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Sports The Montana High School Association is planning to carry on with the fall sports schedules as they're currently set, said Lincoln Athletic Director Laura Allen-Bullis. She said MHSA recognizes changes will likely be coming to sports this year in response to COVID-19 and that they're working to create stages for athletics. One option MHSA is considering is offering Pixellot cameras to rural schools so schools could stream athletic competitions by subscribing to a...
The Lincoln School Board discussed different options for how school will proceed for the 2020-2021 school year during their Monday, July 13 meeting. The board made no final decisions, and the school district continues to develop and evaluate plans in light of the rapidly changing guidelines surrounding COVID-19. The school sent out a survey to parents to gather information about their wishes for how students might return to school in the fall, including school schedule... Full story
Last October, Montana was awarded a five-year, $50 million literacy grant through the U.S. Department of Education. In June, the state awarded Lincoln Schools a subgrant for a little over one million dollars. According to a press release from the Office of Public Instruction, the Montana Comprehensive Literacy State Development Project broke the Striving Readers Comprehensive State Development Program literacy grant into competitive subgrants that were awarded to eligible dist...
3th Grade Nathan Brown 4.0 Alexis Cannon 4.0 Sage Kamps 4.0 Jaken Shelton 4.0 Ryan Greenwood 3.909 11th Grade Lindsey Weisner 4.0 Nikki Snyder 3.667 Bradley Howard 3.6 10th Grade Jenna Templeton 4.0 Alyvia Blotkamp 3.857 Andrea LaManna 3.714 Alle Russ 3.714 Damion Birkholz 3.286 Justin Fry 3.071 9th Grade Jessica Zarske 3.857 Hayden Dempster 3.214 8th Grade Kylee Copenhaver 4.0 Maddie Sampson 4.0 Miyah Davis 3.846 Logan Joyce 3.769 Trever Tolan 3.643 Wesson Dempster 3.333...
Stormy weather threatened the first outdoor graduation ceremonies in Lincoln last Saturday, but held off long enough for the Class of 2020 to bid farewell to a turbulent senior year. The senior class capped off a day of ceremonies that included a kindergarten graduation that morning, and an 8th grade graduation earlier in the afternoon. The 2019-20 school year was marked by school closures and the cancellation of all manner of school due to concerns about COVID-19. "I felt...
The Lincoln School Board decided in their May 11 meeting to hold graduation ceremonies June 6 outside on the football field, using social distancing measures and limiting total attendees to 150. The school plans to rent a 36-inch LED screen to display the ceremony and use FM radio transmission for attendees who would like to stay in their cars to watch graduation. The board discussed having kindergarten graduation at 10 a.m., 8th grade graduation at 11:30 a.m., and seniors at... Full story
At the May 11 Lincoln School Board meeting, board members approved new hires for the 2020-21 school year, discussed job postings for open positions, how to disburse funds originally designated for the senior class trip, and plans for graduation ceremonies. Superintendent Jennifer Packer recommended Dani Cyr for the preschool position and Drew Blubaugh for the K-12 PE/Health position. A recommendation was also made for filling the 7-12 grade English position, although the candidate hasn’t accepted the position yet. All t...
The Lincoln School Board held a special meeting on Tuesday, Apr 27 to discuss schooling through the end of the year and graduation. "Due to the restrictions imposed on schools if they wish to reopen, to the safety and acclimation of students, and to the impact on families with high risk students or family members, the School Board approved to extend online schooling through the end of the school year," Superintendent Jennifer Packer wrote in an email update after the meeting....
Lincoln School may continue distance learning for the remainder of the school year, following a school board discussion at their April 20 meeting and a recommendation developed by the staff after Governor Steve Bullock announced an easing of the directives that closed schools statewide in March. In an email update to parents on Friday, Apr 24, Packer wrote: "With all this, we have decided to recommend to the board that we finish the year out on-line. We are doing this for the... Full story
3th Grade Nathan Brown 4.0 Alexis Cannon 4.0 Sage Kamps 4.0 Jaken Shelton 4.0 Ryan Greenwood 3.818 Makenzie Storey 3.455 Maya Whittenberg 3.25 11th Grade Nikki Snyder 4.0 Lindsey Weisner 4.0 Bradley Howard 3.4 10th Grade Alyvia Blotkamp 4.0 Jenna Templeton 4.0 Alle Russ 3.857 Damion Birkholz 3.714 Andrea LaManna 3.571 9th Grade Jessica Zarske 3.714 8th Grade Kylee Copenhaver 4.0 Miyah Davis 4.0 Trever Tolan 3.857 Maddie Sampson 3.667 7th Grade Andrea Weisner 3.917 Noah...
How Lincoln School will end its school year will depend on how the Governor's stay-at-home and school-closure directives are lifted and what the phased reopening of the state looks like. This will impact whether students continue distance learning through the end of the school year, if high school spring sports resume, and how schools handle graduation celebrations. The Office of Public Instruction issued a memo April 9 advising schools to continue their distance learning... Full story
For background, we have received dozens of reach-outs from school leaders asking for our opinions or guidance on how the remainder of the school year will proceed in light of the COIVD-19 outbreak. If the Governor's "Stay At Home" and "School Closure" orders are not extended through the remainder of the school year, of course, local districts are welcome to proceed however they would like as Montana is a local control state. However, we cannot imagine a scenario where social...
