The Green Light Archives

Oh, how the weather gods shined on Lincoln School this weekend for the first large-scale gathering of alumnae on campus since the fall of 2019. The Great Reuniting, as the weekend’s festivities were lovingly styled, saw over 150 alumnae—from the Classes of 1946 through 2019—converge at 301 Butler Avenue for a mix of social events and informational sessions about the Lincoln School of today.

Lemonade stand, "Lovely Lemonade" run by Lower School students from extended day raises $134 for Big Sisters of RI.

On Wednesday, May 4 the Senior Art Majors concluded their two year studio experience with their senior show, Unprecedented. All 9 majors showcased their 2D and 3D work together in our STEAM Hub Art Gallery.

Although most people associate Title IX solely with athletics, Title IX is one part of a larger legislation commonly known as the Education Acts of 1972, which expanded the protections of previous civil rights legislation. Lincoln’s Title IX at 50 recognizes this watershed moment in women’s history with a week of programming centering around Title IX and its impact—at Lincoln, in Rhode Island, and throughout the country. 

Performing artists are working overtime this season at Lincoln! On Wednesday, the 4th of May, students in Playwriting class created a completely student-driven theatre experience for an appreciative audience when they presented the Fringe Festival. In true Fringe fashion, plays were performed in non-traditional spaces - classrooms, hallways, the dining room, lounges - and as many as three plays were performed at once. 

The 8th grade, along with five faculty advisors, recently participated in the Global Citizenship Program in New York City. Upon arrival by Amtrak train, the group checked in to their midtown hotel and headed to Lower Manhattan to participate in, “A People's History of Immigration, from New York Harbor to Little Syria'', a walking tour led by Social Justice Walks.

A discussion about how women network with Sheila Curran, a career coach, strategist and consultant.

With this beautiful spring weather children in every Early Childhood and Little School classroom are spending as much time outdoors as possible. 

Lower School students had a great day on April 29 celebrating Poem in Your Pocket Day. They Zoomed with Calef Brown, the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of Boy Wonder and many other classics. 

The first two shows were takes on the classic Wizard of Oz, and Beauty and the Beast. The students designed their own sets, created costumes, and wrote the scripts! 

Wonderful performances were shared with their fellow students–we can't wait to see the others next week!

Thanks to Casey Farm, our friends in the Kindergarten classroom are eagerly watching over an incubator of eggs, awaiting the hatching of chicks! Last Tuesday, an educator from Casey Farm visited the girls with everything needed to incubate a clutch of eggs, set up the equipment, and engaged students in a hands-on presentation about chickens and eggs. Twenty-one days later, as students observe, the chicks hatch! During morning drop-off on Tuesday, we were told by an excited friend in Kindergarten that there are only SIX days left in the countdown!

We're very happy to share that last Friday, Lincoln participated in the Small Independent School's Art League Juried Art Show. It was held virtually by Boston University Academy and included works from students across 15 Rhode Island and Massachusetts schools. Please join us in congratulating the following Lincoln student award winners! Congratulations to all of the students who participated in this show!

Student members of Lincoln School's Mock Trial team took part in the 2021-2022 Rhode Island Senior Division Mock Trial Tournament. Mock Trial is an event in which students play the role of either prosecution/plaintiff or defendant in a court case created by a team of devoted legal experts at the Rhode Island Legal Education Foundation (RILEF). A real judge presides over every trial event, and the jury is played by local attorneys who donate their time to the tournament. This year's trials were conducted via Zoom, but the tournament finals will be conducted in person in a real courtroom.

7 Lincoln School students to compete in the 635-mile offshore sailing race from Newport, RI, to Bermuda this June—the first all-female youth team in the race’s 116-year history.

As a Quaker school, the SPICES—Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship—are the foundation of all we do at Lincoln. And recently, some of our Lower School friends have been able to exercise the Community piece of our SPICES. On Tuesday, Adrianne Walsh, Manager of Volunteer Services at Rhode Island Hospital visited the Lower School! She talked to Grade 1 about the respite room at the hospital and how much the staff is enjoying their acts of kindness.

Have you heard? Lincoln’s Upper School Student Newspaper, The Plaid Post, is back in print, with their latest publication out just last week!

Student Newspaper Staff were excited about the timing, leading up to Newsies performances, as they delivered the papers while classes were going on. The students completed the task of delivering newspaper-route style issues rolled up with elastics. They surprised each classroom by tossing a few copies into the room, where unsuspecting students and faculty eagerly rushed to retrieve them!

Do you ever wonder about the universe? Our friends in Grade 6 English have been learning about the topic since the summer, and put together a silent gallery experience featuring their work. Students in Ms. Maizel's class created beautiful found poems from sources such as A Wrinkle in Time, When You Reach Me, selections from Carl Sagan's Cosmos, interviews with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and more.

We're sure you've already heard, but yesterday's date was pretty special!

TWOSDAY–2/22/2022, was celebrated throughout campus with an out-of-uniform day. The class of '22 declared the day a "crazy outfit day" and encouraged students to think creatively. This meant tutus galore, crazy hairstyles, even mismatching shoes. However, our Lower School friends were in for a treat when they discovered their day was full of surprises! Surprise recess, scavenger hunts, and even a 2-minute "Drop Everything and Dance!" party at 2:22 p.m.

The following is shared by Jess Kimball-Veeder, History Teacher, about a recent activity her Grade 6 class participated in. Thank you for sharing with our community, Jess!

Grade 6 historians are finishing their unit on Ancient China and are currently studying the Silk Road. To better understand why the name "Silk Road" is misleading (as well as to practice their mapping and analytical thinking skills), the students participated in a Silk Road Game, inspired by Oregon Trail!

This past fall Lincoln's Archaeology students conducted a dig on campus on the lawn of the Dwight House. Today, the students returned to the Dwight House to explore the interior architectural details. During the fall dig, the class didn't strike gold–but a few 19th-century nails and some bits of brick, glass, and coal! The students presented their findings to Mrs. Lau, Head of School (and resident of the Dwight House!), shown in the shadowbox included here. Learn more about the history of the Dwight House and the Archeology class in our latest Green Light blog!

Guest blog post by studioMLA Architects, designers of the newest Little School building and sponsors of STEAMx Spark, rescheduled for April 3.

Rooted in Quaker principles and dedicated to a dynamic education for girls, Lincoln School has a highly respected early education program. This project provides additional capacity and creates indoor and outdoor spaces fully aligned with the Reggio Emilia–influenced curriculum and Quaker values.

Grade 1 has been spreading Lincoln Love locally AND all over the country recently! Locally Ms. Green's class has been sharing the Lincoln Love by creating "Love Bug" Kindness Rocks for healthcare workers at Lifespan! The rocks are being delivered to Rhode Island Hospital to spread kindness and boost spirits in the hospital's Respite Room for staff. More broadly, their class is participating in a National Valentine's Day Card Exchange, mailing out "Bee Mine" crafts and information about our school to other schools across the United States. In exchange, they have been receiving valentines in the mail along with information about other schools! As of the Friday before Valentine's Day, they have received cards from Colorado, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. 

Grade 8 students in Mrs. Douglas-Osmundson’s class zoomed with Orla O’Neill on Thursday, Executive Director of St. Stephen’s Green Trust in Ireland. As the students are reading Refugee by Alan Gratz, Ms. O'Neil was a great visitor given her work in fundraising for organizations that directly help refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland. After hearing about her organization, they were able to ask their own questions.

Recently in the Oak Leaves classroom, several children used loose fabrics to create cozy spaces to play. They created "houses" using draped materials for themselves and their babies.

