Lincoln Families,

Welcome to the first week of school! I hope you had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed our perfect weather. After last week’s heat wave, the final weekend of summer vacation couldn’t have been more lovely!  As surreal as it seems, round 2 of remote learning commences tomorrow! 
It was so incredible to see our kids back on the Lincoln campus this past Thursday and Friday picking up their school supplies. It was my favorite day of work in over five months getting to see those mask covered faces back at Lincoln. 

Everyone in D90 has been working tirelessly to make the kick off of this school year go as smoothly as possible. However, oftentimes even the best laid plans are wrought with unexpected obstacles and hiccups. While I feel we couldn’t have worked any harder in preparation for tomorrow, there will still likely be some hurdles to cross. Therefore, thank you in advance for your steadfast understanding,  patience and support.
As you’ll see in my morning message tomorrow, we’ve generated some common language for all Lincoln Eagles to refer to when engaging in learning from home. To the extent possible, please reinforce these with your kids: Lincoln’s Remote Learning Advice.

This year, I’m excited to continue celebrating our kids birthdays during our monthly, Principal Birthday Lunch! Although they will have to be reimagined and celebrated via ZOOM. This Thursday, I’m excited to celebrate all the Lincoln School August Birthdays. Below is the schedule we will use and the link to log into the Zoom Principal Birthday Lunch Celebration! I look forward to celebrating with our August Birthdays!  (September PBL will be celebrated on Thursday, September 10)
K-2nd Grade 12:00-12:30K-2 Principal Birthday Lunch Link
Meeting ID: 813 0089 8709
Passcode: 401471

3rd-4th Grade- 12:30-1:003rd-4th Principal Birthday Lunch Link
Meeting ID: 894 4152 7372
Passcode: 106809

I look forward with great anticipation for the day we welcome your kids back to Lincoln.  In the meantime, I look forward to my daily visits to your breakfast table through the morning messages! (Morning messages will be available on Seesaw at 8:00 each morning) As always, please never hesitate to reach out if there is anything more I can ever do to support your family. 
Until we meet again, don’t forget to wear your mask, wash your hands and stay 6ft apart! 
Welcome Back!

CG

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~ Hellen Keller

Remote Learning Handbook:
Please don’t forget to take time to review and acknowledge receipt of the Remote Learning Handbook Supplement .The Handbook was created to help families prepare for the new school year with remote instruction. It represents a practical guide on how remote instruction will function in D90 and can be downloaded by clicking this link: Remote Learning Handbook Supplement. Please complete the acknowledgment of the Remote Learning Handbook Supplement by Thursday, September 3. Follow these directions to access the acknowledgement form:

• Open your PowerSchool account (https://d90.powerschool.com/public/) 
• At the top of the page on the left-hand side, you’ll find the name(s) of your child(ren) enrolled in D90
• Along the left-hand side of the screen, under the “Information” heading (near the bottom), click on “E-Collect Forms”
• Once E-Collect Forms opens, look for “02 – D90 Acknowledgement Form 20-21.”
• Please complete this form for each student enrolled in a D90 school
• Please remember to give your consent for electronic signatures, sign, date, and submit the form.

Calendar

Monday, 8/31:

• Remote Learning Begins

Thursday, 9/3: 

• August Birthday Celebrations with Mr. Godfrey

Monday, 9/7: 

• Labor Day – No School

How can I help support my child’s class this year?

Please consider signing up to be a room parent! This year room parents will assist teachers throughout the school year with communication to class parents. Click here to sign up.

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Please direct any questions to Jennifer Nelson (jennifernelson77@gmail.com). Thank you for your continued support!

Web store is open!

The Lincoln PTO web store is now open.  There are a limited amount of school supplies for sale.  Please use this link, or you can also find this information on the PTO webpage at www.lincoln.district90pto.org.

World Language Update

If you are interested in taking a language please feel free to contact the following teachers to arrange for private lessons.

• French:  Nathalie Yanguas – nathalieyanguas@gmail.com
• Italian: Barbara Jones – mrsrxj4@aol.com
• Mandarin Chinese – Jenny Chen – jenny.chen@paperlanterncenter.com
• Spanish:  Iris Saavedra – icsaavedra@me.com; Ana Sanchez – anaschao@gmail.com