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Friday the 13th of September was an unlucky night for the Helena Christian Rams volleyball "B squad" of 5th, 6th and some 7th grade ladies as they rolled into Lincoln to be squashed by the Lynx in three straight sets. Assistant Coach Brenna Clark had her younger Lincoln players in top form and their serves seemed almost automatic. The score, 15-8, 15-3 and 15-0, demonstrated that the Helena ladies had lost their confidence and energy during the lopsided point spread. Seventh...
Lincoln bested Seeley three sets to two during a back and forth contest in Seeley Lake Saturday, Sept. 7 . (Photos courtesy Nathan Bourne, Seeley Swan Pathfinder)...
Volleyball season bounced into Lincoln Thursday night, Sept. 5 before a sparse early-season hometown crowd in the school gym as the Lincoln lady Lynx took on the more numerous Darby Tiger players. The Darby bus brought 24 ladies, evenly divided between varsity and junior varsity teams, while the Lincoln ladies had only eleven total players, many of them playing in both games. But, until exhaustion set in, the Lynx seemed to draw energy and intensity from the ether. Long...
Did you know that during World War II food shortages in Europe, parents were encouraged to forage the hillsides of Britain in search of prairie rose hips, vitamin C storehouses, to feed to their children to supplement war rations? The government promoted this public health policy in response to an increase in scurvy, a disease resulting from a lack of vitamin c in the body. The Ministry of Food actually published several leaflets on how to find, harvest and ingest these and...
Kids swarmed the school's playground at the annual school event designed to give parents and community members a chance to meet the school staff and visit the classrooms. It was also a chance to enjoy a meal hosted by the Lincoln Parent-Teacher-Student- Organization, which seemed to be a hit. Chuck Dietz, who prepared the barbecued pork for the meal, planned for 200 meals, and they came close. Aaron Birkholz, who helped keep track of the meals, said they served 172 plates...
School Supply List - Lincoln Public School Pre-School 1 box twist-up crayons 1 bottles of Elmers glue 5 glue sticks 10 wooden pencils (not mechanical) 1 pair of rubber-bottomed PE shoes (if they have laces, please be sure your child can tie!) Backpack Change of clothes Box of kleenex Kindergarten 1 box twist-up crayons 1 bottle of Eimers glue 5 glue sticks 10 wooden pencils (not mechanical) 1 pair of rubber-bottomed PE shoes (if they have laces, please be sure your child can...
The first day of school is just two weeks away and students returning to Lincoln Public Schools can expect to see some different faces on the staff this year, but new Superintendent Jennifer Packer said they shouldn't expect any major changes. "Everything's working, we're not going to fix anything that's not broken," she said. Packer took over the Superintendent position from Carla Anderson July 1 and has been settling into her new job over the past month, but the Lincln...
When I think of the last week of school, my mind instantly wanders to cleaning out lockers and classrooms, time spent signing yearbooks, talking about summer plans, or tying up loose ends and missing assignments. This definitely wasn't the case for Mrs. Mannix and Ms. Spencer's 5th & 6th grade classes. Not even close. They took this time to plan an overnight outdoor adventure that would take them to the Raymond Ranch, a house originally built around 1917, on part of the Mannix...
The Lincoln School K-6 Spelling bee held March 29. Wendi Dietz provided photos of the Spelling Bee for last week's BVD, but we missed getting them into the issue....
Mr. Curtis Janzen presented the Kindergarten graduation ceremony on Monday, June 3 to the applause and cheers of attending family and friends. From a curriculum that began with "how to line up," "how to get along with classmates," and advancing to adding, subtracting, writing and reading, the kindergartners did it all. Each graduate gave a presentation depicting 'What I Want To Do When I Grow Up.' The usual careers of doctor, soldier and policeman were chosen by many, but...
Lincoln School's Elementary Track Day Takes The Field May...
The somber melody of "Pomp and Circumstance" brought the audience to their feet as the 2019 graduation ceremony of Lincoln High School opened with the incoming march of the twelve graduates. With serious expressions, and a few tears, the Class of 2019 strode in and took their seats under the banner of the class motto by Dr. Seuss, "You're off to great places, today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way! Co-valedictorians Maggie Jorgensen and Bridger Kamps...
More than 30 people showed up to the Cyr property north of Highway 200 to take part in the Lincoln High Social Entrepreneur Classes first Mud Run. The half mile route, run twice, began near the Cyr's gravel pit. Runners navigated a shallow mud pit, and stepped though a set of tires before heading over the hill and dropping down to cross Keep cool Creek. Then it was over a set of hay bales, back across the creek and back up the hill. Runners then had to slide down a slip and...
