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Lincoln School News
October, 2022 Edition
Happy Fall
Happy October Lincoln Landsharks!
What a beautiful transition into Fall, from our Walk-a-thon to our upcoming SPOOKY NIGHT on October 27th. The school year has been off to such a great start! How wonderful it was to see so many families at Open House. We had record numbers of families in attendance (487) and even more alumni that can back to say hello! The basketball hoop system was won by a Kindergarten friend from K104- congratulations to the student and family! More raffles will be coming at our next event as well. Thank you for making this evening so successful.
As we prepare for the Fall season, please remember we do go outside each and every day, weather permitting. Students have many things with which to play with outside, basketballs, jump ropes, soccer, chalk etc...This is a time we encourage our students to play and enjoy each other and the weather before the winter sets in and we often have to remain inside. Students do not need to bring toys to play with, and should not. Items such as stuffed animals, Pokemon cards should stay at home. We would not want anything happening to their personal belongings. Thank you for your assistance with this.
Progress reports will be going home very soon on Wednesday October 19th, so please be on the lookout for this important document. Please also remember that when these are completed they are based on the End of Year Benchmarks, for students to meet. The progress reports let you know where your students currently are in relationship to where we want to see them performing by the end of the year.
That being said, your partnership with homework and communication with the teacher is an important aspect to ensuring all of our students make the academic gains we all hope to see. This endeavour cannot happen in isolation, but between the partnership between school and home, so thank you for your ongoing commitment to our school and your children's academic success!
We realize that phone numbers change and moves do happen throughout the year. Please be sure to keep the office and/or the classroom teacher teacher up to date on any of these changes so that we can remain in contact. Additionally, to keep our students safe it is important that anyone dismissing a student MUST be listed on the Purple EMERGENCY FORM. Please be sure that they also have an ID with them, for verification. Thank you for your help with this. If you are changing HOW your students gets home please send a NOTE in with your child in the morning to avoid any confusion.
If you have not yet, please be sure to get connected with your classroom teachers through the use of the REMIND app. The teachers should have already sent you a code to accept. We use this communication app, for classroom and school happenings as well as direct teacher-family communication. Our school website is filled with useful information and is always kept up to date, as is the information we also post on Facebook, and Twitter, so please be sure to follow us!
Together in Education,
Mrs. Ginger Coleman, Principal
School Site Council Meetings (SSC)
School Calendar and Early Release Schedules
SPOOKY NIGHT- TRICK OR TREAT THROUGH THE HALLWAYS AND BOOK FAIR
When: October 27th
Time: 5:30-7:00 pm
This is an exciting FREE event as we enter our 2nd Annual Spooky Night. Students and their Families are welcomed to the school, WITH COSTUMES, and may trick-or-treat through the hallways. The hallways are decorated in the spirit of the PTO event, which we hope you will all enjoy! The trick-or-treating route ends, in the gymnasium where we are holding our annual book fair for students and families to shop. The book fair accepts, cash, credit/debit cards for purchases. Fliers will be sent home soon. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, from set up to clean up, please call or email the school. We are always looking for assistance, in any manner you could offer. Thanks in Advance!
IMPORTANT DROP OFF INFORMATION
SPECIAL EDUCATION NEWS AND INFORMATION
Transportation - Bussing Information and Contacts
Busses are the first out of the building. Please understand that the times listed on the bus passes, are approximate. Please allow yourself 10 minutes before and after the time listed, for any traffic delays.
ALL STUDENTS that ride a BUS in KINDERGARTEN and GRADE 1, have had laminated BUS tags attached to their backpacks. The information includes, their actual bus pass, the students Bus #, name and their homeroom. This is one additional step to assist the bus drivers in recognizing the youngest students, while assuring the students have the pertinent information available. Please DO NOT REMOVE these tags. Some students are very shy or have languages that make being able to communicate their information difficult, this aids in removing the barrier to keep our students safe. Thank you for your help with this.
In addition, the #'s on the outside of the busses, may NOT always match the actual bus number of your child. Students that are NOT picked up at their bus stop are NOT returned to the Lincoln. ALL STUDENTS that have not been picked up at their stops, are brought to the MOODY SCHOOL, located at 158 Rogers Street.
Below is the Transportation link for any additional information you may require.
HEALTH - SAFETY - MEDICATION
Any students who have emergency medications (Epi-Pens, inhalers, etc.) or who will receive medication in school MUST have a medication order from the prescribing physician AND a completed consent form from the City Health Department. Forms and medication can be dropped off to the school nurse on the first day of school. The school nurse cannot administer ANY medications without a physician's order, including over-the-counter medications. Please make sure that the school nurse is provided refills in advance of any medication supply running out.
Please also be sure that the nurse has updated vaccination records. In addition, any absence related to a doctor appointment- please be sure to get a Dr. note, so that we may document it as an excused absence.
Stay Connected with us!
Principal: Mrs. Coleman
Email: gcoleman@lowell.k12.ma.us
Website: https://www.lowell.k12.ma.us/Domain/19
Location: 300 Chelmsford Street, Lowell, MA, USA
Phone: 978-937-2846
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lpsdlincoln/
Twitter: @LincolnLPSD