Good evening, Lincoln families!

I hope you all had a nice and restful winter break!  There is no school tomorrow, Monday, January 2^nd.  We have about a month of school left remaining in the first semester.  Encourage your student to put in the extra effort to improve their grades these last few weeks.   

Highlights over break

• Our Lincoln cheer squad qualified for state after competing in the Stomp category at Decatur High School! We will compete for our 3rd state title In February!
• Our girls basketball team defeated Silas and won two games vs. West Linn (Oregon) and Cleveland (Oregon) at the Pacific Office Automation Holiday Classic in Portland, Oregon.
• Our boys basketball team defeated Silas and Rogers.

I hope you had a wonderful break. Go Abes!   

School schedule

I hope you had a good winter break! I look forward to welcoming our students back to school. A few scheduling reminders for you:

• School starts Tuesday, Jan. 3rd.
• There’s no school Monday, Jan. 16th, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January is Whole Child Month

Taking care of kids is the job of all of us. In Tacoma, we embrace that idea with the Whole Child approach – that all of us support kids from morning to night.

A key part of that approach is social emotional learning, which starts with building healthy relationships. Please consider taking a step in your social emotional learning by completing the first activity on the Whole Child activity calendar:

Think 5 positive thoughts about yourself today for each negative thought.

Find more Whole Child activities for you and your family here: Tacoma Whole Child - Tacoma Public Schools (tacomaschools.org)

Reduced speed limits

Parents and guardians, if you have a young driver at home, please help make sure they know about new speed limits in Tacoma.

Starting January 1^st, residential street speed limits will go from 25 to 20 miles per hour. The speed limit is also being lowered in some neighborhood business districts.

Lowering speeds by 5 miles per hour increases safety on the road by giving drivers more time to react.

Lincoln Science Outdoors

Our newly founded LHS Science Outdoors, in support with a grant from OSPI, will be providing numerous outdoor educational opportunities for LHS Freshman the remainder of the 2022-2023 school year. The aims of our LHS Science Outdoors program are to break down barriers that limit students’ confidence in pursuing STEM careers by providing them experiences that allow them to compete with peers who are not limited by socioeconomic status, ability, migrant status, and/or demographics. Organized by 3 LHS science teachers, a student committee, and local outdoor education facilitators our top goals are:

1. Provide outdoor science experiences to develop student leadership and collaboration skills for students’ first year in high school creating a deeper engagement/connection with the school and local community.
2. Provide opportunities for underrepresented science students to see themselves in the STEM fields through visits to outdoor research institutions, conducting investigations in the field, and meeting diverse local STEM professionals and/or indigenous naturalists.

Students interested in being on the planning committee can attend the informational session January 11th, 2023. in Room 215 from 2:30 to 3pm. Application deadline for the student committee will be January 13^th. Regardless of attending the informational session ALL freshman students at LHS should look for more information about future outdoor science events between February and June 2023.

Please contact the LHS Science Outdoors leads for any additional information: Natalie Reszka (nreszka@tacoma.k12.wa.us) , Jennifer Holm (jholm@tacoma.k12.wa.us), and Erin Fiorini (efiorin1@tacoma.k12.wa.us).

Home Winter Sports Contests

ASB cards are required for free student entry into home basketball games and wrestling matches.  Students, make sure you have your ASB card, or you will have to pay $7.00 to get into the game.  There are no in and out privileges for students.   Students must stay inside the gym until they decide to leave.

Students who are on the “No Hall Pass” list are not allowed into games.

Credit Retrieval  

Credit Retrieval continues Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 6-8 pm.  Paper schedules are available for days and times on the door of Room 230.  This is offered to especially to Seniors who have failed a class to ensure you can graduate on time this June.

Karl Hoseth (he/him/his)

Principal

Lincoln High School

253 571-6664

 

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