Lincoln Bulletin

Our Vision-Lincoln School is a community that fosters a sense of belonging to grow as a citizen and a learner.

Lincoln leopards are respectful, responsible, and safe!

District Strategic Commitment-TOGETHER building pathways of Excellence!

Email: michelle.woodring@d303.org
Website: Lincoln.d303.org
Location: 211 South 6th Ave, St. Charles
Phone: 331-228-2501
Facebook: facebook.com/LincolnElementary
Twitter: @LincolnD303

Thursday, 8/24-PTO Ice Cream Social 6-7pm

Tuesday, 8/29-5th Grade field trip to Lincoln Marsh

Wednesday, 8/30- Early Release

Thursday, 8/31- Picture Day!

Friday, 9/1- No School for Students-Institute Day

Monday, 9/4-Labor Day-No School for Students

Our first week back was filled with smiles, laughing, and positive energy. All classes welcomed each child with get to know you activities, drawings, and building a strong classroom community. Routines and classroom expectations are being established this week to ensure a strong year of learning.

Tuesday afternoon, we held an ALL school assembly together. We welcomed our students, reviewed schoolwide expectations across all settings showing how we all are respectful, responsible, and safe. The kids did a concentration activity, we are focusing on developing sustained attention during the month of August. We also introduced our Lincoln song, sung To the tune of Yankee Doodle, the lyrics are below.

Lincoln Leopards are respectful

Kind is the leopard way

Leopards are responsible

We work hard every day

Leopards make safe choices

Hands and feet to self

Take care of each other

We get along so well

ROAR!

This upcoming week Tuesday we will begin our fall baseline assessment of iReady, all students in grades 1-5 will take the reading assessment on Tuesday and the math assessment will begin on Thursday. There is an informational letter below. I look forward to a great year.

Name: Michelle Woodring

Occupation: Lincoln Principal

Years in Eduaction: This is my 30th year, my 6th year at Lincoln

Place of birth: Illinois

Family: Husband-Jon, Sons: Nolan (22), Barron (21), Colton (16 Monday) Daughter-Aubrey (18)

Pets: Dog-Briggs, 1 and a half; a white German Shepherd-You may have seen him at Lincoln this summer he visited a few days

Favorite sport: Swimming or Running, love watching hockey, baseball, and lacrosse

Favorite thing to do over the weekend: Spend time with my family, walking my dog and or being at a beach

Best places to visit: Italy

Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird

What superhero would you be?

One wish: That every person can be happy for one another and support everyone's success

Dairy Queen or Oberweis? Dairy Queen, Grape Mr. Misty Float

Favorite Season: Summer

Favorite College: Went to University of Illinois for undergrad, but now have 3, one at U of I, another at West Point and my daughter starting Winthrop--so we shall see.

Favorite Team: Have been a Life long CUBS fan!

Airplane or Road trip: Road trip, but after driving 12 hours yesterday I may reconsider.

Fun Facts:

I backpacked through Europe in my twenties by myself for a good part of it, I love to travel, enjoy cheering on my kids and LOVE working with kids to support their development and growth.

We will be starting orchestra lessons very soon at Lincoln. To make sure we can adequately prepare before lessons begin, the deadline for orchestra sign ups is Monday 8/21. If your child would like to be in orchestra, sign them up asap!

Here are the basics:

- Students choose to play either the violin, viola, cello or bass

- During the school year, orchestra meets two times a week: one 40 minutes small group lesson during the school day and one 45 minute full group before school rehearsal.

- During the school day lessons will be on Mondays starting August 28th. Mrs. Mezera will be the lesson teacher.

- Before school rehearsals will be Thursdays from 7:15-8:00am at Lincoln. First before school rehearsal will be September 28. Mrs. Borkowski will be running the rehearsals.

Steps for enrollment:

1. Fill out the online form: D303 Elementary Orchestra Enrollment Form

2. Reserve a rental instrument from either Austin's Violin Shop or Quinlan and Fabish. Violin, viola and cello should order a 1/4 size (12" if ordering a viola from Austin's), bass players should order an 1/8 size. When ordering make sure to include the Essential Elements Book 1 and a folding music stand with your order. Have the instrument delivered to Lincoln- your child will receive their instrument, book and folding music stand during their first orchestra lesson with us!

