Bear Bulletin

Thank you for your patience as we worked through and overcame several obstacles today (Friday). From the network outage to severe weather to our first rainy day dismissal, we hope you felt that we were able to keep you in the loop about what was going on at school and how it would affect your child or our procedures. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we tackled each event. Once we started our rainy day dismissal plan, we completed loading all of the cars in 25 minutes. Our work was made easier due to your understanding and cooperation.

On a side note, we have had our maintenance department already come to the campus to see how the rain affected different areas of the property that were adjusted with our recent construction.

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.

• WatchDOGS - All elementary dads and father figures that would like to spend time serving as Watch DOGS on our campuses this year are invited to join us at our Kick-Off meeting: Monday, September 18, 6pm at the MISD Education Support Center.
• Campus Advisory Committee - We are looking for some parents, business owners, and community members to join our Campus Advisory Committee. This committee meets each quarter to review our campus improvement plan, looks at campus data, make suggestions for ways we can improve, and helps with planning some of the ways we spend campus funds. If you are interested in serving (or know someone else who would be), reach out to Mrs. Ashlock at kerri.ashlock@misd.org to let her know.
• Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) - Join our PTO! The cost for an entire family is only $7. Our PTO is an organization of parents that works to support our students and staff in a variety of ways. They recently purchased some toys and games that students can play with at recess. They also bring in special programs and activities for our students and find ways to show appreciation to our staff. We encourage all families to join. For more information, you can contact our PTO at mylespto@gmail.com. You can also find them on Facebook (@myLESPTO).
  
• 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: 466

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 9/5: 96.3%
• Week of 9/11: 96.2%

Classes with the Highest Attendance Rates Last Week:

• Mrs. Holladay - 100%
• Mrs. Hochhauser - 100%
• Mrs. Kirk - 99.1%
• Mrs. Forrer - 98.9%
• Mrs. Veillon - 97.9%
• Mrs. Haralson - 97.9%
• Mrs. Treharne - 97.6%
• Mrs. Shaver - 97.6%
• Mrs. Lawson - 97.6%
• Mrs. Moore - 96.8%
• Mrs. McClain - 96.8%
• Mrs. Gerbrecht - 96.5%
• Mrs. Meadors - 96.0%
• Mrs. Bush - 96.0%
• Mrs. White - 95.9%
• Mrs. Lehmann - 95.8%
• Mrs. Herzog - 95.6%
• Mrs. Thorp - 95.4%
• Mrs. Jorgensen - 95.0%

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.

You can also submit names straight to the district. Visit Montgomery ISD's Let's Talk tab on the district website https://bit.ly/3xad64c and use the "Share a Positive Story/MISD Shout Out" topic to share something great this educator has done to demonstrate a culture of respect.

Last year, Montgomery ISD was honored to be recognized as a finalist in the H-E-B Excellence in Education awards! Do you want to nominate a Montgomery ISD teacher, principal, or counselor for the 2023-24 Education in Education Awards? You can in the link below!

There is no doubt that we received this amazing recognition last year in large part due to the outstanding educators and campus leaders in our school district who work tirelessly every day to help our students grow and thrive.

https://www.heb.com/.../excellence-in-education...

Celebrate Freedom Week

Monday, 9/18

• WatchDOGS Kick-Off at the MISD Education Support Center - 6:00 pm
  

Tuesday, 9/19

• I.T. Professionals Day
  

Friday, 9/22

• Spirit Day - Wear purple attire and/or Lincoln gear.
  
• Hat Day! Wear a hat and donate $1 to raise money for a student popsicle party!

Coming Soon:

• Wednesday, 9/27 - See You at the Pole (Hosted by Student-Led Bible Club)
  
• Wednesday, 9/27 - Campus Advisory Committee 4:15 PM (Virtual - Link will be sent via email to those who volunteer to participate.)
• Friday, 9/29 - Rock Your School Day (Wear Your Most Rockin' Outfit)
  
• Week of 10/2-10/5 - Bring Your Parent to PE Week; Book Fair Week
• 10/3 - Parent Information Night/Open House (5:30-6:00 A-M Families; 6:00-6:30 PTO/Mrs. Ashlock Presentation; 6:30-7:00 Families N-Z); Late Night for Book Fair
• 10/5 - End of 1st Nine Weeks Grading Period
• 10/6-10/10 - Fall Break; No School

Lunch visitors who are on a child's emergency contact list are welcome to eat with that child on the stage during the student's lunch period starting on August 28. 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.

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.

Lunch TImes:

• Pre-K & ECSE (AM) - 11:30-12:00
• ECSE (PM) - 11:40-12:10
• Kindergarten - 12:20-12:50
• 1st Grade - 11:45-12:15
• 2nd Grade - 10:55-11:25
• 3rd Grade - 11:10-11:40
• 4th Grade - 12:05-12:35
• 5th Grade - 12:35-1:05

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. Click here on a district update regarding attendance procedures for the 23-24 school year. Rather than sending a note to school with your child upon his/her return from an absence, parents will enter the absence information through Family Access in Skyward. Directions for entering the infomation is availble in the link above.

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