13726 N.

State Road 245

Lamar, IN 47550
www.nspencer.org/ltes twitter: @Lincoln_Trail

Principal:Mr.BenLawalin
Secretary:Mrs.MaryRoos
Phone:(812)9372400ext.5
Fax:(812)5442930

October 2nd, 2014

School Happenings
LTShirtsAllLTshirtshavenowbeendistributed.IwouldliketogiveabigthankyoutoourPTOfor
purchasingshirtsforus.WeareplacingonemoreorderonMondayifyouneedtopurchaseashirt.The
orderformisattachedtothisnewsletter.Pleasesendyourmoneyalongwithyouordertoourofficeby
Monday.AllstudentsshouldweartheirnewLTshirtsonFriday,October10thforaschoolpicture.

CokeFundraiserThankstoyoursupport,weraisedover$7,000onthecokefundraiser!Youwill
starttoseeourPTObeginspendingthesefundssoon.Forexample,wejustinstalledanewprojectorin
ourpreschool!Liketheshirts,weareholdingourorderuntilMondayafternoonifanyonewishestoorder
additionalcases.

OctoberisNationalBullyingPreventionMonthOctoberisNationalBullyingPreventionMonth.
Bullyingknowsnoboundaries,itaffectsstudentsofallracesandclasses.Statisticsshowoneinfourkids
arebulliedandupto43%ofchildrenhavebeenbulliedonline.Pleaseencourageyourchildtotakea
standagainstbullyingbyparticipatinginBlueShirtDayonMonday,October6.Wearingblueonthis
daywillshowsupportforWorldBullyingPreventionDayandtheneedtostompoutbullying!Formore
informationonthisimportantissuegotowww.stompoutbullying.org.

SeptemberBoxTopsTheboxtopsnumbersareinforthemonthofSeptember.Thankyouagainfor
takingtimetocutandsendthesein.Withyourhelp,weraised$458.90justforthemonthofSeptember!
Hereishowtheclassesfinishedforthismonth:
1stPlace=4thGradeMrs.Persohn(577)
2ndPlace=6thGradeMrs.Ballard(532)
3rdPlace=6thGradeMrs.Sitzman(528)
4thPlace=4thGradeMrs.Vaal(474)
5thPlace=5thGradeMrs.Porter(467)
Mrs.PersohnsstudentswillreceiveafreesnackfromthePTOforwinningthemonthofSeptember.
Remember,theclassroomthatfinishesinfirstplace(cumulativetotalfortheyear)willreceiveanafter
schoolpizzapartyandbowlingtrip!Hereishowtheclassesstandsofar:

1stPlace=6thGradeMrs.Ballard(1,974)
2ndPlace=6thGradeMrs.Sitzman(1,305)
3rdPlace=3rdGradeMrs.Schroeder(1,155)
4thPlace=4thGradeMrs.Vaal(1,018)
5thPlace=4thGradeMrs.Persohn(916)

FlexibilityNominees:StudentswererecognizedthisweekfordemonstratingthelifeskillofFlexibility.
Thesestudentswillreceiveaspecialtreatatourfirstcelebrationassembly.
KDGMrs.Beck:LayniLitherland KDGMrs.Bolling:KamdenKellems
1stGradeMrs.Jahn:NoraFerguson 1stGradeMrs.Vance:HaleyFisher
2ndGradeMs.Smith:MollyScherzer 2ndGradeMs.Peters:LyliahGripenstroh
3rdGradeMrs.Lueken:ZachGeer 3rdGradeMrs.Schroeder:KelseyWaninger
4thGradeMrs.Vaal:HalleLaswell 4thGradeMrs.Persohn:PiperCarl
5thGradeMrs.Porter:GabeStaggs 5thGradeMrs.Tempel:OwenSchaad
6thGradeMrs.Sitzman:JennaNorrick 6thGradeMrs.Ballard:AubreeBrown

Community News
FFAPumpkinCarvingforK3Students:ThiseventisfreetoallstudentsintheNorthSpencerarea
thatareinkindergartenthroughthirdgrade.ItwillbeheldattheDaleParkunderthebigshelterhouseon
October19,2014at1:00P.M.CST.PickupreservationslipsintheschoolofficeandreturnbyFriday,
October10
th
.

LincolnHeritagePublicLibraryInformation:
October29th:HalloweenCostumeParty/ContestAges6months6thgrade5:00p.m.6:30p.m.
October30th:ZombiePartyGrades7th12th5:006:30p.m.NOREGISTRATIONREQUIRED.

