Lincoln at a Glance Safety Week

The Second Horseman of Halloween Newsletters

Welcome everyone to Lincoln at a Glance! I hope you looked both ways before you started reading this newsletter, because it's safety week! No, this isn't just about looking both ways before you cross the street or wearing your hard hat in construction zones, this is about much more!

Read more to learn exactly what is going on during safety week!

At A Glance

HouseKeeping Items

Free Clothing

The clothes are out! Take advantage of this week while it is out and get some clothes! Maybe your kids ripped their clothes. Maybe they had a growth spurt. Whatever it is, take some clothes. It is out in the lobby for this week only!

After School Art Classes

Sign up HERE!

Safety Week Is Here!

Parents,

Please keep an eye out for Lincoln’s IG stories. There you will find information on Safety Week. Elementary students will have an assembly by an employee from Family Haven on Monday. David from Light the Fight Podcast will come Friday to talk with the JR High. https://www.lightthefight.com/bio Please talk with your students this week. Help us educate them on these topics Drugs, Weapons/Suicide (suicide will be JR High only) and Child Abuse. We are excited to help educate your students this week. On Wednesday the 11th of October will be FREE DRESS DAY. Elementary can wear Orange(awareness on Weapons Safety) and JR High can wear Yellow(awareness on Suicide Prevention).

#protectyourself

Wednesday Dress Day

Incase you didn't read the last paragraph super closely, Wednesday is free dress day! But with a catch . . . Elementary can wear orange for weapons safety, and Junior High can wear yellow for suicide prevention. Thank you all for your support, we're excited to spread awareness!

JR. High Halloween Dance . . . Or a Barbie Dance?

All Jr. High students are invited to a Halloween dance on Tuesday, October 31st from 3-4:30 PM. It will be for all junior high students and will be held in the Elementary gym at Lincoln Academy. The theme of the dance will be “Barbie and Ken’s Haunted Dream House,” Costumes are approved to wear at the dance and during class time. No weapons (look alike weapons), masks or "blood" of any kind will be allowed. The costumes must also be modest and not offend any group of people. Staff members need to be able to identify students in costume. Jr. High students WILL NOT be participating in the elementary parade.

Elementary Halloween Parade

The Elementary student kindergarten-6th grade, will participate in a Halloween Parade. The parade will start promptly at 1:45pm on Tuesday, October 31st. Parents are invited to view the parade outside, please dress accordingly. All families attending will enter the back of the school through the gates on either side of the school. In the case of bad weather, the parade will be held in the elementary gym. Parents helping with class parties, please remember to sign in at the front office and get your “visitor badge”. This will take extra time with the number of visitors coming so please plan your time accordingly.

Kindergarten Halloween Parade

AM kindergarten will be doing their parade at 10:35am. The students will walk the halls of Lincoln, for students and families to watch. PM kindergarten will participate with the rest of the elementary at 1:45pm.

Battle of the Books

With Fall Break coming up, now would be a great time to get some of these books going if you haven’t already. We LOVE Battle of the Books and are grateful to you for encouraging your 2-5th graders to read. Our goal is to have a positive experience reading different types of books throughout the year. Thank you for supporting our students!

2nd Grade

Bobbie the Wonder Dog (Tricia Brown)
Sword in the Tree (Clyde Bulla)
Miss Rumphius (Barbara Cooney)
Molly’s Pilgrim (Barbara Cohen)
Boxes for Katje (Candace Fleming)
Pocket Full of Colors (Emily and Bliss Jenkins)
Henry’s Freedom Box (Ellen Levine)
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother (Patricia Polacco)
Brothers at Bat (Audrey Vernick)
Bears on Hemlock Mountain (Alice Dalgliesh)
My Father’s Dragon (Ruth Chrisman Gannett)
Civil War on Sunday (Mary Pope Osborne)
Enemy Pie (Derek Munson)
Charlotte’s Web (E.B. White)
The Boxcar Children (Gertrude Warner)

