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

Fri May 10th-Lincoln 95th Celebration

Tuesday May 14-ALL School Field Trip to Kane County Cougars game, buses leave at 10:30 and return at 1:30

Fri May 17th-Volunteer Breakfast 7:45am

Tue May 28th-Field Day

Thu May 30th- Last Day of School

Good morning, sorry for not getting this out yesterday. First and foremost I want to say a huge thank you to our PTO. The members that coordinated our celebartion last night are Maria Guilbert, Janel Walton, Anne Staat, Chi Kersten, Ellen Pierce, Daisy Alvarado, and Kim Alongi. In addition our district was supported by Dr. Gordon, Jarrod Buxton, Scott Harvey and many others who attended and suported this celebration. Wow! What an amazing job you did. It was so impressive and such a testament, as hundreds of former and current staff, students, and families attended this incredible celebration. Lincoln is such a special place, and the memories and joy I witnessed made my week. THANK YOU!

We also want to thank our PTO and teacher appreciation committee led by Kim Alongi for providing delicious lunches, treats, and student created gifts and flowers to acknowledge the hard work of our staff. This was a wonderful way to spend our week.

Finally yesterday was also our final town hall. Our town hall groups did a shared reading of the book Change Sings by Amanda Gormon. This beautifully illustrated book highlights how we can all make a positive change. We talked about how we all are facing change always, but more specifically our change of schools and the closing of Lincoln. We highlighted the opportrunity to meet new friends, staff and families and how this is a time we can create new relationships. We also talked about how we can count on one another to celebrate and support each other through this change. Each group practiced a dance and then we all came together in the gym and dances together to the song, You Can Count on Me, by Bruno Mars. (Video linked below). This followed by our 95th celebration was a wonderful celebration.

As you see above we are honoring all our volunteers, this includes any family member who joined in reading to a class, room parents supporting our parties and picnics, if you are a WATCH Dog, if you attended our feed my starving children event, if you volunteered in any way this year. Please consider coming to this breakfast.

Finally below is a link for intra-district tranfers which opens up this Wednesday. If you are considering switching your child's attendance next year, please fill out this form. If you have any questions please email us or call, 331-228-2500.

Again this year we all participated in OZZIE reading, every student earned a free ticket to attend the Kane County Cougars Game, everyone will go to the baseball game this Tuesday.

A few items to share, each student receives a hot dog and water at the game. Last year many students were hungry, so we are planning to have students eat a substantial snack at 10:15 before we leave, this could also contain a sandwich if you feel your student would need that substantial of a snack, please send your son or daughter with a large snack to eat before we head to the game. It looks like the weather should cooperate with high 50's and cloudy, although make sure you put sun screen on your child before the leave for school. We will leave at 10:30, the game begins at 11:00 we will return to Lincoln at 1:30 and all students will receive a popsicle from our PTO. This day is a great way to celebrate our readers and enjoy a fun day together.

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!

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.

On Tuesday, May 28th Lincoln students will have the opportunity to participate in our last Field Day at Lincoln Elementary. To run this event we need you. A volunteer signup form will be emailed to you at the beginning of May, please consider taking some time to join us for this wonderful event.

The elementary school intra-district transfer request window opens on May 15, 2024.

The application form will be available on the Intra-District Transfer web page.

You are invited to join 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, please contact Celina Wollak, Lincoln Social Worker/Student Support Interventionist at celina.wollak@d303.org.

Pick up and drop off procedures

The car line on the north side of the building is for drop off, please do not park your car and get out. If you feel like your child needs assistance getting out of their car seat or you need to get out during the process please park your car in the library lot and you can walk them over to the door.

When picking up for an appointment early

If your son or daughter needs to leave school mid-day for an appointment, please understand that we will not call your child down to the office until you are here. Time in school is very limited and every moment counts, once you are here we will call them and promptly have them come down to leave with you, but we do not want to call ahead because often they are missing valuable instruction waiting for the pick up due to unforeseen circumstances. Thank you for understanding.

We are in the home stretch--summer is right around the corner! As you begin to fill up your summer with activities and vacations, you should consider our very own D303 Summer Strings Camp!

This camp will be for orchestra students who are currently in grades 3 - 8. Camp will be June 17,18, 20 and June 24, 25, 26 and 27 in the evenings at Thompson Middle School.

Please visit the link in Pushcoin for more details! Questions? Ask your orchestra teacher or email the Director, Angie Wifler at angela.wifler@d303.org

Summer Strings Registration