Dear families,
Thank you to everyone for a fantastic Fall Festival, especially to the team who organized the event and the volunteers who made it all possible!
Join us on October 29 as Lincoln-Eliot Scholars Walk & Roll to School:
Getting kids to and from school safely is an important priority for your family, for the school, and for the community. Lincoln-Eliot, along with every elementary school in Massachusetts, participates in the Safe Routes to School Program to help ensure the safety of our students. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, we encourage students to arrive to school by foot, bus, bike or scooter. We’ll have giveaways for the kids and information on pedestrian and bike safety. More information on Walk and Roll to School day, and tips for safe walking and riding will be available around the school in the coming week.
Volunteers are needed to help for 30 minutes at drop off. If you have time and are interested, it’s an easy and fun way to encourage the kids while teaching them about the benefits of walking and rolling to school. Please email Wendy Lennon at wendylennon@comcast.net.
Lincoln Eliot’s Safety Day, October 29th, 9:00- 10:30 a.m.
As a school, we will practice our district’s updated emergency procedures and protocols both in and out of school. This will include having students practice a fire drill, a shelter-in-place, and lockdown for times when we want to keep everyone safe inside their learning spaces. We will also practice how to respond if there is a hostile event in our school and we need to quickly and safely evacuate to an alternative site, Our Lady Church. The staff reviewed all procedures and protocols during our September professional development afternoon. The superintendent also shared resources in his update that was emailed to families, Safety in the Newton Public Schools. Some of these procedures and protocols may raise questions for families. If you have any questions feel free to reach out to me or our school Social Worker, Julian Turner.
Please mark your calendars:
- Monday, October 28th: Flu shot registration due
- Wednesday, October 30th: Flu shot clinic
- Wednesday, October 30th: Early release day: 12:30 dismissal
- Monday, November 11th: Veteran’s Day — No School
- Tuesday, November 12th: PTO meeting, 6:30pm in the Library
- Wednesday: November 27th: Early release day: 12:00 dismissal
- Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th: No school — Thanksgiving recess
See you Monday!
Principal Morrissey