ULTIMATE RECESS! A Call for HELP
Because our Lincoln Students went above and beyond our 2016 Laps
for Lincoln GOAL, ALL classrooms have earned the Ultimate Recess.
The Ultimate Recess consists of 8 stations (2 bouncy house,
1 face painting, and 5 athletic/game stations).
Groups of students spend approximately 10 minutes at each
station.
But, we can’t do this without HELP from parents & grandparents!
Below is the schedule for our Ultimate Recess (weather
permitting):
Thursday,
October 20 (C Day) Volunteers
Arrive
8:43-10:19 am 2nd
Mrs. Laukus & 3rd Mrs. Ettinger 8:00
am
10:19-11:55 am 2nd
Miss Donohue & 5th Mrs. Briney-Kelm 10:00 am
12:10-1:46 pm Y5s
Mrs. Schmidt & 4th Mrs. Goniwiecha 11:50 am
1:46-3:22 pm 1st Mrs. Robertson &
4th Mrs. Abbott 1:30
pm
3:22-4:00 pm Station
break-down crew 3:20
pm
Friday, October 21 (D Day) Volunteers
Arrive
8:43-10:19 am 1st
Ms. Harmening & 3rd Mrs. Peek 8:00 am
10:19-11:55 am K
Mrs. Bartz & 5th Miss Rajewski 10:00 am
12:10-1:46 pm K
Mrs. Mutschler & 4th Mrs. Alsbro 11:50
am
1:46-3:22 pm 2nd Ms. Borah & 5th
Mrs. Holzapfel 1:30 pm
3:22-4:00 pm Station
break-down crew 3:20
pm
We REALLY need 8
volunteers from each classroom to make this work, 4 to man the stations & 4
to stay with each classroom group. Can
you PLEASE give an hour and a half to two hours to help make this work?
If you are able to help, please email Mrs. Trumbley at JTrumbley@sjschools.org by noon this Wednesday,
October 19th.
Thank you!
itsLearing Parent Accounts
Attention Parents: Please remember to activate your itsLearning parent account so you can log into the system and receive classroom information from your child’s teacher. As well as building information from the office. You'll want to monitor the Lincoln Elementary Group and your child/childrens' Teacher's Course(s).
Directions for activating your account can be found at this link:
A short video tutorial for activating your account and navigating the system can be found by clicking this link:
If you are having trouble activating your itsLearning Parent Account, please don't hesitate to contact me or Mrs. Trumbley in the office.
Thanks for taking time to register for this important communication tool!
Title I Parent Meeting
If your child is receiving Title I support in the area of Reading &/or Math, you should have received an invitation to attend one of two Title I Information Meetings for Parents at Lincoln School. You need only to attend one of these meetings. Meetings are scheduled for Monday, October 24 at 10:00 am or 5:30 pm at Lincoln School. Child care will be provided at the 5:30 pm meeting if enough RSVP's are received showing interest in child care. Please see information in invite you should have received.
If you are unable to attend, please ask your child's teacher for information at Parent Teacher Conferences, or call me at (269)-926-3700.
Volunteers & Volunteer Consent Form
The St. Joseph Public Schools recognizes that certain programs and activities can be enhanced through the use of volunteers. Any volunteer who works with or has access to students shall submit to a criminal history records check, prior to being allowed to participate in any activity or program. Any person who volunteers to work with the District shall be screened through the internet sites for the Public Sex Offenders Registry (PSOR) list, the Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) criminal history records check and the Offender TrackingInformation System (OTIS) prior to being allowed to participate in any activity or program.
Our Volunteer Consent Form must be completed annually and can be picked up in the office.
Halloween Parties & Parade:
A. Lincoln’s Halloween Parties and Parade WILL be on Halloween, Monday, October 31st, NOT Friday, October 28th.
B. Students may get into costumes beginning at 1:45 pm. Costumes are not to be worn to school.
C. Our Halloween Parade will begin at 2:00 pm or shortly after. Weather permitting, the parade will be outside on the blacktop portion of our playground. Parents/Grandparents wishing to see the parade of costumes should first sign in at the office, obtain a visitor badge, and proceed to the playground. Please surround the outer edge of the playground pavement.
