Each year, Lincoln awards 2 scholarships to high school seniors who are alumni of Lincoln Choice School through the Ellen Hunt Scholarship. Ms. Hunt was a former office manager for Lincoln for many years until her retirement and this scholarship has been established in her name. We are looking for volunteers to participate in the selection committee to pick the winners of the scholarship. You will be able to review the applications of all the applicants and see what remarkable achievements former Lincoln students have accomplished in their high school years. The time requirement is very minimal, but you must be able to attend the selection meeting that will be held on Wednesday, May 9th at 7:00 pm at Panera South. If you are interested in participating in this important and rewarding activity, please contact Mandy Verdick at acverdick@gmail.com or (507)421-6475 by May 4th.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Ellen Hunt Scholarship Selection Committee - PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Thursday, March 15, 2018
Dates to Remember
March 24 – Lincoln K-8 Carnival 10:00 to 1:00 PM
March 28 – Rock Town Tour for Uppers (50 Study Island Blue ribbons need to go)
April 12 – Parent Night “Music and Mystery Night”
April 20 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM
May 18 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM
May 18 – Color Dash
May 18 – All Pro Dads
HyVee Cash 4 Students March 1 to May 31
Collect HyVee Receipts from any Rochester HyVee and turn them into the Office between NOW and May 31st. Lincoln will receive $1.00 for every $250.00 in receipts collected.
Lincoln School Carnival
Lincoln School Carnival – March 24 - 10:00 to 1:00 PM – WE need volunteers in order to make this event happen on March 24
We are looking for volunteers to donate books and cakes/cupcakes to Carnival for Book/Cake walk, please drop off donations on Friday, March 23rd or Saturday, March 24th before Carnival.
Volunteers needed for Carnival. Sign up genius link
http://www.signupgenius.com/
Honey Bee Project
You
have heard by now that Lincoln received an innovation grant from the
Rochester Public Schools to explore having a bee hive on our property so
that students can learn about
pollinators, bees and honey production. The hive we proposed is from
Australia and different that the hives you usually see around here. It
is called a flow hive (
www.flowhive.com
With this hive we do not have to take it apart to get the honey, just
turn a key and it flows out. The following have been accomplished:
1.
A honey bee
group has been formed at Lincoln with teachers attending classes on
beekeeping and we have joined the Southeastern Minnesota Bee Keepers
Association.
2.
We have two
bee keepers that are providing information and guidance - Chris
Williams Lincoln parent and bee keeper and Andrew Pruett who is a bee
keeper and runs the bees at Quarry Hill
3.
The hive has
arrived and has been assembled. It will be in the foyer for a couple of
weeks until the bees arrive and then it will go outside
4.
There will be
a temporary fence around the hive to keep PE equipment away from it.
Students will not be able to get close to the hive due to the snow fence
and eventually a permanent fence.
5.
The hive will
be located on the far southeast corner of the playground 10 feet from
the fence bordering hwy 14 and 10 feet from the fence on the east side
of the playground.
6.
For the month
of April the bees will be fed in the hive because there are not many
flowers out. Once the flowers bloom the food source will be remove and
the bees will travel about 5 miles from
the hive to find flowers.
7.
Difference between bees and wasps and hornets
Bees are
fuzzy pollen collectors that almost always die shortly after
stinging people (because the stinger becomes embedded in the skin,
which prevents multiple stings). Bees don't die each time they sting,
though; the primary purpose of the stinger is to sting other bees, which
doesn't result in the loss of the stinger. Honey
bees are not aggressive unless provoked.
Wasps are
members of the family Vespidae, which includes yellow jackets
and hornets. Wasps generally have two pairs of wings and are definitely
not fuzzy. Only the females have stingers, but they can sting people
repeatedly. They can be extremely aggressive
Mystery and Music April 12
Music and Mystery Hypnotist Night Thursday April 12 – 6:00 PM at the Rochester Golf and Country Club
So….why not purchase
a ticket, have an evening of fun, get to know Lincoln teachers and
parents and help raise money for truly unique projects that will enrich
your child’s educational experience. You selected
Lincoln for the new and unique experience we offer, so here is your
chance to continue that legacy.
Not sure who to sit with? Hesitant to sign up?
By
popular demand.... we will have specific tables set-aside for Lincoln
K8 Parents to be paired with other parents by your child’s
grade level...
