Turn in those HyVee Receipts!

We are approaching the end of our collection on HyVee receipts.  The deadline is June 1 for us to accept HyVee receipts.  We are on our way to a very successful campaign to collect these receipts. We receive $1.00 for each 250.00 in receipts

Please get us your receipts prior to June 1

Shopping for the long weekend?  If you shop at HyVee, be sure to save your receipts

2019 Auction Changes!

2019 AUCTION CHANGES!

SPONSORSHIP: This year we will be offering three tiers of sponsorships in the following denominations: $100, $250, $500. These will help to cover expenses allowing more funds to directly impact our students and staff. Sponsors will be recognized in our social media campaigns, Efiles, our website, the catalog and more. If you own a business, or work for a business, who would like to be recognized as a sponsor for the 2019 Lincoln K-8 Auction please contact the auction committee at LincolnSchoolAuction@gmail.com.

CHILDCARE: Please note that for the 2019 Auction (October 26^th), free childcare will be provided to current Lincoln families that have preregistered for care. A fee will be assessed to families utilizing childcare that are not current Lincoln families or have not preregistered. Childcare will also be limited to three hours per family and children must be full potty trained, our volunteers will be unable to provide infant care due to liability restrictions.

This change was necessary to abide by teacher/child ratios and to allow our volunteers to properly prepare for the children in care.  There will be a limited amount of spaces provided for those who have not preregistered or who are not families currently enrolled at Lincoln – it will be on a first come, first served basis. A registration form (with a due date) will be provided via Efiles in September, please keep an eye out for it when the next school year begins.

We know that a new school year can be chaotic for many of us, and the auction committee wanted to make Lincoln families aware of this change far in advance. Thank you for your understanding!

Third Grade Cabbage Project

Hopefully, your cabbages are doing fine with all this rain and cold weather.  Remember, we need a picture of the plant and your child before you harvest it this fall.  We would also appreciate a description of how you prepared the cabbage.  A recipe would be great.  Here are a couple of pictures of students and the current state of their cabbage plants.

Camp Invention

Register for Camp Invention!

Exciting STEM Summer Opportunity for your Child:

Unmask your child’s creativity this summer in the Camp Invention program.  This year, Rochester Gibbs will host 2 different weeks, each with different themes and activities.

Camp Invention is an awesome program where children build confidence, learn to collaborate and transform their wild imaginations into epic creations.  Campers in grades K-6 will learn creative problem-solving skills.  Mickey Laughland, a Lincoln 4^th grade teacher will direct the camps, and local certified educators will lead this action-packed program featuring exhilarating, hands-on STEM activities teaching children to question, explore, break through obstacles and embrace failure! Early registration discounts are available and listed below! Register and find current promotions atinvent.org/camp or call 800.968.4332.  If you have any additional questions, please contact Mickey Laughland at sudunne-laug@rochester.k12.mn.us or by calling (507) 328-3550.

Here are the topics for each week and a short description:

June 17^th -21^st  - Supercharged Program:  Gibbs Elementary School –In this program campers will be coding and programming futuristic robots, uncovering ancient fossils, designing high-tech superhero gadgets and exploring radio frequencies.

June 24^th -28^th  - Create Program:  Gibbs Elementary School –During this week, campers will be will spend their time connecting Sir Isaac Newton’s Three Laws of Motion with amusement park rides as creativity goes full throttle, rebuilding a ruined, polluted city to make it ecofriendly, and building original prototypes using real tools! Lessons explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation.

These are the following available discounts:

·       SIBLING: $25 off per sibling when registering 2 or more children. No expiration.

·        HOST: $30 off each registration for employees of the Rochester school district. No expiration.

Summer Construction at Lincoln

This summer the district will be resurfacing the playground and sloping it so the rain water drains off instead of forming puddles.  They will also be removing the three trees in the parking lot and resurfacing that area also. 

The outdoor classroom will also begin this summer.  The grass will be removed on the north end of the school and the walking path, classroom area and benches will be installed this summer. 

If you or someone you know of has access to large boulders, please let us know as part of the classroom area will require boulders to sit and play on next year.

Uppers Spring Concert Series (TONIGHT)

The final concert of the season for our Orchestra, Choir and Band will be on Thursday, May 16^th.   