We are happy to share that four Lincoln School students have been selected as award recipients at the Northeast Region Scholastic Art Awards competition! 

The prestigious awards, which were founded in 1923, are the nation’s longest-running educational initiative supporting student achievement in the visual and literary arts. The program also serves as the largest source of scholarships for creative students in grades 7-12 in the United States. The judging process includes panels of renowned artists, authors, educators, and industry experts who evaluate each submitted work of art and writing for their originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice.

This semester a cohort of Upper School students were accepted into the Introduction to Engineering program with Brown University’s School of Engineering. Lincoln students are once again being immersed in college-level learning at the Brown Design Workshop!

Lincoln School is pleased to announce that Russell Carey P’16, ’31 has agreed to serve as the next Chair of the Board of Trustees. He will become Incoming Chair upon confirmation at the annual meeting of the Lincoln board in May, and his three-year term will begin on July 1, 2022.

This week Grade 6 scientists took part in a design challenge–an attempt to build a thermos that can keep cold water cold and hot water hot. Applying what they have learned about thermal energy and heat transfer, they gathered materials in an attempt to craft their design solution. We asked students what they constructed their thermos out of, and the common supplies utilized were bubble wrap, aluminum foil, and fabric. 

The following blog is written by Ashley Ogoffa '22 and Sophia Comiskey '22, co-presidents of 2B1. Morgan Stone Week 2022 was held January 24-28 and included programming across all divisions. Members of 2B1 are pictured here with the keynote speaker, Dr. Dionne Poulton, the Chief Diversity Officer at Care New England Health Systems in Rhode Island.

Morgan Stone was a long-time Lincoln School student and founding member of 2B1, graduating in the class of ‘00. A few months into her freshman year of college, Morgan passed away. We hold Morgan Stone Week each year in commemoration of Morgan’s spirit and dedication to issues of racial equity. With support from our Center for Justice, Peace, and Global Citizenship, we take this opportunity to renew our commitment to creating a community of learners that celebrate diversity, inspire service, and foster a culture of peace. This year, Morgan Stone Week centered around the theme of Justice in Healthcare.

At the start of the school year, Grade 5 students were presented with the assignment of writing, directing, and producing their own original short plays. Know as “Drama Share”, students spent a full semester building their own theater productions from the ground up.

Trash bags, CDs, origami newspaper, duct tape, can tabs galore–constructed into works of art, and possibly the season’s newest fashion trends. STYLEWEEK’s SEED Student Design Challenge is dedicated to the advancement of emerging student designers. STYLEWEEK has had participants from FIT, Parsons, Mass Art, RISD, Johnson & Wales, and Lincoln School. This exclusive partnership provides our Upper School students with a unique opportunity to showcase their artistic abilities. These students then come together for one show where they are judged by an industry panel of fashion and press professionals. 

Grade 8 Marine Science students are studying solubility and temperature, looking at water as the universal solvent. In this water chemistry lesson, students learned how different temperatures may affect solubility. This hands-on experiment allowed students to visualize what they have been learning so far and will tie into upcoming conversations about climate change. 

This week in Marine Biology, students got up close and personal by conducting dissections. The students' subjects were part of the Class Chondrichthyes, which include sharks, skates, and rays.

Step into the classroom by taking a look through the photo gallery!

After a thorough national search, Lincoln School is pleased to announce that Ianthe Hensman Hershberger, Lincoln School Class of 2002, will be Lincoln’s next Director of Lower School. 

The following is a guest blog post written by Grade 1 Teacher Jennie Green and Assistant Teacher Sheila Hallisey. Thank you, Jennie and Sheila!

Grade 1 students have participated in two field trips to Save the Bay so far this year. On the first adventure, the class went to Colt State Park in Bristol, RI, to explore a salt marsh, sandy beach, and rocky shore. Three amazing Save the Bay staff members guided the students in their hands-on experience. They were incredibly knowledgeable about the plant and animal life in the region.

Monday, December 6 kicked off the Week of Code at Lincoln School! All of our students from our littlest learners through Upper School participated in the weeklong coding extravaganza. There were two guest speakers for our Middle and Upper School, and a Coding Carnival in the Lower School Library!

Lower School students explored a variety of robots, coding programs, and problem-solving software this week with Erin Broderick, Instructional Technology Specialist, and Meagan Lenihan, Lower School Librarian. 

Figurative Sculpture and Life Drawing classes visit the RISD Museum to view the Shahzia Sikander Extraordinary Realities Exhibit, December 7, 2021

“Born and Raised in Pakistan, Shahzia Sikander gained international recognition in the 1990s for her pioneering role in bringing painting traditions from South and Central Asia into a dialogue with contemporary practices. Her work interrogates cultural identity, racial narratives, colonial and post-colonial histories, and issues of gender and sexuality.” Jan Howard, Houghton P. Metcalf Jr. Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, RISD Museum

Week of Code at Lincoln School kicked off on December 6 with a presentation by Nathalie Miebach. Miebach is a Boston-based sculptor who translates scientific data into woven sculptures and musical scores. She's been doing this for nearly 20 years and focuses predominantly on weather and climate change. Lately, she's also been focusing on COVID-19 data and is interested in exploring not just the scientific phenomena of weather and how it impacts us, but also the human response to these events, especially in the context of climate change.

New to Lincoln this fall, Grades 5-8 were offered Speed and Agility training in between fall and winter sports seasons. Over 35 students signed up for the two-week training session, looking to prepare themselves for their upcoming seasons. 

On Wednesday, November 10, the Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors hosted a presentation with Chris Van Allsburg, moderated by Lincoln Head of School Sophie Glenn Lau '88. Chris Van Allsburg is an American Illustrator and Writer, well known for his work including Jumanji and The Polar Express.

The production brought audiences laughter and overall delight.

Lincoln School Performing Arts Department presented their fall play, CLUE on Friday, November 19, and Saturday, November 20.

This fall, Grade 7 students in Science Teacher Katy Wood's class are learning how to identify the trees around the Lincoln School campus. By analyzing characteristics such as the unique leave shape and bark pattern of each tree, they will be able to classify the different species around the school. 

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, our amazing librarians have compiled an all-ages booklist of stories and resources that explore the diverse Indigenous experience in the United States. 

Please enjoy the below selections, and keep an eye out for more suggestions from our librarians throughout the year. 

Linear Regression, but make it fun!

That was Math Faculty Kathy Bliss's idea when her Advanced Statistics course reached this chapter in her lesson plans. In teaching her students the concepts related to linear regression, she posed a question to her students. How to safely launch a projectile off the balcony without it hitting the ground. The projectile: Barbie. 

At Lincoln School, STEAM is more than just Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math—it is a way of learning. As an educational discipline, STEAM sparks a lifelong passion for arts and sciences in learners from a very early age. Our own STEAM framework goes even further, emphasizing not only how to learn—how to formulate questions, how to investigate, how to experiment, how to create—but how to engage the creative process in developing different methods for all of those activities.

Middle & Upper School students kicked off the Halloween festivities today with a costume parade! We love seeing the creativity and humor students channeled in their costumes this year. Faculty and Staff even got in on the action, with special guest appearances and characters everywhere. Each division awarded several prizes in the categories of:

This week our Middle School athletes wrapped up their seasons, and are looking forward to starting winter sports.