The acoustical space of the Methodist Church reverberated with the music of twenty piano students Saturday, as a standing room only crowd applauded the accomplishments of Lincoln's K-6th grade pianists. Their teacher, Melissa Gilbert, introduced each musician, beginning with the kindergartners and ending with sixth grader Tahvo Lattin, who pounded the ivories with skill and enthusiasm. To the astonishment of almost everyone, two of the students played compositions they had...
The Lincoln Junior High and High School music students showed off their talent at the Spring Concert at the Lincoln Methodist Church Wednesday, May 22. The spring concert is the third school concert held at the Methodist Church, which is now also home to a grand piano donated to the communty last fall by Sculpture in the Wild. Lincoln Schools music teacher Melissa Gilbert said the space at the church is better suited to musical performances than the school gym, which she said...
Lincoln Schools teacher Laura Bullis' Social Entrepreneurship class is slated to host a "Mud Run" for charity Saturday, June first. The Freshmen-level class dedicates the last semester of the school year to teaching kids to use their tech skills to develop, plan and organize an event that gives back to the community, Bullis told the BVD. "The kids have always made the decision of what to do. I take no part in choosing," she said. "Next year it could be picking trash up from...
In an uncommon arrangement, last Wednesday's Pre K-6th grade spring concert came in two parts. First up the 5th and 6th sixth grade 56 Band playing 'Galactic Episode' and 'Mahna-Mahna,' Two pieces of music teacher Melissa Gilbert said the band put hard work into learning. They were followed by the pre-schoolers, who recited Hickory Dickory Dock, Hey Diddle Diddle and Old MacDonald Had a Farm. "We did a whole unit on nursery rhymes and songs we thought would be important for...
When weaver Teri Fitzgerald was gifted a wealth of basketry materials, she immediately wanted to share the windfall. "I knew right away that I wanted to do something with the kids," Fitzgerald told the BVD. An experienced basket maker who had conducted workshops at Lincoln School in the past, Fitzgerald said it had been several years since she'd done so. Then, last year, local artisan Becky Thurman made her a gift of her collection of basketry materials and patterns. The...
Dozens of Lincoln High School students were recognized for academic, character and athletic excellence Thursday, May 9 in the school gym. The Heisey Award, given for improved leadership, character and academic effort was given to two students this year: Maya Whittenburg and Andrea LaManna. These coveted awards also come with a $200 cash gift. Academic awards included: Outstanding Science Student: Alexis Cannon; Outstanding History and English student: Maggie Jorgensen;...
The L, originally lit at night with more than 100 solar lights, was installed in 2015 by Jim Oly. He dedicated it to the memory of Heather Terman, who died in an ATV accident in 2014. Letters on hills representing schools are common in Montana towns, and they are traditionally maintained every year by high school seniors as a show of class pride....
Lincoln High School Juniors racked up some of the best ACT scores seen by Lincoln Schools in the past several years, while Lincoln Elementary School took a hit to its accreditation level due to a certification mix up. With an average composite score of 21.2 points, the Lincoln High Juniors bested last year's school average by a full four points and outperformed the historic state average, which hovers at about the 20-point mark According to the Montana Office of Public...
The most hilarious fun that could be had for free in Lincoln last week was the spring elementary round-robin basketball for kindergarten through 3rd grade boys and girls. Developing dribbling, passing and shooting skills from an early age, in front of family and friends, is long on fun and short on rules like travelling, fouling and shooting at the correct basket. Kynleigh Dietz stopped her drive down the sideline to give her great-grandma, Shirley Dietz, a big hug on her way...
Six Lincoln students ranging from 3rd to 6th grade played some piano tunes for the senior citizens Wednesday afternoon, while the 3rd grade class attended the recital to lend a supporting ear. The students made the walk over from the school to the Lincoln Senior Center and performed a continual flow of songs to strengthen their performing skills for the upcoming Piano Recital, scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at 1 p.m. at the Lincoln Community Methodist Church. Not all the...
Lincoln High School's Azaiah Blotkamp placed second in both the high jump and pole vault at last weekends' KLH Memorial Track Meet in Missoula. Blotkamp cleared 10 feet, 6 inches in the pole vault and set a personal record in the high jump by clearing the 6-foot mark. Senior Maggie Jorgensen saw her season's best performance so far in the women's 100-meter with her 13.82 second run for a 5th place finish. She also placed 6th in the long jump by covering 15 feet, 8 inches....
The Lincoln School Board approved the selection of Lincoln Schools Industrial Science teacher Shane Brown as the new part-time principal at their April 8 meeting. The Board acted on the recommendation of the principal selection committee, which included incoming Superintendent Jennifer Packer, school board President Aaron Birkholz and school board member M’Liss Weisner. After receiving five applications, the committee interviewed three candidates for the job. Packer said Brown’s experience with the Lincoln education sys...
