Lincoln Family Blog

May 21st 2023

Every child. Every day.

This week we give a very special, heartfelt thank you to our St. Joseph Public Schools Foundation, as well as all the people that donate to this wonderful organization. Our Foundation, or as we like to call it, our "academic booster club," is the reason that SJPS is able to host a Book Bonanza for our St. Joe Elementary Bears. This event is meant to encourage reading and maintain literacy skills during the summer months when students are not in school.

We encourage you to partner with us and create a daily reading time for students. Summer can slip away so quickly, and before you know it, reading has slipped away for three months. Developing a routine for a bedtime story, or having your child read aloud to you on your daily commute, is a way to honor the many donations that put these wonderful books in the hands of our students.

We also can't forget to mention Mrs. Warsow, who spent hours displaying our students' work in the hallways of Lincoln School. We hope that you had a chance to enjoy the beautiful displays.

We hope this event has provided some inspiration for summer reading. But don't forget that you can visit your public library all summer long!

Don't forget your public library to get even more books in the hands of your student this summer!

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A Week at a Glance and a Peek Beyond!

This Week

P2: Other People's Mindset

5/22

5/23

5/24 Late Start, Changing Families,

5/25 Last Day for Tutoring

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

Next Week

P2:

5/29 Memorial Day/No School

5/30

5/31 5th-Grade Performance 6:30 at H.S.

6/01

6/02

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

BIG NEWS! LITTLE BEARS ON THE WAY SOON!

We are looking forward to welcoming two new little bears very soon! Congratulations to Mrs. Kauffman and Mrs. Gaytan, who will soon be welcoming their little ones. We look forward to making some announcements soon!

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RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT--WE WILL MISS YOU MRS. EICHBERG

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At the end of this school year, we will be wishing Mrs. Eichberg a very "Happy Retirement"! Mrs. Eichberg has been a friendly face both in the lunchroom and in the office for many years. She is soft-spoken, a good listener, and a good problem solver. Somehow she knows just how to comfort those students entering the office. Mrs. Eichberg is going to be very missed around Lincoln School, but we wish her all the best as she joins her husband for their first year of life as retirees. We are so glad that she will have more time with her husband, children, and grandchildren.

NEW OFFICE STAFF

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With Mrs. Eichberg retiring and Mrs. Kauffman having a baby soon, we have hired a new secretary at Lincoln School! We are so excited to welcome Mrs. Tiffani Karlsen to our Lincoln Family. She is a local resident, has experience working with children, and is thrilled to join our team. She will begin Monday morning, so if you stop in, be sure to give her a warm Lincoln welcome!

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Awards Assembly

5th-grade families, please join us for our awards ceremony as we prepare to send our 5th graders off to Upton Middle School for the next phase of their educational journey. The assembly will begin at 10:45 am and will last approximately 1 hour. School will dismiss at 12:09 that day.

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Cheerleaders Wanted!

If you are interested in doing sideline cheer next year at Upton, please fill out the google form below. This is just a sign up for more information. Practices will start in August and are usually two nights a week. You don’t need to have any experience. If you have any questions, please reach out to Coach Liz Reimers. My email is ereimers@sjschools.org. I am so excited to hear from you!

Cheer Sign Up

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Congratulations to Caleb & Maja the April winners of Lincoln Bear Student Credit Union

Lincoln Bear Student Credit Union, a student-led program affiliated with Honor Credit Union. We had two monthly drawing winners in April to celebrate “Youth Month”! Lincoln Bear Student Credit Union is open every Thursday from 8:15 – 8:35 am and offers students great incentives to promote regular savings habits to Start Small and Save Big! To help kick start those habits, all new members will receive $15 if they open their new membership with at least $1! To open an account for the student(s) in your life, membership forms can be downloaded here or picked up in the school office. All existing members will receive $5 for making their first deposit at Lincoln Bear SCU. To encourage establishing a regular savings habit, there is a prize box where students can choose a prize with every deposit they make. All deposits are entered into a monthly drawing to win a gift basket with a $10 gift card. And for a grand prize, every deposit is also entered into the annual drawing for either an iPad Mini or a $250 deposit into their savings account at the end of the year! So, the more deposits made, the more chances to win! To learn more about Honor CU’s Student Credit Union program, click here.

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Final Library Book Checkouts/Returns

It's that time of year! Mrs. Hassenger and Mrs. Gruchot are beginning to get all of the books back on our shelves to prepare for next school year!

Final book checkouts will be the week of May 22-May 26
Please help us out by finding any Lincoln library books from previous weeks at home and sending them in with your child in the next few weeks!
If your child does not know what they have checked out, they can ask Mrs. Gruchot or Mrs. Hassenger for a print out

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One More BIG Event & We need you!

FIELD DAY IS COMING!

We are looking forward to bringing back a wonderful Lincoln tradition, Field Day! We need a lot of volunteers to make it an unforgettable day for our kids. Please sign up to help on the link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4FAFAF29A6FD0-field1