Varsity Field Hockey had a great run, making it to the quarter-finals where they concluded their season. Varsity Tennis, Soccer, and Cross Country are still in the midst of their respective competition seasons. The Cross Country team will be competing in the RI Interscholastic Class Championship on Saturday, October 30 at Ponaganset High School. Varsity Tennis and Soccer are chasing championships, with Tennis taking on Bay View Academy in the semi-finals on Monday, November 1 at Faxon Farm. Soccer has its final regular-season game this evening and is hopeful to host a playoff game at Faxon Farm in the coming weeks. 

Community - ask anyone at Lincoln what their favorite thing about our school is and they’re likely to mention our incredible community. Our community extends farther than our students, faculty, and families. We engage with our greater Providence and Rhode Island community members both inside and outside of the classroom, and our extended day programs are no different.

Skill building is central to the middle school history curriculum, but so is having fun! Earlier this fall, the sixth-grade historians in Jess Kimball-Veeder’s classes assumed the role of CSI agents as they investigated the mystery of Ötzi, a Neolithic Age man whose mummified body was discovered trapped in the icy landscape of the Alps by hikers in 1991. To set the scene for the investigation, drama teacher Don Mays created a highly engaging and humorous video for the students

While our front lawn’s distinctive appearance will change on November 24, 2021, this is a reminder for us all that our community inhabits a larger ecosystem, ever-changing and magnificent. 

To that end, Lincoln School will approach this albeit sad milestone as an opportunity to do what Lincoln does best—set the stage for deep learning. Through the years, Lincoln students have explored the tree as an artistic medium, investigated it through scientific inquiry, and simply used it as a space to come together. 

It has been a joy to watch the playground and the new Lower School STEAM space take shape over the last few months.  The new playground, designed to encourage movement and sensory exploration. has state of the art equipment that includes spinners and climbers, a musical sensory garden, and a balance trail. The STEAM space, designed to inspire discovery and innovation,  includes 3-D printers, Lego walls for building, and ample space to store tools and consumables to be used for project-based learning. 

After much anticipation, the new Lower School playground is now open!

Did you know that 80% of Lincoln 5-8 Grade students are involved in a fall sport this year? Students are taking part in soccer, field hockey, and cross country. The fall season ends at the end of October, with the winter sports season starting Monday, December 6. MS students will be able to participate in basketball or swim this winter.

Dr. Walsh visited Lincoln School recently to meet with our Grade 8 students and families. In addition to speaking to students and parents on a variety of topics related to technology and adolescent development, we were able to meet one-on-one afterwards for a Q & A.

This week, our Archeology class ventured off campus to experience hands-on learning inside a historic Newport restoration project. The students learned about and had the chance to explore the Vernon House and Hunter House. The group was led by Lincoln History Department Head, Ruth Macaulay, and esteemed architectural historian and archaeologist, Myron Stachiw, who is working with the Newport Restoration Foundation.

After learning about microorganisms and how they move through the environment, the students were tasked with designing, producing, and testing a model of a plankton. The goal was to have the model move through the water at the slowest speed, as plankton need to be able to be near the surface of the ocean as well as dip below to avoid predators. The winners were awarded the Great Plankton Race trophy, on which they added their names joining past winners. 

Indigenous Peoples’ Day is recognized on the second Monday of October each year, celebrating and honoring the histories and cultures of Indigenous peoples, and earlier this month, President Biden signed a presidential proclamation declaring October 11 to be a national holiday.

This year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day coincides with another important day on the Lincoln calendar: International Day of the Girl, which the United National General Assembly declared in 2011 to focus attention on the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights. 

STEAM is a comprehensive learning model that integrates literacy in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. This combination of creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, and evaluating evidence yields profound learning outcomes for our students. 

You may have heard your child talking about it on the way home from school, or you might have spotted a corral of students playing on campus. The real question is: 

What is “Gaga Ball”?

Students from Progressive Action at Lincoln School (PALS) have teamed up with Dorcas International Institute of RI to facilitate a supplies drive for Afghan refugees in Rhode Island. Starting on October 6, boxes will be placed throughout Lincoln to collect community donations.

Bea’s Book Bags is a Little and Lower School library program (for our 2yo through Grade 5 students) dedicated to promoting a love of reading, one tote at a time. Each collection of specially curated books, anchored in students’ unique interests, will spark young imaginations, stoke new interests, and plant the seeds for a lifetime of continuous discovery.

Faxon Farm was abuzz last night for the first-ever Lynx Rally in support of our fall athletes! The Lynx delivered a strong showing, winning all 3 match-ups at home. The tennis team is currently undefeated. The soccer team has yet to have a team score a goal against them. And field hockey secured a win in OT last night, giving them a 3–3 record. The cross country team was also in attendance, and they are maintaining a strong start to their season as well!

The Performing Arts Department is pleased to announce the cast of the fall production of CLUE! Auditions were held on September 22 and 23. The department reported that it was a wonderful audition process, and all who stepped up to audition should be commended. 

This week’s guest blog post is written by one of Lincoln School’s Librarians, Meagan Lenihan. Thank you Meagan!

The Rhode Island Festival of Children’s Books & Authors kicks off this week, and continues with a lineup of virtual events through the year.

As a Quaker school, the SPICES—Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, and Stewardship—are the foundation of all we do at Lincoln. And last week, some of our faculty and staff were able to exercise the Community piece of our SPICES by joining WaterFire Providence as volunteers for the lighting celebrating Educational Excellence in Rhode Island. 

On the afternoon of Friday, September 17, the Lincoln community gathered in the Art Gallery to celebrate 21-year faculty member Sandrine Dundas as the 2021 recipient of the Dorothy W. Gifford Chair Award. Mme. Dundas is the thirty-fifth recipient of the award.

Because Sandrine has been such an integral part of teaching Quaker values to the Lincoln community, the Dorothy Gifford committee members used the Quaker SPICES to guide their presentation about what is so wonderful about Mme. Dundas. 

Our Upper Schoolers are back on campus and getting into the groove of the new academic year. A warm welcome to our new Grade 9 class, and an exciting beginning for the new seniors. Here’s to a great 2021–22 school year!

Lincoln School is proud to announce that senior Sophia C. has been selected as a Semifinalist in the 67th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. She will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,500 National Merit Scholarships that will be offered next spring.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, our amazing educators have compiled an all-ages book list of stories and resources that explore the diverse Hispanic/Latinx experience in the United States. 

The following is a guest blog post by Emma Stenberg, English Department Head, and Ruth Macaulay, History Department Head, who reflect on their own memories of September 11, 2001, and the ways in which Arts and Humanities offer a critical lens for the meaning-making at the heart of education.

Happy first day of school, Lower School students. From morning drop-off to meeting new friends, we’re excited to see everyone back on campus. Here’s to a great 2021–22 school year!

Our Middle Schoolers are settling into Faxon Hall and are ready to kick off the new academic year. From morning drop off to new classes, we’re excited to see everyone back on campus. Here’s to a great 2021–22 school year!

Our Upper Schoolers are back on campus and are getting into the groove of the new academic year. A warm welcome to our new Grade 9 class, and an exciting beginning for the new seniors. Here’s to a great 2021–22 school year!

Every summer since 2014 Middle and Upper School students have had the opportunity to be a part of the Steel Yard immersion program. This unique partnership was spearheaded by Visual Arts Department Chair Anita Thompson ’89, and for the past seven summers an average of fifteen students have participated. This summer was no exception!
 

StyleWeek 2021 was an intimate fashion event held on the patio at the Capital Grille in Providence.  The SEED Student Design Challenge featured garments from seven Lincoln School students, who crafted their designs using only recyclable materials. 

