Bear Bulletin

Periodically, we will include 1-question surveys in our newsletter. This is a way that we can get input from you without taking too much of your time. Data from the survey will be shared in the following week's newsletter. Our focus in our first survey is family and community engagement. Please take less than a minute to complete this week's single question. 🙂

Next week, we’re celebrating Digital Citizenship Week! It’s a great opportunity to teach our students how to navigate the online world safely, responsibly, and respectfully. Throughout the week, we’ll be focusing on key topics like online privacy, respectful communication, and critical thinking when using technology. Parents can support at home by discussing these themes with your children and encouraging positive online habits. Let’s work together to ensure a safe and healthy digital environment for everyone!

One of our campus goals is to build more parent involvement on our campus. As parents, you know your child best. We want to partner with you to consistently make our school better. Below are several opportunities where you can be involved or provide feedback.

• Furniture for Mentor Reading Program Needed - See Mrs. Lynch's wishlist here. Any and all donations are welcome. *It does not have to be these exact items.
• WatchDOGS - Click this link for more information, the program presentation from the district, the background form, and the registration form.
  
• Parent Feedback Form - Any time you want to share your thoughts, you can email, call, or make an appointment to visit. Another way you can provide input is to simply complete our parent feedback form at any time. Your responses are anonymous unless you choose to include your name and/or contact information.
  

Each week, we want to provide you with an overview of our Lincoln statistics and where we are as a campus. We will share information about enrollment, student behaviors, and attendance. Additionally, as we have celebrations to share regarding our students' academic successes, we'll list them here too.

Enrollment

Current enrollment: 475

**Welcome new students, Allison V.and RaeLynn P. !!**

Attendance

Our goal is to have 95% or better attendance each day. Good school attendance is a key indicator of future school success. Below is our average daily attendance for this month so far:

• Week of 9/30: 95.0%

• Week of 10/7: 94.8% (This is our first week to not meet our campus goal.)

Classes with the Highest Attendance Rates Last Week:

• 98.7% - Mrs. Meadors
  
• 98% - Mrs. White, Mrs. Lawson
• 97.4% - Mrs. Jorgensen
• 96.8% - Mrs. Herzog, Mrs. Spanjer
• 96.7% - Mrs. Kirk
• 96.3% - Ms. Brown
• 95.4% - Mrs. Knee/Mrs. Bussell, Mrs. Gerbrecht, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Robison
• 95.3% - Mrs. Schaper, Mrs. Shaver
• 95.1% - Mrs. Holladay
• 95% - Mrs. Thorp

Do you want a staff member recognized in our campus staff weekly newsletter? Just as our students work hard, so do our staff members. If you have a staff member who has gone above and beyond for your or your child, let us know about it! We love sharing your celebrations with our teachers, paraprofessionals, auxiliary and support staff. Your words mean more than you know for our staff. You can always email your feedback to kerri.ashlock@misd.org or complete this form.

Would you rather a special staff member be recognized at the district level? All staff members and parents are encouraged to nominate MISD employees who are "Making An Impact." Submit your nominations here: https://forms.gle/F3eWSxo3GawGw1f98

Monday 10/14

• No School for Staff or Students

Tuesday, 10/15

• No School for Students

Wednesday, 10/16

• Anti-Bullying Day - Wear Orange

Thursday, 10/17

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Friday, 10/18

• Wear Your Spirit Wear

OCTOBER

• Friday, 10/25 - Fall Pictures
  
• Week of Monday, 10/28 - Red Ribbon Week
• Monday, 11/4 - Positive Behavior Incentive Day
• Tuesday, 11/5 - No School for Student; Election Day
• Wednesday, 11/6 - Principal-Parent Safety Meeting (Virtual)
• Thursday, 11/7 - Choir Veterans' Day Performance 5:30 PM
• Tuesday, 11/12 - PTO Meeting 5:30 PM
• Monday, 11/18 - Apex Fundraiser Begins
• Thursday, 11/21 - Campus Advisory Committee Meeting (Virtual)
• Friday, 11/22 - Apex Fun Run
• Week of 11/25: Thanksgiving Break - No School

Lunch visitors who are on a child's emergency contact list are welcome to eat with that child at one of our 3 reserved lunch visitor tables during the student's lunch period. Visitors will need to check in at the front office with their ID and get a visitor badge. Please do not invite other students to join you or provide food or snacks for other students. When lunch is over, all students will line up with their class. Visitors will return to the front office to turn in their visitor badge. Students should not bring other students with them to join their guests for lunch. Food should not be provided to other students than the child the guests are visiting.

Lunch Times:

ECSE 3s: 11:40-12:10

Pre-K & ECSE 4s: 10:55-11:25

Kindergarten: 11:10-11:40

1st Grade: 11:25-11:55

2nd Grade: 11:45-12:15

3rd Grade: 12:00-12:30

4th Grade: 12:20-12:50

5th Grade: 12:35-1:05

A friendly reminder, we do not have an open lunch policy so please do not order food for your child from outside vendors to be delivered to the school during the school day (i.e. Uber Eats, Grub Hub, Door Dash, or any kind of delivery service). This becomes a safety concern when staff need to leave the front office to deliver food to students or take their focus off of families who have business in the office. Food deliveries also increase the number of unfamiliar people entering the building. Additionally, our lunch times are very tight and do not allow for late deliveries. We cannot allow for learning to be disrupted by early or late food deliveries. Thank you for understanding our focus on safety and uninterrupted instructional time.

Celebrate your child’s birthday and raise money for our LES activity fund. These funds are used to pay for field trips and special activities for our students and staff.

You can have your child’s first name and initial of last name (i.e. Kerri A.) displayed on our marquee and/or our internal hallway monitors for the week of his/her birthday for a small donation to our activity fund. If you choose to have their birthday recognition on the hallway monitors, you have the option to include a picture of your child for an additional $5 donation. If you child has a summer birthday, we can recognize their half-birthday.

Cash donations only, please. Use the form attached below to place your order. Forms will also be available in Tuesday folders.

School Hours:

• Doors open at 7:50
• Tardy bell rings, and class begins at 8:15. (This is the time students are expected to be in their seats in the classroom.)
• School day ends at 3:40

We are working hard to maximize each and every minute our students are here. Students who arrive after 8:15 are considered tardy and will need to be walked into the front door of the building and signed in by a parent or guardian. If your child needs to leave early, they may be checked out through the front office by a parent or guardian no later than 3:15 pm.

Attendance is of critical importance to your child's academic success. Parents should enter the absence information through Family Access in Skyward within 48 hours of the absence.

Changes in transportation need to be made prior to 2:00 in order to allow time for the messages to be communicated with the appropriate staff member. To request a change of transportation, either

1. Send a note with your child,
2. Email LincolnElementaryTransit@misd.org with the note and a copy of your driver's license, or
3. Come to the school with a copy of your driver's license.

Lincoln Elementary is a Pre-K through 5th grade campus in Montgomery ISD that opened in the fall of 2018. We are dedicated to collaboration that focuses on ensuring high levels of learning for every student, every day, in a safe and supportive environment.

Email: kerri.ashlock@misd.org
Website: https://lincolnes.misd.org/
Location: 700 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Montgomery, TX, USA
Phone: (936) 276-4700
Facebook: facebook.com/MISDLincoln
Twitter: @lincoln_MISD