Principal Update 6.10.19

Dear families,

Our last full week of school is upon us!  We’re looking forward to another wonderful Celebration Day on Tuesday morning — or Wednesday if Tuesday is rained out!  Volunteers will be hearing from Mr. Rota soon, and parents are welcome to join us on the field to cheer and help out.  Also, don’t forget that Thursday is Walk and Roll to School Day!

Congratulations to all our musicians who worked so hard this year and gave us such great performances last week — the third graders with their recorder recital on Tuesday morning, and the fourth and fifth graders at their concerts on Thursday.  We hope everyone enjoyed the wonderful artwork on display at LE Arts Night as well.  A big thank-you to our art and music teachers, Ms. Sutherland and Ms. Schoepflin, for everything they do!

As with each year, we have some team members who will be transitioning from Lincoln-Eliot to new ventures:

  • Marlene Hole: Grade One: Retirement
  • Barbara Phelan: Grade Two: Retirement
  • Jason Raisner: Grade Two: will be furthering his educational career outside of Newton
  • Elka Kuhlman: Math Coach: school change
  • Becky Kinney: Library: returning to Zervas full-time
  • Sara Subach: Occupational Therapist: Maternity Leave
  • Rachel Waldstein: Speech and Language Pathologist: school change
  • Michelle Reddick: METCO counselor: will be leaving LE but will continue to serve METCO students in Newton elementary schools

The above-mentioned staff members will be greatly missed and have been instrumental in ensuring our students have received a rigorous, dynamic and fun education.  Please join me in wishing them the best of luck on their journeys.

We are very excited to welcome the following staff to the Lincoln-Eliot community:

  • Melissa Gayle: Classroom teacher
  • Catherine Warren: Classroom teacher
  • Megan Mahar: Math Coach
  • Samantha Lund: Learning Center
  • Heather Humphries, who will be returning to LE as a Learning Center teacher
  • Julian Turner will be returning to LE full time as our Social Worker and METCO counselor
  • Krista Doherty: Occupational Therapist

Please mark your calendars:

* Monday, June 10th:  Instrument Program Information Night, 7pm
* Tuesday, June 11th:  Celebration Day, 10am – 12pm (rain date 6/12 same time)
* Thursday, June 13th:  Walk and Roll to School Day
* Tuesday, June 18th:  Last Day of School

Have a great week!

Principal Morrissey