Lincoln Weekly News

Lincoln Early Learning Center houses the preschool programs for three school districts: Fremont District 79, Hawthorn District 73, and Mundelein District 75.

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Dear Lincoln Early Learning Center Families,

It was a short, but busy week at Lincoln! Our students continue to practice routines, build friendships, and learn what it means to be part of our school community.

• 🚒 Fire Drill Practice: We practiced our first fire drill today! On Monday, we will practice again with the fire department in attendance to help our students become familiar with this important safety routine.
• 🚚 MHS Homecoming Food Truck Event: During Homecoming Week, Mundelein High School will host a Food Truck Event on Monday, September 28, from 4:30–8:00 PM.
• 🎉 New Homecoming Parade Route: There is a new parade route this year! The parade will begin at Mundelein High School at 3:30 PM. Please see the updated route map below for details and information to share with your families.
• 📚 No School Friday: There will be no school on Friday, October 2, due to a Teacher Institute Day.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Warm regards,

Katie O’Brien
Principal, Lincoln Early Learning Center

kobrien@fsd79.org

Cathi Ivack
Building Assistant Supervisor, Lincoln Early Learning Center

ivackc@hawthorn73.org

September is Attendance Awareness Month. Consistent daily routines foster predictability and social connection, lowering school anxiety and helping students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

• Illness Policy: Keep students home only for true illness. Children must be free of fever, vomiting, or diarrhea for 24 hours without medication before returning.

• Planning Ahead: Please align family vacations with scheduled school breaks to maintain steady learning and peer connections.

• We’re Here to Help: If your child experiences drop-off anxiety or distress, reach out to our team. We are eager to partner with you to support your child's overall well-being!

Absences

If your child will be absent from school because of illness, doctors’ appointments or vacation, please contact us at Lincoln at 847-949-2720. Please notify the school office by 9:30 a.m. the day of the absence to leave a recorded message regarding your child's absence. Keeping track of all the students on a daily basis is a huge task and we greatly appreciate your prompt attention.

Medical Forms

Annual Physical Examinations are required within the first 30 days of entering preschool. All forms can be emailed, faxed, or brought in with your student. If we do not receive your child’s physical, your child will be excluded from school and cannot return to school until submitted. Per IL State Law we must have a child’s physical by October 15 or within 30 days of starting preschool.

Illness and Injuries

Please remember that any child with a fever should stay home until they have been fever free without the use of fever-reducing medication, for at least 24 hours.

Students should also remain home if they are experiencing vomiting or diarrhea. Students may NOT return to school for at least 24 hours after the last episode.

The health office must have current telephone numbers for parents and designated emergency contact persons. Please select your emergency contacts carefully. This person should be familiar with your child, your family routine, and be available to transport your child home if necessary.

Please pre-plan for a telephone call from the health office. If your child becomes ill at school, you are responsible for picking up your child within 30 minutes of the call.

Medications

All medications, feeding, and treatment supplies are to be supplied by the parent per school policy.

Doctor’s orders for medications, feedings, and treatments are required at the beginning of each school year. The school nurse will not accept or administer any medications (including over the counter medications) or perform nursing services or treatments without a doctor’s order.

Any questions related to the above health office guidelines should be directed to the health office staff.

Lincoln Health Office

847.949.2720 ext.1503

Change in Dismissal

Please contact América Lanuza (lanuzaa@hawthorn73.org) or Danielle Garcia (dgarcia@d75.org) at the Lincoln Front Office(847-949-2720) if there are any end of day changes throughout the school year. Teachers may not always be able to pick up their phone or check email throughout the day, so it would be best to call the front office with any changes. América and Danielle will relay any changes to the classroom teacher after you contact them. Please contact the main office by 10:00 a.m for the morning session and 2:00 pm for the afternoon session for any changes in regards to a child's dismissal procedures.

As a reminder, if your student is in our Tri-District classroom, they will follow the arrival and dismissal times below:

• AM: 8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
• PM: 12:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m

Please review the Hawthorn School District 73 section for information about important dates. Please review your home district section for any other information.

