Lincoln Staff Blog

This Week

P2: Wild Car / Make Up

5/22 Lisa @ Ad Staff 9:00 - 10:30, 11:00 IEP in RR (Fiesbeck)

5/23 Lisa @ Principal's Meeting 7:00 - 8:30 am

5/24 5th Grade Rehearsal 1:55 - 3:25 in gym

5/25

5/26 5th Grade to Air Zoo, 2nd grade on Bluff Walk

Next Week

5/29 Memorial Day/ No School

5/30 1st and 4th switch lunchtimes, 3rd Reading Camp, K to Kiwanis 9:30-12:00, 4th grade to Kiwanis 1-3:00

5/31 5th grade performance 2pm & 6:30, 5th to Kiwanis 9:30-12:00, 2nd to Heritage Museum 10:15-2:00

6/01 2nd to Kiwanis 12:00-3:00, SJEA & Central Office Summer Retiree Celebration 4 - 6 pm

6/02 3rd to Potawatomi Zoo, IEP 9:15-10:15 Confer, Senior's Celebration Walk!

Future dates to know...

6/5 Field Day

6/6 Half Day

6/7 Half Day

6/8 Half Day, 5th Grade Breakfast

6/9 Last Day of School, Half Day

6/9 5th grade Awards Assembly 10:45 am--5th grade parents encouraged to attend

6/12 Grades Due!

Behind the scenes, I have participated on several interview teams as we prepare for staffing needs next fall. We've interviewed some amazing candidates!

You may have heard that our Becca DeFay secured a classroom teaching position! Yay! While her exact placement is unknown, she will join our Elementary Teaching Team! Congratulations, Becca!

Melanie Wolf was announced as our new Classroom Culture and Climate Coach.

Tiffani Karlsen has been hired as our new support secretary in the office. She will begin Monday and is so excited to be here. Please be sure to stop in and welcome her to the building. She will work from 8:00 am to 1:30 M - Th and Friday from 12:00 - 4:30. Please remember that clarity is kindness, so please be extra explicit with requests and names as it will all be new for Tiffani!

Lastly, Joe, Jess, Kristen, Colette, Melanie Wolf, and I interviewed paraprofessional candidates this week to serve alongside Melanie's Coaching position. We will announce that person when we have made final decisions.

Katie H. and Heather--Thank you for loving kindergarten! You are patient, kind, and caring to our young learners.

Lincoln Staff--for remembering to be the thermostat. These are stressful times but remaining calm and breathing deep is important. We will get it done!

BEAR Team--for getting it done!

Sarah and Jo-Anne for purging and remaining calm during chaotic times.

Everyone--thank you for your dedication to our students during NWEA. Thanks for remembering that this is about learning about our students and not a certain score.

✔️ Please read this beautiful article to put May in perspective

✔️Schedule a time with Lisa after your grade level placement document is balanced

✔️ Read the email that came Friday and complete the end-of-year checkout items

✔️ Finalize all PTO spending. They need to close out their books as well.

✔️ Read our Lincoln Family Blog to stay current on what families see from our school (not updated until 3:00 pm on Sundays)

Email: lknuth@sjschools.org
Website: www.sjschools.org
Location: 1102 Orchard Avenue, St. Joseph, MI, USA
Phone: 269.926.3700