Dear Parents:

It is now October. It is amazing how time flies. Thank you for all that you have done to support the school and your students. Thanks for donating supplies to our classes, supplies for your children, donating to the parent council, driving on field trips, coming to parent/teacher conference, and signing up to help in the classroom. Your efforts help make our school better and afford a better education for your student. Thank you for everything! I am confident that as educators, parents and students work together, the quality of education increases.

Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported our Movie Night last month. It was a fun evening, and we hope everyone had a great time with family and friends. Thanks to all those who volunteered and helped clean up after. Many hands made light work!! Thanks so much!!

Please take note of a letter coming home with your student/s. We are still actively pursuing donations to support our goal to purchase mobile technology. The letter coming home should answer any questions you may have about this fundraiser. To those who have already donated, we THANK YOU. You are welcome to kindly disregard the letter.  

Being a part of Lincoln Academy has been a great experience for my family, and I want to thank all those who volunteer and help at the school. There are so many.I couldn't even begin to list everyone. You are amazing, and your efforts truly make our school a better place. I would like to leave you with a quote from Helen Keller "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much".

-Jennifer Christensen

Parent Council President 2015-2016

Mark your calendars! Super I-Excel will be on November 6, 2015. 

We need lots of drivers, so volunteers, please set aside this day to help us out if you can. Please contact Sabrina Hennen, 5littlemonkeys@gmail.com, if you can help drive. More details will be coming soon!

The Hero In Me!!! is our theme for this year's Inspirations Art Program.

You can start turning in your art projects to the Inspirations Committee as early as this Monday, October 12th. We will have a table before and after school in the main hall of the elementary building where you can drop projects off and pick up your raffle ticket.  

It's Box Tops for Education time!!!

Did you know that the monies earned from those little Box Tops are used to purchase playground equipment?  

This year we are opening a Box Tops store.  Everything in the store will be purchased with Box Tops.  However, we need your support in stocking our store shelves.  Instead of taking the gently used toys and trinkets your children are finished with to Deseret Industries, bring them to the school office to be resold in our Box Tops store.

We are attending Panda Express in Pleasant Grove on Tuesday, October. 20th (in Macey's parking lot). Flyers will be coming home that day.  Bring in the flyer, and Lincoln Academy gets 20% of your bill!

Heath Week Prize Donations Needed!

Our Fall Health Week is coming up soon! In order to inspire our students to keep healthy habits that week (and beyond!), we are in need of some cool prize donations.  If you have a connection or just want to donate something, please contact Rachel Pierce: rachelwhitepierce@gmail.com.

We need five more volunteers to teach Jr. Achievement. You would teach 5 lessons between now and spring break, coordinating lesson times with the classroom teacher.

Please contact me if you are willing to help: 

Ashlee Macdonald ashleemacdonald@gmail.com.

Thinking ahead....

The teacher appreciation committee is already planning for teacher appreciation week in March.  We would appreciate it if each junior high family would donate $5 for gifts for the junior high teachers.  Donations can be accepted at the front desk between now and October 30th.  

ALSO: If there are any parents or family members out there who are massage therapists that would be interested in earning volunteer hours by providing chair massages for the staff during teacher appreciation week (March 24th), please contact Jennifer Parry at bluejenmom@gmail.com. In addition to parents, massage therapists can be an uncle, in-law, or grandparent. Their donated hours can count toward your family’s volunteer hours for the year.

Thank you!

With holiday shopping just around the corner, don’t forget, when shopping at amazon, to make your purchases through Amazon Smile. http://smile.amazon.com/

Link your account to Lincoln Academy and a percentage of every purchase will be credited back to Lincoln. You can find a quick link to Amazon Smile on the top right corner of Lincoln Academy’s web page. Only purchases made via Amazon Smile will result in money back to the school.

Education is the Foundation to a Brighter Future

Give 5% Back To Your School! 

Simply make a purchase of qualifying school supplies, provide your school ID at checkout (in store or online) and your designated school will receive 5% back in credits for FREE supplies!
It's a small act that can make a huge difference.

The following stores will give a percentage of sales back to Lincoln Academy.

Smiths: Log on to smithsfoodanddrug.com, click on community rewards, then create an account to link your Fresh Values card to the school.

Target: If you have a RED card log on to target.com, click on the REDcard link, then take charge of education, then sign me up to link your card to the school.

Ridley’s: If you have a Home Town Advantage card you can donate your points to the school. This can be done in store or online at shopridleys.com, click on the Home Town Advantage link, log-in or create a log-in, then look for the request to donate link/form. **Ridley’s rewards are based on the calendar year, so in January be sure to link your card again!

Watch for more information as we partner with additional businesses in the community. 

Thank you for supporting these businesses and Lincoln Academy!

Lincoln Academy’s Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/LincolnAcademySchool

Last year one of our parents set up a parent group page on Facebook. The purpose of this site is to provide parents with a place to ask general questions, set up car pools, arrange clothing swaps, etc.

You can access that site by clicking on this link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lincolnacademy/

Please note: This is a moderated site. Any comments of a political nature will not be posted. This is also not the place to post any endorsements of private businesses or programs. Finally, this is not the place to air grievances about Lincoln, its staff, or teachers.   

Please help us keep this page as it was intended to be…a friendly, helpful place for parents to communicate with one another.

Here are some of the volunteer opportunities that we need to fill right now.  You can sign up for any of them by contacting the appropriate committee chair:

1. Junior Achievement Teachers: ashleemacdonald@gmail.com
2. Massage Therapists: bluejenmom@gmail.com
3. Drivers for Super I-Excel: 5littlemonkeys@gmail.com

Report cards will be coming home later this month, and Thompson Orthodontics will pay our school $1 for every A our students receive! All you have to do is email a copy of your child's report card to thompsonreportcards@gmail.com! It's really easy and can be done by simply taking a picture of the report card with your phone and emailing it in. You don't have to be a patient of Dr. Thompson's to participate. Please take a minute to do this and earn more money for the school!

The Parent Council hosts Dollar Dress Days on the first Wednesday of each month. Students bring a dollar for the option to wear free dress. (Appropriate free dress can be found at the end of the uniform policy on the school website.) This free dress day is optional. Students are encouraged to earn their own dollar to pay for their free dress option.

If you are in need of Lincoln T-shirts or hoodies, please contact Carol Bailey at 801-636-4623 or casbailey@msn.com. She has a limited number of shirts and hoodies left over. FYI - The T-shirts can be worn every Friday and navy hoodies are allowed to be worn in class every day.