Lincoln Lions Family Newsletter

September 29, 2024

Dear Lincoln Families,

"Connecting home and school makes us a great community of learners."

As we head into October, the temperatures are a bit cooler in the mornings. Be sure that your child is dressed appropriately as we will be outdoors for recess unless it is raining. If your child is sick or absent, feel free to email our child accounting secretary, Mrs. Fatia Parker to excuse their absences. Her email is: parkerfd@kalamazoopublicschools.net.

Attendance Matters: Chronic absenteeism applies to unexcused and excused absences.Chronic absenteeism letters will go out this month for those who are showing up on the list. It is very important to students' learning that absences are limited when possible. On Friday, some of you may have received a 10-Day Attendance Letter in error. Please disregard if you know your child has not missed this many days of school.

REMINDER: This Friday, October 4th is a half day. Dismissal is at 11:24 a.m..

Respectfully,

Principal D. Roberts

robertsdn@kalamazoopublicschools.net

Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening at Home

It is important that we give our children plenty of opportunities to engage in speaking, listening, reading, and writing activities. Here is an activity you can do with your child at home this week.

1. LISTEN to the read-aloud, A Very Big Fall by clicking the Youtube video below.

2. Ask your child to TALK to you about how the characters in the story changed from beginning to end.

3. WRITE or DRAW about their favorite things to do, eat, or wear in the Fall. When writing encourage complete sentences that begin with capital letters and end with proper punctuation.

Picture Day Is Coming OCTOBER 1st!

REMINDER

This Tuesday, October 1st is Picture Day! We are looking forward to seeing all our students' brilliant smiles for the camera.

STATE COUNT DAY is Wednesday, October 2nd

Why does it matter? Learn More!

Attendance is important and counts every single day! But on Wednesday, October 2, 2024, it counts for a percentage of our school’s state funding!

What is so important about Count Day?

A percentage of the state funding for our public schools is based on total student attendance on Wednesday, October 2. Count information is critical to districts, because each student translates into state funding.

How can you help?

Make sure your students are in school on Wednesday, October 2.
If your child is sick or unable to attend, please be sure to call your school’s attendance line to report an excused absence.