The 2:00 PM performance is for our student body and parents and other family members are invited  to the evening performance.

Choir will perform at 6:30

Bands will perform at 7:00

Orchestra will perform at 7:30

Join us for the last PPT Meeting!

Monday is SCIENCE night at our PPT meeting. 

Join us on Monday, May 20th at 7:00 pm in the Lincoln Library for our last PPT meeting of the year.  Join Kyle Casper & James Kulzer to learn and experience the science activities that are unique to Lincoln.  Get all your questions answered.  What is InSciEd out?  What do Zebra fish have to do with anything?  I've heard about PLTW, but what is it?  What is this new science curriculum?  

See you Monday as we learn together!!

Calendar of Events

Calendar Of Events

May 16 – Uppers Music Concert

                        2:00 PM for the school

                        6:30 Choir

                        7:00 Bands

                        7:30 Orchestra

May 20-PPT Program Planning Meeting in Media Center – All parents welcome and invited to attend

May 23 – Uppers Ipad turn in day.  All upper students  must turn in an ipad, case, charging block and cord.

May 27 - Memorial Day – No School

May 31 – 8^th grade Recognition/School Celebration

May 31 – Last day of School

June 4 – Report Cards Mailed home

HyVee Cash for Students DEADLINE!

HyVee Cash for Students

We are approaching the end of our collection on HyVee receipts.  The deadline is June 1 for us to accept HyVee receipts.  

We are on our way to a very successful campaign to collect these receipts.  As of today, we have collected and totaled

$301,353.79 in receipts.  We receive $1.00 for each 250.00 in receipts

Please get us your receipts prior to June 1,

as the goal is to reach $350,000.00 by that date.

Planting Gardens

Planting Gardens

The PPT has been funding our raised bed garden, butterfly garden and school beautification projects for many years.  We currently have six raised bed gardens that are planted and maintained by classrooms, a new Bee Pollinator garden planted by 2^nd grade, a new strawberry patch maintained by Carrie Graff’s 3^rd grade classroom, a greenhouse and storage shed.  We start plants in the classroom and then move them to the greenhouse to harden them off before transplanting to the gardens.

This week 2^nd graders, as part of their new Amplify Science curriculum (again funded by your PPT dollars!) created Seed Dispersal Systems and used those devices to spread 8,000 Bee friendly seeds.  Thanks to the rains yesterday and today, they should be well-watered.

This week and next week we will be setting out cabbage plants, onions, tomatoes. peppers, mini gourds, pumpkins, flowers and watermelons. 

Uppers Spring Concert Series

Uppers Spring Concert Series

The final concert of the season for our Orchestra, Choir and Band will be on Thursday, May 16^th.  

The 2:00 PM performance is for our student body and parents; other family members are invited to the evening performance.

Choir will perform at 6:30 pm.

Bands will perform at 7:00 pm.

Orchestra will perform at 7:30 pm.

Box Top Approaching Deadline

Take Note…

Lincoln students are encouraged to turn in their Box Tops throughout the year, either in their classroom collection bag or in the white bin in the main entry. The final deadline for Box Tops is May 9, 2019.

K-5 Competition!

The entire grade (K-5) with the most Box Tops turned in by May 9 will win a popcorn or popsicle party.

Easy to Turn In!

1. Collect Box Tops and Bonus Box Tops.

2. Place in Ziploc bag or envelope with the grade level written on the outside. (They do not need to be counted, but they must have a visible product code and cannot be expired).

3. Add to classroom collection bag or place in school collection bin in main entry.

Mathnasium of Rochester: Teacher’s Appreciation Day Contest!

Contest Details: Please click this link to participate in the contest. 

CELEBRATE TEACHERS! In honor of the upcoming Teacher’s Appreciation Day on May 7th, Mathnasium of Rochester

 is going to stock one lucky school's refrigerator AND freezer. To enter your school:

1. TYPE your school's name in the comment section, AND
2. SHARE / LIKE this Post.

The school with the most comments wins a fully stocked fridge AND freezer on May 7th.
Cut off for entries is April 30th and must be in a 20-mile radius.