We recently sat down with Peter Brooks, division director of the Upper School, and Beth Ellis, director of college counseling, to discuss academic rigor and how Lincoln School is leading the way in preparing girls and young women for the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. The following is excerpted from that conversation.

The Lincoln community gathers to honor and celebrate the Class of 2021 at Commencement on June 8 at The Murray Athletic Complex and Faxon Farm. 

The Class of 2028 heads to Middle School, and the Class of 2025 heads to Upper School! Both closing exercises took place at the Murray Family Athletic Complex at Faxon Farm under a tent.

During a year characterized by many steep learning curves, six Lincoln Upper School students opted for one more. Chloe Cheng ‘22, Celeste Derry ‘21, Sonia Gracer ‘22, Lanqi Huang ‘21, Emma Laquinta ‘21, and Sophie Rockwell ‘22 enrolled in the 2020-21 Independent Study Program, for which they each developed a semester- or year-long project to build on prior coursework and gain experience in a subject of interest. 

Upper School Recognition & Celebration Night took place on Wednesday, June 2. This annual event honors the hard work and determination of students throughout the year and celebrates the community that supports them.

Students, coaches, faculty, staff, and parents gathered virtually this morning to celebrate this year’s student-athletes and their many accomplishments. 

Although there was no “normal” this year, one thing remained clear and true: Lincoln School loves Narragansett Bay. Even in this year of COVID, we continued to foster that stewardship of this amazing Rhode Island resource. This is our Bay, one that we are working to protect for generations to come. And while we keep our fingers crossed that we will be able to love it in person next year, we are happy that this year, we could still love it over Zoom. 
 

Using an introduction to the narrative papercut silhouette work of Kara Walker, Lotte Reiniger, Béatrice Coron, and Daphna Naim as inspiration, Elana Wetzner's eighth-grade artists each created a hand-papercut Daydream Silhouette portrait of a person of importance to them.

Shakespeare in the City: Pandemic Style was performed on the Lincoln campus on Tuesday, May 18. Instead of 22 area schools performing, 22 eighth graders dug into Hamlet and put on a spectacular show, sprinklers and all!

Join us in congratulating Lincoln's Class of 2021 as they choose from a diverse and exciting array of colleges and universities! 

Enjoy the Art Majors show, Unstable Connection, created by the talented 2021 art majors.. Through their unique individuality and combined vision, they have supported each other throughout a very challenging year to create the work for this show. The collection of art contained within their website is illustrated in both the written and visual form. 
 

Ramona B. ‘23 was a Top Winner at Trinity Rep’s Write Here! Write Now! student playwriting competition for her play Purple. Boyd worked with dramaturg Jordan Butterfield from Trinity. Never having worked with a company before it was interesting for her to learn how her writing could translate to action. This is Boyd’s third play. 

Friday afternoon alumnae, faculty, and former faculty joined Head of School Sophie Glenn Lau ’88 at a virtual event to honor Lincoln School faculty, past and present. The event, aptly titled Simply the Best, was organized by the Alumnae Association and the Office of Advancement and featured Mih-Ho Cha Neenan ’81, Interim President of the Alumnae Association and Immediate Past President, and Kathryn Ramstad ’07, Incoming Co-President of the Alumnae Association. 

A letter from Head of School Sophie Glenn Lau ’88 about the impact of the current unrelenting news cycle and an outline of plans for supporting the Lincoln community.

With U.S. colleges and universities releasing decisions over the last few weeks, we're pleased to share the following excerpt from an op-ed written by Head of School Sophie Glenn Lau ’88 and Beth Ellis, Director of College Counseling. It was originally published in the Providence Business News on April 2, 2021. 

Lincoln School is pleased to share the appointment of John Diego Arango as Director of STEAM Program, effective July 1, 2021. Currently an Associate Professor in the Henry Barnard Laboratory School at Rhode Island College (RIC), Mr. Arango will report directly to the Head of School and partner with teachers and academic leadership to promote innovation and creativity across the curriculum. He will also serve as part of the faculty, teaching robotics and other STEAM courses, as well as oversee Lincoln’s state-of-the-art STEAM Hub.

This is a guest blog post by Kim Lough, Director of the Little School, Early Childhood and Auxiliary Programs.

As a Quaker community rooted in and committed to the work of anti-racism, Lincoln School condemns the recent attack on the Asian American community in Atlanta and all racially motivated violence and hate. We mourn for the victims and their families, and we stand in solidarity with our Asian and Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) community members.

March is a special time at Lincoln School, as we observe Women’s History Month and, in particular, International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8. The day marks both a call to action for accelerating gender parity and a coming together to honor women's achievements. This year’s theme is Choose to Challenge, a call to challenge gender bias in all its forms. 

In a time when virtually everything has a day of recognition—from lima beans to lost socks—and people are inundated with hashtags and social media noise, what makes International Women’s Day (IWD) unique and powerful? The answer is simple: action.

This is a guest blog post by Don Mays, Performing Arts Department faculty member.

There was a lot to consider for the students participating in the fall 2020 theater production: masks must be worn at all times, social distancing of no less than six feet, no singing, hybrid schedules making rehearsals impossible, no live audience, and with the addition of a new drama teacher, no play had been selected! How do we mount a production under such conditions? The answer: create something new. 

This is a guest blog post by Erin Broderick, Educational Technology faculty member and organizer of Invention Convention.

The first annual Lincoln Lower School Invention Convention was an overwhelming success! Students in kindergarten through grade 5 put on their critical-thinking caps and identified problems that needed to be solved and then developed unique and creative solutions.

On Friday, students and adults dressed festively in red and pink to recognize Valentine’s Day, and our virtual Valentine Sing represented another creative adaptation of a beloved Lincoln tradition in the COVID-19 environment. As we celebrate this weekend, it seems a fitting time to reflect on the first ‘L’ of our longstanding school motto: “Love, Loyalty, Lowliness.” 

What do Amanda Gorman, Ezra Jack Keats, Tschabalala Self, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kay WalkingStick have in common with Lincoln students Eliana B. ’24, Ramona B. ’23, Ella G. ’23, Anya K. ’24, and Ruby V. ’25?

Each has seen their creative work honored by the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as a teen. The program—the nation's longest-running educational initiative supporting student achievement in the visual and literary arts—has played a crucial role in recognizing and nurturing some of the most talented American artists of the last century. And this year, five Lincoln students join their ranks.

This is a guest blog post by Candice De Los Reyes P’31,’34, Executive Assistant to the Head of School and Coordinator of Racial Equity Initiatives for Faculty & Staff.

At our first meeting in 2019, we paused to take a look at each other and to take a collective breath. It was the first time that all of Lincoln’s BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) faculty and staff members had been in the same room together in recent memory and the depth of that moment was palpable.  

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and at a historic moment when Kamala Harris just became the first female, first black, and first Asian-American Vice President in United States history, we are taking this week to reflect on and share some of our community’s commitment to social justice.  

This guest blog from Lincoln Director of Admission Sue Farnum looks at the top five reasons she loves Lincoln School, not only as a staff member but also as the parent to two girls, one in Lower School and one in Middle School. 

It's Hispanic Heritage Month, and Dr. Barret Fabris, director of Lincoln's Center for Justice, Peace, and Global Citizenship and co-facilitator of Lincoln's Latinx affinity group, is here to talk to you!  

Lincoln School’s littlest learners have a lot to celebrate! The state-of-the-art Little School expansion, a 4,700-square-foot sustainable net-zero building, has officially opened its doors! Learn more about the building, constructed to maximize the connections and creativity of a Reggio-Emilia approach, while also honoring our Quaker roots with its sustainable, environmentally conscious design. 

