Labor Day Weekend, a special holiday weekend at the start of the school year, is a time for our residential community to come together and build strong connections with each other and the region of Mid-coast Maine. We share a traditional lobster feast on the shore, get out on the water, and have a team-building retreat at Camp Kieve-Wavus. It’s an opportunity for new students to join the fold and make friendships that may stay with them for their entire lives. Returning students reconnect with their peers and welcome new friends to our community.
Lots of images from our weekend retreat and adventures to come, but first I wanted to share photos of some of our students embarking on their first day back in classes taken earlier this week. With Lincoln Academy’s hybrid model, these first two weeks of school are orientation, with each class attending one day of in-person learning and technology workshops. These photos only capture a glimpse of the anticipation and excitement of the return to school. It’s not a typical start to the academic year, but we feel incredibly lucky to be where we are and have these smiling faces walking through the halls of Lincoln Academy.
Thank you for your continued support of all we do here at LA!
Jake Abbott
Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life
Lincoln Academy
How to go to School in a Pandemic
Check out this video with tips on starting school. Made right here at LA with help from students, staff, and Eddie the Eagle!
Sports Practice Calendar
Click here for a practice schedule for the next 3 weeks. Remember:
- Practices become mandatory on 9/8
- There are no practices on Wednesdays due to it being a ‘virtual school day, however games may be scheduled on Wednesdays.
- Practices will maintain standard times in a non rotation schedule until games begin.
- It is important that athletes leave immediately after their practice concludes. Also, athletes in the 5pm practice should plan to leave campus between school and practice.
Lincoln Academy Performing Arts
The Performing Arts faculty has been hard at work making accommodations to allow students to practice singing, playing instruments, and practicing theater arts in these difficult times. Please watch this video created by Mr. Braley, Ms. Matta, and Ms. Anderson with more information about what Performing Arts classes will look like this fall.
Links
- Lincoln Academy Learning Hub, with links to Canvas, PowerSchool, and everything else families need for learning at LA
- Fall Reopening Plan with daily schedules for orientation and regular school days
- LA Flickr site, which includes photos from graduation and back to school preparations. New images will be posted regularly
- “Learning Tents” at Lincoln Academy
- Notes from August 18 LAPA meeting about Fall Reopening Plan
