Lincoln PTO Receives Grant$2,000 Grant – Lincoln elementary School PTO - submitted by Jody Myers, PTO Grant Committee Chairperson – toward the purchase of iPads to be used in classrooms. Lincoln School houses the early childhood program, the Primary and Intermediate Special Education Programs, and a pilot second grade program with accelerated classes, and school officials see beyond a doubt that each child learns differently. These iPads give the teachers the opportunity to immediately tailor lessons to individual students and groups. The Lincoln PTO has a goal of providing 5 iPads permanently located in each of 19 classrooms, plus a cart of 30 tablets that would enable an entire class to use them together. By the end of the 2014/2015 school year, they hope to have the entire 125 iPads available for use. This Morton Community Foundation grant will be used toward the purchase of 5 iPad tablets.
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Volunteer Breakfast-Tuesday May 22
As a token of our appreciation– we are hosting a volunteer breakfast on Tuesdaym May 22 from 8:30-9:30 am.
If you volunteered your time this year, please join us while you wait for your child on May 22nd. Kindergarten parents, please come back for a final good-bye.
There are so many ways that our volunteers give through PTO, as classroom helpers, and through school events.
We are so fortunate to have such wonderful volunteers.
Thank you for your dedicated service!
Upcoming Dates To Remember in May
8th - Arts in the Park
Relay for Life Kickball tournament
10th-6th Grade move-up day @ MJHS
11th-Lincoln School Picnic
14-JH band awards concert 7 pm @ MJHS
17th- Kindergarten Programs 9:45 & 1:15
18th-Laugh Olympics
21st-Final Morning Assembly (8:15am)
6th grade end of year pizza party
22nd-Volunteer Breakfast 8:30-9:30 am
Morton CUSD 709 Retirement Reception
May 16, 3:00 - 4:00 P.M.
Morton Education and Administration Center
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Lincoln Improvements Continue
You can also check out the slideshow of Lincoln's progress. It will be updated as our photographer gets pictures available. Click here for the slideshow.
Parents who did not create a new parent account in PowerSchool last year will need to create a new account this year that will allow access to all oftheir children's PS information in one account. The attached document
explains how to create the new account. Click here for more information.Click here to access a video and information about PowerSchool Parent and Student Apps for iPods, iPads, and iPhones.
The Illinois Learning & Technology Purchasing Program (ILTPP) has established a Microsoft purchasing program for all Illinois K-12 teachers, staff and students. These are licenses that students, faculty and staff buy on their own and will personally own forever. In the past, this group would have to pay $499 for Office Professional in local stores. Through this purchasing program, the same product costs less than $90. Parents and staff can literally save hundreds of dollars and obtain life long learning tools. All pricing and orders can be found at: http://www.cdwg.com/academic/store
From the menu on the site, choose K-12, United States, Illinois, Morton Community Unit School District 709, to see the software available.
Winter 2012 Communicator
Week 1 had lots of dirt moving.
Week 2 brought lots of digging and footing placement.
We have walls!