Beatrice (Bea) Temkin P’70, GP’97’01, GGP’34 had a love of literacy that was perhaps only matched by her love of Lincoln School. An avid reader of everything from current events to children’s tales and all books in between, her legacy lives on in a beloved Lower School library program dedicated to cultivating a love of reading in Lincoln students that is now named in her honor.

The new school year has begun, and it’s been a wonderful reminder of the joy and excitement that students bring to our campus. We are adjusting to the realities of teaching and learning in the era of COVID-19, and it’s never been more certain that learning is at the heart of all we do at Lincoln, from our littlest students all the way up to school leadership. It is in that spirit that I am sharing an update on our anti-racist work.

When we began to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic last spring, school leaders found that particular words quickly dominated our conversation. As we adapted to the realities of remote teaching and learning, and then prepared for a return to campus in the fall, the word “pivot” was a frequent flier in both written and verbal communication. As described by Harvard professor Eric McNulty, "A successful pivot requires planting one foot on something solid and moving the other to change direction.”

This guest post from Lincoln School Psychologist Masha Schiller, PhD, shares some tips for parents as we all navigate the return to school. 

Welcome to Lincoln's newest Little School faculty! Our littlest learners in the beloved Carriage House and the brand new Little School building have some fresh faces to look up to this year. Say hello to some of Lincoln's newest teachers!

Say hello to the newest members of the Lincoln School faculty community! We are thrilled to welcome them to campus to kick off the 2020–21 school year.

As our first week of distance learning comes to a close, I am proud of our entire Lincoln community—faculty, staff, students, and parents—for adapting to the start of school in an entirely new way. We are on our way to building the foundations of a fantastic year together. 

We have spent a lot of time talking about how the back to school experience in 2020–21 is different from any other year.

Suzanne Fogarty, Head of School from July 1, 2014–June 30, 2020, made a mark during her six years at the helm of Lincoln. She will be remembered for her many accomplishments and the long lasting impact she’s had on Lincoln School. For all of that and more, from all of us at Lincoln, we thank you. 

Upper School Recognition & Celebration Night took place on Wednesday, June 5. This annual event honors the hard work and determination of students throughout the year and celebrates the community that supports them.

Students, coaches, faculty, staff, and parents gathered virtually this morning to celebrate this year’s student-athletes and their many accomplishments at the 2020 Athletic Awards.

Please join us in congratulating Tanika Sweeney, the recipient of the 2020 Dorothy W. Gifford Chair award in recognition of teaching excellence!

On Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16, Lincoln School will proudly present its Virtual 10-Minute Play Festival, hosted live by members of the Class of 2020. Seven of the 13 plays will be shown on Friday, and the remaining six plays will be featured in Saturday’s show. Both performances will be at 7 p.m.
 

Our faculty and administrators have worked tirelessly to bring all of the hallmarks of the Lincoln education to the virtual classrooms they've created for our students. The best way to understand it is to experience it, so today we take a look at remote learning in Little School! 

Kyra DiBiase, Lucia Jacobson, Olive Edelsberg, and Lily Laquinta took the top two spots in the state of Rhode Island in The Stock Market Game. 

Our faculty and administrators have worked tirelessly to bring all of the hallmarks of the Lincoln education to the virtual classrooms they've created for our students. The best way to understand it is to experience it, so today we take a look at remote learning in the Oak Room! 

Lincoln School’s second annual LEAP (Lincoln Environmental Action Program) Week provides a variety of virtual opportunities for our community to discuss important environmental issues. 

Join us in congratulating Lincoln School's Class of 2020 on their letters of acceptance to an exciting array of colleges and universities! 

In this guest blog post, Stephanie Petronelli, Little School Teacher and Education Coordinator, shares how Lincoln's littlest learners have been spreading love during their time at home. 

Martha Douglas-Osmundson, English teacher and Shakespeare in the City director, shares the story behind and the recipe for Friendship Bread in this guest blog post! 

For the first time, two Lincoln School students–CJ Ferullo ’20 and Amiya Mandapati ’20–were among the winners of Trinity Rep's Write Here! Write Now! playwriting competition. 

Sasha Floru ’20 was named the 2020 Student of the Year by the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association. 

Stephanie Petronelli, Young Toddler Teacher and Little School Education Coordinator, provides some remote learning tips for infants and toddlers in this guest blog post. 

Dr. Kimberly Arcand, the Visualization Lead for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, visited with the Lincoln School Parents Association last month to talk about the importance of STEAM education for girls. 

In recognition of International Women's Day, we salute and celebrate all the strong, smart, supportive, bold women in our lives, in the Lincoln community, and in the world!

This year, as part of the Independent Study program, students who have embarked on these intellectual journeys have been asked to blog about their experience, sharing their curiosity, academic process, and hopes for discovery with you. Today, we hear from Elise Hasseltine '20 about her Independent Study–#MeToo and the Media.

Amelia Lambert ’20 was honored at the State House this week as one of Rhode Island’s recipients of the Hobey Baker High School Character Award. 

This year, as part of the Independent Study program, students who have embarked on these intellectual journeys have been asked to blog about their experience, sharing their curiosity, academic process, and hopes for discovery with you. Today, we hear from Brigitte Lynch Johnson '21 about her Independent Study–LIGO and Interferometry in Relation to Gravitational Waves. 

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better! 

This year, as part of the Independent Study program, students who have embarked on these intellectual journeys have been asked to blog about their experience, sharing their curiosity, academic process, and hopes for discovery with you. Today, we hear from Bea Goggin '20 about her Independent Study–Girls on the Autism Spectrum. 

Ramona Foley ’23 earned an impressive four distinctions from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Avery Bernier '21 is joining our blogging team this year with a series designed especially for athletes–Beyond the Score! 

This year, as part of the Independent Study program, students who have embarked on these intellectual journeys have been asked to blog about their experience, sharing their curiosity, academic process, and hopes for discovery with you. Today, we hear from Samantha Brower '21 about her Independent Study–Nonbinary Gender History. 

It is our great pleasure to announce that the Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to appoint Sophie Glenn Lau ’88 as Lincoln School’s 17th head of school, beginning on July 1, 2020.

This year, as part of the Independent Study program, students who have embarked on these intellectual journeys have been asked to blog about their experience, sharing their curiosity, academic process, and hopes for discovery with you. Today, we hear from Jadyn Ramos '20 about her Independent Study–The Impact of Historical Events on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Today. 

Rooted in the Center for Justice, Peace, and Global Citizenship’s three spheres of social justice–racial, environmental, and gender–the CAFE Collective will provide Middle School students the opportunity to address their own identity and work towards thoughtful community action.

Young Toddler teacher and Education Coordinator Stephanie Petronelli reflects on how our littlest learners discover themselves through the Little School curriculum in this guest blog post. 

Lincoln School’s Visual Arts Department is proud to announce that nine students were presented with Scholastic Art Awards from the Rhode Island Art Education Association (RIAEA)! 

Lily Guo '20 received Bronze Honors in the International Youth Math Challenge, finishing in the top 15 percent of participants from all over the world.

Learn more about the process that leads to the performances in the Grade 8 Fringe Festival in this guest blog post by Martha Douglas-Osmundson. 

Congratulations to our Grade 8 students on their first place finish in programming at the Middle School Robotics state championship!

"Making The Case for STEAM, Not STEM" cowritten by Head of School Suzanne Fogarty and Kim Arcand, the visualization lead for NASA’s space-based Chandra X-ray Observatory, was published in the January 10, 2020 issue of The Providence Business News. 

