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NEWSLETTER
LINCOLN SCHOOL / 2011 - 2012 ACADEMIC YEAR / VOLUME 1
ISSUE NO. 11
IN THIS EDITION
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1. 1. 2. FROM THE DIRECTOR FROM THE ELEMENTARY UPCOMING EVENTS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE OFFICE FOR MAC AFTER SCHOOL MATH HELP
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4. A THANKSGIVING DAY CELEBRATION 4. 5. FRENCH COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB NEWS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE BUILDING CONTEST
Mission Lincoln School is a multicultural community in the foothills of the Himalaya that inspires in each student a passion for learning, the condence and competence to pursue their dreams, and the commitment to serve as a compassionate global citizen and leader, who is a steward of the environment.
Upcoming Events
DATE(S) Nov 4 EVENT MS/HS Report Cards Distributed
2:30-4:00pm ES Halloween Harvest Fest
DATE(S) Nov 18
Lincoln School Rabi Bhawan P.O. Box 2673 Kathmandu Nepal Tel: 270 482, 270 603 Fax: 272 685 Web: www.lsnepal.com
Nov 9
Ask your child how they would like us the school and you, working together as a teamto support their learning: Student academic success is closely linked to a strong and cooperative relationship between home and school. This relationship can look very different for students of different ages and personalities, and depends also on family circumstances. Some children appreciate more parental involvement in their schooling than others. And as students grow older and more independent parent involvement, though still important, evolves considerably.
Grades are not the most important thing: The comments section of the report provides deeper insight into what your child is learning and doing in class, the successes and challenges he or she is encountering, and suggestions for ways your child may improve his or her learning. It is important to remember that many students suffer from grade anxiety. Focusing rst and foremost on the letter grade they have received can exacerbate this anxiety. Try to keep the focus on learning rather than the external measures of it. Take this opportunity to start or continue a dialogue about learning: Ask your child what he or she enjoys about learning what makes learning most effective, what sorts of ideas are most engagingand what implications these strengths and preferences have for his or her life choices. Grading measures particular aspects of a childs intellectual and social growth; there are other aspects, not easily quantied but very important, that also represent growth. Its worth asking students how they feel they have grown lately, and about challenges they have faced, and how they have met them. Some of their answers might surprise you.
Parent-Teacher conferences are scheduled for November 18th from 8:00am-4:00pm. These conferences provide an opportunity to meet with your childs teachers to share observations and discuss his or her learning in greater depth. Below are suggestions for the sort of questions you might nd useful at your conference:
Does my child seem happy in class? Alert, engaged? What does my child do well? What struggles does she face, in meeting the challenges of school work? What does she need in order to develop further? What can we do at home to support her academic growth? Is my child completing his homework as expected? Does my child face particular challenges in class beyond that of his school work?
There will be no school for secondary students on conference day. If you would like to schedule an appointment with your childs teacher(s), please contact Minush Rajbhandary by Thursday November 17th. Appointments will be scheduled in 10-minute increments. We look forward to seeing you on the 18th. Brad Waugh Secondary Principal
An Opportunity ...
An opportunity to purchase Ofce for Mac will be available, so please check the appropriate box in the online order form if you are interested. Only one computer per secondary student enrolled at Lincoln School can be purchased. For families with more than one student, a separate form must be lled out and submitted for each student. Full payment is expected in the schools nancial ofce before November 13. We hope those secondary families in our community that were looking to purchase a computer can benet from this opportunity. Please note that we are unable to negotiate the given prices any further. If you have any questions, contact Jose Aleman at jaleman@lsnepal.com or at his mobile 9808869074.
