Page 1 Lincoln Middle School Newsletter May, 2012 Lincoln Middle School Advertising in this newsletter does not imply endorsement by Poudre School District Lincoln Middle School Newsletter The Numbers Tell the Story! 363 – Number of students who were at school every day during TCAP testing and were rewarded with a trip to Cin- ema Savers for a free movie! Great job by both students and parents! 61 – Number of 4.0 students for quarter 3! 633 – Number of miles students have completed in the lunch walking club in April 26 – Number of students who have maintained a 4.0 GPA for all three quarters! 72% - Percentage of students who received a B or higher for quarter 3! 7 - Students selected to the District Honor Band 3 – Students selected to the District Honor Choir 2 – Students selected to the District Honor Orchestra 336 - Number of IB point slips given TO teachers FROM students this month to show how much they are appreciated. $2085.00 – Amount of musical equipment donated to our own Lincoln Jam by community member Gordon Seirup. 1 – Kaili Schroeder was chosen as the 8 th grade student from Lincoln to be hon- ored at the Fort Collins Masonic Lodge Public Schools Recognition Night on May 1, 2012. $14,000 – Amount raised at the Love of Lincoln Silent Auction to refurbish Lincoln’s media center. $13,022 – Amount Tooth Zone donated in services to Lincoln Students on Give kids a Smile day. $10,000 – Amount of money raised to promote health and wellness for the stu- dents at Lincoln. $4,040.73 – Amount Book Trust has donated in BOOKS to Lincoln students! $2,000 – Amount donated by Otter Box for Love of Lincoln Silent Auction. $5,000 – Amount PTO contributed to purchase sports equipment for students to use during lunch periods.
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Page 1 Lincoln Middle School Newsletter May, 2012
Lincoln Middle School
Advertising in this newsletter does not imply endorsement by Poudre School District
Lincoln Middle School Newsletter
The Numbers Tell the Story!
363 – Number of students who were at school every day
during TCAP testing and were rewarded with a trip to Cin-
ema Savers for a free movie! Great job by both students and parents!
61 – Number of 4.0 students for quarter 3!
633 – Number of miles students have completed in the lunch walking club in April
26 – Number of students who have maintained a 4.0 GPA for all three quarters!
72% - Percentage of students who received a B or higher for quarter 3!
7 - Students selected to the District Honor Band 3 – Students selected to the District Honor Choir
2 – Students selected to the District Honor Orchestra
336 - Number of IB point slips given TO teachers FROM students this month to show how much they are appreciated.
$2085.00 – Amount of musical equipment donated to our own Lincoln Jam by
community member Gordon Seirup.
1 – Kaili Schroeder was chosen as the 8th grade student from Lincoln to be hon-ored at the Fort Collins Masonic Lodge Public Schools Recognition Night on
May 1, 2012.
$14,000 – Amount raised at the Love of Lincoln Silent Auction to refurbish Lincoln’s media center.
$13,022 – Amount Tooth Zone donated in services to Lincoln Students on Give
kids a Smile day. $10,000 – Amount of money raised to promote health and wellness for the stu-
dents at Lincoln.
$4,040.73 – Amount Book Trust has donated in BOOKS to Lincoln students!
$2,000 – Amount donated by Otter Box for Love of Lincoln Silent Auction. $5,000 – Amount PTO contributed to purchase sports equipment for students to
Students visited three senior residences: Parkwood, Rigden Farms, The Winslow,
and The Worthington, on April 20th for their service learning oral history project.
Students met with an elder in our community for some great discussion about how things change, how they stay the same, and life lessons. The students created stories
that share the wisdom these seniors have learned. We will keep a copy here at Lin-
coln and gave a copy to the seniors. This was a great day last year for the residents
and our students, and we were excited to be going back this year!
6th Grade Science Class
Students will soon be completing their Egg Protection Inventions
(EPI) as part of the Energy unit. Teams were challenged to work
together to formulate the best solution to meet the challenge of how to protect an egg dropped off of the roof of Lincoln? Each team
was given a limited set of materials to create a container that would
house the egg on its journey to destruction. They had to collaborate, research ideas, compile a presentation, create a design, and finally build their EPI. The next step is
for each group to give their computer-based presentation, then drop the eggs from
the roof and see which ones survive.
Math
Science 7th Grade Science is ending the chemistry unit. We will now be starting a new unit. We will be studying Genetics. Dur-ing this unit students will get a better understanding of themselves and others from a genetic point of view. Some of the lessons include doing DNA extraction from foods. We will also use microscopes to study cell division.
