Lincoln Families,

I hope you enjoyed the weekend and the balmy weather, despite the snow that is forecast for tonight, it was nice to be above twenty degrees!

Spring conferences are this week. All conferences will be held via Zoom. It’s not to late to sign up for a time to meet with your child’s teacher using the attached information for conference instructions.

Additionally, please note there will be no school on Friday, February 26. Please also note that on the original D90 School calendar, students and staff were off school on Monday, March 1 in observance of Pulaski Day. However, due to calendar adjustments, classes will resume on Monday, March 1 after the three day conference weekend.

In the event your family will be traveling outside of Illinois during the upcoming long weekend, please be sure to comply with the updated Travel/Quarantine Guidance recently released by the Cook County Health Department. The foundation of safely re-opening our schools is keeping our students safe. Therefore, if you are traveling, please comply with this guidance and do your part to keep our kids safe and schools open. Thank you for your continued compliance with this guidance and keeping our kids safe.

Each year, we ask your family to participate in the Illinois 5Essentials Survey. Again this year, District 90 will participate in the annual statewide Illinois 5Essentials survey that is designed to generate a comprehensive picture of the inner workings of our schools. Teachers, parents, and students will be able to share their insights and perceptions about our schools as we develop school improvement plans. Students in grades 4-8, teachers, and parents/guardians will be able to participate in this online and confidential survey that is based on 20 years of research at the University of Chicago. The survey will be open for participation until April 2, 2021. To participate in the 5Essentials Survey, please click this link: Illinois 5Essentials Survey.

Please continue to support our students, staff, and volunteers through our Lincoln Love campaign. Showing kindness and appreciation are more important now than ever! Click here to send your Lincoln Love.

As always, thank you for your support of Lincoln. Please don’t ever hesitate to reach out if there is anything more I can do to support your family.

Enjoy the warm up this week. CG

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Calendar

• Thursday, February 25 – Conferences
• Friday, February 26 : NO SCHOOL, Parent – teacher Conferences
• Monday, March 1 – Classes resume

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Last day to order Bad Kitty books – Thursday 2/25

Nick Bruel, author of Bad Kitty, visited Lincoln virtually on Thursday. He read a chapter of his new book, demonstrated how to draw Bad Kitty and answered questions. Did you know it takes 9 months to create a Bad Kitty book?

If your family would like to purchase a Bad Kitty book, you have until this Thursday 2/25. All books will include a signed author bookplate. Using the link given, families will order directly online with Anderson’s. Unless stated otherwise, books will be delivered to Lincoln and distributed to the students.

Attached is the order form with five different titles available. The link is also available here:

https://www.abcfairs.com/nick-bruel-virtual-author-visit-february18-2021

Please contact Mrs. Brauweiler with any questions.

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Kids Heart Challenge

It’s time to sign up for the annual American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge! Click here for more details!

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School Board Candidate Q&A Forum

Want to ask a question to the candidates running in the upcoming School Board election? Here is your chance! The PTOs are sponsoring a School Board Candidate Q&A on 3/11 at 7 pm via Zoom. Please send your questions to rooseveltmiddlebb@gmail.com by Monday 3/8.

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Green 4 Good at Home

Tickets Now Available for the One Earth Film Festival! If you love movies and you care about your health, your community and our magnificent planet we call home, join us for the 10th anniversary season of the One Earth Film Festival, March 5-14, 2021 https://www.oneearthfilmfest.org

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2021-22 Kindergarten Registration

Kindergarten Registration for the 2021-2022 School year is now open. If your child will turn five on or before September 1, 2021, they are eligible to register for Kindergarten. To register please contact Ms. Josephine Ribaudo. ribaudoj@district90.org
708.771.8282

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Lincoln Love

Are you looking for a quick and easy way to recognize a staff member, student or volunteer? If so, take a quick moment to share your story using the link below and we will be sure to share some Lincoln Love with your honoree! Thanks for filling someone’s bucket today! Lincoln LOVE

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Social Emotional Learning

Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week!  Here are some great kindness suggestions for the kids.

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Technology Support

Thank you for emailing  powerschool@district90.org or helpdesk@district90.org with your technology questions/issues.  Please remember to include as much information as possible, e.g., Student Name, Teacher Name, School, iPad asset tag number, etc. Screenshots, links, websites and any other information regarding the issue is helpful. For example, my iPad/computer can’t connect to the XXXXX website when I click on this link. 

Additionally, if you have difficulty logging into your child’s special area classes, please be sure to reach out to that particular teacher to assist with any login issues.