13726 N.

State Road 245

Lamar, IN 47550
www.nspencer.org/ltes twitter: @Lincoln_Trail

Principal: Mr. Ben Lawalin
Secretary: Mrs. Mary Roos
Phone: (812) 937-2400 ext. 5
Fax: (812) 544-2930

September 4th, 2014
School Happenings
Lifeskill Nominations: This week teachers nominated one student from their class who has
demonstrated the lifeskill of cooperation. These kids will be treated to an ice cream sundae at our first
quarter celebration assembly.
KDG = Macy Winkler & Xander Peay
1st Grade = Hayden Coop & Caiden Bosley
2nd Grade = Biviana Arevalo & Alexis Paulin
3rd Grade = Christian Lane & Preston Coop
4th Grade = Olivia Susnjara & Avery Vinson
5th Grade = Ellie Williams & Kennedy Tate
6th Grade = Jazmyn Allen & Jake Johnson
You can see a picture of these great kids on our school website or by following us on twitter!

Daycare on Inclement Weather Days - We currently do NOT have enough interest in daycare to
support staffing our daycare on these days. If you have a need for care for your enrolled LT student(s) in
PK-6th grade, please return the form attached by next Friday September 12. Reminder, we need a
minimum of 8 interested parents to support staffing. This deadline will allow us to make a final decision
about offering this service and give parents needing daycare enough time to make alternate plan.

Parent-Teacher Conferences - P/T conferences are scheduled on September 30th & October 2th
from approximately 3-7 each evening. Forms are coming home in this weeks Thursday folder for you to
fill out. Our teachers will let you know your scheduled time once all have been scheduled. Check out the
checklist below for some helpful tips to get the most out of these conferences.

Reminders & Upcoming Events
Tuesday, September 9th = PTO Chili Supper Meeting @ 5:00
Thursday, September 11th = Coke Fundraiser Begins
Thursday, September 18th = PTO Meeting @ 4:30
September 24th & 25th = 6th Grade CPR Class
Friday, September 26th = Coke Orders Due
September 29th-October 3rd = Book Fair




Last Chance Inclement Weather and Fall Break Daycare Registration
Parent Name _______________________________________ School: LTES
Deadline: September 12
Name of Child(ren) _________________________, _______________________

Please check one or both regarding your childs attendance on non-school days. This only
needs to be completed if you will be utilizing this service.

____ Yes, my children will attend daycare on days when school is cancelled due to weather. I
realize I will be charged $20 per day, per child, even if I change my mind.

____ Yes, my children will attend daycare on fall break (circle day(s) of attendance): October 23
October 24. Please indicate if attending 1 or both days. I realize I will be charged even if I
change my mind.


Community News & Events
Hunter Education - Rodney Oxley will be offering a Hunters Education Course on September 20-21.
For more information contact Rodney Oxley at (812) 726-4440.

A Parent's Guide to P/T Conferences
Checklist: Before the conference
1. Schedule a time to meet. If you cant go at the scheduled time, ask
the teacher about other times.

2. Review your childs work, grades,
and progress reports.

3. Talk with your child about his or
her progress in school.

4. Talk with othersfamily
members, after school staff,
mentors, etc.about your childs
strengths and needs.

5. Make a list of questions to ask
during the conference.

6. Think about ways you would like
to be involved in your childs
learning so that you can discuss
them with the teachers.


Inspire Challenge Achieve Nurture

























3rd Grade - Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was known
as The Father of Modern Art. He used black
paint and black paper in most of his art. Ask your
3rd grader why Matisse used so much black and
how it helped his colorful works of art to be
successful.
4th Grade - Vincent VanGogh (1853-1890) is one
of the most recognized artists ever to be born. 4th
grade students have studied about his life and his
wonderful masterpieces such as The Starry Night.
VanGogh traveled around during his life and left
many of his artworks behind as he moved from
place to place. Ask your 4th grader what normally
happened to the artwork he did not take with him.
Also, ask them to explain what they are drawing in
our classroom which relates to his art.