English Seventh grade English is surfing the web!! We are kicking off a unit on research skills. As part of this unit students will learn how to conduct advanced searches on the Internet, how to correctly cite online sources in papers, and how to synthesize information without plagiarizing. The unit will culminate with each student producing a research paper and presenting their findings to their peers in an oral pres-entation.
Social Studies In geography, students have been studying the different regions in Asia. We just began our East Asia unit, where we will primarily be focusing on Japan and China. In this unit, students will be looking at the relationship between hu-mans and their environments. We will answer the following questions: 1) How have the people of China influenced their environment? And 2) How has the environment of Japan influenced its people?
Our 6th grade boys basketball team won the 6th grade city tournament.
Fort Collins Masonic
Public Schools Recognition
Forty-Eighth Annual Celebration of Poudre School District Excellence and Success
Our 8th Grade Team is proud to announce this year’s recipient of the Masonic
Award, Kaili Schroeder. Students are chosen for Academic Performance, Citizen-ship and Stewardship, Personality and Character and Leadership. Russell Mason of
the Fort Collins Masonic Public Schools Recognition Night Committee reminds us
that as parents and teachers, we all strive to develop such qualities in our students. When we find them strongly displayed, even in one category, much less across sev-
eral of the suggested criteria, we know we have an outstanding individual worthy of
recognition and support. We are honored to have Kaili represent Lincoln this school-year.
Not only is Kaili an exceptional student, but also, she is a tremendously skilled ath-
lete and compassionate human being. She writes brilliantly, works tremendously and actively advocates for her learning. Kaili goes above and beyond in class, seeks
and accepts feedback voraciously, asks thoughtful questions and truly enjoys the
process of gaining knowledge. She goes above and beyond to increase her skills in varsity volleyball, basketball and participates in high level soccer outside of Lin-
coln. She is kindhearted towards all groups of people, is accepting of all back-
grounds and easily moves between age-groups of people. If there were a scale of 1-
Boys Basketball Our 7th grade boys had the best record of any basketball season in the last 5+ years. They worked hard and fin-ished 4-4. If they work hard this summer, who knows what they’ll be able to accomplish next year. Lincoln Lancer wrestling State results - the boys all wrestled well this past weekend at Colorado Middle School State wrestling. I could have not ask for more, the boys all had tuff matches this weekend, as the futher we go in the tourney, the matches get more competive. I'm proud of the way they all wrestled, they gave it all they had, never quited wrestled hard , smart, and aggressive! Blayke Roth- wrestled 70lbs at regional, seeded, 8th, State 2-2 Bryson Mosal- wrestled at 90lbs at regional, seeded 8th, State 0-2 Damon Ortiz- wrestled at 135lbs at regional, seeded 2nd, State 2-2 Micheal Anguiano- wrestled at 120lbs at regional, seeded 2nd, State 2-2 Jack Conlon- wrestled at 85lbs at regional, seeded 7th, State 1-2 Thank you, Lincoln! Proud Coach Gilbert Barraza
VLC! is a fundraiser to promote fitness, involve
all Lincoln students and their families, and have
fun while doing it. Our goal was to raise $10,000
to support educating the whole child at Lincoln.
Teams of 4-8 members raised pledges and walked
or ran Saturday at Lincoln. Lunch and t-shirts
were provided to all participants. Music and
games entertained families that attended or partici-
pated.
To prepare for this event, Lincoln students trained
at lunches by running or walking quarter-mile
laps. For each lap, the student earned a ticket for
weekly prize drawings. Prizes include footballs,
basketballs, Lincoln wear, Frisbees, gift cards, and
a signed football by Eric Decker!
In the first week, Lincoln students walked or ran
over 200 miles! 6th grade = 266 laps = 66.5 miles 7th grade = 370 laps = 92.5 miles 8th grade = 276 laps = 69 miles
Great job Lancers!
From the Dean
Spring is here! As the warm weather arrives,
please remind your child of the following dress
code and behavior expectations:
Clothes must cover the torso and fall comforta-
bly to the belt line.
Shirts must cover the shoulders.
Shorts and skirts must fall past the student’s
fingers.
Undergarments must be covered.
Backpacks, purses, and bags are to be left in
lockers during the school day. Horseplay including wrestling or pushing will re-
sult in a referral to the office.
Thank you for ensuring that your child dresses and
acts in a manner that promotes a focus on learning
as he or she leaves the house. Enjoy this beautiful
time of year!
