems)

VIE has a new email!

The new email is lincolnschoolvie@gmail.com

Final Special Projects Funding Proposal 2013

The Special Projects Consensus meeting was held on February 26.  Thanks to all the participants. Through the consensus process, the below funding proposal was agreed on.  Funds will be released after March 8 for these projects:

Project	Dollar amount	Amount of project funded
1.Gym Update	$4,940	Partially funded - Basketball hoops
2.iPads for Primary Team	$6,950	Partially funded $5,750 plus $1,200 for additional iPads
3.Class sets of skill/sport equipment  for gym	$2,275	Fully funded
TOTAL	$14,165

If you have any questions or would like further information on the funding proposal, please contact the PPT Co-Presidents.

Special Project Applications Available for Review - Consensus Meeting Tuesday, Feburary 26

Following a very successful auction and funding of the PPT budget, there is $14,165 available for Special Projects.
Three applications have been submitted for this year's Special Projects:
1. iPads - Cart for Lincoln (30 iPads + charging cart) - $13,000.
2. Gym Update (Basketball and Volleyball structure updates) - $13,000
3. iPads for Primary Team ( 25 iPads and charging cart) - $10,950

CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE iPADS - CART FOR LINCOLN APPLICATION

CLICK HERE TO OPEN THE GYM UPDATE and iPADS FOR PRIMARY TEAM APPLICATIONS

These three applications will be reviewed at a Consensus meeting on Tuesday, February 26 at 5:30 in the Lincoln Media Center. During the meeting, a funding proposal will be agreed on. All Lincoln parents, guardians and staff are welcome to attend the consensus meeting. If you are planning to attend the consensus meeting, please read the applications prior to the meeting.
If you have any questions, please contact Kindra Ramaker via email at ramaker_kindra@yahoo.com..

Lincoln Chess Club - Interest Survey

We are working on identifying student and adult supervisors for Chess Club, but need to know how many students might be interested before we proceed. We are thinking of running Lincoln Chess Club once a week as part of the Rochester After-School Program (RAP) on Mondays from 3:35 to 4:45 from March 3 through March 24.

The Lincoln Chess Club would be open to ALL Lincoln students, grades K-8. Students may join at any time, but students would ALSO have to sign up for the Rochester After-School Program (RAP) to participate in Chess Club on Mondays. If your student is already signed up for RAP, then they can attend Chess Club on Mondays during RAP. There is no charge for either Chess Club or RAP.

Supervision would be provided by Rochester After-School Program (RAP) Staff and chess will be taught by members of the Century High School Chess Team and Lincoln Uppers students.
A typical chess club meeting will include a group lesson, a fun chess activity, and a game or two between players who are matched to be at a similar experience level.

If you are interested in joining the Chess Club this year, please reply to natecate13@charter.net. We will send out registration forms for both Chess Club and RAP as soon as we know the numbers and have confirmed the staffing, so watch the LincolnLincs next week!

Picture Day Parent Volunteers Needed

Parent volunteers are needed for the upcoming Picture Day on February 28.
Interested volunteers can contact Alex Morrissey at childrenragift@yahoo.com.

PPT MEETING - Monday, February 11 - 7pm

The next PPT meeting is this Monday, February 11, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lincoln Media Center. Meeting discussion:  What to expect when you have a 4/5 student at Lincoln, featuring parent Cathy Nathan.  The Lincoln PPT is a great place for Lincoln parents, guardians and staff to get more involved at Lincoln.

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