Great opportunity to meet other parents with MUCH IN COMMON!
Go
to the Eventbrite site and purchase your tickets... in the comments
make a note of your child(s) grade... or email 8th grade parent
Donna Layton calldgl@aol.com
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Why attend this
event? Events like these raise money to support new or help continue
or expand programs that Lincoln currently provides to students. Lincoln
has three new projects this year..
Drones in the Classroom -
In this project, students will learn
about drones which are unmanned aircraft, vehicle or ship that can
navigate and perform complex tasks autonomously. Drones are primarily
grouped based on their propulsion – UAV(Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle, UGV(Unmanned Ground Vehicle) or AUV(Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle). Student will learn about the forces involved in flight and
movement as well as Newton’s Laws of Motion. Then they will design,
build, and test an experimental model glider and drones
to find out how air and other forces affect its movement. In addition,
they will apply a design process to a variety of problems such as
delivering aid to an area where supplies must be and dropped to the
ground from an aircraft or delivered on the ground.
There are two areas that actively engage students in STEM and they are
robotics and drones. Our proposal is to link coding to drones and
robots so that students can see the real world application and future
careers that would be available in these two areas.
Seeds of Science -
Seeds of Science / Roots of Reading is a collaborative effort of the
Lawrence Hall of Science (FOSS), the University of California at Berkley
and Delta
Education. Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading is a program that
integrates inquiry science with content rich-rich literacy instruction.
Updating to a new science curriculum is very expensive for a district
so we would like to take the lead and start to purchase
a science/literacy approach to science in grades two to five. This
would be the beginning of a transformation that will take a few years to
implement and will eliminate most of our old FOSS(Full Option Science
System) kits and replace it with Seeds of Science/Roots
of Reading. Our other two programs(Project Lead the Way and InSciEd
Out(Zebrafish) give students inquiry science, literacy skill and this
new curriculum will meld with these two programs.
Honey Bee
- A Flow Hive is about more than just harvesting honey in a gentle way—it’s about creating
community, educating people about the importance of bees,
and empowering beekeepers both old and new to make a positive change to
help protect these important little creatures. Bees are tiny
environmental champions! They are responsible for the pollination of 30
percent of the world's crops and up to 90 percent of our wild plants.This
is a wonderful opportunity for our school to help students understand
the job of pollinators in our world. There are many books on bees and
classroom lesson that are available for teacher in grades K -8. A lot
of curriculum we have access to is aligned to
Next Generation Science Standards which we use in Project Lead the Way
and InSciEd Out (zebrafish) lessons.
Lincoln K8 Box Top
PLEASE save your Box Tops and Milk Moola caps
Easy to Turn In!
1. Collect Box Tops, Bonus Box Tops, and Milk Moola caps and bag tops.
2.
Place in Ziploc bag or envelope, with student’s name and teacher’s name
written on the outside. (Yes, they can all be in the same bag and no,
they do not need to be counted.)
3. Place in classroom canister or school collection bin in main entry.
Lincoln Memory Book (20 days left to order one)
Online ordering at
https://book.hrimaging.com/
Select ELEMENTARY School
DON'T FORGET! The March Madness Reading Challenge is going on!
This week marks the end of the first week for our March Madness Reading Challenge for grades 3rd-5th. Rules and information on the March Madness Reading Challenge are attached. In addition, you
will find the first week’s Reading Log attached if your child prefers to write out their minutes read on paper.
Please remember to help submit your student’s hours before the deadline every Thursday by 10:00 PM on the following dates:
Week #1 – March 15
Week #2 – March 22
Week #3 – March 29
Week #4 – April 5
Week #5 – April 9 (Monday after Spring Break)
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Dates to Remember
March 9 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM
April 12 – Parent Night “Music and Mystery Night”
April 20 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM
May 18 - All Pro Dads in Gym at 8:00 AM
May 18 – Color Hustle
A Night for Lincoln Parents!
Lincoln parents! This night is for you!
Date: April 12
Time: 6pm
Where: Rochester Country Club
Hypnotist (Gabe Holmes), Music by Hair of the Dog (Jeremy Jewell) and cake dash!
Great food, wine pull!
So much fun - money raised will go to special projects; Drones, bee hive to name a few
Cost: $50 a ticket or $500 for the table
We are currently looking for table sponsors...