Page 9 Lincoln Middle School Newsletter May, 2012
The PSD middle school wrestling regular season consists of 8 dual
matches between the 9 district middle
schools. This season allows for wrestlers
in each of the 16 weight classes to accu-mulate points and establish a seeding for
the all-inclusive district tournament in
December. The Lincoln Lancers fin-ished this year’s regular season with a
record of 2 and 6, which made them a
heavy underdog going into the tourna-ment on December 10th, a position
coach Rich Wilson relishes. “Many of
our kids are wrestling for the first time
in 7th grade, and we remind them fre-quently that the regular season is a
chance to improve their technique in
competition and build their bodies in preparation for the district tournament.
Wrestling teaches our boys a valuable
life lesson in that we often learn more from our defeats than we do from our
victories. There is nothing more gratify-
ing as a coach than watching one of our
kids win a match against a wrestler who defeated him during the regular season.
I think that’s what made this year’s tour-
nament so special.” Lincoln brought 14 wrestlers to the
tournament on December 10th and after
winning 12 of their first 14 matches, the
Lancers were on the top of the district
leader board. Five wrestlers won their second round matches qualifying for a
chance to wrestle for the district cham-
pionship in their perspective weight
classes. A total of 9 qualified for the championship round. On an unfortunate
note, Antonio Zamora, favored to win
the 126 lb. weight class, broke his collar bone and could not continue beyond the
second round. Noah Oqueli placed 3rd at
75 lbs. Alexis Duarte placed 4th at 80 lbs. David Bekkedahl took 3rd at 85.
Adam Oqueli placed 2nd at 90 lbs. Louis
Febvre placed 2nd at 120. Damon Ortiz
placed 2nd at 138. Salem Abulobaida placed 2nd at 145. Alan Diaz took 4th at
167, and Jesus Lopez finished 2nd at
heavy weight. As a team, Lincoln took 2nd place with a total of 131 points. Con-
Page 10 Lincoln Middle School Newsletter May, 2012
“8th Grade Basketball Provides Fans with Thrill
in Post Season”
After a very competitive 4 and 4 7th grade season, this year’s 8th grade boys’ basketball team felt they could compete for a district
championship. Early in the season, however, things were not go-
ing as planned. With three starters missing from last year’s squad, Lincoln found itself 0 and 4 after the first 4 games. Assistant
coach Doug Gibbs said, “The boys were pretty disappointed
about the way we started. We reminded them that life doesn’t always go as planned, and we began to focus on becoming the best team we could before the
district tournament. To their credit, the boys never complained or blamed each
other. If anything, they bonded and began to embrace the role of the underdog.”
Entering the district tournament, the Lancers were 3 and 5 with victories over
Blevins, Webber, and Wellington. As the 6th seed in the tournament, they would
have to travel to rival and district 3 seed Lesher, a team that defeated them handily during the regular season. The stands were packed with Lincoln faithful and the
Lancers broke out to an early lead taking a 7 point advantage into halftime. The
action was fast and furious in the second half, and Lesher trimmed the Lincoln lead to just 1 point with 1 minute remaining. With just 20 seconds left, Carlos No-
gal rebounded an Anthony Rafaeli miss and added a layup to give Lincoln a 3
point lead. Lesher in-bounded the ball for one final shot to chants of “Let’s go
Lincoln!” Mason Arndt stripped the ball and cruised in for a layup at the buzzer
guaranteeing the Lancer victory.
Lincoln Middle School is very proud of this year’s team for their efforts in the
classroom and on the court. Coach Wilson said, “This is a special group of young
men, and I’m proud that they’ll represent Lincoln as they move on to Poudre and Fort Collins High Schools.” Best of luck to Alan Diaz, Alan Estrada, Anthony
Raffaeli, Carlos Nogal, Casey Stein, Gabe Carter, Jesus Lopez, Mason Arndt, Matt
Cecil, Moises Gaytan, Nick Scmidt, and Salem Abolabaida. Special thanks to
managers Addie Germaine, Alexis Kilgore, Ceceilia Berkner, and Sam Baran.
Lincoln IB Learners
April – Balanced
Understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to
achieve personal well-being for themselves and others
Los estudiantes del 6o grado de Ingles visitaron tres residencias de ancianos: Park-
wood, Rigden Farms, The Winslow y The Worthington, el 20 de abril, para el proyecto de historia oral y el servicio de aprendizaje. Los estudiantes conocieron
adultos de la tercera edad en nuestra comunidad para discutir sobre como las cosas
han cambiado, como otras siguen siendo lo mismo y lecciones de vida. Los estudi-antes crearon historias que compartieron la sabiduría que estos adultos han apren-
dido. Tendremos una copia aquí en Lincoln y les daremos otra a ellos. Fue un gran
día para nuestros estudiantes y los ancianos el año pasado y estabamos muy emocio-
nados de poder regresar este año.