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Apple MacBook Air 11" 1.6GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM 128GB Flash Storage Apple MacBook Air 13" 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM 128GB Flash Storage Apple MacBook Air 13" 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM 256GB ash storage AppleCare Protec/on Plan MacBook / MacBook Air / 13-Inch MacBook Pro MacBook Pro 15" and 17"
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Featuring Lincoln School Elementary Music Classes Lincoln School elementary music students have been invited to the American ambassador's residence to help celebrate American Thanksgiving. We will perform songs, feature dance and poetry plus lead the guests in an audience participation number. This is an optional performance program for students in Grade Primary 1 through Grade 5. Date: Wednesday, November 23rd from 3:00 until 5:00 Details: those students participating will remain at school (it's an early dismissal day) for lunch, rehearsal and costuming. We will depart school around 2:00, perform around 3:30 and depart at 5:00(after turkey and pumpkin pie). Lincoln School will provide transportation to your home. If you are interested I will be sending a "hard copy" permission slip home next week. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me at kshrestha@lsnepal.com Thanks andLove, Kathy Shrestha-Elementary Music Teacher
Thursday
Open to MS students Mr. Binayak Room A-4
Friday
HS Study Hall Mr. Atkins and Mr. Kumar Room A-5
The French Community Service is an organization of Lincoln School that seeks to give students an opportunity to live and learn one of the visions of the Mission Statement, the commitment to serve as a compassionate global citizen and leader. The club is dedicated to helping less fortunate children around Nepal, and all the members, student from grade nine to twelve, are very dedicated and excited to be a part of this ongoing project of improving the lives of orphans in Kathmandu. The club was created in 2004 building on a vision of being involved with the host country community in a mutually benecial relationship of giving service and receiving valuable lessons of the spirit of the hope of young children. The club has already been involved with many projects. The French Community Service Clubs main mission is to give the children a Room to Play, the name of our primary endeavor, because so many kids here have no opportunity to grow up as children in structured playful environments. The French Community Service Club rst project was working at the Sahid Gangalal National Heart Hospital, where they established a play room for the children undergoing surgeries, to have time away from the hospital atmosphere to play and recuperate. With the success of this project they moved onto working at Maiti Nepal Orphanage Home for the HIV children, as well as Bal Mandir Orphanage. This year alone we have been on several eld trips to the orphanages, re-organized and updated the structure of the club, had a successful bake sale to increase our funds and cleaned up the room at Bal Mandir so the children have a fun and a clean playroom. The club has a meeting every Thursday after school where we plan our trips and activities with the children as well as set long term goals. All the members who are a part of this project are extremely thoughtful and caring, not to mention Madame Pimentel and Ms. Regina who make this all possible. The children we interact with are some of the sweetest optimistic kids and we hope that what we do makes a difference to them, whether its raising money to pay for their education or something as simple as washing their teddy bears, for they certainly make a difference to our growing and learning! Anna Jespersen French Community Service President
MS students (with Open to Alg. I approval) students Mr. Sims and Mrs. Farish Room Mr. Gupta A-13 Room Open to MS, HS Study Hall Mr. Binayak Room A-11
Open to Alg. I students Mrs. Farish Room A-13 Open to MS, HS Study Hall Mr. Binayak Room A-11
The 2012 International Bridge Building Contest will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in the Spring. In order to prepare for this contest, Lincoln Physics and Engineering Projects students will be designing, testing, and building bridges starting in November. Our school contest will occur in December followed in January by the First Annual Kathmandu Regional Bridge Building Contest. The exact dates and times are yet to be determined. Last spring, the International Bridge Building Contest was held in Chicago. Lincoln Physics students competed against each other to earn one of two entries into the International Contest. Our two Winners were Jan Heijdra in grade 10 and Bashil Singh in grade 12. At the contest, their bridges both qualied for the nals and earned recognition for load bearing ability. Bashils bridge held 4 kg for a total efciency of 207, placing 58th. Jans bridge held 20 kg for a total efciency of 833 earning 48th place. Finally, in the Architectural Merit category, Jan Heijdra won 2nd place and a cash prize! Special thanks are extended to: Mr. Deepesh Shrestha for his work creating the mechanism to break the bridges and for his tireless efforts supporting scientic learning at Lincoln School. Thanks also to Mrs. Prerana Sijapati and Mr. Rajeeva Kumar for sending the two winners bridges to Chicago in time. If you know of a school with an interested group of science/ math/technology students please contact Mr. Marty Atkins (matkins@lsnepal.com.np) for more information about this years contest. We would also like to extend an invitation to any people in the community involved in Engineering or Architecture to support our efforts as we build the only Regional Bridge Building Contest in Asia right here in Kathmandu. If interested, contact Marty at the above email. For more information about the International Bridge Building, visit their website:
As for the details of this dance, our social committee has organized this event on the basketball court, there will be chaperones and other sister school guests will also be invited in. Cotton candy and frozen yoghurt will also be available, and they will be included with the ticket. Our goal for this dance is not to make a prot, but for the students to enjoy what they paid for. Each ticket will cost 500 rupees and we will be selling them in advanced so that there is no pandemonium at the gate during the event. Transport is available for Lincoln students from the dance at 10:00 but students will have to get to the dance with their own transport from 7 to 8:00 when the gates close. We would appreciate your support for this event and hope that it will be one of the many successful ones that we organize during the course of this year. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email us at STUCO@lsnepal.com. Thank you, Student Council 2011-2012 Spriha Shrestha
Jekyll and Hyde: The Inside Story by Haydon Ali My character in Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical was the protagonist, both Jekyll and Hyde. It was a fun play to act in because, not only was it challenging, but many of my friends were in it too or came to see it, which provided me with companionship the whole way through. This was the rst time I'd ever played a lead in a play, and it was good to have that support. This play posed many challenges to me. First, it improved my skills as an actor and singer. I've had more lines to memorize in other plays, but those plays never demanded such a high level of acting skills: to play both Jekyll and Hyde in the same song was tough, both physically and vocally. Also, I've never had to act my own death before, which is harder than it sounds! And the subtleties of the play were numerous and challenging to convey: the fact that Hyde was truly evil and yet Jekyll was noble but not perfect was hard to pull off onstage. Also, my character had to show anger towards his own best friend. And nally, I've never had to play 2 characters that were complete opposites in a single play before, let alone in a single scene! And yet I wasn't the only actor challenged. Most actors had multiple roles, to the point where actors were changing characters and costumes onstage! Teamwork was a major factor in pulling this play off, and I think we all beneted from our experiences in it. In the words of my Mom (the director): I'm sure they all poured their hearts and souls into it. I know I did.
http://bridgecontest.phys.iit.edu/index.php
The student council hosts many events throughout the year typically including fundraisers, dances, and talent shows. The rst big event that we are organizing this year is going to be a post Halloween dance on November 18th. There have been questions about why this event is so far from the actual holiday, and I know that there will be more, but to sum it all up things got complicated and we also hope that the students enjoy a little bit of spontaneity. Halloween dances or costume parties have been very successful in the past, for me it tends to be the fact that everyone seems like a whole new person for that night and I tend to feel a sort of change in myself and most worries get forgotten with excitement.
Fourth grade has a sister school. It's only a few blocks away but in every other respect it is in a different world. Throughout the rest of the year, the fourth grade Explore Nepal program will foster a relationship with the fourth grade at our sister school, focusing on activities that the two fourth grade groups can do together. Our goal is to bridge the two schools through the creation and imagination of the students, and foster empathy and cooperation through collaborative activities. GRADE 5 Grade 5 is excited to be part of the Lincoln School service learning project that allows us to have theopportunity toforge a meaningful relationship with the people and the environment of our host country. We will be in a year long program of Ecoorganic farming and preservation of ourenvironment withthe 7th graders of theKalidevi School in Patelebath, Kavre,and they will become organic gardening mentors to our children. By this interaction the students from both schools will be stimulated to learn from each other in language, experience and culture. This program also allows us to make various academic connections in the areas of Language Arts, Science andleadership development. Studying about the various elements of cultures and their impact on the families around the world, the effects of adaptation to various challenging environments, utilization of sustainable solar energy and empowering the children in skills of leadership are some of the areas we intend to explore and develop to their utmost. Exciting Explore Nepal for Grade 5!
Middle School High Command Halloween Dance (Costumes Optional) 6-9pm on November 4th (today) 400rps covers Snacks & DJ Transportation provided following the dance only! Please feel free to send snacks or extra meals for your participants .
AJendance If your son or daughter is absent from school, please call the school or e-mail Minush Rajbhandary (mrajbhandary@lsnepal.com) by 8:00 am to no]fy us of the absences.
A collective effort to improve communication betw een the school and home is well unde r way at Lincoln School. We ho pe you enjoy our newsletter as an other form of communication. If yo u have any suggestion or wish to feature an article in this newslet ter, please do not hesitate to send us an e-mail at newsletter@lsnepal.c om.
As we move forward in the school year, we will continue to build on the many successes of this rst term. Regards, Philip Clinton, Director
LINCOLN SCHOOL
LINCOLN NEWSLETTER
Rabi Bhawan P.O. Box 2673 Kathmandu Nepal Tel: 270 482, 270 603 Fax: 272 685 Web: www.lsnepal.com
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