Good evening, Lincoln families!

There are only 9 school days left of the 1^st semester

Saturday, January 28^th will be a “Scholar Saturday” opportunity where students can take advantage of working with teachers at school from 8:00am-12:00pm.  Continue to encourage your student to put in the extra effort by connecting with their teachers to find out what they can do and staying after school to improve grades these last two weeks of the 1^st semester. 

Emphasis on safety

• We’ve made some adjustments to our lunch supervision to ensure students stay on campus to keep Lincoln as safe as possible. Students can eat in the cafeteria or in pre-arranged classrooms.  If students want to be outside  during lunch, they can be in the courtyard between the pool and the cafeteria.  Thank you for your support as we work hard to keep all students safe at school.
• If you need to pick up your student prior to the end of the school day, please arrange an early release with our attendance office by emailing lincolnattendance@tacoma.k12.wa.us or calling 253-571-6676.

Highlights from this week

• Our Cheer Team took home the 1^st place trophy in the Stomp Division on Saturday!  This was in preparation for the state competition on February 3^rd and 4^th.
• Our flag football team had its Senior Night on Wednesday recognizing 16 seniors (some teams don’t even have 7 players on the entire team)!  We defeated Fife 48-0 and Washington 42-7!  Mackenzie Walker scored 5 touchdowns!  Kaydence Pugh caught 2 touchdowns and Paytience “Peanut” Kamuta threw 4 touchdown passes!
• Our Unified Basketball team won on Saturday vs. Silas and demonstrated fantastic sportsmanship.
• Our girls basketball team defeated Stadium 85-16 Wednesday. The team beat Silas on Friday 52-37 to remain undefeated at 10-0 in the PCL!  With the victory, our girls extended their league winning streak to 36 games in a row! 
• Our boys basketball team defeated Silas 61-50 on Friday clinching a league championship with a 9-1 record in the PCL!

Go Abes!   

Resources for Families Concerning Violence in our Community
When violence occurs in our communities, we know it deeply effects our students, their families, and our own school staff. And when the victims are young people, the impact is often more pronounced.

It’s important that the adults in our children’s lives are listening a little more intently right now.

We have a number of resources to help families help children after tragic events:

• Suggestions on how to answer questions brought on by grief and a list of community resources
• By age group, how to talk to children about shootings
• How to help children cope with a gun violence tragedy
• Additional tips and activities to help children feel supported every day

Our school counselors are also available to talk to your child.

Please know our team at Lincoln is here to support all of our students. Please reach out. We want to hear from you.

No School February 3rd

There’s no school for students in grades 6-12 on Friday, Feb. 3, due to semester break.

College Knowledge Workshop, 4^th Wednesday of Every Month

College Success Foundation is having virtual workshop for Foss & Lincoln families the fourth Wednesday of every month.  The next session is January 25^th from 6:00-7:30pm.  Contact Ms. Vannra Uok at vouk@collegesuccessfoundation.org.

Register for college knowledge workshop series

Track Information & Sign-up During Lunches on Thursday, January 26^th

This Thursday, January 26^th there will be a boys and girls track team informational table and sign-up in the cafeteria during both 1^st and 2^nd lunches.  Please stop by and see members of the coaching staff to receive some important information and questions answered!

Lincoln District Clean-up this Friday

Our Native Club is hosting a clean-up this Friday, January 27^th, at 2:30pm meeting right outside Vien Dong on 38^th street.  We’re helping clean up the streets prior to the Lunar New Year in the Lincoln District this coming Saturday, January 28^th.

Senior Scholarships Opportunities to Help Pay For College

• The Leadership 1000 Scholarship is worth up to $5,000 per year. The deadline is January 30th. You can apply to this by visiting the College Success Foundation website.
• Please consider applying to the Lincoln Common App due in March. For more info, please contact Mr. Jamila Jones.
• Please take advantage of help by attending the “Huddle Up Tuesdays” workshop, every Tuesday at 2:15, in the library. 

More scholarship opportunities

Karl Hoseth (he/him/his)

Principal

Lincoln High School

253-571-6664

Absolutely Better Every day