Lincoln Academy: School Newsletter from the Parent Council

School Newsletter
from the Parent Council

CALENDAR

January
13 End of 2nd Term
16 No School
17 Basketball Games, 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30
19 Basketball Games
19 Board Meeting, 6:30 pm
23 Science Fair
24 Basketball Games
26 Basketball Games
27 Super I-Excel Activity, 12:30
31 Basketball Games

February
1 Dollar Dress Day and PC Board Meeting
2 Basketball Games
6-10 ValoGrams
7 Parent Teacher Conferences
8 Parent Teacher Conferences

WORD FROM MR. HUNT

It was great seeing so many of you come in for re-enrollment. Thank you for this effort. We know that it takes a little time to do the survey and re-enroll. However, the feedback we get from your participation is invaluable. We will be addressing some of the concerns you brought up as well as providing you with some of the results. One that is easy to report is that we are happy that 97% of responders agreed that overall they are satisfied with Lincoln Academy. Some informational items I'd like you to consider follow.

Parent BYOD Night- January 12th
As a reminder we are having a meeting for Jr. High parents or any parents interested in how to best secure your student's mobile devices and prevent undesirable Internet content on these devices. This will be a workshop style meeting to better empower parents with tools to help your students stay safer while using the Internet. This workshop will be focusing specifically on the mobile devices we are trying to use in our Bring Your Own Device program here at Lincoln Academy.

End of Term- January 13th
The term is ending soon. Make sure that your students work is completed and turned in before that. There has been a little glitch with the latest SIS update. When 0's are entered SIS is not counting that as a missing assignment. The state has promised to fix this in the next update, for now if you will make sure and click on the class to check that out.

Junior High Night- January 18th
We will be having an open house for all students who will be 7th, 8th or 9th graders next year. We will be sharing a little more about our junior high program and the classes we offer. It will start at 6:30 and last about an hour. Students who currently attend Lincoln and are going into 7th grade can earn a free dress day by attending this night. Additionally, any potential new student who is referred by a current family can earn a free dress day for the entire family. So if you know any junior high aged students in your neighborhood who may be interested in attending Lincoln please let them know and have them list your family as a reference so you can earn a free dress day.

Emergency Prep and the Car Sticker-
We had lots of questions about the sticker we are asking parents to put in their car windshield. This is the first step of our plan to become a little more organized for an emergency. In a situation where we need to reunite students and parents in a safe and secure manner we are creating a data base that will associate students with drivers who are allowed to pick up students at the school. This provides a way for the school to quickly identify a person who is authorized by families to pick up students. We will be practicing this in late April and more details will be coming forward before then to help you prepare for this event.

Thank you,

Mr. Hunt

JAZZ READING CONTEST

The Jazz Reading Contest is coming up January 20th - February 21st. It's time to read, read, read! During the contest dates each class will make reading goals. Students who reach their goal will be able to enter a raffle to win great prizes. Please encourage your children to get out a book and read. More information will be coming home soon.

If you, or your business, would like to donate prizes for the raffle please contact Kristina Brockbank at Brockbankfamily@msn.com. We are looking for anything from sports equipment to gift certificates. Please help us reward our students for reading!

VOLUNTEER NEEDS

Parents, we are looking for volunteers in the following areas. (FYI, these items are also listed on the “Volunteer Needs” link on Lincoln Academy’s website.)

-The Spanish Committee needs help with Spanish activities and planning all throughout the school year (some of the work can be done at home.) We would like as many volunteers as possible.

-Snack shack help on Mondays and Thursdays from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. 1 to 2 volunteers are needed.

-Science Fair judges (science background preferred, but not required), on January 23, 2012. We're looking for as many judges as possible.

-Hall monitoring during home basketball games on Jan. 17, 19, 24, 26, 31 and Feb. 2,16 between 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. 1 to 2 volunteers are needed.

-We are looking for someone to volunteer for Health Week. If you are interested please call Jana Wolfgramm at 801-785-6514 or 801-361-6950 or Jodi Calton at 801-310-5524. This is a great way to get in a chunk of volunteer hours.

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

It’s time to get those hours in so you can have sibling preference for next year.

BOX TOPS CONTEST

It's time for our Box Tops collection contest for grades K-6! The competition ends on Tuesday Feb. 14th.
Gather all the General Mills Box Tops you've collected and put them in your class container. Please check the expiration dates and only send valid box tops. Also, the expiration date must be legible to be valid. The winning class will receive an ice cream party, so bring them in and win!

(Note: Jr. High students are welcome to bring in Box Tops to the front office. Every Box Top benefits the school!)

In addition, General Mills has partnered with many online shopping sites and will donate a percentage of Internet purchases to the school. Please take a minute to look through the list of online merchants and do some shopping through the BoxTops4Education website. It only takes a few minutes to become a Box Tops member, which will also allow you to print coupons for Box Tops products.

BASKETBALL GAMES

Lincoln Academy can now host Home games! We have a new gym floor that makes it possible for us to host other Charter Schools for sporting events. We also have concessions available. The home game dates on our newsletter calendar. Check the calendar and come and support our Girls and Boys Basketball Teams. All Basketball Games start at 4:30 for Girls, 5:30 for JV Boys and 6:30 for Varsity Boys.

FACEBOOK PAGE

Remember to "Like" the Lincoln Academy Facebook page for current updates and reminders. This month only - earn ONE volunteer hour by "Liking" our Facebook page.

LINCOLN HOODIES AND T-SHIRTS

Please contact Carol Bailey if you need a Lincoln Hoodie ($25) or a T-shirt ($7-12). Call (801)636-4623 or e-mail at casbailey@msn.com.