May

May 2nd - 8th Grade Students Visit LHS, starting at 9:30 AM

May 4th - SAT

May 6th - May 17th - AP Testing

May 19th - LHS Graduation, Arena, 11:00 AM

May 22nd - 23rd - Semester Tests (change due to snow days)

May 23rd - Last Day of School (change due to snow days)

May 24th - Teacher Work Day (change due to snow days)

June

June 1st - SAT

June 3rd - 26th - High School Summer School In-Classroom Classes at CTE Academy, Monday - Thursday, 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

June 3rd - July 25th - High School Summer School On-line Classes at CTE

June 8th - ACT

July

June 3rd - July 25th - High School Summer School On-line Classes at CTE

July 13th - ACT

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR

August 7th - Patriot Power Day

August 15th - PST Night

August 22nd - 1st Day of School Year 24-25

Welcome to May. We are excited about finishing the year strong. We are proud of the work of our students during this school year. There is no rule book written on how to be a successful high school student, yet the students of LHS accomplished this goal. This is a time to honor the work of the school year and especially the efforts of our graduates.

The Lincoln high school graduation ceremonies will be held Sunday, May 19th at the Sioux Falls Arena at 11:00 AM. Our graduation ceremony will be live-streamed so friends and family not in attendance also have an opportunity to celebrate with their graduates. At the arena, it is suggested that visitors refrain from bringing bags with them as bags are searched and metal detectors are used. Best of luck to all the graduates as they tackle their next adventure. Go Pats!

Due to snow days, our last day of school has changed. Finals will be on May 22nd and May 23rd. The schedule for Semester Tests is below. We will have open lunch each day and Chromebooks will be collected after the final exam. This is a change from last semester.

To help the graduation ceremony be a happy and dignified experience, Lincoln High School would like to inform you of certain guidelines for graduation.

Students must be at the Sioux Falls Arena by 10:15 AM on Sunday, May 19. Families cannot arrive before 10 AM. Graduation will start promptly at 11:00 AM. Family and friends may take their seats starting at 10:00 AM. You should be aware the Arena has a clear bag policy. Metal detectors will be in use and bags will be searched. Please limit the items you take into the Arena.

All graduation ceremonies will be live streamed so other family members also have an opportunity to celebrate with their graduate. Here is Lincoln High School’s graduation live stream link: https://www.youtube.com/live/_AwusRDmKD4?feature=share.

The graduation ceremony will also be played on KLRN at 7 AM and 7 PM, Monday May 27th and on Friday May 31st. There will be no photographer.

We are asking students to dress in attire that is appropriate for a more formal celebration. Jeans, bare feet, flip flop sandals or tennis shoes are not acceptable. Mortarboards should be worn flat on a graduate’s head and may not be decorated. Native American students may attach an eagle feather or plume and medicine wheel to their caps. Native American students may also wear a preapproved beaded cap; the beaded design must be approved by Monday, May 13th by the Office of Indian Education.

Please inform your son or daughter that air horns, plastic balls, or other items of distraction will be confiscated. It is unfair to students when names cannot be heard because of distractions.

The recessional is the closing of the graduation ceremony. Seniors will move their tassels from left to right upon receiving their diplomas. Immediately after being presented, seniors will recess through the front of the Arena and proceed to the back, where you may meet with your graduate. To facilitate this process, we ask that you do not leave your seats until all the seniors have had an opportunity to recess out.

Graduation practice will be Friday, May 3rd, during Ad-room (10:05-10:40 AM). Student diplomas will be available for pickup in the Lincoln High School office starting on June 10th. Please be sure all school-related fees have been paid prior to May 1.

If you have not ordered your GRADUATION CAP/GOWN/TASSEL/STOLE, please order online at:

Jostens Website

For further questions, please contact:

Jostens at 1-800-JOSTENS

2024 Senior Class Party Tickets are $60.

This year there will be several options to purchase a ticket:

1. PayPal— Visit https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=EU2UTCBKYMFMS

2. Check—Payable to LHS Class of 2024, attach to registration form and deliver to Student Services.

3. Cash— Deliver registration form and cash to Andrew Finch in Student Services

4. Venmo— @Shannon-VanBuskirk-5 https://venmo.com/code?user_id=3955022563903536133

Please put the student's first and last name in the details.

Ticket scholarships available, please contact your guidance counselor for additional information

Want to get involved? Not sure where to start? Come join SALSA (Serve And Learn Student Association) as a great way to connect with opportunities to serve your community! SALSA allows you got get involved through volunteerism, meet new friends, explore careers, gain leadership experience, earn volunteer hours for scholarship applications, and make a difference in their community. Missed the first few meetings? No worries come to the upcoming meeting! This next meeting we will work on projects decided by YAC and learn more about our next large group volunteer outing, Habitat for Humanity on May 20. otherwise known as a SALSA-Wide Event, and other great individual opportunities!

9th Grade:

• Register for Summer School - https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/summer-school

10th Grade:

• Complete registration for Fall Dual Credit Courses (Juniors for the 24-25 school year need a 3.5 GPA to be eligible) - Deadline May 15th Dual Credit HS | Sioux Falls School District (k12.sd.us)
• Register for Summer School - https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/summer-school

11th Grade:

• Complete registration for Fall Dual Credit Courses (Seniors for the 24-25 school year need a 3.25 GPA to be eligible) - Deadline May 15th Dual Credit HS | Sioux Falls School District (k12.sd.us)
• Register for Summer School - https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/page/summer-school

12th Grade:

• Notify post-secondary institutions of your enrollment choice by May 1st
• Watch for emails from college concerning deadlines for payment, room selections, etc.
• Request a FINAL transcript to be sent to your post-secondary institution (a final transcript will be sent in mid-June after final grades uploaded to transcript) Transcripts - LHS COUNSELING CENTER

The National Association for Hearing and Speech Action (NAHSA) announced today that starting in 2024, May will be recognized as National Speech-Language-Hearing Month instead of Better Hearing and Speech Month, which NAHSA—the consumer affiliate of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)—initiated in 1972, the year I was born 😊

“We’re excited about refreshing the name of a very important observance month,” said Vicki R. Deal-Williams, MA, CCC-SLP, ASHA’s Chief Executive Officer. “Today’s realities are much different from what they were more than 50 years ago, when NAHSA launched Better Hearing and Speech Month. We see the new name as an appropriate and needed step forward.”

The decision to change the name was not made lightly, Deal-Williams noted. “For more than a year, renaming possibilities and viewpoints from thousands of ASHA member audiologists and speech-language pathologists were solicited and considered. We now have a new name that aligns with their feedback—as well as with the name of its “parent” organization, ASHA.

What won’t change is the focus and effort that goes into making May a month of educating the public about the importance of human communication and what we can all do to prevent and address communication disorders. Spreading that message is particularly critical now, as more children are manifesting communication delays and disorders because of too much time with electronics at younger and younger ages, not enough time talking face to face and interacting with other people, hearing loss from loud noise exposure, and the aging U.S. population is expected to experience communication challenges.

Mrs. Holiday encourages students to learn new words and keep their brain active every day to improve their vocabulary. “Get a Word-A-Day app for your phone. That is a quick and easy way to learn new vocabulary words in our busy world. Word searches and crossword puzzles are also great to do in your down time as well as reading out loud, even if it is a short magazine article or a chapter in a good book. The best advice I have is to put down your phone and actually talk to someone throughout your day. Some students are lacking in social skills because with social media, you don’t always have to interact in person. Unless you practice those skills in real time, you aren’t going to get better at them. It may be the difference between landing that summer job or losing out because you couldn’t answer questions in an interview”.

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