Star Wars

So, we’re kind of geeking out about the new Star Wars and decided to pack the Bulldog store today with Star Wars merchandise. We’ve got Notebooks, Pencils, Keychains, and Stickers with Darth Vader, Yoda, R2D2, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and some Storm Troopers. Get the fast, they will probably be gone by the end of the day.

We are also offering our new Star Wars SpiritSticks. “U R-2 SMART”, “BE A FORCE“, and “YODA BEST”! Order forms are going home today along with the new Holiday SpirtSticks pack.

 

New 2014-15 Board

Last week, our PTA members took time to vote in the new 2014-15 PTA Unit Board (beginning July 1) at Lincoln. Congratulations to the new board and we know it will be a fantastic year!

PRESIDENT  |  Joshua Swodeck

EXECUTIVE VP  |  Claudia Rubio

SECRETARY  |  Diana Merida

TREASURER  |  Veronica Martinez

Autism Awareness Day

Today, April 2nd, marks a special day…the seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day. Lincoln’s PTA wants to say a very special thank you to all the teachers, staff, students, parents and friends who support our students living with Autism (both mainstream and special education) here at Lincoln every single day. We will never completely be able to understand what life is like for those living with Autism, but we are continuing to learn more about them and from them.

To the parents of our amazing students living with Autism…your bravery and dedication is unbelievably inspiring. Thank you for enduring and bringing your child to Lincoln every day. We know it’s not easy, but we hope it never goes unappreciated.

“Think of it: a disability is usually defined in terms of what is missing…But autism…is as much about what is abundant as what is missing, an over-expression of the very traits that make our species unique” – Paul Collins, Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism

Museums in Southern California offer free admission on Jan. 25

Twenty venues around Southern California will offer free admission on Jan. 25 as part of the annual Museums Free-for-All program.

Participating museums include the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the Orange County Museum of Art.

The offer is valid for general museum admission only, organizers said, and may not apply to special ticketed exhibitions. Regular parking fees apply at each venue.

The free day can offer substantial savings for families. General adult admission at LACMA is normally $15, and at MOCA it’s $12. The Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach normally charges $12 for an adult admission.

Some of the participating museums such as the Getty Center already offer free admission to all. (The Getty Villa requires timed tickets for entry.) The Hammer Museum is scheduled to switch over to free admission at all times starting Feb. 9.

The Museums Free-for-All program is organized by SoCal Museums, an umbrella marketing group that had been known as the Museum Marketing Roundtable.

Here’s the full list of museums participating in the Jan. 25 free day:

Annenberg Space for Photography
Armory Center for the Arts
Autry National Center of the American West
California African American Museum
California Science Center
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Getty Center
Getty Villa
Hammer Museum
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Fire Department Museum and Memorial (Hollywood and San Pedro)
Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum of Latin American Art
Orange County Museum of Art
Paley Center for Media
Pasadena Museum of California Art
Santa Monica Museum of Art
USC Pacific Asia Museum

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-museums-southern-california-free-20140108,0,2193183.story#ixzz2puO2KTjY

CANDYLAND Book Fair

CANDYLAND BOOK FAIR this week (12/2 – 12/6)! Open everyday during lunch recess & after school. We’ll be in room 2 in the main building.

Spend $10 and get a NEW Spirit Stick (book must be purchased).

Another day working as a team

One city…many hands. Whether it’s PTA Council meetings or PUSD Parent Lead meetings, taking time to connect with other parent innovators throughout the city is important to the success of all our students.

The BOOK FAIR is Coming!

The “Bulldog Barn” will open Monday, December 3 until Wednesday, December 12 every school day from 11:30am to 3:30pm in Room 9.

For the first time ever, we will offer 30% off all new books as an effort to make buying books for students just a little easier.

Don’t miss our “WILD WEST” Family Night, Friday, December 7 from 4:00p to 7:00p. We have a few surprises in store, so you won’t want to miss this.

Come visit us during Parent Conferences and say hello. We would love to see you. If you are available to help at the Book Fair, please let us know.

Arts-heavy Preschool Helps Children Grow Emotionally

How do children learn how to learn? One essential skill is mastering their emotions – learning how to stay positive as much as possible, and how to deal with those inevitable interludes of sadness, anger or fear.

Newly published research suggests low-income kids are more likely to develop these all-important abilities if they attend a unique preschool program that integrates education and the arts.

The arts-rich curriculum produced more “positive emotions such as interest, happiness and pride, and greater growth in emotion regulation across the school year,” reports West Chester University psychologist Eleanor D. Brown.

These results are particularly significant, she adds, given “the critical importance of children’s social-emotional readiness to learn.”

READ THE ARTICLE

PTA Family Movie Night

Our upcoming PTA Family Night is quickly coming. Friday, September 14, 2012 we are having a FREE Double Feature in the Abraham Lincoln Auditorium for our students and their families/friends. 2 Movies. 1 Night.

5:00p “Despicable Me“ (PG)

When a criminal mastermind uses a trio of orphan girls as pawns for a grand scheme, he finds their love is profoundly changing him for the better. With Steve Carell and Julie Andrews.

6:45p “The Lorax“ (PG)

A 12-year-old boy searches for the one thing that will enable him to win the affection of the girl of his dreams. To find it he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world. With Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Danny DeVito, Ed Helms and Betty White.

PTA Members get 1 FREE Bag of Popcorn & 1 FREE Drink. Snacks and Drinks for sale throughout the night.

Movie Viewing License provided by Swank

An Arts Experience

A small group of kids from Lincoln Elementary got to experience being an artist hands-on today. Eight of our kids won the grand prize from our last fundraiser…a Limo ride. But, where would this limo take them? To a park? To Chuck E. Cheese? To McDonalds? No. We took them to the AMOCA, American Museum of Ceramic Art, about five blocks up the street. We followed that up with a quick visit with sculptor, Dan Romero, at the Sculpture Park.

At AMOCA, they toured the KilnOpening exhibit featuring work by local high school and college students and their teachers. Following a quick tour, we made a beeline to their large ceramics studio to try our hands at our own ceramic sculptures. Watching the kids make a mess with the clay and come up the most creative piggybank/fountain/whatchmacallits was a treat. We will be picking up their art pieces next week after they have been heated in the Kiln.

Then we make a quick run, via our limo, over to the Sculpture Park. We watched Dan cut some metal with his blowtorch and laughed as Mrs. McMullen and Chara Swodeck played on the 3-person Teeter-Totter.

We ended with a ice cream sandwiches…just as it started to rain. It was a great afternoon.

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Tomorrow, we celebrate Earth Day with our Earth Festival at Lincoln as well as launch our last fundraiser of the year…chocolate sales. It’s going to be a busy day.