LION'S ROAR 2025-26 🦁

The mission of Lincoln Elementary School, as a diverse and growing community of unique individuals, is to ensure that each child will experience optimal social, emotional, academic and physical success through a challenging and progressive student-centered educational program in a safe and healthy learning environment.

Lincoln Vision Statement:Lincoln School strives to be a community where all children feel loved, respected and are encouraged to achieve academically in a safe and supportive environment.

Core Values: Commitment Collaboration Perseverance Integrity

Thank you to all of our families who showed up, worked hard, donated, and gave their time to help make Lincoln even more beautiful. Your support means so much to our students and staff.

This was truly Synergize (Habit 6) in action—people coming together, combining strengths, and making something even better together.

A special shoutout to:

💚 Mrs. Mayra Zuniga, former Lion parent, for donating pavers, collaborating, and helping Lincoln shine.

💚 Mrs. Valdez for donating supplies.

💚 Mrs. Nemis and team, our teachers and staff, Mr. Llanes, Head Custodian, and Mr. Alejandro Rodriguez, integral member of our custodial team, who came early and worked hard to ensure we were supported.

Thank you for showing what Lincoln Pride looks like!

💙 April Is Autism Awareness Month

April is Autism Awareness Month, and we proudly recognize and celebrate our students with autism and the many strengths, perspectives, and gifts they bring to our Lincoln community.

We also want to honor the amazing staff who support inclusion every day and help ensure All Means All at Lincoln, including Mrs. Nemis (Pre-K), Mrs. Canez and Mrs. Mungarro (Kinder and First Lion Village), our dedicated support staff and paraprofessionals, Ms. Adriana Castaneda, resource teacher, and Mr. Jonathan Hernandez, resource paraprofessional.

Thank you for helping create a school where every student is valued, supported, and belongs. At Lincoln, inclusion is not just a program—it is part of who we are. 🦁💙

Please remind your students to follow our ROAR Rules across campus, especially in the restrooms and shared spaces:

• Respectful
• On Task
• Act Safely
• Responsible

We have had a few issues involving graffiti and vandalism, and we ask for your support in talking with your child about the importance of keeping our school clean, safe, and beautiful.

Graffiti and vandalism are taken seriously and may result in school consequences, restitution, and/or disciplinary action.

As part of our efforts to support students, Ms. Delgadillo, our nurse, and Mr. Jose Denogean, our security guard, will be doing mini-lessons in classrooms to discuss:

🧼 The importance of good hygiene and handwashing
🧴 The use of deodorant (age-appropriate guidance)
👕 Ensuring students are in proper uniform
🦁 Using ROAR expectations to support safe and respectful behavior

Mr. Jose Denogean will also be speaking with students about campus safety, with special emphasis on the seriousness of graffiti and vandalism, and how students can make positive choices that protect our school community.

Lincoln belongs to all of us, and we all have a role in caring for it. 💙

Parents, please help us ensure students arrive on time every day.

🔔 If students arrive after 7:45, parents/guardians must get out of their vehicle and sign students in at the front office. This is required for:

• Proper documentation
• Student safety
• Accurate attendance records

Frequent tardies impact students in many ways:

• Students miss critical instruction
• It interrupts the teaching day
• It can affect student confidence when arriving late regularly
• It impacts routines and peer connections

Five tardies equal one absence. Every minute matters.

Thank you for partnering with us to help students be here, on time, and ready to learn.

• May 4 – May 8: Game Day Staff Appreciation Week(Volunteersand donations needed!)

• May 7: Family Fun Night

• May 19: Senior Walk

• May 20: All-School Movie Day

• May 21: Lincoln’s Got Talent Show