Avery Bernier '21 is joining our blogging team this year with a series designed especially for athletes–Beyond the Score! 

Read all about the beginning of her tenure as Lincoln School's Board of Trustees' faculty representative from Mia Puddington, English Department Faculty. 

Lincoln School has a lot of treasured traditions that draw our community–past, present, and future–together, and today we invite you to take a behind-the-scenes look at Lumina, which leads us into Winter Break. 

Read an update from Lincoln School Head of School Search Committee Chair Russell C. Carey P’16,’31 and Chair of the Board of Trustees Jane P. Jamieson ’71 about candidate selection and the interview process.

It’s official! The new Little School expansion has broken ground, kicking off our $5M Building Beginnings campaign, dedicated to learning through discovery and connection through community. This all-community event was a joyous celebration of our littlest learners, with students from all divisions, faculty, staff, parents, alumnae, board members, supporters, partners and more in attendance. 

"Who you are informs what you do, how you act and interact, and how you see the world around you." ~Liza Talusan

Lincoln parents meet with Dr. Talusan on important topics at the November LSPA meeting.

Avery Bernier '21 is joining our blogging team this year with a series designed especially for athletes–Beyond the Score! 

Eleven Lincoln School students were selected to perform in the children's cast of Festival Ballet Providence's production of The Nutcracker.

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better! 

The 2020 Rhode Island Art Educators Awards have been presented, and Anita Thompson ’83, Visual Arts Department Head, took home two big awards! 

On Saturday, November 2, eight Lincoln Middle Schoolers joined Visual Arts Department faculty member Lawrence Timmins and Director of the Center for Justice, Peace, and Global Citizenship Dr. Barret Fabris at the Association of Independent Schools in New England’s (AISNE) Middle School Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Conference at Belmont Day School. 

Junior Grace Boghosian is one of over 900 students from 64 countries to be accepted into the fifth cohort of the Junior Academy, an initiative of the New York Academy of Sciences’ Global STEM Alliance (GSA). 

The Bold Voices Film Series presentation of Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am on November 7 at 6 p.m. will feature a powerful panel to engage in a critical dialog about the film and its themes. 

Read on for more information about these local leaders!

After appearing in the Division 2 State Championship showdown in each of the last three seasons but falling just short of the title, the Lynx were not to be denied on Sunday. The squad fought from start to finish, coming together for a 3-0 win over Wheeler and that long-awaited state championship! 

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better! 

Ever want to sit down and talk to the late Toni Morrison about her groundbreaking work and her fearless life? The celebrated documentary about the award-winning author, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, is as close as most of us could get to a conversation with the literary icon. Want more reasons why you should join us on November 7 at 6 p.m. for a screening of the film called “required viewing” by critics? Read on.

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better! 

Avery Bernier '21 is joining our blogging team this year with a series designed especially for athletes–Beyond the Score! 

Laura Tohe, Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, librettist, and an award-winning author, visited Lincoln School to speak with the greater community and Upper, Middle, and Lower School students this week. She spoke about what it means to be Diné, told stories of her father and his compatriots who played an instrumental part in fighting World War II, honored the women who came before her and acted as leaders, and much more.

This past weekend, October 4 and 5, Lincoln School alumnae with class years ending in 4 and 9 gathered to reconnect with and celebrate each other. Whether they graduated 5 or 50 years ago, the adage “once a Lincoln girl, always a Lincoln girl” was felt in all corners of Lincoln’s campus.

Kim Arcand, the Visualization & Emerging Tech Lead at NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, will spend Thursday with Lower School students in Grades 4 and 5 and Friday with Middle Schools students in Grade 6, taking them through a series of scaffolded activities that will demonstrate the real world applications of science, technology, and even art. 

Avery Bernier '21 is joining our blogging team this year with a series designed especially for athletes–Beyond the Score! 

Laura Tohe is Diné from the Navajo Nation, holds a Ph.D. in Indigenous American Literature, and is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate for 2015-2019.  As a part of Lincoln’s Bold Voices Speaker Series, Tohe will be sharing her perspective, process, and passion at Lincoln School on Thursday, October 10 at 6 p.m. Register today! 

Lincoln School is proud to announce that senior Amiya Mandapati ’20 was selected as a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist.

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better!

Anita Thompson ’89, Lincoln’s Visual Arts department head, has been named the Outstanding Rhode Island Art Educator of the Year by the Rhode Island Art Education Association!

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better!

On October 4, we will honor the 2019 recipients of Lincoln's three Alumnae Awards. They share a spirit of excellence and a passion to contribute to their communities that is inspiring, and we are excited to share more about them today! 
 

In this guest blog post, Stephanie Petronelli takes us inside Little School's  morning meeting. 

Read an update from Lincoln School Head of School Search Committee Chair Russell C. Carey P’16,’31 and Chair of the Board of Trustees Jane P. Jamieson ’71, about committee selection, an inclusive process, and much more.  
 

Lincoln School’s Performing Arts Department has announced the 2019–2020 theatre season and this year we are doing things a little bit differently. 

As a school, Lincoln is shaped daily by the passion and brilliance of its faculty and staff, and this year we’d like to help you–our community–get to know them a bit better! 

Varsity field hockey kicked off their 2019 season last week with a 9-1 win over Burrillville, and today we invite you behind the scenes to learn more about the team! 

Lincoln Connect is growing!  Our digital home for alumnae is full of opportunities for them to connect, inspire, expand, and grow, and we are excited to shine a spotlight on some of the impressive members that can be found on this exclusive platform.

We are thrilled to announce two Lincoln leaders with longtime service to our community–Jane Palestine Jamieson ’71, the incoming chair of Lincoln's Board of Trustees, and Catherine Syner Shaghalian ’96, the incoming president of the Lincoln School Alumnae Association. 

This week, faculty and staff returned to campus for Faculty Work Week, a final chance to prepare for the excitement of the 2019–2020 school year! While we are thrilled to welcome back so many familiar faces, we are also excited to have 10 new members of our community this year.

Read a letter from Suzanne Fogarty, Head of School, and a letter from Jane P. Jamieson, President of the Lincoln Board of Trustees, about Lincoln’s search for our next head of school.

Ann Palms, Lincoln School’s Director of Athletics, has announced that Andrew Voorhees will take on the role of Head Varsity Crew Coach for the 2019-2020 school year. 

Ann Palms, Lincoln School’s Director of Athletics, has announced that World Language Department Head Holly Kindl will move into the role of Head Varsity Tennis Coach this fall.

In Lincoln's Little School children spend a lot of time outdoors, sparking their innate curiosity and inviting them to use all of their senses to explore the world around them.

Curious about this year's summer program to Cuba? Read all about it on the Lincoln School Global Program blog! 

Ann Palms, Lincoln School’s Director of Athletics, has announced that Matty Bennett will take on the role of Head Varsity Cross Country Coach this fall. 

This week, faculty, staff, and alumnae celebrated the magic and power of Lincoln School on a national stage. Three teams of presenters shared wisdom and best practices at the National Coalition of Girls Schools’ 2019 Dream Dare Do Conference in California. 

We are so pleased to officially welcome Kim Lough back to Lincoln School in an expanded role–Director of Early Childhood and The Little School. 

Do you ever wonder exactly what the money raised through the Lincoln Fund supports? As we reflect on the end of another ground-breaking year on Butler Avenue, we are excited to highlight a few hallmarks of a Lincoln education that are made possible by the Lincoln Fund.

Ann Palms, Lincoln School’s Director of Athletics, has announced that Lincoln alumna and Lower School teacher Jenn Beneduce Army ’09 will move into the role of Head Varsity Soccer Coach this fall.

