November 25 and 26- Jersey Mike's Fundraiser (see flyer below)

November 27-December 1- Thanksgiving Break

December 11- FTP Meeting in the Lincoln Elementary Library at 6:15pm
(Spanish interpretation and childcare available)

December 13- Winter Sing: K-2 Performance at 8:30am, 3-5 Performance at 9:15am

December 21- January 5: No School

January 6- School Resumes

District School Year Calendar

Winter is one of the most magical times of the year and our students are very excited to perform and show off their hard work.

NEW THIS YEAR: There will be two concerts performed on the morning of December 13. 4K through second grade will perform from 8:30-9:00am. There will be a brief intermission for 4K-2 families to leave the gym and have 3-5 parents enter. At 9:15 third grade through fifth grade will perform. Each performance will be approximately 30 minutes.

Why the change? Over the past few years attendance for the Winter Sing has grown to a point where families were in the hallways and not able to view the performance of their child. This will allow families to come and watch their child's performance in a way that we hope everyone can have a great view of the concert.

Welcome to music with Mrs. Ibach (eye-bah). My goal is to create life-long appreciators of music. In the primary grades, we have been focusing on beat vs. rhythm. Beat is steady like your heart while the rhythm has long and short notes. We have enjoyed learning dances, songs, and using beanie babies to practice using our voice in different ways. In Third grade we have been learning about meter, or the organization of strong and weak beats to provide structure to a song. We have enjoyed playing meter tag as well as meter safari to practice identifying meters in music we hear. 4th and 5th graders are working on playing various instruments as a group and singing in two and three parts. Some instruments we have been using are xylophones, boomwhackers, bongos, agogo bells, shakers, and more.

Looking forward, we are all preparing for the Winter Sing! Join us on December 13th to celebrate the culmination of all our hard work. See flyer (above) for more information. Thank you for welcoming me into the Lincoln Family! It is a joy to work with your students.

Our goal at Lincoln is for every student to attend school at minimum 90% of school days! Last month we had over 300 students meet our goal for the month!

On Thursday 4th and 5th graders participated in an in school Lego League competition. They worked hard these past two months. They learned to problem solve and the importance of teamwork.

On December 8th, the other 5th grade team will be competing at the High School at the official Whitewater competition.

If you would like to apply for free/reduced breakfast/lunch - you can do so through your parent portal. Once logged in, click on MORE, then on MEAL BENEFITS.

You can also download a hard copy form and turn those into the Lincoln main office or to the district office. Please click here to download the hard copy form.
https://www.wwusd.org/documents/family-%26-community-forms/parent-handbooks-%26-forms/277178

The We Are Connected Mindset teaches us that everyone who comes into our lives can help us to achieve and live our dreams. Working with, for, and through others is crucial to realizing our dreams. When you understand this and constantly seek the positives from relationships with others, your performance in every area of your life improves. In the lessons for this mindset, we help students explore synergies with others, embrace diversity, and relish the competition that will allow them to maximize their potential by working with and through others.

On Wednesday, December 11 at 6:15pm the FTP will have their monthly meeting in the Library at Lincoln Elementary. Childcare is available in the cafeteria and Spanish interpretation will be provided during the meeting.

Come learn how to wrestle like a Whippet wrestler and become a part of the future of Boys and Girls High School Wrestling at Whitewater

Registration for Youth Wrestling

ABC's of concussion (required by safe sports)

Our season sign up is now open with the youth group starting on Monday December 2,2024. We have three groups you can be a part of.

1. The Mighty Whippets: This is for those young whippets who are new to wrestling and takes place from Monday Dec 2 until our Winter Break. This group will focus on body movements encouraging students to learn athletic mobility while including mat games

2. Our Novice Group will take place from January 6th until late February. This group is for our middle elementary students and will be our introduction to our wrestling skills. They will learn the basic skills of our high school wrestling program becoming comfortable with the techniques in our practice settings. There is minimal if any competition with this group. They are strictly learning the techniques so they can become confident when it comes time to compete.

3. Experienced Group is our wrestlers that have been involved in wrestling and is ready for advancing their drills and skill sets in practice. This group will have the ability to join competitions. This group will start on Dec 2 and will run until Winter Break. The students in grades 6-8 should be signed up for the Middle School program . When the middle school season is over we then come back to club to close out the season. Those interested in wrestling at youth regionals would go until March.

All practices will take place at Whitewater High School in the wrestling room.

Mighty Whippets: 5:30-6:30 (Monday and Wednesday)

Novice: 5:30-6:45 (Monday and Thursday)

Experienced: 5:30-7:00 (Monday and Thursday)

Again, here is the registration link; Registration for Youth Wrestling

Payments will be taken at the first practice.

We look forward to working with your sons or daughters!

If you have any questions please feel free to email Coach Schimming at jschimming@wwusd.org or Coach Gomez at jgomez@wwusd.org

Learn, Lead, Inspire

Email: bgefvert@wwusd.org
Location: 242 South Prince Street, Whitewater, WI, USA
Phone: 262-472-8500