SantaClausOptimistTriStarSoccer:TheSantaClausOptimistwillholdtheirannualTriStarSoccer,
dribbling,throwingandkicking,contestforgirlsandboysage13andunderonSaturday,October4at
YelligField.Youthcanparticipateanytimebetween8:30and11:30a.m.Certificatesandmedalswillbe
awarded.Thereisnocosttoparticipate.ForadditionalinformationcontactRonFuhrmanat5899325.

Reminders & Upcoming Events

Monday,October6th=AcuityReadinessTesting(Grades36),wearBlueShirttoschool
Wednesday,October8th=SantaClausFireDept.DemoforKDG&Preschool
Thursday,October9th=PTOMeeting@3:30
Friday,October10th=LTShirtDay
Tuesday,October14th=KDGFieldTrip
Wednesday,October15th=5thGradeImmunizations
Thursday,October16th=SchoolPictures,GreatAmericanShakeoutEarthquakeDrill
Friday,October17th=2ndGradeFieldTrip
Saturday,October18th=LTChiliSupper,47pm
Tuesday,October21st=6thGradeFieldTrip,1stGradeVisionScreening
Wednesday,October22nd=PTOFallParty

Inspire Challenge Achieve Nurture

Our kindergarten students have really enjoyed
art class! They have learned about and designed
art like Dutch/abstract artist, Piet Mondrian.
Mondrian liked to use vertical and horizontal
lines and the primary colors of red, blue and
yellow. Kindergarten students have worked hard
gluing black strips of paper onto large white
paper. Later, they painted with primary colors to
fill in the spaces they created. They are very
excited about how their final art pieces have
turned out!
Our 6th grade students are currently learning
about Impressionist artists of the 1800s such as
Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro,
Mary Cassatt and Edgar Degas. Artists of this
time would capture scenes of how people lived
their day to day lives. Some of them would paint
dancers in motion, beautiful flower gardens or a
mother playing with her small child. All time
favorite artist, Claude Monet would create
paintings of nature and how sunlight enhanced
the beautiful outdoor scenery he would observe.
6th grade students are currently painting
Impressionist scenes of their own. They, like
the master artists are trying to capture a
moment in time. They seem to be enjoying it,
too!

Art
Lincoln Trail
Elementary
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Over the past couple of weeks, 4-6th graders
have been working on their frisbee unit.
Throughout the unit, students have had the
opportunity to practice the forehand throw along
with two different types of catches. Students
have also discovered a frisbee can be used for a
wide variety of activities and games. In class,
students were able to play an actual game of disc
golf using our disc golf course at Lincoln Trail
Elementary. While playing disc golf students
focused on many skills, for example, accuracy of
their throw, scoring, and lastly, strategy. During
this unit, students began to realize that physical
activity does not have to be painful or dreadful.
In fact, students found frisbee to be an exciting
activity that they can participate in at home or
outside of school. It is my goal to teach students
one activity that they enjoy and can participate in
for a life time. There are certain activities that
one can do only for a short period of time,
therefore, it is important to find an activity that
you can continue to participate in throughout your
adulthood.
Mrs. Ballards 6
th
grade class working
onimpressionistic art.

Kindergarten students displaying
their artwork!
Be sure and check out the new Great Art
display! Each week, one student from any
grade level will be featured as a great artist.
Their art will be hanging up for everyone to
admire.






































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\Media Matters!

It has been an extremely busy and fun week in the
library! We introduced the Scholastic book fair last
Friday with a silly skit that included Mrs. Gasaway
dressing up as a king. To enhance the medieval
theme, the media center was transformed into Sir
Read-a-lots castle in the Kingdom of Books. We have
had our largest selection of books and
more. Additions to this years fair have been a large
pre-school section, an expanded selection of adult
reads and cookbooks, a teen section for our upper
level students, and an entire section dedicated to
Lego books. By popular demand, we have several
choices of Minecraft books as well.
The book fair will be open tonight during teacher
conferences and then tomorrow for library
classes. If your child needs to make a last minute
purchase tomorrow and their class has already
visited the fair, dont stress. They just need to tell
their teacher and we will make arrangements for
them to make their purchases during recess or at
the end of the day.
Thank you for supporting the book fair! 100% of our
profits go towards purchasing additional books for
the library. It is essential for us to provide current
and appealing books to our students. By engaging
them in reading, we are improving their vocabulary
and comprehension skills . Avid readers tend to be
stronger spellers and writers, and they gain more
knowledge of the world. If you have any suggestions
for improving the book fair, please email Ms. Gasaway
your ideas at bgasaway@mail.nspencer.k12.in.us .

