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Abraham Lincoln
Elementary School

Battle of the Books Was a Blast!

Lincoln held its annual Battle of the Books at the Bethel Park Library and this year 20 teamed participated.  Everyone who participated received a gift bag and was eligible to win a door prize.  Each team was comprised of one Lincoln third or fourth grader and their family members.  Josh Poe and family won the trophy with 43 correct answers!  Maria Vighetti and family won the Spirit Award for the best costume.  They were dressed as Professor Brain Drain.

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Lincoln Celebrates National Library Week

The theme for this year's National Library Week was "Happily Ever After in the Library" and the week was filled with some happy activities, such as Costume Day, where staff and students dressed as their favorite fairy tale character.  Other activities included making bookmarks and decorating classroom doors.  The week culminated with a great assembly featuring staff and teachers in the roles of their favorite fairy tale character in an entertaining play!  Students also had the chance to find books containing "enchanted bookmarks," that earned them extra tickets for the upcoming Accelerated Reader Carnival.  During the week, the students read over 1,500 minutes, which resulted in Mrs. Paz looking for her prince by kissing the new library frog!  Yuck!

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Lincoln Crowns First Ever Spelling Bee Champion!

Lincoln held its first ever Fourth Grade Spelling Bee and Madelyn Stewart was this year's winner.  As Lincoln's winner, Madelyn qualified to compete at the Regional Spelling Bee at the University of Pittsburgh.  Joseph Wasko finished in Second Place, and Matlyn Barranti was Third.  Great job!

Science Fair was a Huge Success!

Lincoln students look forward to participating in the annual Science Fair and this year 35 kindergarten, first and second graders participated by making awesome fact-filled posters.  And this year 23 third and fourth grade students did an excellent job of presenting the results of their research and experiments.

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Students Enjoy a Magical Assembly

Lincoln students were amazed by the magic of magician Rick Smith, Jr., who is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest card thrower in the world. He even split a celery stalk in half with a pitched card!  In addition to the card throwing, Mr. Smith got the Lincoln students and staff involved with the action!

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African Explosion Visits Lincoln

African Explosion, a five member dance company, visited Lincoln for an interactive assembly that took students on a journey to explore Africa's impact on the world through music and dance.  Students had the chance to dance and play drums as they learned about African history, geography and cultural figures.  It was a fun way to learn!

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First Graders Perform "The Night Before Christmas"

A much-anticipated Lincoln tradition is the annual performance of "The Night Before Christmas" by Lincoln First Graders.  The show features lots of everyone's favorite Christmas characters as well as singing and dancing.  What more could you ask for?  Great job!

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Holiday Music Concert Gets Everyone into the Season!

Thanks to several outstanding music performances at the Lincoln Holiday Concert, the entire staff and student body are now in the Holiday Spirit!  It was a great time and we thank everyone who shared their musical talents with us!

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Lincoln Students Move into Their New Classrooms!

Lincoln students who were using the modular classrooms behind their school were excited to move into their new classrooms on December 3, 2007.  The classrooms were constructed off the back of the school to house the three fourth grade classrooms as well as a special education classroom.  Additionally, a new music room was constructed on the lower level of the school, as well as a new storage room.  The students were excited about moving to their new classrooms, calling them, "bigger and better," "nicer," "roomier," "warmer" and "awesome."

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Fourth Graders Are Psyched to Move into New Classroom

Fourth Grade students in Mrs. Strotz' classroom were so excited to move into their new classroom, which was recently constructed as part of a new addition at Lincoln, that they couldn't wait for moving day!  The Friday before their new classroom was ready for them to occupy, they packed up their books and the contents of their desks and carried their stuff from the modular classrooms (fondly referred to as the Outer Banks) into their new room.

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Second Graders Shop and Share

Lincoln Second Graders concluded their Math unit on money by participating in an activity called "Shop and Share."  Students were asked to bring non-perishable food items to school and they were given $1 in play money (coins) to shop and purchase as many food items as they could for their $1.  At the conclusion of the activity, the food was donated to the South Hills Interfaith Ministries for distribution to needy families in the area.  Other activities connected with Shop and Share included Money BINGO and drawing posters depicting all of the things the students are thankful for.

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Happy Halloween!

Lincoln students were at their costumed finest this Halloween! The weather cooperated and the Halloween Parade might have been our best yet!  Please click here to see more pictures from Halloween.

PRIDE Conducts Poster Contest During Red Ribbon Week

PRIDE of Bethel Park sponsored a poster contest in all Bethel Park Elementary Schools during Red Ribbon Week.  The contest was open to third and fourth graders and the posters had to portray a drug-free message.  Lincoln's winners were Cassandra Shelpman and Zach Fullerton.  The winning posters were displayed at Bethel Park Stadium during the last home football game of the season an d the winners received a Wal-Mart gift card.  PRIDE is a group of high school students who are devoted to drug prevention and education among their peers and elementary students.  They promote a positive, healthy lifestyle through community service, outreach activities and educational performances.  For more information about PRIDE and its activities, go to www.prideofbp.org.

Kindergarten Students Enjoy Working in Centers

Lincoln Kindergarten students in Miss Brethold's classroom enjoy working together in small groups and rotating from one activity to another, which they call "centers."  Two of the center activities this day were involved looking at sets of like objects and determining which set was larger, and making tigers out of paper orange plastic plates and construction paper.

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First Graders Create Repeating Pattern Masterpieces

Lincoln First Grade students had a great time in art class, learning how to create masterpieces utilizing a repeating pattern.  Students traced their hand several times over a piece of paper and drew a different set of shapes and patterns in each hand to create colorful artwork.

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