Hello Lincoln Community,
Happy Friday! We hope this finds you well and that you've had a fantastic past few days! Our week here was full of gratitude and happiness as we enjoyed our final days together before Thanksgiving week. We hope you enjoy the pictures, as well as descriptions of some of the highlights.
Super Hero Day and the PBIS Assembly: Today students and staff came dressed as various Super Heroes for our November Spirit Day. What Fun! We also enjoyed a November PBIS Assembly where we celebrated, danced, competed, and had another visit by the Dolphin. At the assembly we recognized students with excellent attendance, celebrated students who won SWIM Awards, had Staff Shoutouts, and saw the Dolphin inspire our dancing. The competition included a balloon-train race with three competitors from each grade level. We danced to songs Cha Cha Slide and Happy and our student council helped throughout. This assembly was a fun way to finish off an incredible month.
Next Week: We have no school for students next week. On Monday and Tuesday (11/25 & 11/26), our staff at Lincoln and staff throughout the Woodburn School District will participate in two-days of professional development. This will be the second year of the annual WSD hosted "Learning Together, Better Together" conference.
School Restarts After Break: On Monday, December 2, we'll resume school with three five-day weeks in a row. During those weeks we get to have a visit from the Woodburn SD Board, we'll have a Site Council meeting, a choir performance, picture retake day, Winter Fest, and finish with another fun Spirit Day and PBIS Assembly. Also throughout those weeks we'll have a blanket and hat drive to help those in need. The final school day before winter break will be on Friday, December 20, and then school will resume once again on January 8, 2025.
Questions: Please feel free to send your questions or feedback to us at teresa.alfaro@woodburnsd.org or pmcdougal@woodburnsd.org. Go Dolphins!
Sincerely,
Teresa Alfaro - Principal
Peter McDougal - Assistant Principal
11/25 & 11/26 - District Professional Development Days - No School
11/27 - 11/29 - Thanksgiving Holiday (11/28) - No School
12/2 - School Resumes
12/4 - Lincoln Choir Performance - 6:00pm
12/5 - 3rd-5th Grade Community Meeting (every Thursday)
12/6 - K-2nd Community Meeting (every Friday)
12/10 - Picture Retake Day
12/18 - Winter Fest Family Event - 5:30-7:30
12/20
- PBIS Assembly
- Spirit Day - TBD
12/23 - Winter Break Begins - No School
1/8 - School Resumes - First Day of Schoo in 2025
Feeling Important
After reviewing our sense of belonging survey, we've noticed that it would be good to help our students better understand how important each of them are here at Lincoln. With that in mind, during a recent leadership meeting, our team discussed what the concept of feeling important may mean for our students. Afterwards, we promoted this sense of importance by reviewing the following questions with them.
- What do you understand by being important?
- What makes you feel important in school?
- Can you share a time when you felt valued by a teacher or classmate?
- What changes would you like to see to help you feel more important here?
We then collected student insights and feedback to inform us as we continue to create and refine the strategies we use to support our students effectively.
Morning Affirmation
Also, after reviewing our data, we identified a strategy to help our students grow in their self-management skills. Starting last Monday, alongside saying the Pledge of Allegiance, we began to incorporate daily affirmations into our routine.
- I am amazing
- I am smart
- I am kind
- I am important
- I am loved
- I will do my best today!
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Each year throughout the Woodburn School District we distribute the Student-Parent Handbook. This is an important resource that provides information about rights and responsibilities, expectations and accountability, and systems and procedures. It's linked here in English, Spanish, and Russian.
- English: Student-Parent Handbook
- Español: Manual Para Estudiantes y Padres
- Russian: Руководство для учеников и родителей
This year we are continuing to pay close attention to ensuring that children are present at school regularly, because Every Day Matters.
Setting High Goals: We're focusing on attendance because last year 58% of our students were regular attenders (attended more than 90% of the days) and 42% were chronically absent (attended less than 90% of the days). The 58% was an improvement from the previous year when we had 51% of our students who were regular attenders. For the current school year our school leadership has set the goal to improve from 58% up to 70%. WE CAN DO IT!
So Important: There's a very strong correlation between good attendance and student success in school. Please see the visual below for more information.
Safe Oregon. Feel Safe. Be Safe.
Remember, if you see something, say something. If you become aware of a safety concern please report it to our school office at 503-981-2925 or anytime of the day.
You can also report it to SafeOregon.com or call or text 1-844-472-3367 to report it. SafeOregon gives students, parents, schools, and their communities a way to report safety issues or threats confidentially or anonymously with a simple phone call, text, email or by using the web form or mobile app.
