Hello Lincoln Community,
Our week was highlighted by an assembly full of stunts and good character messages, a professional learning day, and a spirit day when many students and staff wore crazy shoes. Pictures are above and details are included below.
All School Assembly - Wow! This week we hosted a BIG AIR BMX Show featuring a couple of the world’s top Pro BMX Athletes in a 40-minute action-packed school assembly. The BMX athletes delivered powerful positive messages focused on character, anti-bullying, working hard in school, graduating, being motivated, and striving for success. Pictures are included here.
Fall Conferences: Right around the corner we'll be inviting families in to meet with teachers for Fall Conferences. Look for more information coming soon for an important opportunity to meet with your child's teacher. The dates will be on Wednesday, October 9, from 4:00 to 8:00 PM and Thursday, October 10, from 12:00 to 8:00 PM. Conferences are a chance for our teachers to spend time with each family to give an update on how the year is going, provide specific student data, set goals, and have a look ahead at learning throughout the year.
Professional Development Monday: Earlier this week we had a professional development day for all staff across the Woodburn School District. Lincoln staff learned about early literacy, math instructional practices, or language bridging between Spanish and English. We learned more about the components of high quality literacy instruction and small group work, as well as PBIS and creating a strong sense of belonging for each and every student. Additionally, our educators participated in other workshops that were specific to their professional role. We truly appreciate how community and district prioritizes continued staff learning by providing these professional development days throughout the year.
The Roofing Project Update: The finishing up of the construction project is near. Our hope is for contractors to complete the project by the end of October. We continue to try to ensure that this project has minimal impact to the student day. With that in mind, on Monday we held most of our professional development work at Washington Elementary so the roofing contractors could start extra early.
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
10/2 - National Custodian Day
10/3 - 3rd-5th Grade Community Meeting (every Thursday)
10/4 - K-2nd Community Meeting (every Friday)
October 2-10 - Book Fair in Lincoln's Library
10/9 - Fall Conferences from 4:00 to 8:00 PM
10/10 - Fall Conferences from 12:00 to 8:00 PM
10/11 - No School due to Fall Conferences
10/14 - Monday Professional Development Day - No School
10/16 - Unity Day. Wear orange colors
10/17 - Great Shakeout - Earthquake Drill
10/21 - Site Council Meeting at 6:00 PM
10/23 - Family Math Night to Start Learning About the New Curriculum Materials
10/25 - Spirit Day - Sports Day and PBIS Assembly
10/31 - End of Quarter 1
Below is our School - Parent Compact Brochure. We invite you to review it and we welcome your feedback too. Please give your feedback through the survey linked here: School - Parent Compact Feedback
Or if you prefer, you can use the QR code pictured here to access the survey link. Thank you!
SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) is starting another year at Lincoln Elementary in mid October on Tuesdays and/or Thursdays from 8:00am - 9:15am. We are looking for volunteers to read with students one-on-one for this program. It is a great way to make a difference in some of our students' lives. You can apply by going to the website and fill out the application. https://www.smartreading.org/volunteer
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.
