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FROM THE DIRECTOR
Dear Lincoln School
Parents,
The 2009-2010 school year
has now come to an end. The Graduation Ceremony
for the Class of 2010 took place at the
Soaltee Hotel on Wednesday. Those in attendance
heard Keynote Speaker Ben Ayers as well
as Board Chair Dave Sadoff make insightful
addresses. In addition Suraj Karmacharya
and Rapden Lama made the student speeches
as Valedictorian and Salutatorian respectively.
Special thanks to Liz Shrestha, Shira Daryn,
Bob Cofer, Minush Rajbhandary, and Bernie
Lenoue, our Senior Class Advisors, for all
of their work organizing the ceremony.
Report cards for all students
and transcripts for those departing were
distributed to elementary students earlier
in the week and to secondary students today.
Students that did not return text books
and materials or that have any remaining
bills did not receive their report cards
or transcripts. Outstanding bills or fines
may be paid in the Finance Office and report
cards can be picked up there as well.
As you know, I am departing
Lincoln School after a wonderful five years
here. It has been my honor and pleasure
to serve you and your children and to watch
them grow. The international community is
a small one and I am hopeful that our paths
will cross again someday soon. For those
returning to the school next year, please
enjoy a well deserved summer holiday. The
school will reopen on Wednesday, August
11th.
Sincerely,
Allan Bredy
FROM THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
DEAR LINCOLN SCHOOL
Over the past few summers,
we’ve initiated a “Dear Lincoln”
program to encourage our elementary students
and staff to send postcards from the different
places they visit during summer vacation.
Once again we would like your children to
send post cards to Lincoln School from wherever
they might be this summer. We’ll turn
this into an elementary geography project
in August and make a special display of
all the post cards. Just have your children
write “Dear Lincoln,” and a
few lines about where they are in the world.
The address is: Lincoln School, P.O. Box
2673, Kathmandu, Nepal. For those students
leaving Lincoln School this year, we’d
still love to hear from you. Please send
us a postcard when you land in your next
home.
News from the Library
Last minute news from the Library:
• Summer check-out—The
library will be open from 9 to 11 every
Tuesday and Thursday morning beginning Tuesday,
June 29, and continuing through the month
of July. Parents are welcome to make use
of the library to help fill the lazy days
of summer, as well as Lincoln students.
• Elementary students came to the
library yesterday to get library books to
get them started on their summer reading.
(Many of them left with their backpacks
full!) These books may be kept through the
summer holidays or, if you are in Kathmandu
all summer, they can be turned in and others
checked out. It is especially important
for children who are not using English regularly
during the summer break to keep those “English-language
brain cells” working, so please encourage
your kids to read!
• Our Lincoln Author project is finished
and our elementary students are now published
authors with their names in the Lincoln
Library card catalog and their books ready
to be checked out. I hope many of those
books will start circulating this summer.
If you check one out, please be very careful
with it: they are precious and virtually
irreplaceable! The exciting news is that
many of our students are now writing books
on their own to contribute to the library.
I’ll have to warn the incoming librarian
that Lincoln Press needs to continue!
• Speaking of contributions to the
library, our library now has one of the
few copies in Kathmandu of Kai Bird’s
new book, Crossing Mandelbaum Gate: Coming
of Age between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978.
Kai donated it to the library after his
talk with the Lincoln parents’ group
last week and it is now processed and ready
to be checked out.
• The library also has received many,
many donations from families who are leaving
or who are doing their spring cleaning and
thought of Lincoln. Thank you very much
for your donations! Many are already processed
and on the shelves and many more are stacked
in the librarian’s office, waiting
for the new librarian’s attention
in August. The library always welcomes donations.
If they aren’t useful for our collection,
we pass them on to a number of local schools
and libraries who are developing their libraries.
And now comes the hard part. It’s
time for me to say good-bye to Lincoln—again!
I will be spending next year with my grandchildren
in the States, being a full-time Grammy
for a year. I realized if I don’t
make the effort to be in their lives, I’ll
be missing out on something very precious.
Then who knows? I may decide I’m ready
to take a longer break, or I may be off
on a new adventure. For sure, I’ll
be back to visit Kathmandu and Lincoln in
the future, and I’ll always have a
special place in my heart for this place
and the wonderful friends—colleagues,
students, parents, and others—who
have been part of my life here. Thank you
for the many ways you’ve supported
the library program, for helping your children
value reading, for reading to them and listening
to them read to you so they now identify
themselves as readers (and authors!), and
thank you for your personal and much valued
friendships.
My mother once gave me a little wall hanging
that said just how I feel as I say good-bye:
“The sadness of parting is only for
this moment, but the joy of having known
you is forever.” Namaste and best
wishes to all of you!
Peggy Keough, Librarian
New Phone Numbers
De korte family:
mom: 9849590383
Hodgson family:
mom: 9801038052
Tasco family:
mom: 9801046479
Lindblom family:
Home: 9803868011
Dad: 9802032394
Mom: 9802032395
Shrestha, Shinab:
Home: 4033129
Carlson, April:
9801000974
Summer Camp
If you plan to be in Kathmandu this summer
and are looking for activities for your
children ages 3-12, please note that Lincoln
School will be holding a Summer Camp starting
June 21st. The camp is open to Lincoln students
as well as others. Additional details are
included in this edition of the Newsletter.
Sincerely,
Allan Bredy
CALENDAR OF IMPORTANT
DATES
| May 28
Friday |
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Last day of After School
Activities |
| May 31 Monday |
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No School for Elementary Students
Report Cards Preparation
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| June 3 - 4 |
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HS Exams |
| June 4 Friday |
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8 am Excerpts from Environmental
Musicals - Roof Top Theater
Grade P1 - Grade 4 Music classes
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| June 5 Saturday |
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SAT Exam
6 PM Middle School Dance
7PM Alumni Party at Vajra Hotel |
| June 7 Monday |
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No School for Secondary Students
Grading Day |
| June 8 Tuesday |
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Middle School Student–Led
Conferences
S2- Elem Report Cards go home
HS Career Day |
| June 9 Wednesday |
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11:50 Dismissal
5pm Graduation
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| June 11 Friday |
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S2 - Secondary Report Cards go home
Q4 ends
11:50 Dismissal
Last day of school
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