Room Parents Needed!

Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity? Many of our classrooms are still in need of room parents. You can serve on your own or team up with another parent. The classes below are still in need of room parents. Please reach out to Brittany Ricci at fsdvppreschool@gmail.com if you are interested or would like to learn more.

Bock AM

Maybrun PM

Poovey AM and PM

Yasutake AM

Picture Retakes

Picture Retakes are Thursday, October 22nd at Lincoln School and at Fremont Elementary, Intermediate & Middle School. If you are interested in having your child participate in picture retake day, please complete the following Google Form by October 16th.

If you have any questions, please contact Catherine Glidden: pto@fsd79.org

School Safety Parent University — September 30

Fremont School District 79, in collaboration with the Fremont PTO, is excited to once again offer Parent University programming to our families throughout the 2026-27 school year. Together, we are offering programming on a variety of topics related to the District's goals that might interest our parent community.

Please make plans to join us for our first in-person presentation of the year on Wednesday, September 30. We sincerely hope you take advantage of these opportunities to learn and connect with others.

Free childcare is offered for children ages 3+ for any in-person events. While it is not required to RSVP (see below for the link), we ask that you please do so if you intend to take advantage of the childcare opportunity. For more information, please visit our Parent University webpage.

October 2 No School - Institute Day

October 12 - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 15 Immunizations and Physicals Due

Click on the graphic below for PTO News & Notes.

Big PTO News: A New & Improved Student Directory (and website)!

The Hawthorn District 73 PTO is excited to announce that we've upgraded our "PTO Dial" to a new student directory, the "Eagle Directory," using the Membership Toolkit platform! This move gives you more control and better functionality than ever before, including easier contact information updates, more flexible privacy setup, and a more secure, streamlined experience overall.

We ask all families to please create a Membership Toolkit account and add parents and students to the directory. The first 10 families from each school to add themselves to the directory will receive both of our PTO Discount Cards free as a THANK YOU for helping us build out our new system!

Link to site: https://hawthornpto.membershiptoolkit.com/

Note: We are working on connecting our HawthornPTO.org URL to the new site as well!

In this new directory, most fields are optional and you can turn on or off exactly what people see.

The newly launched Eagle Directory will be FREE for the next month while we allow families to add themselves. This way, you can see exactly what other people are seeing and adjust your settings accordingly.

We'll be rolling out new features daily as we fully transition away from our current system, so keep an eye out. Thanks for your patience as we make this upgrade, we think you're going to love it!

October 1 Curriculum Night 6:30 - 7:30 pm(parents only)

October 2 No School - Institute Day

October 12 - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 14 Picture Day

October 15 Immunizations and Physicals Due

September PTO Updates

Box Tops for Education

September is a great time to start earning Box Tops for our schools! Download the Box Tops app, search for District 75 PTO Mundelein, and use code PNKN0SEQ. Once you scan your first receipt with Box Tops-eligible products, you'll earn 50 Bonus Box Tops for our schools. Check out the attached flyer for September's bonus offers.

D75 PTO Discount Cards – $20

Save while supporting D75! Our 2026–2027 Discount Card features 26 local businesses and is packed with great deals. Cards are valid September 1, 2026–September 1, 2027. Order online and choose to have your card sent home with your student or local pickup.

Purchase Your Discount Card(s) here!

Learn more about the Discount Card

Want to Get Involved with D75 PTO?

Our PTO is always looking for volunteers for events, fundraisers, committees, and more! Interested in helping? Complete our short Volunteer Interest Form and let us know how you would like to get involved. We would love to have you!

Volunteer Interest Form

D75 PTO Sponsored Events

Our PTO-sponsored events for the school year are now listed on our website! We look forward to seeing our D75 families throughout the year.

D75 PTO-Sponsored Events List

September 30 - Picture Day

October 2 - No School - Institute Day

October 7 - No School

October 12 - No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day

October 15 Immunizations and Physicals Due

October 22 - Curriculum Night - 6:30 p.m. (parents only)