Lincoln School students raise money for the American Heart Association

Lincoln School’s science fair, which honored Black scientists for Black History Month, was recently featured on Newsela, an instructional content platform. Click here to view the Newsela feature.

Lincoln School was thrilled to participate in Read Across America during the first week of March, organized by the Lincoln School Reading Department. This annual event is designed to promote a love of reading among children and young adults. 

Students interacted with their classmates science projects which lined the Lincoln School auditorium.  On February 4, 2025, scholars at Lincoln School excitedly showed off their research and STEAM-based projects to classmates, teachers and parents at the annual science fair. 

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Students at Lincoln School received a valuable lesson in currency, business and entrepreneurship from volunteers of Junior Achievement (JA) of New York. On January 14, 2025 speakers from JA visited classrooms to talk to students about career opportunities, readiness and financial literacy.

The Mount Vernon Youth Bureau's Executive Director Debbie Burrell-Butler and Deputy Director, Dena Williams, surprised nine lucky students from Lincoln School with a holiday gift on Monday, December 16, 2024. Student's faces lit up with surprise when they were paged to the main office to receive their gift along with encouraging words from both directors for distinguishing themselves as the "Top Readers" on their respective grade levels. Thank you to the Mount Vernon Youth Bureau for continuing to partner with us and for encouraging our students to reach for the stars. 

Students at Lincoln School enjoyed a big meal together at the 12th annual English as a New Language (ENL) Thanksgiving Feast on Friday, November 22, 2024. This celebration was originally created at the school in order to introduce students who are new to the country to Thanksgiving.

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On Wednesday, October 16, 2024, Lincoln School students were treated to a musical culminating assembly for Hispanic Heritage Month. Melanie Aguirre, a professional dancer, and her drummer Sanga played music and shared Bomba dance traditions, which originated in Puerto Rico. The music and dancing celebrate the island’s diverse cultural background. The students had a great time learning about the history of Bomba and showing off their dance moves. 

Students at Lincoln School could be seen walking down the hallways, wearing soccer jerseys from different countries and waving flags from all around the world for Culture Day during spirit week, which began on Monday, June 17, 2024.