D. Classroom parties are limited to 1 hour. You can check your child's teacher's itsLearnng site to find out when your child's party will be.
E. Halloween COSTUMES are NOT to be too bloody, gutsy, or gory! Students may NOT carry weapons, even fake ones (knives, machetes, guns, etc.) without prior approval from Mr. Wagner. We are also concerned about clown costumes, but will NOT tell a child they can’t wear one. Please remind your child, if a student wears a clown costume, that it’s just that, a costume.
Operation Coats
Each November the members of Women’s Service League collect and distribute thousands of free coats to men, women and children living in Berrien County. Coat drop boxes are set up throughout the twin cities for community members and organizations to donate gently used coats and jackets of all shapes and sizes.
Lincoln School has a collection box and coats will be accepted through October 28th.
If you or your children are in need of a warm, slightly used, winter coat, Operation Coats distribution day for 2016 is: Thursday, November 3rd
Salvation Army, Benton Harbor
OPENS TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10AM-11AM
Salvation Army, Benton Harbor
OPENS TO THE PUBLIC FROM 10AM-11AM
Road Closure
Lincoln Avenue and Vineland Road will be closed for repairs October 17 through November 4. While this is not in the Lincoln bussing area, it could very well delay our Lincoln busses due to detours.
Food Service and Balance Due
Students with a negative balance food service accoun are given notices each Thursday to bring home to their parents. Please check your child's folder / backpack each Thursday. These notices are on purple slips of paper. When a child's negative balance reaches, or exceeds, $12.25 at the elementary level, a letter in a sealed envelope addressed to "The Parents of..." is sent home. Students whose accounts are $12.25 or more in the red will have their lunch cards pulled and will either need to bring a lunch and drink from home, or will be limited to a selection of a choice of one of two sandwiches until their account is paid. And, at the same time, they are charged for that lunch. While we know a negative balance is not the fault of the child, and we will continue to be sure they have something for lunch, this is a debt the District can no longer carry. If you are in receipt of a letter indicating your child's account is at, or in excess of $12.25, please pay, or complete a free and reduced lunch application. That is what this program is for. Charges continue to accumulate until the application is processed and approved. You will be notified whether your application is approved or denied. All debt incurred prior to application approval is still the responsibility of the parents.
Community Corkboard
Under the Parent tab on our Lincoln or District web-site, you will find a Community Corkboard tab. Information about upcoming community events and elementary community athletic/rec programs can be found here. Below is a link to the Community Corkboard:
Check out the Candy Buy Back Program! Pretty cool idea.
Art Festival
Berrien County Cancer Service, Inc. is sponsoring Art Festival on Thursday, November 10 from 5:30-7:30 pm at the Box Factory for the Arts (1101 Broad St., St. Joseph, MI 49085). For more information, go to www.bccancerservice.org or call (269)-429-3281.
The Flu and Our School
1 Hygiene Counts
Cover your cough and sneeze with a tissue or your elbow.. NOT your hands!
2 Flu Vaccine Works
Be brave and get vaccinated against the Flu.
3 Sick? Stay Home
Do you feel crummy today? Headache, body aches, fever, sneezing, coughing? Help keep our school healthy. Stay home when you are sick.
Flu Prevention pamphlets provided by the Berrien County Health Department (BCHD) are available in the office.
Rosetta Stone Foreign Language is Coming
Our hope is to start our Rosetta Stone Foreign Language group on November 1st. English Language Learners are assigned first. After that, as we have a limited number of licenses, we send information home for 3rd - 5th graders. If licenses remain after that, we then send the information home for K - 2nd graders.
This program will be held one day per six-day cycle here at school during your child's lunch recess time. And, students in the program have access to use this program at home as well.
Thank You!
I want to thank Parent Volunteers Mallory Getty & Mandy Pfeiffer for organizing another successful Laps for Lincoln! Great job Ladies! I also want to thank all of our parent volunteers who helped in so many ways, especially counting money during the event. A huge thank you also to all of our sponsors for their support, and to our students for their efforts and Parents and Staff for supporting this wonderful event! Have to also thank our Bears that wore that hot costume the night of our event, Elias Coar and Sophie Wagner. Thank you all so much! Our School, Students, and Staff are the benefactors of your generosity!
