Dear Parents:

I want to thank you for your support. We have completed our re-enrollment and will be reviewing your input from the surveys.  We thank you for your time and commitment.

Thank you as well for promoting our school: We have had a great turnout to our open house and many of our tours.

Parent Teacher Conferences this week:

Remember that Parent Teacher Conferences for junior high and elementary are on Wednesday, February 10th, from 3:00-8:00 and again on Thursday, February 11^th for elementary students, from 3:00-6:00. If you haven't signed up yet, your elementary teachers should have sent you an electronic link to their sign up page.  If you signed up in the binders in the front office, your appointment has been transferred to the electronic sign up.

As a courtesy to all junior high parents, if you need to meet with a junior high teacher for longer than five minutes, please schedule an appointment outside of Parent Teacher Conferences.

Parent/Administration Meeting

On February 26th at 8:00 am, we will be addressing common concerns that were brought up in your re-enrollment survey.  As the date gets closer, we will provide a list of topics that we will cover.

Lincoln Families, 

February is another busy month. Please plan on attending the Lincoln Birthday Celebration on February 22^nd at 7 pm. There will be a program along with the annual cake decorating contest. This is a fun evening to celebrate our school’s namesake. Thank you for supporting the Jazz Read-A-Thon. Wouldn't it be so awesome for our school to read a MILLION minutes? Keep Reading!

Thanks again to all the parent volunteers. Our school is a great place thanks to all of you.

"Where there is kindness, there is goodness, and where there is goodness, there is magic."     -Disney’s Cinderella

Many thanks from the Parent Council.

Jenn Christensen
PC President

There's a week and a half left of our Jazz Reading Contest, and we NEED MORE MINUTES! Our minutes to date are 387, 868 after Friday’s numbers. To earn a week of free dress we need 612, 132 more minutes over the next week and long weekend. We can do it!!

We want every single minute reported, and to make it easier on you, you can now email minutes to your student’s teacher. You can email minutes to teachers at any time, but if you want your child’s minutes counted toward the weekly raffle, minutes must be in by start of school on Tuesday both this week and next. Minutes emailed after start of school this Tuesday will count towards the final raffle on Tuesday, February 16th. We hope this will help if your child forgot the logs or didn't fill them out completely. Also, please report any past minutes that might not have been turned in.  

The annual Lincoln Birthday Celebration is coming up on February 22^nd at 7:00 pm in the elementary gym. Join us for a patriotic program commemorating the great leader for whom Lincoln Academy is named. 

Cake Decorators: If you are participating in this year’s cake decorating contest, please have your cake in the lunchroom by 6:30 pm.

Volunteers still needed! If you can help hang student art, serve cake, set up or clean up, please contact Jennifer Christiansen ASAP. We could really use your help! pc@lincoln-academy.org

It’s not too late to make your voice heard in support of State Bill 38 which has the potential to bring significantly more dollars per student to Lincoln Academy.  Please follow the link provided to find out more information, endorse the bill, and get involved. 

As a thank you for supporting Lincoln Academy we will credit 1 volunteer hour for each 4 individual emails you write to state Senators.  Just adding Senators to the address line won’t count- each email should be individually addressed and only sent to one individual at a time.

If you sign up, Utah Charter Advocates will contact you via email, letting you know when they need you to send emails to state Senators and Representatives.  The Senate should be voting on the issue today, and then, if it passes, it still has to work its way through the House.  Your voice is needed!

http://www.utahcharteradvocates.org/

Box Tops School Store

The kids are all asking for more days to shop! Therefore, we will open the Box Tops store on the following dates, and we need your help. Donations are still needed. Please continue to bring them in to the front office or contact Valerie at 801-592-7163.

Upcoming Store Dates:

February 26th

March 25th

April 29th

Volunteers Needed:

Our restaurant fundraiser is Tuesday, February 9^th from 5-8:00 pm (only) at Wendy's in Highland. We'd love to see you! It's always fun to see Lincoln friends! Thanks for your support!

The teacher appreciation committee is organizing a dinner for the teachers on Wednesday, February 10th while the teachers are staying late to do parent teacher conferences. We need a few more people to help as well as a few more things donated. If you would be able to help, please sign up on the following link, or contact Jen Parry at bluejenmom@gmail.com.      

Many thanks!

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4eaea82ba2f94-parentteacher1/30718361

We still need some more posters made for the teacher’s doors for Teacher Appreciation, March 18th. This is an easy at home project.  The link for that sign-up is:

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

Volunteers are needed to teach the five week Junior Achievement course to the following classes before spring break:

Miss Judkins Grade 4

Miss Woodward Grade 3

Miss Pierce Grade 1 

Mrs Cluff AM Kindergarten

Please contact Ashlee Macdonald if you are interested: ashleemacdonald@gmail.com

The Inspirations Art Competition Regional Awards Night will be held on Friday, March 11th at 6 PM at 

Canyon Grove Academy

588 West 3300 North
Pleasant Grove, UT  84062

The following students from our school wide competition will be representing Lincoln Academy at the Regional Awards Night:

Lincoln Academy is partnering with H&R Block this tax season! If you are a new H&R Block client, we will get a $20 contribution. 

Follow this link for a flyer that you can take in with you when you have your taxes prepared.  You can also pass this on to friends and family.

http://www.hrblockreferrals.com/Non…/KitFlyer/40010001087820

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.

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.

Did you know…you can help our school earn money by shopping at your favorite stores!

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

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

Help cut out dinosaur tracks for Jazz Reading: tina@okolowitz.org

Help decorate for Teacher Appreciation Week or assist at the Teacher Dinner during parent teacher conferences: bluejenmom@gmail.com

Staff the Box Tops Store or make posters: beekeepersofwj@comcast.net

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

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 the front office. There is 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.