Welcome to our website

Welcome to our website!

The new school year has started and the Lincoln Prairie PTSA committees have been busy preparing for their ongoing work for the 2011 – 2012 school year.

We are updating the PTSA website and want it to be helpful and easy to use.  If you do not see information for a specific event, program or committee, it means we may not have received any information from the committee chair and you will need to contact the committee chair for details and ask them to send information to the webmaster so we can post it.

Thank you!

Mark Budak
Lincoln Prairie PTSA Webmaster

MarkBudakProgramToLearncom  (MarkBudakProgramToLearncom)  

Middle Level GYM JAM

Hawaiian Gym Jam!

5TH GRADERS WELCOME!!!!

The May Gym Jam is for 5th thru 8th graders!!

Friday May 18th   6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Lincoln Prairie School

Turn in your Permission slip!
Click here for invite and Permission slip

$5 by May 11th or $6 at the door

Awesome games, fun, food and prizes!!!

AND, back by popular demand….

!!!!PHOTOBOOTH!!!!

**8th graders arrive at 6:15pm for advance admission to use the photobooth**

Ask your parents to help out (parents, please signup on the permission slip).

Stress-Reducing Techniques

Sudesh Kannan distributed a handout at the Introduction to Meditation & Mindfulness Practice session on April 12, 2012 that we thought would be useful to parents even if they hadn’t attended the session.  (Because, let’s face it, we are all stressed in one way or another.)  We are running  the handout as a series of three articles.

Article 1:  Fifteen Stress-Reducing Techniques that Work in Fifteen Minutes

Article 2:  Life Changes to Reduce Stress

Article 3:  Additional Resources for Keeping Stress Away

Book Fair

Lincoln Prairie PTSA holds two book fairs each year as fundraising events.  The first book fair is held in conjunction with our December Pancake Breakfast and the second with our spring Portfolio Night.  The books our families and staff purchase raise money that directly goes back to our Learning Resource Center to buy books and materials needed to support our programs.

We currently work with Anderson’s Bookfair Company, a local family owned business with bookstores in Naperville and Downers Grove.  We’ve chosen to work with them because they:

1. Offer a wide selection of books to meet the needs of our entire K-8 population.
2. Allow us to pre-order titles that our teachers request in order to enhance our children’s curriculum.
3. Will backorder any titles that have sold out at the book fair and get those to us as quickly as possible.
4. Let us earn profits even when purchases are made through their online store at www.abcfairs.com.
5. Have the opportunity to place authors in our school free of charge!  (Ridley Pearson, author of the Kingdom Keepers series, visited with our mid-level students for free!)

This committee can always use volunteers to help set up the book fair, help our students when they preview the books, help sell the books and of course, pack up the book fair when it is completed.  If you’re interested in helping, please contact Terry Fritz at tntplus4comcastnet  (tntplus4comcastnet)  

Middle Level GYM JAM

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Middle Level GYM JAM

Friday, May 18

5^th GRADERS welcome!

Staff Appreciation – May 7 through May 11th

Monday, May 7th marks the beginning of Staff Appreciation week at LP!

We traditionally honor our fabulous staff here at LP by giving them a week off from making their lunch or breakfast. We have about 50 LP staff members.

Monday is Mexican, Tuesday is cold cuts and Friday Italian, all buffet style. Thursday is a continental breakfast bar.  These are the days we need YOUR help.  Share your favorite appetizer, salad, tastiest fingerfood, best loved bread or family desert with the staff – it can be home made or store bought.  It is highly recommended that the LP student assist a parent in the making of the tasty treat.

To be a part of the celebration, your special treats should be:

• Dropped off on/in a disposable container (unless a crockpot)
• Dropped off by 8:15 AM for breakfast on Thursday.
• 11:30 AM for lunch.
• Ready to be placed on the serving table
• Labeled with a name of the tasty treat and your family name

Additionally, volunteers are needed to assist in food set – up and cleanup for lunch from 11:45 AM - 1:45 PM.  Breakfast 8:15 AM – 9:45AM

Interested in helping? Contact Kim Kulton at evilkultonyahoocom  (evilkultonyahoocom)   847-322-1549, or fill out the form below and send it with your child to PTSA-Staff Appreciation and we will contact you with details.

Thank You!

Kim Kulton

Staff Appreciation Committee Chair

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Parentname:______________________________________________________

Phone:____________________ Email:_____________________

Yes, I would love to donate a food item. (example: coffee cake or fruit salad, potato salad, appetizer or desert.)

