
LES Board of Education Report for February, 2025


At this morning's Rise & Shine assembly, the kindergarten team surprised Ms. Coughlin with a banner signed by the student body. This was part of School Counseling Recognition Week. Although Ms. Coughlin would tell you the week is about communicating what school counselors do, we feel it is also a week we should be celebrating her and all of the things she does to make our building great!

Like every other grade level at Lincoln, kindergarten designates at least 30 minutes each day to Reading Intervention. All kindergarten students are separated into small groups based on the reading and writing skills in which they are working. Teachers, aides, and intervention teachers all take a group. It's personalized learning at its best!

Students at Lincoln Elementary learn to read in all sorts of ways. In Mrs. Bruggeman's class, one way is to spell words using a hands-on approach.




The Lincoln Book Fair has an eWallet available!


February 3-7 is National School Counseling Week! Its purpose is to recognize the important role school counselors play in helping students succeed in school and plan for their future. Thank you, Ms. Coughlin, for your dedication to LES!


Working their way to the 100th Day of kindergarten has been so memorable and fun! Students in Mrs. Shannon’s class stayed busy completing so many "100" themed tasks to celebrate this momentous day/week!




Lincoln School Book Fair Info!


It's becoming an annual tradition! Chiefs Spirit Week is next week at LES, GES, and CCCMS!


Please consider coming to El Puerto's tonight for some chips, salsa, and dialogue!


The students in Teaching as a Career have been learning about the classroom environment, and how bulletin boards are a great way to share exciting new content, display student work, or build classroom culture. Mrs. Lange offered us a great opportunity to practice this, and allowed us to create a bulletin board meant to generate excitement with their Kansas Day celebration today! Happy 164th Birthday, Kansas!


Mrs. Graham's first graders are finding unique ways to learn how to identify 2 and 3 digit numbers. Students spun a wheel to get a number and then wrote that number on a 100s chart. Then, they explained how they came up with the answer in front of the class, who then agreed or disagreed.

Mrs. Weller's second graders were starting another story during core reading. This includes reviewing "Power Words" that would be read throughout the story. This helps build vocabulary in each grade level.

Mrs. Carr's first grade class was starting a new reading unit on "The Big Outdoors". Each unit starts with an essential question. This question was, "How do things in nature change?" Mrs. Carr combined the ELA lesson with her science lessons, which is common in USD 379 elementary classrooms.

Mr. Bent's 3rd graders were just starting a new story in their IntoReading textbook today. As with every new story, they started by reviewing the vocabulary used throughout the story. This included relating a picture of the word and having students read the definition in front of the group.

Mr. Nelson invites the community to El Puerto's on Jan. 30 for his next listening and informational sessions!


We’re closing in on the 100th Day of School! The kindergarten students in Mrs. Shannon’s class are engaging in all sorts of memorable learning with a variety of 100th Day themed centers.








Mrs. Kristi's afternoon Pre-K class has ventured outside this week for some sledding fun! Grounds/Maintenance staff Phil Kasper even got into the mix!








Mrs. Thomas' 2nd graders learned what could stop a landslide by making a model of a mountain and using materials to prevent erosion from occurring. This is part of their Mystery Science curriculum. This lesson focused on how water can cause fast and slow land changes.






During this National Mentoring Month, we wanted to say THANK YOU to all of our mentors for giving the gift of your time! We appreciate you and your continued support of TeamMates of Clay County. If you are not a mentor yet but would like to learn more, head over to teammates.org for more information, or contact lisalast@usd379.org.
Join the Team. Be a Mentor.
