Read Across America Day

Lincoln School Celebrated Read Across America Day

 and Held an All School Assembly

Ms. McElaney Reading to Gr.  3 Ms. McEleney's Classroom

Ms. Clough and Ms. Cormier
Read Across America /All School Assembly

 Ms. Anzalone reading to Gr. 1,  Mr. DeBenedictis's Classroom

Ms. Bradford reading to Gr. 3,  Ms. Fitch's Classroom

Ms. MacLeod reading to Gr. 2, Ms. Duval's Classroom

Ms. Zermani reading to Gr. 5, Ms. Ostler's Classroom

 Ms. Kennedy reading to Gr. 5, Ms. Wallace's Classroom

Ms. Vozzella and Ms. Hart Join in the Lincoln School Spirit! 

K-2 Winter Concert

Gr. 2 Students - Winter Concert

Students Singing and Signing K - 2 Winter Concert

BRAVO Ms. Garciano  - Another Wonderful Performance!

Don't Forget  Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for this Wed., Thurs., and Fri.  March 9, 10, 11.

We will also be selling our School Sweat Shirts during Conference Days!

All proceeds will go towards our creating our Lincoln School Store and School Newspaper Club

Sweatshirts: 

Youth $35.00 Small, Medium, Large

Adult:  $40.00 Small, Medium, Large, X Large XX Large

Music is in the Air!

K - 2 Concert!

Date:  Wednesday, March 2, 2016  
Time:  6:30 PM
Location:  Lincoln School Auditorium

Did you know?

• The combined results of 12 experimental studies indicate a positive relationship between voluntary music study and math achievement.
• Vaughn, K.  (2000).  Music and mathematics: Modest support for the oft-claimed relationship.  Journal of Aesthetic Education, 34(3/4), 149-66.
• The combined results of 30 studies indicate that music instruction is linked to significantly improved reading skills.Standley, J. M.  (2008).  Does music instruction help children learn to read?  Evidence of a meta-analysis. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 27(1), 17-32.
• On the 2012 SAT, students who participated in music scored an average of 31 points above average in reading, 23 points above average in math, and 31 points above average in writing.
  College Board SAT, 2012 College-Bound Seniors: Total Group Profile Report.  
• Music training in childhood “fundamentally alters the nervous system such that neural changes persist in adulthood after auditory training has ceased.”
  Skoe, E. & N. Kraus.  (2012).  A little goes a long way: How the Adult Brain Is Shaped by Musical Training in Childhood.  The Journal of Neuroscience, 32(34):11507–11510.

For more information, check out these great sites and articles.

www.broaderminded.com

http://time.com/12086/how-to-make-your-kids-smarter-10-steps-backed-by-science/

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2014/09/10/343681493/this-is-your-brain-this-is-your-brain-on-music

https://medium.com/@JDKCA/10-reasons-why-classical-musicians-make-the-best-employees-b866df3d619f#.pn0iphspc

(check out number 1!)

 Mary Costello

Director of Music

Winchester Public Schools