Dayofdonation:____________________FoodType:____________________

Yes, I can help setup and cleanup (circle best times)

MON TUES THURS FRI

11:45-1:45 11:45 – 1:45 8:15 – 9:45 11:45-1:45

NEIGHBORHOOD SHIRTS FOR FIELD DAY

We will be wearing our neighborhood shirts for Field Day. So, if you missed ordering one last fall—or the one you bought is already outgrown—and your child wants to wear a neighborhood shirt for Field Day, you need to order one now.  Order forms were distributed to the classrooms last Monday, and they need to be returned by next Monday, April 16.  If you can’t find your order form, please click here.  Thanks!

Schaumburg Township Elementary School Foundation – Memorial Scholarship Grant 2012

Dear Parents/Guardians,

The Foundation proudly offers memorial scholarship grants for students, which are funded, in part, through contributions received in honor of individuals who have passed away.

This grant will be offered to the children of School District 54 to cultivate an academic, cultural, and/or athletic interest to enrich student educational opportunities.

Children from families in need or facing extenuating financial circumstances will be given first preference.

The Schaumburg Township Elementary School Foundation Board Grant Committee will administer allotted funds via approved grant applications.

Application procedures are as follows:

1. Memorial scholarship grants will be limited to a maximum of $150 per recipient.  (Additional costs/fees associated with the requested program will be considered separately on an individual basis.)
2. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, March 23, 2012.
3. Memorial scholarship grants will be awarded for programs/activities occurring in late spring or summer 2012.
4. Any available documentation describing program of interest should be attached to application.
5. Applications must be completed by the student in order to be considered and signed by parent or guardian.
6. Grant applications will be reviewed by April 13, 2012.
7. All applicants will be notified by April 30, 2012.
8. Scholarship grants are not awarded for school field trips.
9. Proof of enrollment forms will be sent to each grant recipient. Arrangements can be made for registration fees to be sent directly to the agency providing the program.
10. All grant recipients will be presented with award certificates at their respective school prior to the end of this school year.

Questions may be directed to Foundation Manager Sophia Grassa at (847) 352-0652.

Please click here for a link to the application form.

Lincoln Prairie PTSA Parent Ed FREE Workshop

Discover how 15 minutes of daily meditation can beat anxiety, stress and fatigue

• Learn about recent scientific studies that show you can make positive changes in your brain and become more calm, stress free and positive.
• Find how you can turn worry upside down and leverage your imagination to energize and relax you.
• Create your own stress-reduction routines based on your strengths and life schedules.

Date: Thursday April 12, 2012
Time:  6:15-7:45 PM
Location: Lincoln Prairie School Gym
Cost:  Free

*Children above 10 years are welcome with a responsible adult.

About the instructor:  Sudesh Kannan (LP PTSA Dad) has practiced non-religious meditation since 1994. He has taught meditation and mindfulness practice since 2007.

Please click here for the flyer and registration form.

Lincoln Prairie Spiritwear

Lincoln Prairie Spiritwear provides Lincoln Prairie logo items for
identity and school spirit. Any proceeds over the cost of items sold
are used to help fund PTSA events for the Lincoln Prairie community.

Spiritwear for you and your children.  The PTSA offers
T-shirts, sweatshirts, flannel pants, and baseball caps.  New
this year—polo shirts, two-tone sweatshirts, warm-up pants,
camouflage T-shirts, and eco-friendly cups !  Most items are
available in forest green or light pink. Click
here to see pictures of the items and logos offered. 

Click here to print an order form.  ORDERS ARE DUE
BY MARCH 23, 2012.

Spiritwear for your car. These decals and license plate
frames tell others that you are proud to be part of the Lincoln
Prairie Community. Click here to print an order form.

The Spiritwear items will be made available for purchase at various
Lincoln Prairie community events.  Watch for further details in
the Lincoln Prairie Press.

Sue Budak
Spiritwear Chair

NEIGHBORHOOD T-SHIRT ORDER FORM

We’re starting a new tradition!

Instead of saving our neighborhood T-shirts for Field Day, we are selling them at the beginning of the school year.  Then, students can wear them for Whole School Meetings, PDTs, and any other time they want to show neighborhood spirit.   IF YOU MISSED ORDERING IN THE FALL, order before March 23 on the Spiritwear order form.