Lincoln School News for November 16-20, 2020

 

News for the Week of November 16, 2020

You may have just listened to the press conference this evening.  If so, you know that Covid cases continue to rise here in Berrien County and across the nation.  As of right now, we have had no cases at Lincoln that have resulted from spread within our school.  Please talk to your kids about the importance of masks and other safety protocols.  

Here is a good visual related to the press conference.

Our student devices have arrived! We are so thankful for our SJPS Foundation for their support of our 1:1 initiative. We will share additional details regarding home use soon - stay tuned!

This Week at Lincoln School

Virtual Scholastic Book Fair continues (through 11/25)

11/16-11/20 Stuff a Truck Food Drive @ Lincoln

11/17  

11/18  Late Start Day (arrival at 9:45 a.m.)

11/19  

11/20  Half-day of school- 12:34 p.m. dismissal (end of the first trimester)

Coming Up...

11/23  Positivity Project launches @ Lin

This week's character strength:  gratitude

11/25 Report cards sent home with students

11/25 - 11/27 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

Teacher Blogs

Ms. McElroy	https://macsyoungfives2020.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Confer	https://conferk20.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Bartz	https://bartzkblog2020.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Mutschler	https://mutschlerschool20-21.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Jun	https://jun2020-21.blogspot.com/
Ms. Reimers	https://reimers2020-2021.blogspot.com/2020/10/week-6-reimers-room.html
Mrs. Fiesbeck	https://fiesbeck20-21.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Laukus	https://laukus20-21.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Starks	https://starks2020-2021.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Peek	https://peek20202021.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Ettinger	https://ettinger20202021.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Goniwiecha	agoniwiecha.blogspot.com
Mr. Persenaire	https://persenaire4thgrade.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Abbott	https://abbott2020.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Briney-Kelm	https://bk20-21.blogspot.com/
Mrs. Schermerhorn	https://schermschool20-21.blogspot.com/

The Scholastic Virtual Book Fair is happening now! Please click here to learn all about it and click here to order directly.

Our Lincoln School Media Center receives a portion of the profits that go right back to purchasing new books for our students. Thank you for ordering!

Stuff a Truck Food Drive

November 16 - 20, 2020

Lincoln School is proud to give back to the larger Berrien County community by collecting non-perishable (canned goods, boxed dinner/pasta) food items November 16-20. If you are able, simply pick up an item (or more) at the grocery store, and send it to school with your student to be donated. There will be a donation in the Lincoln School vestibule if SJVS students would also like to donate. We collect now because there is a greater need for food around the holidays. Thanks for spreading kindness and positivity!

This event is sponsored by 97.5 Y Country and Rogers. Items are donated to the Southwest Michigan Action Agency. 

We’re happy to partner with the City of St. Joseph to get feedback about their Parks and Recreation system. Please click here to take the survey before November 22nd. Thank you for your important feedback!

We may not be able to provide our students with the same experience that they have had in years past by providing a Lory’s Place group within the school, but there are some exciting opportunities happening for our students and families who would benefit from support through Lory’s Place!

The purpose of Lory’s Place is to provide grief support services for grieving children, adults and families.  Typically they partner with our schools to provide group grief support, but this will look a little different this year.  If you have a student who has experienced the loss of a loved one(s) and needs some support working through her/his grief, please contact our school social workers, Bri Van Hekken (bvanhekken@sjschools.org or Colette Jasiak cjasiak@sjschools.org for more information or feel free to reach out to Lory’s Place (269-983-2707) to learn about opportunities for support.  

Learn all about Lory's Place here.

St. Joseph Public Schools is hiring!

Upton Middle School is in search of lunchroom supervisors. Please see the details below:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday  11:00am - 12:45pm

Wednesday 11:25 - 1:10pm

*Application and employment process will be through EduStaff. If you are interested please email Megan Dongvillo: mdongvillo@sjschools.org for more information.

Amazing things are happening during lunch & enrichment time at Lincoln School! We are so proud of the hard work, dedication, and creativity of our specials teachers. In addition, our lunchtime co-teachers are amazing! They support our students in their learning while building relationships over delicious lunches each and every day. 

Reminders

Please download the Box Tops for Education app by visiting https://www.boxtops4education.com/.  

 

Box Tops receipts for delivery services, such as Shipt, now work with the digital Box Top collection.  For more information, visit https://boxtopsforeducation.knowledgeowl.com/help/electronic-receipts

 

St. Joseph Virtual School 's blog is now available! 

SJVS Families, click here to access content from Mr. Pratley. Be sure to bookmark the link: https://stjoevirtualschool.blogspot.com/

Check out the positive messages and celebration of our community on the St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation blog.

 Click here to enjoy!  

Looking for fall activities to enroll your child in? 

Check out local offerings by visiting our 

Community Corkboard.

It is the policy of the St. Joseph Public School District that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, disability, height, weight, or marital status be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to, discrimination during any program, activity, service or in employment.