Lincoln is blessed to have multiple volunteers who come into the school regularly to help in the classroom, usually to listen to students read. One of these dedicated volunteers is Mary Jo Bull. Yesterday, Mrs. Payne's class helped her celebrate her birthday! Thank you to all of our volunteers who help make a difference! #celebrate379
Thanks to the Clay County Health Department, every child in the full-day PreK room is going home with a bag of items to help keep their teeth healthy! The CCHD also loaned several learning tools to help students practice dental health care skills during the week. This dinosaur was a fan favorite! #celebrate379
Throughout the year, the Excellence Foundation has been recognizing staff members who have completed 5-year increments of service in USD 379. This month, we took it a step further by recognizing any staff member who has completed 35 years or more of work in 379. These five teachers have a combined 217 years of experience! Just think about the literally thousands of students they have impacted over those years! #celebrate379
We invite parents and community members to hear about the March 3rd tax-neutral bond vote! #celebrate379
Nurse Jessie Smith gave a presentation to second graders today about the human heart. As always, she brought some examples of animal hearts that the students got to view and touch if they chose (some didn't!). Talk about a fascinating hands-on experience! #celebrate379
This week, Mrs. Payne's 2nd graders are learning about where to place commas in sentences. As you can see, their commas could help save the lives of their relatives. 🤣 #celebrate379
The Lincoln academics lighthouse team partnered with Mrs. Affolter’s Teaching as a Career class at CCCHS to design bulletin boards in line with LES academic goals this year through Leader in Me. It was a great partnership, and a great result! #celebrate379
USD 379 counselors Nick Brummet & DeAnna Coughlin traveled to Topeka yesterday to attend the Governor’s signing of the proclamation for National School Counseling Week. They also ran into USD 379 alumni who were there for the signing for youth mental health. #celebrate379
Today, first-grade students had a special guest from the Milford Nature Center who presented on Kansas symbols. The students loved seeing a live ornate box turtle and a barred tiger salamander! And in case you didn't know, Kansas Day is tomorrow! #celebrate379
Every Monday-Thursday, all kindergarten students participate in writing small groups. This includes Mrs. Knitter's students, who were working hard yesterday!
Students rotate to a different station each day. These range from guided work with Mrs. Knitter or her aide, Mrs. Dreher, independent work (in which they were doing amazing at staying on task), and Lexia, which is an online reading program to help them become a stronger reader. It works on skills like phonics, word recognition, vocabulary, and reading comprehension at each student's own ability level. #celebrate379
Students rotate to a different station each day. These range from guided work with Mrs. Knitter or her aide, Mrs. Dreher, independent work (in which they were doing amazing at staying on task), and Lexia, which is an online reading program to help them become a stronger reader. It works on skills like phonics, word recognition, vocabulary, and reading comprehension at each student's own ability level. #celebrate379
Second graders in Mrs. Weller's class began a new reading unit this week focused on biographies. They started with the Book, "Miss Moore Thought Otherwise", a picture book biography about Anne Carroll Moore, a librarian who revolutionized children's library services by establishing the first children's room at the New York Public Library. #celebrate379
Congratulations, Mrs. Knitter! #celebrate379
USD 379 will use Monday's menu (breakfast & lunch) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. We will totally skip Tuesday's menus for the week. The menu will run as planned Wednesday through Friday. #celebrate379
During Ms. Knitter's science class, her second graders explored the different properties of materials used for clothing, such as texture, absorbency, and flexibility. Students were tasked with the challenge to build a hat that best protected them from the sun. They were given aluminum foil, clips, paper bags, paper towels, and string. Creativity ensued! #celebrate379
School Closed- Monday, January 26th, 2026
3rd graders became astronauts in Ms. Brownell's science class this week! They analyzed how a NASA astronaut's traits change during a year in space. They also measured some of their own traits and made predictions about how these traits might change after living in space. #celebrate379
Writing is a part of every classroom in Lincoln, and it really gets expanded in 2nd grade as students learn to write thoughts and stories instead of just sentences. Today in Mrs. Payne's class, they were writing about their evening and about their classmates. Their journals are full of entries! #celebrate379
Writing requires strong hand, wrist, and finger muscles! Here are some of the ways Mrs. Bruggeman's Pre-K students wrote letters last week. #celebrate379
Thank you to our 25-year employees at 379! #celebrate379
Every fall, winter, and spring, students take an AimsWeb+ screening to gauge growth in both reading and math. This is taking place this week across Lincoln, including in Ms. Koppe's class. Teachers use this data to assess both whole-class and individual instruction moving forward. It is a big part of what we do at Lincoln! #celebrate379
