We all have a “favorite teacher” from our childhood. Today I received the news that my favorite teacher, Mrs. Gaudet, has passed away. When I was in elementary school, I really didn’t care much for this thing called “school.” I don’t really know why. I just didn’t want to go, and I would’ve much rather Read More…

“What’s your story?” is not just our Lincoln theme this school year… It’s an invitation. We began our very first staff meeting with the opening of a time capsule buried beneath our playground 35 years ago. Inside were relics, photographs, and letters from a community that was captured and preserved in June of 1990. In Read More…

This weekend 5 of our Lincoln Lions were nominated for the iVIE Awards under the category of PSA (Public Service Announcement). Two of their videos “Cyberbullying” and “Peer Pressure” were nominated (and there were more than 300 submissions!) Saturday morning Ms. Peeples and Ms. Haro took 4 of our nominees down to The Forum at Read More…

Last Friday night Lincoln School held its first “Family Movie Night,” and it was a HUGE success. It was a lot of work, but the feedback from families was overwhelmingly positive. Kudos to our Lincoln PTA for organizing the event, and a very special Shout Out to our amazing staff members who volunteered their time Read More…

Yes they are! And, THESE results give us a small window of opportunity to make a VERY important decision in the way we do business at Lincoln each week. It’s a defining moment as we consider transforming from grade level GROUPS to grade level TEAMS. 🙂 Today our Lincoln Guiding Coalition (Leadership Team) looked at Read More…

Something is happening… And, as they say, “The New version is better than the previous.” A couple of months ago I created a very basic version of a data wall. My only request was that anyone interested could “make it your own.” A few weeks went by, and it seemed untouched. In fact, I was Read More…

About 40 of our 4th and 5th grade students had the opportunity to visit The Opera down at the San Diego Civic Theatre a couple of weeks ago. **Shout out to Rita, Diana, Beatriz, Malinda and Jasmina for volunteering as chaperones for the event!** We grabbed a quick bite to eat (pizza!) in our famous Read More…

(This is a revised version of a previous blog from last school year, and it’s important to revisit the topic.) Everyone is feeling the impact of staff/substitute vacancies right now (again). Every morning at Lincoln School, sacrifices are made to “get through the day.” Our current results from uncovered vacancies: *SPED classes don’t have the Read More…

There are many ways to bring joy to our little Lincoln community. Here is one of MANY examples. Our Lincoln “Trunk-or-Treat” event was a success! I asked a staff member, who was familiar with the event that took place prior to COVID, “How many should we expect?” — “Maybe around 300 people.” — Well, I’m Read More…

If you meandered through the staff workroom today, you may have noticed my colorful choice of new wall paper. But, that’s no ordinary wallpaper. It’s my not-so-subtle way of communicating that Lincoln School is driven by results. So why now? In all honesty, while educators were working countless hours establishing relationships and getting to know Read More…