Clase de Ciencia de 6o Grado
Los estudiantes pronto completaran sus inventos de protección de
huevos (EPI) como parte de una unidad de energía. Los equipos se enfrentaran al reto de trabajar juntos para formular la mejor
solución para afrontar el reto de trabajar en ¿como proteger un
huevo caído del techo de Lincoln? Cada equipo obtuvo materiales limitados para crear un contenedor que podría ser usado como el albergue del huevo
en su camino a la destrucción. Ellos tendrán que colaborar, investigar, hacer una pre-
sentación, crear un diseño y finalmente construir su EPI. El siguiente paso es que
cada grupo de su presentación basada en computadora, luego aventar los huevos
desde el techo y ver cuales sobreviven.
7o
Grado
Matemáti-
Ciencia El 7o Grado de Ciencia esta terminando su unidad de Química. Estaremos empezando la nueva unidad de Genética. Durante esta
unidad los estudiantes tendrán un mejor entendimiento de ellos mis-
mos y de otros desde un punto de vista genético. Algunas de las
lecciones incluyen hacer la extracción de AND de comidas. Usare-
mos microscopios para estudiar la división de las células.
Ingles La clase de Ingles de séptimo grado esta navegando por internet. Estamos dando inicio a una unidad en habilidades de investigación.
Como parte de esta unidad, los estudiantes aprenderán como hacer
búsquedas avanzadas en el internet, como citar correctamente las
fuentes en los papeles y como sintetizar la información sin plagiar. La unidad culminara con cada estudiante produciendo su propia in-
vestigación y mostrando las conclusiones a sus compañeros en una
presentación oral.
Estudios
Sociales
En Geografía, los estudiantes han estado estudiando las diferentes regiones de Asia. Acabamos de empezar nuestra unidad del Este de
Asia, donde nos estaremos enfocando principalmente en Japón y
China. En esta unidad, los estudiantes estarán buscando la relación
entre los humanos y su medio ambiente. Estaremos respondiendo a las siguientes preguntas: 1)¿Cómo la gente de China influenció su
medio ambiente? Y, 2)¿Como el medio ambiente de Japón influen-
Cuadragésima octava Celebración de la Excelencia y Éxito del Distrito Escolar
Poudre
Nuestro equipo de 8o Grado esta orgulloso de anunciar a la ganadora del Premio
Masónico de este año, Kaili Schroeder. Los estudiantes son escogidos por el De-sempeño Académico, Ciudadanía y Administración, Personalidad y Carácter de Lid-
erazgo. Russell Mason del Comité de Reconocimientos de las Escuelas Publicas
Masónicas de Fort Collins nos recuerda a padres y maestros que todos nos esfor-zamos para desarrollar cualidades de este tipo en nuestros estudiantes. Cuando nos
encontramos con ellos en pantalla, aunque sea en una categoría y mucho menos a
través de varios de los criterios propuestos, sabemos que tenemos un individuo ex-
cepcional que merece ser reconocido y apoyado. Estamos muy honrados en tener a Kaili representando a Lincoln este año escolar.
Kaili no solo es una estudiante excepcional, también es una atleta tremendamente hábil y un ser humano compasivo. Escribe muy bien, trabaja duro y aboca acti-
vamente por su aprendizaje. Kaili va mas allá de las clases, busca y acepta retroali-
mentación con voracidad, hace preguntas sustanciosas y disfruta el proceso de ad-quisición de conocimientos. Va más allá de mejorar sus habilidades en los equipos
de volibol y basquetbol y participa en futbol fuera de la escuela. Ella es bondadosa
con todos los grupos, acepta todos los orígenes y se mueve fácilmente entre grupos
de todas las edades. Si hubiera una escala del 1-4, ella estaría en 6. Todos estamos
de acuerdo - ¡Vamos a clonarla!
Basquetbol de 6o
Grado
Nuestros estudiantes de 6o grado, ganaron el torneo varonil de basquet-
363 – Es el número de estudiantes que estuvieron en la escuela
todos los días durante los exámenes del TCAP y fueron premi-
ados llevándolos al cine para que vieran una película gratis. Buen trabajo, padres y estudiantes!
