Friday is the 100th Day of school at Lincoln Elementary! Please check with your child's teacher for class activities or dress up options!
Meet Ms. Mauch!
Meet Ms. Natasha!
Below is a link to the parent survey, please take a few minutes to complete it. Thank you!
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScCMJwBbH2m4Q5PqiRotCmUxKIaMYFUxlVr3jc7djuged-3gQ/viewform
Celebrating Mrs. Eiler's birthday!
Check out the most recent newsletter from the School Well-Being Program (free counseling and mental health navigation services) and BPA Health. We are proud to be able to offer these resources to our students and their families! https://conta.cc/49FOL8x
Don't forget our school dance tonight! 5:30-7:00 at the school!
Do you love your child’s teacher? Has your child had a teacher who made an impact or who went above and beyond?
Here in the TFSD we are lucky to have an Education Foundation that helps recognize our outstanding educators. To do this, they organized a Teacher of the Month program that named one elementary teacher and one secondary teacher for this honor. If you know a great educator, please take a moment to nominate them for this honor. The nomination application is open now and can be accessed here: https://forms.gle/PE1ez3kuFwBN77rW6
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Meet Ms. Myers!
Don't forget our Winter Wonderland Family Dance this Thursday at 5:30!
Meet Ms. Amanda!
January's PTO meeting is scheduled for January 9th at 3:15 in room K1! Hope to see you there!
📚 A Look Back on This Year's First Semester! 🎉
Fifth graders at Lincoln Elementary helped Mr. Mike pack away Halloween decorations—and they didn’t just find boxes and bags! As they were hard at work, they stumbled upon some new treasures that made the task even more fun! ✨👀
#LincolnElementary #StudentHelpers #HalloweenTreasures #Teamwork #FifthGradeFun #SchoolSpirit
There’s still time to make a difference! Homelessness impacts a child’s ability to learn, but with your support, we can provide the stability they need. Just $25 can provide hygiene supplies for a family, $75 can fund equipment for extracurriculars, and $150 can feed a student for a month. Let’s help them focus on learning, not survival. Donate before Dec. 31 to help TFSD reach our goal of $5,000. Every dollar helps! https://www.avenuesforhope.org/organizations/twin-falls-school-district #AvenuesForHope #LastChanceToGive #SupportTFSD
Meet a TFSD student who’s balancing schoolwork with the challenge of homelessness. “I do my homework at a local McDonald’s or coffee shop where I can get free Wi-Fi,” they shared. No student should have to struggle with finding a safe, quiet place to learn. Help us support students facing homelessness by donating to the Avenues for Hope campaign. Your contribution can provide food, supplies, and stability so they can focus on their education. Donate today: https://www.avenuesforhope.org/organizations/twin-falls-school-district #AvenuesForHope #SupportTFSDStudents
Extracurricular activities help students feel connected to their schools and friends—but for students experiencing homelessness, participating in sports or music programs can be difficult without proper gear. Your donation of $75 to the Avenues for Hope campaign could help provide a student with athletic shoes or the supplies they need to join in. Let’s work together to give every student a fair chance to thrive! Donate here: https://www.avenuesforhope.org/organizations/twin-falls-school-district #EveryDollarCounts #TFSDGivesBack
Meet Mrs. Lythgoe!
Our very own Mrs. Lythgoe is Teacher of the Month!
Michelle Lythgoe is one of the most dedicated interventionists I have had the pleasure of working with at Lincoln Elementary School. She goes above and beyond to ensure that every decision being made is with the students best interest at heart. She takes great care in understanding the unique needs of her students and tailors her interventions to reflect those needs. She is tasked with
making para schedules and walk to intervention schedules each year based off of school wide fluency data, which her and her paras administer the test, collect the data and then report out the scores to the teachers. Even though I see her working hard, she does so with a smile and a collaborative spirit. It makes working with her a joy and a privilege.
This year we are using a program called Corrective Reading in our interventions for third through fifth grade. Michelle has worked hard at having all students placement tested into the program and then she has worked to have each instructor do further mastery testing within each level, to ensure that each student is placed exactly where they need to be, this allows teachers to close gaps in literacy at a higher rate than if we didn't have this process. In addition to this; Michelle runs her own intervention group at each grade level, her students grow each year at a fast pace and we have seen her students retain the information from year to year.
Michelle works with every grade level so building relationships can be tough. But I see her remember all students names, personal interests and strengths of those students from year to year. I have also witnessed her letting her students know that she cares about them and wants to see them succeed in and out of school. The most impressive thing to watch is when she has duty at the end of the day. She remembers not only her students names, but who their parents are as they are leaving the property. She has a way of making every one feel special because she makes a point to know their names and more.
I would say it is difficult for Michele to exhibit groundbreaking or innovative teaching strategies because much of her role is to use intervention programs. With that being said, she studies and works hard to have consistency in routines, explicit and systematic teaching in all literacy strategies to support all of her grade level teachers. Where this may not feel groundbreaking it is essential when teaching other teachers students so that kids can do the learning without having to remember new routines as they come to her for intervention.