Art
Lincoln Trail
Elementary
Sep t emb er 2014
SP ECIAL AREA NEWSLETTER
The music classes from grades K-3 have had a
lot of fun to start the year! Besides getting to
know one another, we have been learning about
many of the basics of music, experiencing the
music of Leonard Bernstein, our Composer of the
Month, and dancing to the Crazy Freeze.

We have been focusing with two primary
elements of music, especially in kindergarten and
first grade: beat and pitch. Second and third
grades have been expanding on these basics,
and adding a little bit more.

The Kindergarten students have learned that
music, like our body, has a beat that keeps us
moving. We have discovered that there are
strong beats and weak beats, and can generally
find those in a song.

First grade is learning about pitch, and how to
tell which instrument would produce high or low
pitches. Our goal is to be able to match pitch
patterns. Be watching your student over the next
weeks to see what we are going to learn about
posture will show up at home!

I will be publishing a classroom website soon. It
is still in construction stage- but I hope to have it
online shortly. You can look for it at
http://akersmusic.weebly.com.

P.E

Over the past few weeks of school, all grade
levels have been busy in physical education
learning new running forms. The running
forms the students are learning teach
students the basic fundamental skills such as
jumping, balancing, agility and footwork.
Upper level students always look forward to
doing the grapevine in class, while lower level
tends to get a kick out of bunny jumping. I
look forward to seeing each students display
improvement as they continue to practice in
the weeks to come.

Music K-3
4th graders, Dakota Boerste, Charles
Brentlinger, and Avery Vinson working on
their VanGogh art.
Kindergarten student, Able Hoesli showing
his self-portrait drawing.

















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Whats Trending in Technology at
Lincoln Trail?

Technology students in grades 4-6 have already
learned about several new sites this school
year. Ask them about the Symbaloo page they
created for storing their favorite websites. They
can also show you the Haiku Deck they made
about themselves. The fourth grade was
introduced to Digital Passport. They are learning
to make smart decisions when engaging
themselves with technology. If you need some
help with organization on your home computer,
the students now know how to create folders in
their email and google drive accounts. In the
near future, 6th graders will be creating
presentations over the provinces in Canada. The
fifth grade will learn about a website where you
can create your own quizzes so individuals can
compete against each other on their own
devices. We will also continue to work on our
keyboarding skills with Typing Web. Since many
of the students writing prompts are now typed
instead of handwritten, we will continue to
improve our typing speed and
accuracy. Hopefully, your child will share their
new-found knowledge with you. We have many
exciting and interesting lessons to come!


Technology Music 4-6
Band and Choir
Band and choir are jumping into the school year!

Choir students began to learn their first song of
the year, Happy by Pharell and sounded great
doing it! We have many exciting things planned
to surprise the student body with!

Band is in the process of learning how to count
rhythms and getting ready to put instruments in
our hands. Make sure your child attends the
Instrument Try-Out Night next, Thursday,
September 4
th
from 5-8 in the Heritage Hills High
School Band Room. This is a free night for any
who want to try a bunch of instruments before
picking one they want learn. Contact me if you
are interested!
Welcome back to the music room! Over the past
two weeks, the upper level students have been
reaquainting themselves to the music curriculum
and getting ready for some new projects.

The 4
th
grade has been learning the correct
techniques of singing posture and review note
values. See if they can explain to you the Sailor
note game and play at home!

5
th
grade has been talking about their favorite
genres, or categories of music. Weve been
watching videos and identifying qualities of
different genres. Students will soon be starting a
group project to find out more about the genre of
their choice.

6
th
grade is back to the basics of music. They are
reviewing all they need to know about the staff
and reading music. This is setting them up to be
the first to try out our new selection of classroom
guitars and learn about chords!
Music 4-6, Band and Choir: Mrs. Adrienne Collignon
Art: Mrs. Gina Kost
Technology: Ms. Becky Gasaway
Physical Education: Mr. Clay Robison
Music K-3: Mr. Ryan Akers