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MIDDLE SCHOOL

 

Dear Parents, Students and Staff,

 

teacher’s Day

On behalf of all of the wonderful Middle School teachers, we’d like to share a thank you with the community and PAL for celebrating us on Wednesday and offering such tasty and delicious treats. 
 

Back to School Night

Thank you to all parents who joined us for Back to School night last week; it was wonderful to welcome so many families. We hope that you found the time valuable and began to get a sense of the Middle School community and what is going on in the Middle School this year. For those who were unable to be here - here is the presentation that was shared by the entire Middle School Staff. 
It was also wonderful to be able to welcome members of the Middle School Student Council to act as guides and we want to thank them for their time and energy.

As this was a new way of sharing the information, we’d like to hear what you thought - please let us know by dropping us a message. Chris.horton@lincoln.edu.ar

Parent information session - Thursday 17th September - 6:00 pm

Following the first parent coffee of the school year in August, we move to an information session for September. The session will be online in the early evening and we hope that you will tune in. We will also record the session to share later. 

This first session will be focussed on Assessment, one of our foci for the school year. Ms Rebekah Madrid (Director of Teaching and Learning) and Mr Chris (MS Principal) will present on our recent MAP tests, assessments, rubrics and reporting. 

Please join us on this link.

Future parent coffee and parent information sessions

Our future coffee and information sessions are as follows:

• September 17th , 6pm - Assessment, MAP, reporting and more. Zoom link.
• October 8th, 1:45pm, ahead of 6th grade showcase - How has the 6th grade transition into Middle School been? 
• December 3rd, 6pm - Information session - Expeditions
• February 19th, 8am - Parent coffee and discussion - AI and technology
• April 9th, 8 am - Parent coffee and discussion - Middle School - Well being and Adolescent Life skills
• May 7th, 8 am - Parent coffee and discussion -  transitions, review of the year - what next?

High School will also offer a ‘welcome to Grade 9’ meeting for current 8th grade parents in April or May - date to be confirmed.

Please put the dates in your diaries and we look forward to sharing information and having discussion and conversation with you throughout the year.

Thank you to all those parents who suggested topics at our first meeting, hopefully you see something that interests you in the topics above.

Reading Week

On Monday, all MS students went to spend time sharing literature and reading with friends in the elementary school. Each advisory group went to a different elementary classroom and shared books and a love of reading.

Students have also enjoyed visiting the book fair.
Thank you to Dr Faze and Ms Mechi for organising reading week for us to enjoy.

 

Contact information

Please reach out to us with any questions, concerns, thoughts or celebrations.  We are a team and value working together to support our students and build our Lincoln community.

• School phone:  011 4851-1700
• Office (Carolina Nicolini and Pato Simone):  msoffice@lincoln.edu.ar 
• Principal (Chris Horton):  chris.horton@lincoln.edu.ar
• National Programme Director (Silvina López Fernández):  silvina.lopez@lincoln.edu.ar
• Counselor (Jessica Lawrence):  jessica.lawrence@lincoln.edu.ar

Upcoming:   

11th September - Teacher Appreciation Day - no school
17th September - Middle School Parent Information Night - Assessment, including MAP Testing, grading and reporting - online 6:00pm

1st and 2nd October -  Proposed for MS individual photos
8th October - Grade 6 drama performance @2:30pm (Theatre) preceded by parent coffee - focus on 6th grade @1:45pm - How has the 6th grade transition into Middle School been?
9th October - Unity Day celebrations
12th - 16th October - Lincoln Spring Break - no school
22nd October - Reports shared with families
22nd October - 90 anniversary celebrations
23rd October - Student Learning Conferences Day 1 - no regular school for students - students attend conferences with parents 
24th October - International Day
25th October - 90 anniversary celebrations
26th October - Student Learning Conferences Day 2 -no regular school for students - students attend conferences with parents 

Thank you for all your continued support of learning in the Middle School.
 

Chris Horton, Silvina Lopez Fernandez and Jessica Lawrence

MIDDLE SCHOOL team