*If a student can not financially afford to rent an instrument, please contact us. There are options available.

3. Purchase a 1 inch 3 ring binder, pencil pouch, and 3-4 sharpened pencils. These will be part of the orchestra supplies.

4. Pay the $50 activity fee on Pushcoin

Any questions? Visit our website D303 Elementary Orchestra Website or contact me, Mrs. Mezera (elisabeth.mezera@d303.org) and Mrs. Borkowski (rita.borkowski@d303.org)

Looking forward to a great year in orchestra!

We are starting band lessons very soon and we want your child to be part of the D303 Band Family! Not only is band fun, collaborative, and creative but Band is so good for your child's brain development. Check out this 5 minute video on how and why!

For more information check or the D303 Elementary Band website or contact Ms. Rice, 5th grade band director: marianne.rice@d303.org

To enroll your child in the band program complete the Band Enrollment Form

If you have a daughter in grades 3-5, please consider this great program. More information will be shared later this week. See video below.

New this school year is the Lincoln Elementary School Family Resources Group! This group includes social, emotional, behavioral, and community resources for families. Resources are grouped by topic and include articles, videos, and websites. The code to join the Schoology Group is WP73-GH6V-Z3K97 .

If you need assistance joining the group, staff will be available to assist you during the Lincoln School Curriculum Night this fall. Any questions, please contact Celina Wollak, Lincoln Social Worker/Student Support Interventionist at celina.wollak@d303.org.

Lincoln Leopard Families, we have an amazing and generous community! Please do not stress if your family is not in the financial position to provide school supplies. Please contact Celina Wollak our school Social Worker. Any requests will be kept strictly confidential! We just want to help you and your students get started with everything they need! Celina.Wollak@d303.org or call Mrs. Wollak directly at 331-228-6392

Bus route schedules are available on e-link for all grade levels. This information will include the inbound and outbound route number, the location and time of pickup and drop-off for each route, the ID number of the bus, and the days of the week the bus will run.

Visit the e-Link page for instructions for how to login.

Below is a letter from Wendy Landers our Certified School Nurse, reminding all kindergarten families of the records that need to be turned into school prior to the first day of school. You can bring these to Backpack Night on Thursday, 8/10 from 4-6PM, or the office any week day between 8:00am and 3:00pm. This is important to ensure your child is not excluded from school.

Welcome back Lincoln Leopards! This is a friendly reminder to turn in all required medical forms to the front office or mail them directly to the school (211 South 6th Avenue). Forms can also be emailed to christy.mathern@d303.org.

K: physical examination, immunizations, dental exam and vision exam

2: Dental exam

School Absence Guidelines

During this transition back to school, please remember that your child should be fever free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication. Your child must not vomit or have diarrhea for 24 hours without the use of medication. It is important that if your child is ill that they stay home. Some of our Leopards are lacking a healthy immune system and are susceptible to serious illness.

As your school nurse, I am happy to collaborate in treating asthma and implementing an asthma action plan. This also applies if your child tends to wheeze when they get ill and require albuterol. Here are the links to the asthma history form, medication consent, and asthma action plan. A healthy child is a child capable of learning!

I look forward to getting to know your child! I have more than 20 years of inpatient pediatric experience, so your child is in good hands! If you have any changes to your child’s medical or medication history please contact me with this update! I am available if you have any questions or concerns! I also have a variety of resources available.

Thank you for your time!!

Miss Christy Mathern BSN, RN, C

pronouns: she/her

Lincoln Health Office Nurse

christy.mathern@d303.org

In May, our Lincoln first grade classes helped plant our Lincoln Pollinator Garden at the St. Charles Public Library. With the help of our Lincoln families, the garden has been flourishing over the summer!! Our sunflowers have started to bloom, the cherry tomatoes are ripening and pollinators have been spotted in our garden. Make sure to check out our Lincoln Garden the next time you visit the library!

We can also use help watering our garden. Please click the link to sign up!