3rd Grade

Applegate, Katherine - The One and Only Ivan
Barretta, Gene - Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare
Blume, Judy - Freckle Juice
Byars, Betsy - Tornado
Catling, Patrick Skene - The Chocolate Touch
Cleary, Beverly - Muggie Maggie
Clements, Andrew - Frindle
Davies, Jacqueline - The Lemonade War
DiCamillo, Kate - Because of Winn-Dixie
Dowell, Frances - Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts!: The First Experiment
LaReau, Kara - The Infamous Ratsos
Orr, Wendy - Nim’s Island
Pennypacker, Sara - Clementine
Scieszka, Jon - Knights of the Kitchen Table
Tarshis, Lauren - I Survived The Great Molasses Flood, 1919
Winter, Jonah - You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

4-5th Grade

Chin, Jason - Your Place in the Universe
Ewing, Eve L. - Maya and the Robot
Grabenstein, Chris - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Holm, Jennifer - Lion of Mars
Jones, Kelly - Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry
Levine, Gail Carson - Ella Enchanted
Look, Lenore - Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and and Other Scary Things
Lowry, Lois - Number the Stars
Paulsen, Gary - Hatchet
Ryan, Pam Munoz - Esperanza Rising
Wiles, Deborah - Love, Ruby Lavender
Yang, Kelly - Front Desk

Free Preschool - Early Learning Essentials

Auditions For All Grades!

We've got exciting news for our students! Elementary has auditions for Cinderella and Junior high has auditions for Frozen! View below for more information.

HOW TO PREPARE

Sign up for an audition time HERE
Fill out the audition form HERE
Research the show - ideally by watching the movie that the show is based on (Frozen) and listening to the songs in the show (can be found on YouTube HERE). You can also google the show for the synopsis!
Prepare a memorized 16 bar (or 45 second) cut (aka section) of a musical theater song in the style of the show. Practice along with a karaoke/minus track. No acapella auditions! REMINDER: absolutely NO ONE can sing any Frozen related song! Please and thank you!
Memorize and prepare one of these monologues. CLICK HERE to access the document
Come to your audition prepared to have fun and show us the fruits of your hard work! Break a leg everyone!

Picture Day Retake

Forgive the low quality photo :) but here's our picture day retakes! Please follow the qr code bellow for all the information.

Thanks To Our Lincoln Academy Donors!

We are so thankful to those who donate to our school. Because of your donations, our students are able to learn and experience freely in ways they couldn't without your help! We want to take the time to appreciate the individuals below for their generous gifts to our school and to our students:

Donors:

Ryan and Rebecca Wheelwright
Newman Family
Mr. Darcy
Jordan and Sophie Davidson
Clark Family
Ally Waite
The Rich Family
Hansen Family
Reid Family
Dianna and Todd Andersen
Keele Family
Hasler Family
Austin and Garrett Robinson
GR Property Maintenance, LLC
Sleepy Gap Anesthesia LLC
Care Advocates
Valley Women’s Health
2nd Chance Auto Glass
This is How We Bingham
Xinyuan Wei
Care Advocates
Carey Daniels
Gloria Olabisi
Evans Family
Tina Hyeyeon Park
Heather Johnson
Brinai Moon
This is How we Bingham
Dayten & Jeheane Waite
Rodger & Staci Hardy
Willardson
Carolyn James

Anonymous Sponsors

Just kidding! Listing anonymous sponsors wouldn't make them very anonymous would it? What a paradox. But we really do want to thank those that donated anonymously.

Thank you again to all who donated!

Junior High Saturday School

This Saturday, Oct 14th, the Junior High will hold Saturday School from 9:00am to 12:00pm. A few Teachers will be here to facilitate students who still have work to complete. This will be the students last chance to turn in any missing work before the term is over. Junior High Students who still need to turn in missing work are invited to attend. Dress code for free dress days apply to Saturday School.

Junior High Events

Oct. 11th - Girls Volleyball Playoff Game 4-5pm at Lincoln
Oct. 11th - Band/Orchestra Concert 6-7pm at Lincoln
Oct. 12th - JH Choral Concert 6-7pm at Lincoln