**Winner will be announced on Friday, May 3!**

Book Fair and Game Night – Requested Needs

There will be a box for Gallon Plastic Bags for the Summer Reading Program at both Family Game Night and the Spring Book Fair. It would be great if you are coming to the book fair to drop off a few boxes of plastic zip lock gallon bags.

The HyVee receipt box will also be at these events, if you have HyVee receipts to turn in. A great idea would be to bring the HyVee receipts in a Gallon zip lock bag and turn them both in!

Lincoln Summer Reading Program

We are excited to offer our students a reading incentive program this summer!!

K-5 students will have the opportunity to choose books to bring home for the summer to help them complete 25 hours of reading or more. If 60% of K-5 students return their reading log, ALL K-5 students will receive a Tootsie Pop! If 80% or more students turn in their reading log ALL K-5 students will earn a tootsie pop and an ice cream treat! Students who return their reading log will also have their name entered into a raffle for the chance to win a prize!

Uppers students will have the opportunity to complete a book review on Flipgrid. If 70% of Uppers complete their book review, ALL uppers will have the opportunity to go to Slatterly Park for a grill-out lunch! Students who complete the book review will also have their name entered into a raffle for the chance to win a prize! 

Family Game Night

Family Game Night

Monday, April 29, 2019

6:30 - 7:45 pm

Come and connect with other Lincoln Families while playing board games!

Each student will receive a ticket and have a chance to win their favorite

board game. Winners will be drawn and games will be sent home with students by the end of the week.

Spring Planting at Lincoln

We have six raised bed gardens at Lincoln that are planted and maintained by parents, staff and students at Lincoln.  This year we will be adding a Bee Pollen Mix of wild flowers garden and a strawberry patch.  The seeds will be distributed by our 2^nd graders with their inventions for sowing seeds. This is an extension activity of our new Amplify Science curriculum.

Before we sow seeds and plant we need to till the gardens.  If you have a tiller and would like to help tilling the gardens the last week in April, we would really appreciate it! We can also rent a tiller, but will need a truck and a parent willing to till the six raised bed gardens, the pollinator garden and the strawberry patch. Please consider helping the staff and students with this project.

PARENT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Lincoln Ellen Hunt Memorial Scholarship Selection Committee

Each year, Lincoln awards a scholarship to high school seniors who are alumni of Lincoln Choice School through the Ellen Hunt Memorial Scholarship.  Mrs. Hunt was the former office manager for Lincoln for 28 years until her retirement, and this scholarship has been established in her name. Mrs. Hunt passed away in 2018. In her obituary, she was described as “a kind and compassionate lady with an upbeat and positive attitude,” certainly valued attributes of our wonderful staff at Lincoln Choice School today.

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 minimal, but you must be able to attend the selection meeting that will be held on Monday, May 6th 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 3rd.

Calendar of Events

Calendar Of Events

Math MCA tests this week

Monday, April 29 – 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Book Fair

Monday, April 29th - Family Game Night—Another new event for our Lincoln students and families. Join us for a variety of games and events

Tuesday, April 30^th –Book Fair open 8:30 am to 3:00pm

Wednesday May 1^st- 8:30am-4:30pm (Grandperson/Special Person Lunch)

Thursday, May 2^nd - 8:30am-4:30pm Book Fair

Friday, May 3 - All Pro Dads meeting in Gym

May 20-PPT Program Planning Team Meeting in Media Center

Lincoln K-8 Box Top - Bulletin #4

Lincoln K-8 Box Top Bulletin #4

We are a Box Tops School!

The Box Tops and Milk Moola programs provide important revenue for Lincoln, which is used to purchase supplies for zebrafish, PLTW (Project Lead the Way), and Maker Space! Because the Milk Moola program has ended, we really need to maximize our participation in the Box Tops program to raise as much money as we can for Lincoln!

Take Note…

Lincoln students are encouraged to turn in their Box Tops throughout the year, either in their classroom collection bag or in the white bin in the main entry. The final deadline for Box Tops is May 9, 2019.

K-5 Competition!

The entire grade (K-5) with the most Box Tops and Milk Moola turned in by May 9 will win a popcorn or popsicle party! Here are the results after the March 21 collection deadline. The 2nd Graders are in the lead!