Dear Parents:

Next week is re-enrollment. As a part of this process, you will be asked to fill out a survey about the school. We recognize this takes some time to complete. Thank you in advance for taking the time to thoughtfully respond and let us know what we are doing well and how we can better serve your students. The feedback we receive is invaluable.

Parent/Administration Meeting

We will be holding our next Parent/Administration informational meeting on January 21st at 8:00 in the library.  We will be discussing what our plans are for school improvement as well as a program our teachers have been involved in called Assessment to Achievement.

Dear Lincoln Families, 

We are so excited to give you a fundraising update! For those new to Lincoln, the Parent Council has asked for a mobile technology donation from every family of $35. We would love to be able to purchase a chrome book cart for our students to benefit from. We are over halfway there, and have so generously been given $4,554 from our Lincoln families. For this we are so grateful! If $35 is not in your budget, please know that every dollar counts and any donations will be greatly appreciated. If you can double your donation, we are again very grateful. Donations can be turned in at the financial office anytime. We are not very far off from our $7500 goal. We can do it!!

This month we have some great things going on, starting with the Jazz Reading Program. There are some very fun things planned for this. The Box Tops Store is returning in January as well. Thank you so much for supporting these fun programs for your kids! 

As January is the month of setting resolutions, I leave you with this quote from our school namesake. 

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."  -Abraham Lincoln 

Jennifer Christensen

PC President

Volunteers Needed!

Super I-Excel will fall on February 5th at 12:30. We will be going to a movie at Water Gardens in Pleasant Grove and will need lots of drivers. Please contact Sabrina Hennen at 5littlemonkeys@gmail.com if you can drive AND how many seatbelts you have available for students.

Box Tops Store Opens again on January 29^th.

We will be collecting items for our store all year. Turn your donations in to the front office.  If you would like your donations to be picked up, please call or text Valerie at 801-592-7163.

Hello!
We are heading to Arby's in Lindon (in the Walmart parking lot) Tuesday, Jan. 12th 5-9pm.  Be sure to write in your teacher's name or "house" name to try to win a free dress day!

Thanks!
Jeanne Mather

The Jazz Reading Contest begins this weekend! A new reading log will be coming home each week for your student to keep track of their minutes on. Just for turning in the log with your signature, they will be rewarded with things such as movie passes and discounts at Kangaroo Zoo. Please help us get these in every week so your child is not missing out and we can keep track of how much they have read. We need you! The first log is due NEXT TUESDAY, January 19^th.

Our school goal is 1,000,000 minutes!

Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up in March.  Our theme is: Hollywood Week - You're A Star!  We need lots of help with decorating the doors for the teachers. Decorations can be anywhere in size from a poster board to the whole door.  You can make them anytime between now and March 18^th, and turn them in to the school or me, Jennifer Parry. We will also need help putting them up on Friday, March 18th after school.  You can use the large rolls of paper from the school for this project.  If you need any ideas, you can check out Pinterest.   Thanks for your help!   The link to sign up is below.

If you have any questions please contact Jennifer Parry at bluejenmom@gmail.com

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4eaea82ba2f94-teacher

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

Join with other Lincoln Parents 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.

Many of our committees currently have projects you can do at home.  Ask about these opportunities at the front office TODAY! 

Help decorate and set up for Jazz Reading: tina@okolowitz.org

Help decorate for Teacher Appreciation Week: bluejenmom@gmail.com

Lincoln’s Birthday Celebration:

We are looking for people who can help set up starting at 1:00 on February 22^nd.  We also need people willing to help serve cake and cleanup after the activity.  If you need volunteer hours and are interested in helping out please contact Jennifer Christensen for details: pc@lincoln-academy.org

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.

It's that time of year...make sure your cards are linked to Lincoln Academy.  Some reset in January.

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.

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 http://www.lincoln-academy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/LAUniformPolicy2014.pdf .) 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.