Lincoln School's Class of 2019 graduated on Tuesday morning in a meaningful ceremony that brightened the dreary day with hope for the future.

The 2018–19 school year officially ended on Friday, and today we celebrated another incredible year at Lincoln School—and the Classes of 2023 and 2026—during the Middle and Upper School Closing Exercises.

The Sophomore Speaker Series, a new Lincoln School tradition now in its second year, asks our Grade 10 students to speak up and speak out about a topic of their own particular personal passion.

Upper School Recognition & Celebration Night took place on Wednesday, June 5. This annual event honors the hard work and determination of students throughout the year and celebrates the community that supports them.

Lower, Middle and Upper School field days all had a carnival theme this year! Based on student feedback throughout this year, the PE Department decided to switch up a few of the past traditions to create a Field Day experience that connects our entire Lincoln community with a great end of the year event!

The Pre-Kindergarten, known as the Ginkgo classroom, ended their year with a Ginkgo Olympic celebration!

Congratulations to the Lincoln students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2019 National Spanish Examinations!

This year, we had a record amount of students participate in the Independent Study program, a class designed for motivated learners to delve deep into a subject about which they are passionate. 

We are excited to share that Lincoln has added a new position, Coordinator of Racial Equity Initiatives for Faculty and Staff, in support of our commitment to cultivating an inclusive and equitable community, not just for our students, but for those who teach and guide them.

Single claps, rounds of applause, and plenty of hoots and hollers filled the Ebner, Elson, Hart Music Center this morning, as students, coaches, faculty, staff, and parents gathered to celebrate this year’s student-athletes and their many accomplishments.

Anna Painter, Lincoln's Lower School STEAM teacher, has been named Save the Bay's Educator of the Year! Painter, who helps to helm Lincoln's Save The Bay program, uses the kind of hands-on learning that this partnership offers to bring learning to life. 

On May 11, 300 of Lincoln’s parents, alumnae, trustees, and friends gathered at the 2019 Spring Benefit to celebrate Board Chair Martha Boss Bennett ’85, P’14,’16,’22 while supporting Lincoln School.

Last month, Lincoln’s Middle School morphed into a design-thinking hot spot, where groups of students dove into the process, tackled real-life problems, and worked together to come up with unique solutions.

Lower School Librarian, Meagan Lenihan works with Grade 2 on a Mock Caldecott unit each year. She sees this as a great opportunity for students to immerse themselves in great literature, organize their thoughts about stories, empower them as readers and to build community.

Congratulations to Lydia Grosswendt '20, who placed as a finalist in the 36th Annual National Shakespeare Competition in New York City! Lydia competed against 50 students from around the US on stage at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center Theater.

On Monday, May 13, almost 200 students from 17 different Providence-area schools came together at Veterans Memorial Auditorium to perform The Tempest as part of Shakespeare in the City.

Grade 4 spent the morning of May 9 on Narragansett Bay on an Urban River Cruise up the Seekonk River and down through the Port of Providence as part of Lincoln’s partnership with Save the Bay.

In a heartwarming ceremony honoring Robb Barnard's 13 years of dedication and service to performing arts at Lincoln School, the beloved teacher received the 2019 Dorothy W. Gifford Chair Award. 

Congratulations to all students who participated and won awards in the Small Independent Schools Art League (SISAL) Juried Art Show! 

Kindergarten through Grade 5 students all participate in a class called Quaker Studies. This year the focus has been on environmental stewardship, and most recently creating a project called The Wall of Rs.

This week marked the inaugural LEAP (Lincoln Environmental Action Program) Week, a full five days of student-run and student-centered classes and community activities centered around environmental education and stewardship, with a specific focus on climate change.

Congratulations to Faye Thompson '19, for winning a place in the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's Young Playwrights Festival 2019! This tremendous honor is only given to five playwrights out of the hundreds who enter.

Lincoln School and the Lincoln Lynx Athletic Program are excited to announce the launch of our new athletics website!

This year's Future is Feminist Conference, a student-run and student-led full-day conference about all things feminism, was held on April 10 with centered around this year's theme: "So, Where Do I Fit In?"

The members of the Lincoln Environmental Action Group, along with many others, have been hard at work planning the inaugural Lincoln Environmental Action Program (LEAP!), a week of themed classes and community activities centered around environmental education and stewardship, often with a specific focus on climate change. 

The college application process in on trial, both in the judicial system and the court of public opinion. But here at Lincoln, we see it as a great opportunity for student self reflection. Instead of asking where our students want to go to college, we ask them why. The result? A higher bar for higher education.

Each fall, Lincoln School and the Alumnae Association honor three women whose exceptional accomplishments and passion-driven lives have had an impact on our school, on their communities, and on the world. Learn more about each of the three honors (and the 2018 award recipients!) and submit nominations for the 2019 Alumnae Awards today! 

Ana Belliveau ’22 and Anika Istok ’20 blog about their experience with LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae–during which they visited Nicole Gesmondi ’01, Owner and Lead Photographer of Nicole Gesmondi Photographer. 

LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae–took place during the first two weeks of April, and Sophie Rockwell ’22 and Sophie Zakin ’20 reflect on their visit with Stefanie Casinelli Taylor ’97, President of Gennaro, Inc. and  President/Founder of Zaxie by Stefanie Taylor, in this blog post!

Each week the Little School students and teachers gather together in silence. The two toddler classrooms sit together for 2.5 minutes before singing songs about friendship and love.

Kaylee Martin '19 reflects on her LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae–visit with Jane Pleskunas Pellegren ’07, the Senior Public Health Epidemiologist at the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families in this blog post.

Please join us in congratulating Lincoln's Class of 2019 as they choose from a diverse and exciting array of colleges and universities! 

Mary-Alice Trendell ’24, Holiday Horton ’24, and Dunedin Imbier-Maher ’24 visited Shareen Zaki Knowlton ’88, the Director of Education at Roger Williams Park Zoo, last Thursday as part of LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae Read about their visit in this blog post!

The Day of Silence, on April 12 2019, is a student-led national event where folks take a vow of silence to highlight the silencing and erasure of LGBTQ+ people at school, led by GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), and helmed at Lincoln by the Gay/Straight Alliance, a student club. 

Congratulations to Eliana Boghos '24 and Julia Hasseltine '22 for winning the Rhode Island Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP) 4th Annual Comic Strip Contest!

On Saturday, April 6, twenty students in Grades 3–8 represented the great state of Rhode Island at the Odyssey of the Mind State Tournament in Biddeford, Maine. There were three Lincoln teams, two from Lower School and one from Middle School, and each took first place in their respective problem and division.

Passion-based learning allows students to explore what they want to study...How do astronauts flip in space? How do the snow caves form in Antarctica? How do robots communicate with humans?

Sarah Caldwell ’23 spent Monday morning with Barbara Cottam Garrahy '77, the Executive Vice President, RI Market Executive and Head of Corporate Affairs at Citizens Bank, as part of LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae. She shares her reflection in this blog post!

Last Thursday, Maleah Weaver ’20 and Maya Kelly ’22 visited Jamie Sweeney ’08, the owner of Pure Barre Rhode Island, as part of LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae. They share their reflection on the inspirational afternoon in this blog post!

This piece originally published in 2019 | Issue 1 of The Lincoln Magazine, highlights Giovonne Calenda and Lincoln's Early Childhood studio. 

Lincoln is committed to bringing safety and awareness to girls so that they have some tools to defend themselves in any situation.

