Lincoln Unified School District 298

The Annual JH Christmas Open House is this evening from 6:00-7:00 in the LJSHS Commons...come start your holiday season with some JH creativity.

Due to the tragic loss of several Pike Valley youth, the JH basketball game scheduled for Monday, December 2nd has been postponed to a later date. We will announce the new date when it is re-scheduled.

4th graders experiment with thick and thin lava to learn to identify different volcanoes. (Source: Mystery Science)

JH girls win!! They beat Rock Hills tonight with a last minute free throw! Proud of your hard work-keep up the good work!

Schools are required to conduct at least four fire drills, two tornado drills and at least three crisis drills each school year. Our district held a crisis drill for emergency lock down today at our schools.

Great win Leopards! 32-12 over Tescott! Keep up the good work!

Tough loss Lady Leopards: 14-20. Proud of your effort and determination!

LES Site Council Trash Bag orders are available to pick up at the school starting tomorrow. Parents please pick up your student's order as the bags are bulky. Trash bags can still be purchased at school anytime. Thank you for your support of the LES Site Council.

Reminder to community card holders that the LHS weight room will be closed for access as HS wrestling has begun today. It will remain closed until JH wrestling is over mid-March.

We are collecting goods for a local family who lost everything in a house fire this last week. The family is in need of blankets and bedding for twin and queen size beds. Clothing for the parents ( size 24 pants/ 2-3xl womens and 36-38 pants/xl mens) and toys for the kids (2 boys). Any donations can be dropped off at Citizens State Bank in Lincoln as well as any monetary donations. If you have any questions please contact LES at 524-4487.

Thank you for all the candy donations, letters and drawings for active duty military. Members of the 3-1 AHB from Fort Riley will be at LES at 2:30 today to accept donations and speak to students. One more reason there is a lot to love about Lincoln schools.

Next week's JH basketball game on November 19 will be played at Cawker City and starts at 3:30 with 2 quarters of JV girls.

Congratulations to J. Fenn for having her Patriot's Pen essay win 1st place!Her essay will go onto the state level. Also, congratulations to J. Davied for earning 2nd place and G. Stewart for earning 3rd place. They all wrote essays around the theme "What makes America great?". Great work!!

Mary Andersen, Lincoln Carnegie Children's Librarian/Director, came to both Lincoln Elementary Preschool classes today to celebrate Kansas Reads to Preschoolers. The kids loved having her read to them a special book, I Like MySelf!, for this state-wide event.

Thank you J. Beckman from Nex-Tech for coming to speak to our students today about cyber-bullying and how to prevent it!

LES Parents and Community Members, tomorrow students in their PE classes will take part in an event to break the Guinness World Record in cup stacking with other people, please come support your students in this fun, educational activity. Any questions please contact the office.

LES Parents/Guardians: The next Site Council meeting will be Wednesday, November 20 at 3:45. Site Council is an excellent way to have a voice in your child's education and future. Please call Mrs. Schmidt at LES if you have questions.

Thank you to parents and students who donated leftover Halloween candy today at LES for service members. Candy will be collected every morning and after school at LES this week. If you can not make these times please call Mrs. Schmidt in the office.

Congratulations to the Parents As Teachers program on their Blue Ribbon designation! https://www.ksde.org/Home/Quick-Links/News-Room/nineteen-kansas-parents-as-teachers-programs-awarded-blue-ribbon-designation-1

Today is National STEM/STEAM Day! This day inspires students to explore their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math! Our high school IT Class is programming an advanced program in Scratch today.