Date: April 12
Time: 6pm
Where: Rochester Country Club
Hypnotist (Gabe Holmes), Music by Hair of the Dog (Jeremy Jewell) and cake dash!
Great food, wine pull!
So much fun - money raised will go to special projects; Drones, bee hive to name a few
Cost: $50 a ticket or $500 for the table
We are currently looking for table sponsors...
Tables of 10 contact Heidi Sonju
heidisonju@gmail.com
Or Donna Layton
Calldgl@aol.com
New to Lincoln – Great way to meet other families and have a great time
Individual tickets at………
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Tickets limited to 150, this event sold out last year... so get your tickets now!
Reminder: Time to order Yearbooks!
Lincoln Memory Book
The
Lincoln Memory Book is under a new company this year. The book will be
larger than last year with more pages. Students have begun the design
process and we have online ordering activated. Students also received an
order form. Do not forget to order your memory book
for your student.
Online ordering at
https://book.hrimaging.com/
Select ELEMENTARY School
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Special Projects Meeting - Tuesday, February 27th at 6:00pm!
Lincoln parents and staff please join us for the special projects consensus meeting!
Sorry for any inconvenience, childcare will not be available.
No prior experience necessary. However, review of the applications prior to the meeting is an expectation. You can find the applications on the Lincs. Our facilitator will guide us through an established review and decision process. Hope to see you there!
Friday, February 9, 2018
Special Projects Applications - DEADLINE APPROACHING!
Deadline for Special Projects is February 14!
This is fast approaching!
Please get your applications in soon!
You can email them to cinnamonmarxen@yahoo.com or turn them into Amy in the office by
3pm on February 14.
Applications are available on the Blog
WWW.LINCOLNLINCS.BLOGSPOT.COM
We are looking for an array of ideas! Get creative and innovative!
Think outside the box…what can we do with $22,000!?
Last year we supported a revisioning of the Media Center, Technology, Outdoor Classroom,
Composting our Lunchroom waste and Funding a School Store.
What new ideas do you have for us this year????
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Upcoming Events
February 6-8 Spring Book Fair (starts today)
February 6
Conferences 4:00 to 8:00 – K-8
February 8 Conference 4:00 to 8:00- K-8
February
9 All Pro Dads in the Gym 8:00 AM
Book Fair is Here
The book fair starts today: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 8:30 AM
Tuesday (today) 8:30 to 8:00 PM (Open during conferences)
Wednesday 8:30 to 4:30 PM
Thursday 8:30 to 8:00 PM (Open during conferences)
Box Tops for Education
Next collection date is February 28…PLEASE save your Box Tops and Milk Moola caps
Easy to Turn In!
1. Collect Box Tops, Bonus Box Tops, and Milk Moola caps and bag tops.
2.
Place in Ziploc bag or envelope, with student’s name and teacher’s name
written on the outside. (Yes, they can all be in the same bag and no,
they do not need to be counted.)
3. Place in classroom canister or school collection bin in main entry.
Lincoln Yearbook
The Lincoln Memory book is under a new company this year. The book will be larger than last year with more pages. Students have begun the design process and we will have the online ordering active tomorrow. Students will also receive an order form. Do not forget to order your memory book for your student.
Online ordering at
https://book.hrimaging.com/
Select ELEMENTARY School
Order forms given out during conferences if you need one
Tonight and Thursday
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
WANTED-gently used books
The library’s collection of prize books
for LYNX readers is low. We are accepting donations of gently used
books, especially for K-2 students. Thank you! Janis, Jenny, and Dawn
Dont Forget! Bingo and Pizza Night this Thursday!
BINGO and Pizza Night---Thursday, January 18th, 2017
5:30 PM - 7:15 PM
Pizza served at 5:30 and BINGO starts at 6:00
Pizza served at 5:30 and BINGO starts at 6:00
PIZZA AVAILABLE BY PRE-ORDER ONLY!
All pizza orders
must be placed and paid for in advance. Order forms with payment should
be returned to your teacher or Amy in the office by Tuesday, the 16th. Make checks payable to Lincoln PPT.Pizza will be provided by Mr. Pizza. You can order a whole pizza or by the slice. 1 Slice is $2 or a 14” Large Pizza (6 slices) is $12
Beverages and cookies will be available for purchase that night.
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