Start With Hello Week: Monday Sept. 19th – Friday Sept. 23rd

Each year, thousands of schools and youth organizations nationwide participate in Start With Hello Week, a national call-to-action week dedicated to making new social connections and creating a sense of belonging among youth.  Start With Hello is one of Sandy Hook’s, Know the Signs programs that helps teach students to be more socially inclusive and connected to each other. 

Sandy Hook Promise Tree

Open House at Lincoln

Lincoln will be having their annual Open House on Thursday Sept. 1st. This event gives the parents an opportunity to greet their student’s teachers. The parents can also update their Final Forms in two of the designated computer labs. Also, you can visit the various tables that will be set up in the hall. There will be pantry items and lost and found table, Reading support for literacy give away items, Akron Children’s Hospital, A table with a scavenger hunt for our students who attend to participate in and outside the Art rooms is a Photo stand to take selfies. We hope to see you there!!!

Times:  

Grades PK-2 - 5:00 - 7:00pm

Grades 3-5 - 5:30 - 7:30pm

Grades 6-8 - 6:00 - 8:00pm 
Josie Pierce, a preK student, is posing in front of the Lincoln selfie station. =]

Lincoln Staff’s Panerathon Team

The Panerathon is a 10K run and a 2 mile fun run that raises funds and awareness for charitable causes. 27+ members of the Lincoln staff participated in the walk in support of the Joanie Abdu Comprehensive Breast Care Center at St. Elizabeth Hospital. The event was held on Sunday August 28th at the Covelli Centre in Youngstown. They dressed up in Pink and had a great time. Awesome!

Tax-Free Weekend, Aug. 5-7

Ohio’s 2022 Sales Tax Holiday will run 12 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7.

During the holiday weekend, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

  • An item of clothing priced at $75 or less;
  • An item of school supplies priced at $20 or less; and
  • An item of school instructional material priced at $20 or less.

Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday.

Items used in a trade or business are not exempt under the sales tax holiday. For more information about the sales tax holiday, please refer to the Ohio Department of Taxation’s Frequently Asked Questions.

If you have any additional questions regarding this information, please contact the Department at 1-888-405-4039.

Lincoln’s 2022 Spring Choir Concert

Lincoln’s Choir Concert, directed by Mr. McCarty, was performed in the cafetorium for the students families and friends. The concert was on May 18. The 6th grade choir sounded beautiful serenading us with the following 4 songs:

Best Day of My Life, arrangement By Roger Emerson
The Parting Glass an Irish Folk Song
One Call Away, arrangement by Mac Huff
All Night-All Day, arrangement by Greg Gilpin

The seventh/ eighth grade choir performed after the 6th grade choir. They sang four songs and sounded awesome. The performance included soloists that made the songs extra special. The following are the selections they sang:

Stay, arrangement by Mark Brymer
All of Me, arrangement by Mac Huff
Soloists: Amariah Carter, Andrew Imes & Olivia Waldron
Rise Up, arrangement by Mac Huff
Soloists: Devin Hughes & Destiny Stanley
Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

A Petting Zoo Comes to Lincoln

The Kindergarten students got a special surprise today, May 16th, when the Barn Yard petting zoo came and set up in the back parking lot. Mrs. Vennetti’s kindergarten class is pictured below enjoying the many baby animals that were brought. The petting zoo included a baby cow, baby alpaca, ducks, rabbits, baby lamb, baby goats and a big box turtle. They all got a chance to pet the many animals. The smiles of the children were evidence that the zoo visit was a success.