Hello families!
It was so much fun to see so many families at our Fall Festival on Friday! We loved having our community back together celebrating, and we hope everyone enjoyed the games, baked goods, raffles, and dancing! An enormous special thanks to Lanni Harris for making it all happen this year; to Ms. Ramos, our amazing DJ; and to Heather Yu and our teachers for coordinating the teacher raffles. And a really heartfelt thank you to all our volunteers (including the amazing 7th grade alums who came back to help!). We mean it very sincerely when we say we couldn’t do this without you, and we appreciate you so much!
The next event we need volunteers for is our Election Day Bake Sale on Nov. 8th, which is an easy, low-time-commitment way to raise money for the school! Sign up to donate baked goods or man the table for half an hour at this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094caaae2ca4f4c43-election
It was great to see people at our parent coffee this week, too, despite the misty weather. We hope to fit in another one before the weather gets too cold — and keep an eye out for our upcoming PTO meeting and our book fair in December!
We also want to make sure that everyone at Lincoln-Eliot is aware of possible middle school feeder changes under discussion by the School Committee, as mentioned in Principal Morse’s newsletter and emails. There were two proposals outlined at the SC meeting on Thursday:
Option #1: Starting Sept 2023, all graduating Lincoln-Eliot 5th graders will go to Day instead of Bigelow (while all Cabot students go to Bigelow)
Option #2: Starting Sept 2023, the 5th grade Cabot class will be divided between Bigelow and Day depending on where a student lives, while all L-E students continue to go to Bigelow
The School Committee is planning to vote on these options on December 5th, so there is a limited time frame for community feedback. The meeting for Lincoln-Eliot families to hear and discuss the proposals will be on Zoom this Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 7pm:
Link to join: stream.lexikeet.com/new
We strongly encourage families to attend this meeting to ensure that the Lincoln-Eliot community understands and has a voice in this decision! Parents/guardians are also welcome to attend the School Committee meeting on November 7, 2022 and share feedback. Please reach out to us or Principal Morse if you have any questions.
Upcoming Dates to Note:
* Tuesday, Nov. 1st: Lincoln-Eliot Feeder Pattern Parent/Caregiver Discussion, 7pm
* Tuesday, Nov. 8th: Election Day and Early Release Day; students are dismissed at 12:10pm (make sure to stop by our Election Day Bake Sale!)
* Friday, Nov. 11th: Veterans’ Day — No School
* Tuesday, Nov. 15th: Parents’ Night Out / Flannels & Fizz at Cafe Martin, 8-10pm — details below!
* November 24-25th: Thanksgiving — No School
Have a wonderful week!
Your Lincoln-Eliot PTO