61 – El numero de estudiantes con calificaciones perfectas en el tercer trimestre
633 – El número de millas que los estudiantes completaron caminando durante el
mes de abril
26 – El numero de estudiantes que han mantenido calificaciones perfectas durante
los 3 trimestres
72% - El porcentaje de estudiantes que recibieron una B o mas para el tercer tri-
mestre
7 – Los estudiantes seleccionados para estar en la Banda de Honor del Distrito
3 – Los estudiantes seleccionados para estar en el Coro de Honor del Distrito
2 – Los estudiantes seleccionados para estar en la Orquesta de Honor del Distrito
336 – El número de puntos IB De los estudiantes a los profesores este mes para
mostrarles cuanto los aprecian.
$2085.00 – Cantidad de equipo musical donado a nuestra banda de la escuela por un miembro de la comunidad, Gordon Seirup.
1 – Kaili Schroeder fue escogida como estudiante de 8o grado para ser premiada la noche de reconocimientos de las escuela publicas masónicas de Fort Collins el 1 de
mayo, 2012.
$14,000 –Cantidad recaudada en la subasta a beneficio de Lincoln, y que servirá
para mejorar la biblioteca
$13,022 – Cantidad que el dentista de Tooth Zone dono en servicios gratis a 15 estudiantes de Lincoln Día de Dar a los Niños una Sonrisa.
$10,000 – Cantidad recaudada para promover la salud y el bienestar a los estudi-antes de Lincoln.
$4,040.73 – Cantidad que Book Trust ha donado en LIBROS a los estudiantes de
Lincoln
$2,000 – Cantidad donada por Otter Box en la subasta a beneficio de Lincoln.
$5,000 – Cantidad con la que el PTO contribuyo para comprar equipo deportivo
para que los estudiantes lo usen durante los almuerzos.
to purchase sports equipment for students to use during lunch periods.
Page 10 Lincoln Middle School Newsletter May, 2012
“El Basquetbol de 8o
Grado Ofrece a los Fanáti-
cos Emociones en la Post Temporada”
Después de una temporada de 7o grado muy competitiva con un record de 4 y 4, este año los muchachos del 8o grado del equipo de
basquetbol sintieron que ellos podrían competir por el campeo-
nato del distrito. A principios de la temporada, las cosas no iban saliendo según lo previsto. Con tres titulares ausentes del equipo
del año pasado, Lincoln se coloco en 0 y 4 después de los
primeros 4 juegos. El entrenador asistente Doug Gibbs dijo, “Los muchachos estaban bastante decepcionados acerca de la manera como empezaron.
Pero les recordamos que la vida no siempre va como se planea y empezamos a
enfocarnos en ser un mejor equipo antes del torneo del distrito. Los muchachos
nunca se quejaron o culparon a otros. En todo caso, ellos se enlazaron y comen-zaron a comprender el papel de estar abajo en la tabla.”
Entrando al torneo del distrito estuvieron 3 y 5, con victorias sobre Blevins, Webber y Wellington. Como el 6o lugar en el torneo, tuvieron que viajar y enfren-
tar a su rival Lesher y ubicado en 3er lugar, un equipo que les había ganado muy
fácil durante la temporada regular. Las gradas estaban repletas de seguidores de Lincoln y los estudiantes tomaron una temprana ventaja de 7 puntos al medio
tiempo. La acción fue rápida y furiosa en la segunda mitad y Lesher acorto la ven-
taja de Lincoln a solo 1 punto quedando solo 1 minuto. Con solo 20 segundos en
el reloj, Carlos Nogal recupero una pelota que había perdido Anthony Rafaeli y anoto dándole a Lincoln una ventaja de 3 puntos. Lesher limitado con el balón
tuvo su tiro final en medio de gritos de “vamos Lincoln!” Mason Arndt tomo la
pelota y cruzo la cancha mientras se anunciaba la victoria de Lincoln.
La Escuela Secundaria Lincoln esta muy orgullosa este año de su equipo por sus
esfuerzos en las clases y en la cancha. El entrenador Wilson dijo, “Este es un
grupo especial de jovenes y estoy muy ogulloso de que representaran a Lincoln cuando ellos vayan a las preparatorias Poudre y Fort Collins High Schools.” La
mejor de las suertes a Alan Diaz, Alan Estrada, Anthony Raffaeli, Carlos Nogal,
Casey Stein, Gabe Carter, Jesus Lopez, Mason Arndt, Matt Cecil, Moises Gaytan, Nick Scmidt y Salem Abolabaida. Un agradecimiento especial a las directoras de
equipo Addie Germaine, Alexis Kilgore, Ceceilia Berkner y Sam Baran.
Lincoln IB Learners
April – Balanced
Understand the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to
achieve personal well-being for themselves and others