Lincoln

LINCOLN ELEMENTARY RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE

By Lamont Neal on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

Together, students and staff at Lincoln Elementary in Huntington make it a point to model excellence every day. In fact, the school's mission statement spells out that goal pretty clearly: "Students and staff strive for excellence, expect excellence, and exhibit excellence."

In keeping with that goal, Lincoln uses a School Excellence Program to recognize students, teachers and staff who exemplify excellence in their everyday activities... Read More...

Lincoln Receives Certification

By Lamont Neal on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Since 2002, schools throughout the Huntington County Community School Corporation have been striving to incorporate the Highly Effective Teaching model in its classrooms, and Lincoln Elementary has successfully completed the multi-step process to be designated as a Highly Effective Learning Certified School... Read More...

Students Enjoy Reading Buddies

By Lori Ingle on Sunday, April 28th, 2013

First-grade students at Lincoln Elementary spend quality time with special community volunteers who meet them at the school a couple of times each month to read with them.

First-grade teacher Ashley Ransom says students really enjoy spending time with their buddies, who read with them, practice frequency words and play word games... Read More...

Students Earn Free Books at Lincoln

By Jennifer Hans on Monday, January 7th, 2013

A fifth-grade class at Lincoln Elementary helped lead the charge to earn 440 free books for students at their school.

Early in the school year, students in Zella Walborn's class heard about the SunnyD Book Spree program, which allows teachers to earn 20 free books for collecting and submitting the UPC codes from 20 SunnyD beverages... Read More...

Lincoln DONATE 280 POUNDS OF POP TABS

By Jennifer Hans on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Students at Lincoln Elementary School in Huntington will be making a special presentation to Ronald McDonald at 12:50 p.m. today, Dec. 19.

Students and their families have been collecting aluminum tabs from soda cans for the last few years on behalf of the Ronald McDonald House, which provides a comfortable home away from home for the families of hospitalized children... Read More...

Lincoln Students Share Wax Museum

By Jennifer Hans on Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Fifth-grade students from Lincoln Elementary are bringing history to life Wednesday, Nov. 28, through an interactive "wax museum" presentation.

The wax museum project has been several weeks in the making. Each fifth-grader began by choosing a person who has made a difference in American history and researching interesting facts and information about that person... Read More...

Lincoln students learn life lessons

By Jennifer Hans on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

Students at Lincoln Elementary do plenty of hands-on learning, thanks to the school's newly-established "Abe Bucks" mini economy program.

The premise of the program is simple. Students do jobs in classrooms and around the school. In return, they are paid "Abe Bucks," which can be used to purchase goods (pencils, folders, notebooks, etc... Read More...

Social Media Used to Reach Parents

By Jennifer Hans on Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Teachers and staff at Lincoln Elementary School in Huntington are using social media tools to reach out to parents and students.

Principal Adam Drummond says parents want to know what's happening at school, and he can share information quickly and easily via Twitter. Drummond typically tweets twice each school day, including daily attendance numbers and at least one example of student excellence... Read More...

Volunteer Spotlight:: Ivey and Rydell

By Lamont Neal on Friday, June 8th, 2012

Two of Lincoln Elementary's parent volunteers have logged a remarkable 424 combined hours of service in the last year. Janetta Rydell, who has volunteered 292 hours of her time, and Tim Ivey, who has volunteered 132 hours, are among a dedicated group of parent volunteers who frequently serve throughout Huntington County Community School Corporation... Read More...

Heith Garner Spaghetti Dinner

By Anita Henry on Friday, October 7th, 2011

Lincoln Elementary School announces the 2nd annual Heith Garner Scholarship Spaghetti Dinner and Talent show! The Dinner and Talent Show will be held Thursday October 13, 2011 from 5:30pm – 7:30pm in the Lincoln Elementary cafeteria and gym. All proceeds from this dinner go directly to the Lincoln Elementary Heith Garner Scholarship Fund... Read More...

Lincoln Spelling Bee 2011

By Anita Henry on Thursday, January 20th, 2011

The champion for the Lincoln Elementary Spelling Bee this year is Dalton Lusch, a fifth grader in Mrs. Livingston’s classroom.  He is the son of Cory and Rebecca Lusch.  Dylan Stansell, also a fifth grader, is the runner-up.  His parents are Jason and Amy Stansell.  The winning word was “linear... Read More...

Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie Fundraiser

By Anita Henry on Friday, November 5th, 2010

Well, it's that time of year again! The annual Otis Spunkmeyer Cookie fundraiser has begun. This year the fundraiser, sponsored by the Lincoln Caring Families (LCF), is an attempt to raise enough money to fund an informational sign for Lincoln Elementary School. If you have driven by Horace Mann or Riverview Schools, you have seen the type of sign... Read More...

Huntington University Baseball Players

By Anita Henry on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

This is not an LCF event but Lincoln Elementary would like to acknowledge the Huntington University Baseball Players who are participating in the mentor program. This mentor program takes place on Wednesdays from 11:30-12:30 pm at Lincoln Elementary School. Ten players from the baseball team volunteer one hour of their time to mentor a Lincoln Elementary student... Read More...

School Calendars

By Anita Henry on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

August 12, 2010 letters went out to the local businesses that donated funds for the school calendars this year. On behalf of the Lincoln Caring Families (LCF), thank you to those businesses for their help in publishing the 2010-2011 School Calendars. LCF was able to purchase this comprehensive calendar with all of Lincoln Elementary’s scheduled events throughout the school year... Read More...

Entertainment Books

By Anita Henry on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

The Entertainment Books that came home with Lincoln Elementary students was a big hit! If you haven’t returned the books/money for this fundraiser event, please do so as soon as possible. The proceeds of this fundraiser were $1927.50. Wow! That is pretty impressive! Nice job to all who made this a huge success! The proceeds from this support will go to the Heith Garner Scholarship Fund... Read More...