Lincoln Parents and guardians

Welcome to the 2019/20 School Year!

About

The Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) board, Lincoln Parent-Staff Group (LPSG), would like to welcome you back to another great school year! Our PTO is unique in that all parents/guardians of Lincoln students and Lincoln staff are automatically LPSG members and there are no financial dues/fees required to participate.

Goals
2019/20

We are looking forward to working with you and your students as we support and host Lincoln programs and events. This year we want to make efforts to foster the relationship between the LPSG board, parents, and Lincoln teachers and staff. We want to improve and encourage more frequent and open communication between us. Already, we’ve improved our website to include a calendar, contact information, activity updates, and articles highlighting the stories of Lincoln students, staff, teachers, volunteers, and families. We’ve also instituted a subscription based email system for updates, reminders, and announcements. These steps should make it easier for you to contact us and for you to keep track of all that’s going on with the LPSG.

Subscribe

We strongly encourage you to use online services as we make an effort to ‘go green’ this year, by conserving paper, ink, energy, and time. We want to decrease the number of handouts and flyers that go home with students, while also making it easier for parents to find the information they need and want, in places they are already present (Facebook, Remind app, email, Instagram, etc). We hope you can champion this effort by subscribing to the LPSG Newsletter yourself and also by encouraging other parents/guardians to subscribe.

Attend

This year we’d like to personally invite you to our bi-monthly general meetings. At the meetings we discuss recent topics, provide new information and updates on upcoming events and fundraisers, bring everyone up-to-date on current programs and financials, and new this year, in an attempt to facilitate helpful discussions and interactions between parents and Lincoln staff, we're providing time at every meeting for questions, comments, and suggestions.

We hold about 6 general meetings bi-monthly on the first Tuesday, starting September 3, 6:30-7:30pm, in the Lincoln Elementary Library.

Events and Activities

Every year the goals/focus of the LPSG will change because every year we welcome new families into the school, and parent involvement varies year to year. The below is a list of the planned activities based on the parents/guardians currently willing and able to spearhead them for the 2019/20 school year:

Support existing Lincoln activities and programs:

  • Back to School Teacher Breakfast - August 22

  • Back to School Open House Ice Cream Social - August 22

  • Fall and Spring School Pictures

  • Lincoln Family Engagement Nights

  • Family Community Resource Center (FCRC) events

  • Arts Department Performances

  • Bookfair - fundraising for Lincoln Library

Support Lincoln Teachers/staff:

  • Back to School breakfast - Aug 22

  • Catered Conference Luncheon - during fall conferences in Oct

  • Classroom stipends - October

  • Teacher Appreciation week - Spring

Fundraising (general and specific for the LPSG, 501c3)

  • Fall - Payback books (September) - general fundraising

  • Santa’s Workshop (Dec 18/19 - Post-Performance evening) - Arts Dept fundraising

  • Friends and Family Nights (McMenamins, etc.) - general fundraising

  • Lincoln School Spirit Wear (offered in the fall/spring) - general fundraising

  • Fun Run - general fundraising

Host Student Enrichment and ‘Just for Fun’ activities:

  • Student Store - bi-weekly starting in October

  • Carnival - typically May or June

  • End of Year Celebration - Last day of school

  • Others as parent/guardian volunteer leadership arises

Complete the Beginning of Year Parent Survey

Our common goal is to make our schools and our students’ educational experience the best they can be. We’d love to hear your ideas about how the LPSG can be better. Your input, ideas, and feedback are important to the work we are all doing together.

 

Don’t see an event/activity that you’d hoped for in the 2019/20 Lincoln school year?

2019/20 Board Members

General questions about the LPSG may be emailed to the LPSG email (Info@LPSGVancouver.com)

President
Teresa Vick
(Co-President Position Open)

Co-Vice Presidents
Lauren Staples
Katie Riley
Lori Gascon - Vice Pres. Trainee

Treasurer
John Holmstrom
(Co-Treasurer Position Open)

Recording Secretary
Kaori Thier
(Co-Secretary Position Open)
(Communications Secretary Open)

Co-Volunteer Coordinators
Kirby Bain
Nick Evans

Members at Large
Craig Homnick
Liz Johnson