APS Lincoln Elementary

Today, Lincoln donated over 2200 items to the Salvation Army food pantry. Thank you for your generosity. This is Maple PRIDE in action. 💙🤍

Our 4th graders finished in 1st place, with 524 items donated.

Check out all the fun we had at our first Garden Club meeting today!

Help support PTO with the Alternative Fundraiser

Tomorrow is the last day to bring in items for our canned food drive. Thank you for helping us give back to our community!

Teacher Conference Meals

Feed the Teachers! The PTO provides dinner for 2 nights of parent teacher conferences. We need donations of drinks, chips, cookies to supplement the dinners. Thanks for supporting PTO and all our hard working teachers!

Teacher Conference Meals Help feed the teachers for parent teacher conferences! Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. All food needs to be dropped off to the main office by 10/25.

Congratulations to our PTO Students of the Month! These students received their award for showing the Maple PRIDE characteristic of responsibility.

Mrs. Walters teaches our Young 5 students. She is an athlete who coaches basketball and soccer in her spare time, and she loves Sprite and sweet tea.

Register at maplerecreation.recdesk.com if you're interested!

We've had some questions about school pictures. Photo packets have not come home yet, but you should be able to see an online proof if you log in to the Lifetouch website!

Here's the schedule of events for this year's Table Talk series for families. If you missed our session on volunteering last week, you can join us on Thursday, November 10, when Keegan Pabst from Hospice will be sharing about children's grief. This event will be from 8:45-9:15 am in the Lincoln library. A flyer will be coming home, or you can RSVP at https://forms.gle/iyN6P7gwyXvJuNDG8.

If your child is interested in this camp, registration flyers are available in the office!

Popcorn Fridays are Back!

November programming from MSU Extension:

Student Ambassadors collected all the items that were brought in for the first day of their food drive. Thank you for your support and keep those items coming!

Our Student Ambassador canned food drive starts tomorrow! Please help us support the Salvation Army and our community.

Menu changes for next week:

Tuesday - Pizza
Thursday - Calzone

It's our last two chances to bring the Spirit Championship back to Lincoln! Flannel Day tomorrow and Maple Day on Friday!

Our first Table Talk for parents is today!

Do you have questions about volunteering at Lincoln? If you're curious about the paperwork we need, the process for getting approved, or anything else, join our district's Parent Involvement Coordinators on Google Meet from 12:00-12:30 pm or 7:00-7:30 pm.

Google Meet joining info:
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/qxj-fwvp-kri
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 510-946-0050‬ PIN: ‪556 255 088‬#

Spirit shirts are ready! Pick up orders are available at SLI Custom Signs next to Pet Supply Plus.

🌀Congratulations to Cora Hutchinson as she accepts Outstanding Citizen of the Month for Productivity for Lincoln Elementary ! 🌀

Our district's Parent Involvement Coordinators will be available to answer questions about volunteering on Wednesday, October 12, from 12:00-12:30 pm and 7:00-7:30 pm via Google Meet. The link to join will be posted on Wednesday.

This is the first session of our new Table Talk series for parents. A calendar of events will be coming home soon!

💙🤍 Bead necklaces will be sold on Thursday during lunch💙🤍

Each bead is $0.25

💙🤍🍁 Reminder that next week is HOMECOMING WEEK💙🤍🍁

Help us bring the Spirit trophy back to Lincoln by having the most participants each day!!!!

Go Maples 💙🤍

Spirit Shirts are almost here! Depending on your choice during the ordering process, the shirts are in the mail or ready for pick up at SLI Custom Signs & Apparel (next to Pet Supply Plus) Tuesday - Thursday.

Our Title 1/31a meeting and Story Night is tonight beginning at 6:00 pm! If you didn't RSVP but would like to come, please email Amy at [email protected] by noon so we have enough popcorn ready. And wear your pjs!

💙🤍On Friday, October 7th, downtown Adrian is hosting its First Friday event with a Maple Pride Theme.
At 5:30 PM, an Adrian Maple Pride aerial photo will be taken at the 4 corners, where Main and Maumee Streets intersect.

Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Please wear your Maple Blue and White and make a big show of Maple Pride as we fill the street for the photo, October 7th at 5:30 PM at the four corners downtown. Go Maples!!💙🤍

Check Out Adrian Public Schools Upcoming Arts Events! 🎬🎼🎶🎺🎻

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Here's October's newsletter.

Lincoln '22-23 1.pdf

Here's what's happening in October at Lincoln.

The Lincoln Library is up and running! This week, Miss Ann read "The Legend of the Petoskey Stone" by Kathy-Jo Wargin to the 2nd-5th graders.

Miss Ann has worked at Lincoln for 28 years, and been our librarian for fourteen of them. She loves the process of selecting just the right book for students each week. Some of her favorite things are the color green, the book "Gone With the Wind," bird watching and quilting.

🎉🎉🎉 It’s a celebration at Lincoln!!!🎉🎉🎉

Our fabulous students met their school wide PBIS goal!!!

To celebrate this Friday 9/30 we are going to have “wear a hat day!”

💙🤍💙🤍Way to go Lincoln Mini Maples! We’re so proud of your PRIDE!!! 💙🤍💙🤍

Mrs. Yatzek

🎼🎭🎨 Fine Arts Exploration Camp Registration is open!!!

APS Elementary students are invited to register and experience 6 weeks off drama, art, dance, and music.

Visit https://maplerecreation.recdesk.com to register or use the QR code below.

Did you miss last night's PTO meeting? No worries! We have many volunteer opportunities in the following committees: Fall Family Photos, Popcorn Fridays, Spring Movie Night, and Spirit shirts. Reach out to the PTO Exec Board: Polly Wierzbicki, Kristina Inclan, or Tim Ruple. You can also reply directly to this post.

Don't forget the first PTO meeting is Monday, September 26 at 630pm in the library. All are welcome! We look forward to seeing you there!

This week we’re featuring our music teacher, Mrs. Schenck.

After twenty years of teaching choir at Springbrook and Drager, Mrs. Schenck moved to the elementary level in 2020. She is one of the instructors for the district’s 4th and 5th grade Honors Choir and has a number of musical performances planned for Lincoln. She also spearheaded the return of our annual Family Day last year.

Mrs. Schenck enjoys sewing, reading, writing music and performing, and kettle corn.

Join us at our annual Title 1/31a meeting, followed by Story Night, on Wednesday, October 5. Beginning at 6:00 pm, we'll discuss what Title 1/31A mean to Lincoln, then enjoy some popcorn and reading together.

RSVP forms will be coming home, or you can let us know you're coming at https://forms.gle/iHFZ8dALLWQGn4na7.

Don't forget about Honors Choir! Students can audition with Mrs. Schenck tomorrow between 11:15 and 11:35 or after school. It will only take 2-3 minutes!

Happy to announce upcoming auditions for our district-wide Elementary Honors Choir. Interested students can pick up an informational flyer and contract to bring to auditions from their elementary music teacher.

MAP test resources for parents - NWEA

NWEA testing starts today. If you want to know how this testing works or what results are used for, you can check out the Family Toolkit at https://www.nwea.org/the-map-suite/family-toolkit/.

MAP test resources for parents - NWEA Learn how MAP Growth works, what it measures, and how it’s scored

Happy to announce upcoming auditions for our district-wide Elementary Honors Choir. Interested students can pick up an informational flyer and contract to bring to auditions from their elementary music teacher.

Picture Day 📸 information will be coming home next week. Please check your folders. You can also use the code on this flyer for online ordering.

This year, we’ll be doing a “Teacher Feature” to help you get to know the Lincoln staff. We are starting with our art teacher, Mrs. Eichorn.

Mrs. Eichorn has taught for sixteen years, six of them at Lincoln. She loves art because it is a fun class that all students can enjoy and excel in. Her favorite projects include recreating Van Gogh’s Starry Night, working with clay, and the Art to Remember fundraiser.

A mom to four Adrian Maples, Mrs. Eichorn loves spicy foods, trips to Florida, and cheering on her kids at all their sporting events.