District 303 would like to remind families to make sure the contact information you’ve provided is up-to-date. We want to ensure you’re getting timely alerts on important notifications.

Prior to the start of class, District 303 will send test messages through its mass communication system to the contact information you have on file (email, text and phone). This is the way the District and your child’s school(s) contact you when sending mass messages simultaneously.

Visit the Home Access Center website for information on how to view and edit your contact settings.

View Notification Preferences/Enable Text Messages
District 303 will send notifications to families through the ParentLink system by text message, phone call and email based on your settings. Parents/guardians can view and edit their contact settings through the Home Access Center.

To receive timely emergency communications, we strongly encourage families to enable text notifications. For most people, this is the fastest way to receive and view important messages. Here’s how:

• From the HAC main menu, select the “registration” tab to view your contact settings
• Select the “edit” button to change your contact settings
• To enable text message notifications, enter your cell phone number in the Cell/Text field
• Select the “save” button

Users can only update their child(ren) and personal contact information. You will not be able to make changes to another parent/guardian's contact information. For updates to emergency contact people, please reach out to the school directly.

This is a prepay site and ordering will be closed at Midnight the day of Picture Day to process the orders. If parents missed prepaying they will have a chance to order pictures with their child's Ticket Code. When placing an order after Picture Day with a Ticket Code a shipping fee will be added on and picture packages will be shipped directly to the home. Ticket Codes will be delivered with the bulk picture package order approximately three weeks post Picture Day.

If your student is going to be late or absent, please call 331-228-2500 and press 1 to report the absence and the reason. Leave a message on the attendance line as soon as possible that morning or the night before. Thank you for your help in verifying absences from school.

If you would like to recognize a Lincoln staff member for making a positive impact on your child or family, going above and beyond in their work, and/or contributing to making Lincoln an AMAZING school, PLEASE fill out this form and let them know! You can fill this form out as many times as you like. Each Shout-Out will be shared with the staff member that you nominate. It will not be shared with the whole staff or with the school community. Thank you for helping us celebrate the wonderful ways our staff supports our students!

Head out to St. Charles North on Friday, August 18 to see our fall sports scrimmages! Our SCN Athletic Boosters will be selling concessions, spirit wear and our booster memberships along and will offer an inflatable and face painting! See the flyer for details!

We are kicking off the Fall Sports Season with the Saints Family Fun Fest on Saturday, August 19th from 12-6 PM! This event is free to attend. St. Charles East HS students, families, and the entire community are invited to attend an afternoon of fun with kids games, a bounce house, a dunk tank, sports scrimmages, future Saints photo ops, concessions, spirit wear sales, a basket raffle and more!

Schedule

ALL DAY (12:00-6:00) - Basket Raffle! Kids Games! Bounce House! Concessions! Spirit Wear Sales! FUN!!!

10:00-11:00 - Alumni Soccer Game

12:00-2:00 - Basketball Hot Shot Contest

12:00-2:00 - Boys Soccer Scrimmage

1:00-2:00 - Girls Tennis Scrimmage

2:00-3:00 - Boys and Girls Cross Country Relay Races

2:00-3:30- Speed Throw/Shot Challenge (Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse)

2:00-5:00 - Boys and Girls Golf Event

3:00-4:30 - Girls Volleyball Scrimmage

3:00-4:30 - Girls Swim and Dive

3:30-4:30 - Field Games

4:45-6:00 - Marching Band, Cheer, Dance, and Football

"It's a Great Day to be a Saint!”

Basket Raffles are being created by each sports teams. Sales will be online this year here: https://us01.z.antigena.com/l/dqe_AcOJullnCBiVmkwQPoPRlhvlG08FMbTmLysCdoH1h7325VMwFo05dV01Ck2qXVyb4ybHV-bwPy53KRzrJoysKVGrai9bgj-98PKc1e2uTBBmQlzOq~ybmiti1I1qbZrOuzj7OJvyQfwfJpT-BY8O538cMo_64RcXMUBeqVOqaovZlK Sales will begin August 17 and winners will be drawn at the Homecoming Football Game on Saturday, September 2nd.

If you have any questions, please contact Heather Trask. (htrask@comcast.net) (630.742.9647)