This week, we received our annual report card as part of the Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) release of 2023-2024 report cards statewide. DPI is required by state statute to generate a report card for every publicly funded school and district in the state. The Lincoln Academy received a 3-star rating of Meets Expectations. Report Cards as a Tool As a newer school, this is TLA’s second year participating in the state report card process. Report cards can be a helpful

A school’s single most important point of impact on scholars are its educators. How they engage scholars, how they introduce a concept, or help a scholar make sense of why something didn’t work out are the keys to unlocking scholar potential in the classroom.  The goal is to always see scholars grow academically and see them achieve their greatest potential.  Given this, one of my most important jobs as a school leader is to hire the staff who believe in Children First and ha

Welcome back to school! It’s hard to believe we’re already several weeks into the new school year, let alone 4 years into the realization of The Lincoln Academy vision. This is a special year. For the first time, we are fully K4-12th grade, with 727 scholars enrolled. The classrooms are all in use, the bleachers are full during assemblies, the teaching staff represents every grade level, and at the end of this schoolyear we will shepherd our first graduating class into a brig