
Lincoln Elementary Newsletter
April 2024 Edition
Lincoln Elementary School was so proud to invite Erin Tashian, founder of the movement Mindful Educators, for three sessions. Teachers utilized different tools on emotional granularity to gain insight on their own emotions. She continued to provide impactful social and emotional learning for teachers. We look forward to complete the series goals:
- provide competencies that adults need in order to manage stress and create a safe and supportive classroom environment
- develop skills and mindsets that adults need to effectively embody, teach, model and coach SEL for students
- reflect on the personal well-being and emotional state of adults in school settings
Erin continues to bring joy and wellness to our staff! We know that happy and supported educators have a higher impact on student achievement.
Important Dates & Information:
April 1 - April 5 - School Closed (Spring Break)
April 10 - School Closed (EID)
April 11 - Wax Museum
April 15 - 19th - Book Fair
April 15 - Infrastructure Trial
April 16 - Drama Performance (day)
April 17 - Drama Club Performance (6:00 pm)
April 17 - Early Dismissal (1:30 pm)
April 18 - Strings Concert (6:00 pm)
April 19 - Safety Ambassadors in 1st grade classrooms
April 22 & 23 - Early Dismissal (1:30 pm)
April 24 - 5th grade Career Path Presentation (1:15 pm - Virtual)
April 25 - Band Concert (6:00 pm)
April 26 - Safety Ambassadors in 1st grade classrooms
April 30 - Spring Photos (clubs, 5th grade)
REMINDERS
-Please join our PTO. Your support has a huge impact on the activities and events we can provide to our Lincoln students. Please visit https://lncpto.wixsite.com/lincolnpto for more details.
GRADE LEVEL NEWS- Please click on the link to view!
"The Fridge" in Mrs. Pontrella & Mrs. LaMalfa's Classroom
Building Continuity on Teaching Our Students to Read & Write
Please view presentation HERE!
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Hello Lincoln Families,
We invite you to the Library’s Birthday Book Club! This is a great way to honor your child’s birthday and help the library acquire new books for our collection!
See the complete entire flyer HERE. Take a look at our Amazon Wish List too! Don't forget to submit the Birthday Book Club form.
Thank you to our school Librarian, Mrs. Berger, for this wonderful initiative.
Spark Curiosity- Join Our School for "How To Days"
Goal: To foster a learning environment that embraces partnerships within our local community and provides students an opportunity to participate in real-world learning experiences.
Share your expertise, hobby, and/or skill with your child's class! We would love to have you! Please e-mail your child's classroom teacher to coordinate your visit.
IMPORTANT SAFETY PROCEDURE REMINDERS
In order to ensure the safety of all our students, we want to send a reminder about three very important school procedures.
-Please do not request changes to your child's dismissal after 2 pm. This will ensure all students will be in their correct dismissal locations. Prior to 2 pm, you must call or e-mail the office and e-mail the teacher about the dismissal change.
-If you are dropping off your child by car, please pull up as much as possible before having your child(ren) exit the vehicle. Parents/guardians must remain in their car at all times (do not get out of the car), and students must exit the passenger side door only. No drop off is permitted from across the street.
-Please only put your child on the bus designated to them on their bus pass. Their bus assignment may have changed from last year. If a bus change is made, it will be reflected in genesis within 24 hours. We always go by the genesis bus assignment.
We appreciate your help in ensuring the safety of all our students. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
School Procedures
Arrival & Dismissal Procedures
Regular Arrival Procedures For All Students:
Arrival time for all students is from 8:45 – 8:50 AM. School starts promptly at 8:55 AM. Parents are not permitted to drop off their children at school until 8:45 AM.
BUS STUDENTS: Students arriving from a bus are dropped off on the sidewalk in the driveway in front of the school. All students will walk to the side of the building and line up in their grade locations.
DROP OFF STUDENTS: Students that are driven to school by their parents are let out in the designated drop off zone on the same side as the school on Brookville Rd (yellow curb). 4th and 5th grade students will enter using the side entrance. Kindergarten to 3rd grade students will enter using the gym and hallway on the side of the building
Reminders:
Students should exit the passenger side only and parents should pull all the way up to the end of the pick-up zone.
In order to keep the flow of traffic, parents should not exit the car.
Please do not park on the other side of Brookville Road.
All students will enter the building and wait outside their classroom door under the supervision of teachers on duty.
At 8:45 AM all Edison Recreation Before-Care students, who are in the multipurpose room, are dismissed to line up adjacent to their classrooms.
All students will enter the side entrance.
Regular Dismissal Procedures For All Students:
Dismissal time for students is 3:25 p.m.
WALKERS: All students who do not take bus transportation will be dismissed from the side entrance of the school. Parents should meet these students at this location, unless it has been designated by a parent that they may walk home alone. If you are picking up a student, please stay behind the cones and your child will walk to you.
Reminders:
All parents of walkers will be asked to complete a dismissal form that delineates who the parent may walk home with or if that student has permission to walk alone. Additionally, this form will include information regarding siblings who walk together.
Change in dismissal procedure: If there is a change in your child(rens) dismissal procedure, you must call the office and e-mail the homeroom teacher prior to 2:45 pm.
BUS STUDENTS: Students taking bus transportation will be escorted to their bus line. Please ensure all students have their bus passes in their bookbags.
AFTER-CARE STUDENTS: All students that are participating in the Edison Township After-Care program will proceed to designated classrooms. Once all students are dismissed, the students will be relocated to the multi-purpose room.