Lincoln School teachers adapted quickly to Governor Bullock's March 15 announcement that schools would be closing for two weeks, rallying together and compiling materials to ensure students at all grade levels would continue to receive quality instruction. "Everyone was really great about getting their plans put in place quickly, and by Wednesday, our students had packets or online classes to work with," Laura Allen-Bullis, the business and technology teacher, said. Annette Ga...
School grapples with two week closure The Lincoln School board held an emergency meeting Sunday evening, March 15 to develop a response plan after Gov. Steve Bullock announced a statewide, two-week shutdown of all K-12 schools related to coronavirus. The board focused on the immediate need to prepare for distance learning plans and to continue providing breakfasts and lunches to students in the school's free and reduced lunch program. Currently, the two weeks will not have to...
After spending weeks designing experiments, writing hypotheses, and testing out theories, Pre-K through 10th grade students presented their findings to judges on Thursday, Mar. 5 at the annual Lincoln School Science Fair. Nancy Schwalm is a new science teacher this year at Lincoln School, and this was her first experience coordinating the Science Fair. "I think it went very well. Obviously, I learned some things that I'm going to do differently next time," said Schwalm. She...
A new student-initiated class at the Lincoln School District this year has started a YouTube channel and creates a school-related news broadcast every two weeks. In April 2019, Sage Kamps and Jaken Shelton, then juniors, attended Journalism Day at the University of Montana with English teacher Philip Reed. Based on what they learned, they proposed that Lincoln students create a media class to make a regular broadcast with school news. When Laura Allen-Bullis took on the class,...
The Lincoln School's Wildlife class, taught by Nancy Schwalm, has been using game cameras to capture images of wildlife species inhabiting the Lincoln area in hopes of learning more about their patterns, movements, behaviors and survival skills. Students began putting cameras out at the beginning of the year and have been monitoring them at least once a week. They currently have four cameras out in the Lincoln area and each week students change out the memory cards and...
When Lincoln technology teacher Laura Allen-Bullis wanted to upgrade the seating in her classroom to keep up with student needs, she sought funding for wobble stools, chairs with rounded bases that allow students to move while staying seated. Allen-Bullis listed her project on DonorsChoose, a website designed to help teachers fundraise for classrooms and projects, to raise the $1200 needed to replace seating for all the computers in her room. Local funders quickly began to sup...
Despite a Valentine's Day loss to the St. Regis Tigers, Nathan Brown had a remarkable night. In addition to passing a 1600 'career points' milestone, he also scored 48 points during the game, setting a new Lincoln High School record for points scored in a single game and beating a record set by his father and coach Shane Brown. During the game Brown shot 67 percent from the floor, which included sinking 8 of 12 three pointers. See pages 6 and 7 for Connie McCafferty's recap...
In some basketball games, everyone shows up testy: fans, refs and players. Friday, Feb. 14 was one of those nights. The contest between the Lynx and the St. Regis Tigers was a knock-down physical tussle right from the first whistle, and the no-nonsense officials did their best to try and keep some sense of order in the stands and on the court. They almost succeeded. The intense defense put three Lynx starters in foul trouble early. With Brodi Henderson, Ryan Greenwood and...
Friday night, Feb. 14, came up all hearts and flowers for the Lincoln Lady Lynx in their hard-fought win over the St. Regis Lady Tigers. The first period found the Lynx outscored and even the usual leaders couldn't make a basket. The St. Regis ladies were not a tall squad, but they were strong, athletic and accurate shooters. Frustration was thick in the air on the court and in the hometown stands. But, it was Senior Night after all and, in the end, it was the senior Lincoln...
Lincoln Public Schools introduced a new class this semester to manage the school's website. Four students will be working with technology teacher Laura Allen-Bullis to update and refresh the website and content. "The students are really excited to make it better," she said. The students have already begun work on the website. "We looked at Class C school websites and discussed what we liked and what we didn't, what we need and don't," said Allen-Bullis. The students really lik...
The Saturday morning tournament of multiple schools who brought their junior high teams to Lincoln had some new twists and turns for all the fans. Starting at 9 a.m., the teens running the concession stand made a land office business of selling donuts and maple bars out in the stands, and the eye-opening coffee was extra strong. The Lincoln Little Lynx A-team made the first bucket in the contest against the Fairfield junior high Eagles and Lincoln led all the way to the wire,...
The Lincoln High School Montana History class is preparing for their annual end-of year field trip May 19-21, 2020, and needs help from the community. Scott Butterfield, a Montana history student, gave a presentation to the PTSO recently on the proposed field trip and requested a donation to help fund the trip. He explained the plan is for students to go on a two-day field trip that would include a visit to the Lewis & Clark Caverns, a Virginia City Walking Tour, stops at the...
Local 5th grader Elijah Barnett was one of five winners in the Lewis & Clark Library’s annual Dear Author Contest this January, earning a Sphere SPRK+ robot for himself, four tickets to a Helena Big Horns hockey game, and $150 for the Lincoln School Library. The contest, which is similar to the Library of Congress’s program Letters About Literature, invited 4th and 5th grade students to write a letter to an author who inspired them and submit it to their public library. The letters were then judged by a small team of Lew...