Media Music 4-6

What a great start to the year in upper level
music!

The 4
th
grade has been working hard to master
note values and singing posture. Mrs. Vaals class
won the Singing Posture Sing-Off and 5 stickers
for their class! Soon, we will begin to write our
own rhythms and play them on classroom
instruments.

5
th
grade is finishing up their genre projects and
presenting them. We have learned some really
interesting things about different genres. Soon,
I will be posting some of them up on my website
to see: musicwithmrscollignon.weebly.com. Make
sure to check them out!

6
th
grade has been reviewing phrases and
dynamics. We actually played a game they
remembered from Kindergarten to review
different dynamics in music. Soon we will be
putting this knowledge onto the new guitars!

All classes are anxiously waiting for our annual
Halloween game in music! It will be here the last
week in October!


































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\One of the things I find fascinating about
learning new skills in music class is seeing how
those skills apply to "real-world" performing
musicians. The 2nd and 3rd grade music classes
have been doing just that with two different
skills.

In 2nd grade, we have learned a new term:
ostinato. Ostinato is a repeated rhythm- similar
to the Energizer Bunny, it keeps going, and
going, and going... We have listened to
symphonies, rock and roll, bluegrass, and jazz to
see how ostinato can be used to unity within a
section of the music. Each student has made an
ostinato out of shapes, and will be turning that
into a rhythm, then adding a melody. I look
forward to hearing those performed soon!

The 3rd grade has been learning how to read
and write rhythms. We've been using call and
response and echo calling quite a bit in class to
learn new ways of using rhythm. They were
fascinated as we watched a recording from a
live performance using a lot of echo calling and
call and response.


Music K-3 Technology
Band
Band has really kicked off this year! We have a
number of new students who have made it
through the first 5 notes of their instruments!
Some of our vetrens will be starting sheet music
this coming week! Make sure to ask your band
student to show off what they have been doing
in class!
The technology classes have been working to
learn how to type with speed, accuracy, and
ease. If your child hasn't already shown you,
visitwww.typingclub.com to see how we've been
working on that skill set. It is a free resource,
and is excellent at teaching the typing process.
If a student can increase their accuracy and
typing speed from 5 words per minute to 15
words per minute, homework and testing time
can be used more efficiently. What would have
taken 60 minutes to type can be reduced to 20!
We've also been working on word processing,
formatting, navigating the internet, and what
some of the special keys on a keyboard do.

It is great to see students connect what we are
working on in class to what they experience at
home- through saving time on their homework,
to hearing something in music that they noticed
while they were listening at home.
Music 4-6, Band and Choir: Mrs. Adrienne Collignon
Art: Mrs. Gina Kost
Technology: Ms. Becky Gasaway
Physical Education: Mr. Clay Robison
Music K-3: Mr. Ryan Akers

Choir students have been working really hard
the first full month of school. We have
successfully had our first flash mob and are
jumping in to our Winter program material.
Check out the entire performance of our flash
mob at musicwithmrscollignon.weebly.com
LT
Happy
Flash Mob
Choir
Student Name: ______________________________
Teacher Name: ______________________________
* Case =24 - 20 oz. Bottles
* Order forms & money must be
returned to school no later than
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* Make checks payable to:
"Lincoln Trail PTO"
* Product needs to be picked up at
the Chili Supper, October 18th.
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Coca-Cola Fundraiser - Fall 2014
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Dear Parent/Guardian,

Once again the PTO will be purchasing a t-shirt for every student. The shirts will be
charcoal grey with a design on the front of the shirt in all white. The design can be
found on the back side of this order form. Please complete the following information
for your child in order for them to receive his or her free shirt! All order forms must be
returned to the school office by Monday, October 6
th
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Students Name:___________________ Students Teacher:__________________
Please circle the size needed for your childs free shirt!
T-shirt size: Y. Small Y. Medium Y. Large Y. X-Large

A. Small A. Medium A. Large A. X-Large A. XX-Large A.XXX-Large
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Want to show your school spirit? This year additional shirts can be ordered in the form
of t-shirt ($10.00), long sleeve t-shirt ($15.00), ladies cut t-shirt ($10.00), crew neck
sweatshirt ($17.00) and hooded sweatshirts ($20.00). Order yours today!

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Total Price: _______

*Please make all checks payable to Lincoln Trail PTO.
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