
USD 379 will be closed on Tuesday, February 18th, 2025. No school or activities.


Each Pre-K classroom at Lincoln has a period of "free play" each day. Research tells us that this is one of the most important parts of a preschool classroom. Learning how to play together, share, and show creativity is just as important as academic success in their early years. Students also have "read" time. Even if they don't know the words yet, it teaches them the importance and enjoyment of reading books.

Every third grade classroom at Lincoln has spelling lists for each week. Each room has different ways to work on these lists and learn the words. It is more than just memorizing, as each list has a theme to help them remember.

Every year, Nurse Jessie Smith brings in various animal hearts to the LES second graders to teach about the anatomy of a heart and how it works. It's always one of their best memories of the year! For those who choose (and are brave enough) to do so, they even get to touch them!

USD 379 will be closed on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025. No school or activities.


Lincoln School Book Fair Info!


Last week, the students in Mrs. Payne's 2nd grade class wrapped up their unit on floods, erosion, and mudslides with a guest model presented by Mrs. Affolter's CCCHS Teaching as a Career class. They worked together to collect data on different methods, mimicking both natural and man-made erosion prevention, learning multiple methods are best! Everyone had fun with the "Dirt and Worms" dessert celebration on the last day!


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.