From the Principal's Desk

Dear Parent and Guardians,

This week, our school focused on Habit 6: Synergize! Synergize means working together and celebrating our differences. When we work as a team, we can accomplish far more than we ever could on our own. Our school-wide challenge this week asked students to work with someone new and discover how teamwork helps us achieve greater goals.

Why Daily Attendance Matters Building a strong team at school starts with every student being present. Daily attendance plays a vital role in your child's academic success and social growth:

Academic Progress: Every day in class provides hands-on learning, group discussion, and instruction to help students learn and grow.
Building Connections: Regular attendance helps students form strong friendships, develop social skills, and feel connected to our school community.
Establishing Habits: Arriving on time every day builds consistency, responsibility, and strong habits that will serve students throughout their lives.

Have a Wonderful Weekend! We hope you all have a wonderful and restful weekend. Be sure to take some time to get outside, enjoy the fresh air, and play!

Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership in ensuring your child arrives at school ready to learn each day. Together, as a team, we can help every student succeed!

Warm regards,

Emily Varghese

Principal

🚘 Drop Off Reminders 🚗

To help ensure a safe and efficient arrival each morning, we ask all families who are dropping off students to please pull all the way forward to Harvest Gate and follow the line of cars before having students exit the vehicle. Moving vehicles forward as space becomes available helps keep traffic flowing smoothly and reduces congestion. For the safety of our students, please remain in the designated drop-off line and follow staff directions during arrival. Thank you for your cooperation and partnership in making our morning routines safe and successful for everyone.

September/October at Lincoln Prairie

9/30- Late Start Day

10/8- End of Quarter 1

10/9- No Student Attendance

10/12- District Holiday- No School

10/16- PTO Trunk or Treat

10/19- Picture Re-Take Day

10/28- 1st and 3rd Grade Concerts

10/29- Fall Parties

10/30- Teacher Institute Day- No Student Attendance

September Breakfast Menu

September Lunch Menu

Attendance

Direct Attendance Line (automated): 847-532-6620

Email: attendance.lpes@d300.org

Fax: 847-532-6615

If your student will be absent or if there is a change in dismissal, please notify the teacher AND the school office. If your student is absent for multiple days, please contact the school each day they are absent. Please give the reason for the absence as different codes are used for different reasons.

** Absences should be reported no later than 10:00am.

** Dismissal changes should be reported no later than 12:00pm.

Weekly Attendance Rate (9/21-9/25

Our weekly attendance rates for this week are: 98.1% (present) and 1.9% (absent)

Our weekly attendance rates for last week are: 96.5% (present) and 3.5% (absent)

Weekly Tardy Rate (9/21-9/25)

Tardies for this week: 49

Tardies for last week: 26

Attendance Incentives

Present Potatoes

Each week, classrooms that achieve a 95% attendance rate or higher will earn a potato piece to add to their classroom potato.

When a class’s potato is 50% completed, they will earn a classroom reward of their choice.
When their potato is 100% full, the class will earn another celebration and be crowned the “Present Potato” of the week!

The following classes have earned a piece for their potato: Ms. O'Brien, Mrs. Hermann, Mrs. Marchetti, Mrs. Kieffer, Ms. Mack, Mrs. Prince, Mrs. Nickels, Ms. Goss, Mrs. Agenlian, Mrs. Hanley, Mrs. Grossmayer, Mrs. Klein, Ms. Cane, Mrs. Redmer, Mrs. Mohundro, and Mrs. Lawler! Congratulations!

Full Nest

Full Nest: Each classroom has their own Hawk's Nest. The tree holds ten hawk nests, and each time everyone in the class is in attendance they can fill in one of the nests. Once all ten nests are filled in, the class receives a large hawk feather, and a reward of their choice.

Veterans Interest Form Link

🎵🎶 2026-2027 Music Program Information 🎶🎵

Please click below for a letter from Mr. Cahill regarding Music Programs for this school year.

2026/2027 Music Program Information

Lincoln Prairie PTO

Email: ptolincolnprairie@gmail.com

Book Vending Machine

Please consider donating a book to the Book Vending Machine. For this initiative, students set academic or behavioral goals with their teachers and when they meet those goals, they earn the opportunity to choose their own book from the vending machine.

To donate a book to the Book Vending Machine, please use this link:

(all donations are made through the webstore)

Lincoln Prairie Elementary School Book Vending Machine Donation