Fundraiser Thank You
Last month we had a restaurant fundraiser and movie night.  I have had many parents mention that they enjoy these nights because they have the opportunity to meet other families from the school.  Our fundraiser with Pizza Pie Cafe was wildly successful!  We received over $700 from this fundraiser.  Thank you so much.  This money goes to adding technology to the classroom.  Last year we were able to buy some Pana Boards for two classrooms.  We plan on adding more technology to the classrooms this year with your help.

End of Term Events
Many events come with the end of the term.  Your elementary students will receive their report cards on November 4th.  Your Junior High student report cards will be emailed to you starting on November 3rd and on the 4th.  Students in Junior High who qualified for the honor roll will be recognized on the 9th.  Those Junior High students with perfect 4.0's will be invited to eat lunch with me on the 10th and those who qualify for Super-iExcel will be able to attend on the 11th.

Homework Habits
If you haven't started yet, it will be best for your student if you create a common homework schedule in your home.  Students who have parents involved in their homework traditionally do better in school.  Reading papers they write, checking math homework for accuracy and completeness, and having students read to you are simple ways that will help your student do better in school.  It does take time, but it really is a huge investment in your child's future.

 

-A play prop needs to be transported in a covered trailer to Heber City.
-Books need to be scanned with a color scanner.  (This can be done at home.)  1 volunteer is needed.
-Computer help is needed to convert Word documents and .pdf files into epub.  (This work will be done throughout the school year and can be done from home.  We are looking for 8 to 10 volunteers.
-Drivers needed for Super i-Excell Jack and Jill's Bowling Alley, 10 - 12 drivers are needed on November 11 between 12:00 and 2:30 p.m.
-Delivering Enrollment Flyers to Neighborhoods.  We need as many volunteers as possible that could help with this project ASAP.

If you are interested in helping with any of these needs, please contact Stephanie Kinkade at (801)756-2039, or at kinkade@lincoln-academy.org

Sibling preference is granted to those who have their hours completed.  In lieu of hours you may choose to be a sponsor.  Please plan on coming to the school either January 4th or 5th to complete the re-enrollment process.   The process will take about 45 minutes. We look forward to working with you.  Please contact us at enrollment@lincoln-academy.org for any additional questions.

Open Enrollment

Our open enrollment will begin Nov 1, 2011 and end on January 6, 2012.  This is for new families interested in attending Lincoln Academy for  the 2012—2013 school year.   If you have friends or family who would like to come to Lincoln, please direct them to the website under enrollment for additional information, or they are welcome to contact us at enrollment@lincoln-academy.org. Please help us spread the word about Open Enrollment because it starts this week!

This experience is chaperoned by personnel from the Alpine School District.  If you are uneasy about having your child sleep over, you may pick them up late the evening of December 9th and return them about 7:30 the next morning to complete the mission.  Space is limited to the first 45 students who turn in their forms and checks.  The cost is $43.00 (check payable to the space center - do not write checks to Lincoln Academy).   Information and forms will be coming home with your students the first week of November.  To sign up, return the form and your check to the front office.

Our AM Kindergarten sponsor this year is the Smart Family.

We are so pleased to have their support this year!  As a kindergarten class, we depend on our sponsors to help us facilitate extra activities that are fun and meaningful.  This year, as in years past, our sponsors make it possible to run our "Mrs. Packer's 50-Books Club".   Elements of the 50-Books club include a t-shirt as well as a special field trip to the Scera in Orem to participate in children's theater.  Thanks to our sponsors, we also now have a book holder for our big books, as well as new guided reading books.  These are just a few of the things that our sponsors have provided our classroom with this year.  Thanks again! We couldn't do it without you!!

The sponsor for Mrs. Hiatt's class is Kerri Evans.

Our class has already benefited from Mrs. Evan's generosity. At the beginning of the year we bought book bins to store our books in during our Reading Workshop.  We use them every day and they help so much with our class organization. We have also bought books to help our classroom library to grow.  We are planning on going to two plays this year: Beauty and the Beast in November and Tall Tales at the Scera Theater in February. These activities will be a special treat made possible by our wonderful sponsor. It takes so many people to help our students succeed and we are so grateful to Kerri Evans for her great contribution to our 2nd grade class.

Mr. and Mrs. Fenton are the business sponsors of Mrs. Jackson's fifth grade class.  

Because of their generosity, our students are having many enriching experiences.  Some of these opportunities include: getting ice cream after the chemistry show on our BYU fieldtrip, going to the Space Center in Pleasant Grove, making Christmas gifts for our families, doing Colonial projects, watching the BYU Shakespeare Troupe perform a Shakespearean play, and eating a
scrumptious Renaissance Feast.  Thank you, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton!

The art categories include the following:
Theater
Choreography/Dance
Film/Video
Photography
Literature
Digital Art
3D Art
2D Art
Musical Composition

Please talk to your student about the contest and encourage them to get thinking about their favorite things and how they would like to present an artistic creation about them. There will be more information coming about the Inspirations contest in newsletters and from the teachers.

Age categories: 8-9 boys & girls, 10-11 boys & girls, 12-13 boys & girls.  (Age before April 1st 2012)  If you turn the older age before this date you use participate in the older age category. Also, if you turn 14 before April 1st, 2012 you are not eligible to participate.

Each child will get to shoot a set number of baskets from the free throw line.  8-9 year olds will be 4 ft. closer to the basket from the foul line. The boy and girl in each age category with the highest number of baskets will represent Lincoln Academy at the Provo competition on Saturday, Dec. 3rd.

Parent volunteers are needed to judge and assist on this day, from 2:45-4:30pm!  If you have any questions you may contact Coach Aimee Lewis by email: lewis@lincoln-academy.org or by phone (801) 367-9745.

Jr. High students:  Please pack 8 snacks bags, 7 if your child has released time. 2 small snack items in each of the 8/7 ziplock sandwich or quart size bags, with the child's name and the words "Emergency Preparedness" on them and deliver them to each of their teachers. Mid-year they will be reminded to switch their snack bags to their new classes.

This is just for students with allergies. Thank you for your help in this matter.

-Emergency Preparedness Committee

The Geography Bee for 4th through 8th graders will be held on December 9th from 9-11 a.m. Again, students will participate in classroom geography bees before that date in order to qualify. Students should prepare by visiting here. They will find different games and resources that will help them gain greater knowledge about our world as well as prepare them for this contest. There is even a Geobee app available for many mobile devices!