Three Lincoln juniors took home top prizes in the Central Congregational Church's annual High School Juried Art Show competition, and eight additional Upper Schoolers were chosen to represent Lincoln during in the exhibition.
 

LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae–continued on Wednesday when Mary Gueye ’22 visited Prudence Stoddard ’73 at RI Kitchen & Bath. Mary shares her reflection on her experience in this blog post. 

At Lincoln, world languages are taught at every age, starting with the youngest learners in the Little School. The five C’s of language learning–culture, connections, comparisons, communities, and communications–are apparent in work and in play.

During this interdisciplinary project, students choose either an historic or present-day woman to research. The end result is a five paragraph essay about her and her accomplishments, which utilizes the research skill of collecting facts from nonfiction and online resources.

LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s mentoring program that connects current students and alumnae–began on Monday, April 1 when Olive Edelsberg ’24 and Charlotte Lawton ’21 visited Jessica Ricci ’91 in her studio in Downtown Providence. Both students took time to blog about their experiences, and we are excited to share their reflections with you!

Studies show that girls' confidence drops significantly between Grades 6 and 8. Find out some of the ways our Middle School experts have designed a student experience to make sure our girls are confident, engaged, and getting the most out of their Middle School years.

During the first two weeks in April students and alumnae will come together during the fourth year of LincUPtoLearn–Lincoln’s innovative (and wildly popular!) mentoring program.

Even though the ground is still covered with snow,  Lincoln’s students, faculty, and staff are off on Spring Break adventures through the end of next week. However, for 13 students and two faculty members, the preparation for the next two weeks began several months ago. Learn more about the 2019 India Program.

Are you (or someone you love!) considering the athletic recruiting process? Here are five tips from Lincoln School's Athletic Recruiting Informational Evening. 

Lincoln girls of all ages joined in the worldwide celebration of International Women's Day 2019 on March 8, which focuses on the concept of #BalanceforBetter.

The cast and crew of this year's winter production, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award^®-winning rock musical RENT, wowed a packed house this past weekend with classics like Seasons of Love, Light My Candle, and La Vie Boheme. 

Children in Kindergarten-Grade 5 have been focusing on kindness in Silent Meeting for the past few weeks.

Vertical Surface Learning helps children to develop gross and fine motor skills. Working on a large vertical surfaces allows the children to use bigger arm movements that encourage strength and flexibility throughout the joints and muscles of the upper extremities.

Sexual assault on college campuses is something we have all heard a lot about in recent years.  Whether it was the release of the documentary film The Hunting Ground, the national news coverage of the Brock Turner case, or the #MeToo or #Timesup movements, sexual assault is a topic of utmost concern for parents and students alike.

Little School children study identity at every age.

Lincoln School’s statement of diversity and inclusion emphasizes our commitment to the Quaker values of equity, justice, peace, and community. To foster such an inclusive, informed, and just community, Lincoln believes that creating time and space for identity development through discourse is essential. At Lincoln, we celebrate the multiple worlds that students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumnae live in and help them to navigate their complexity.

Do you know a powerful and influential local business woman? Nominate her for the 2019 Providence Business News Business Woman of the Year Awards!

As part of the all-school initiative on health and wellness, a group of seventeen faculty and staff began mindfulness training on Tuesday and Wednesday through Lincoln’s new partnership with the Center for Resilience.

Every Monday the children in the Oak Rooms go on a Monday Meander. With their treasure basket in hand, they head out on a simple walk around the block. Christine Boulay, Oak Room teacher states: “We engage our senses as we look for changes in the seasons, listen for birds, smell the budding flowers and touch sticky pinecones and crunchy leaves.” They take a picture of the same spot every week to document the seasonal changes and offer a point of reflection for children.

Throughout each athletic season, the Lynx travel the state (and beyond!), wearing Lincoln’s green and white as they compete with skill, intensity, and composure. Here’s the week of February 18–24–the final week of the winter sports’ season–in review.

The Visiting Committee’s Report identified many areas of commendation. They applauded the “caring, hardworking, skilled, professional, and committed faculty and staff and their commitment to a bold and deliberate process addressing program, culture, enrollment, and facilities. It also acknowledges the quality of the school leadership, outstanding governance, and dedicated board.”

Throughout each athletic season, the Lynx travel the state (and beyond!), wearing Lincoln’s green and white as they compete with skill, intensity, and composure. Here’s the week of February 11–17 in review.

Communication is the reason the digital space exists, and communication is the best way to manage it. Sound like a riddle? It can be, according to Dr. Jill Walsh who has been working with parents, faculty, and students.

Allison Gelfuso Butler ’96 and Jaclyn Sullivan Leibl-Cote ’97–who reconnected at several Lincoln events–reflect on the power of the school's alumnae network. 

Throughout each athletic season, the Lynx travel the state (and beyond!), wearing Lincoln’s green and white as they compete with skill, intensity, and composure. Here’s the week of February 4–10 in review.

Lincoln is on the rise! With an A+ rating from niche.com, Lincoln School was named the third best school in Rhode Island in the 2019 rankings, moving up one place from 2018. 

Wednesday, February 6, marked the 33rd annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day, a national observance celebrating the extraordinary achievements of women and girls in sports. Here's how Lincoln School celebrated!

We all spend time in the Digital Space–the arena in which technology rules and communication takes place through various social media channels. And as Dr. Jill Walsh–who spent Monday at Lincoln exploring its complexities with various members of our community–believes, it is a social centerpiece for our youth.

Throughout each athletic season, the Lynx travel the state (and beyond!), wearing Lincoln’s green and white as they compete with skill, intensity, and composure. Here’s the week of January 28–February 3 in review.

Girls in grades 3-5 finished up their half-year elective course with a culminating video of news stories and reports.

In English, the Class of 2025 just completed a month-long study of the Universe, culminating with a silent Cosmos Gallery, a unit that encouraged them to use literature to explore a bigger question.  

We are so pleased to announce a historic $4.5 million gift, the third gift over the one-million-dollar mark secured in the last three years! 

We're thrilled to announce that three Lincoln students were named candidates for the United States Presidential Scholars Program, one of the Nation's highest honors for students.

This year’s Morgan Stone ’00 Day, a full day dedicated to exploring issues of racial justice, brought together local leaders and Lincoln School students and faculty to explore a common theme: The Power of Privilege—Race and Capitalism.

Throughout each athletic season, the Lynx travel the state (and beyond!), wearing Lincoln’s green and white as they compete with skill, intensity, and composure. Here’s the week of January 21-27 in review!

The Class of 2023 dazzled the audience with ANYTHING GOES Jr. last week. This wacky shipboard farce featuring romance, intrigue, colorful characters, and Cole Porter music was a blast from the past telling the comical story of love, celebrities, fame, and secrets. A spectacular production! 

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Mud, ramps, and trucks are on our minds! Lots of exploration at the Little School!

At the annual Drama Share on Tuesday, Grade 5 wrote and performed, with the help of Erin Cawley their teacher, a sharing of the activities and lessons that they have been working on in class.

We're so thrilled to welcome Cindy Blodgett, a four-time NCAA All-American, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) player, and Lincoln School’s current Physical Education Department Head, to the coaching ranks! Cindy will start as Lincoln's head varsity basketball coach beginning with the 2019–2020 season.

New research shows what we've long known—graduates of all-girls schools have a definitive edge over their coeducated peers. This week, the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) released the results of a study that shows statistically significant advantages for girls’ school graduates as they enter university

Lincoln Visual Arts Department in congratulating the following four students for placing in this years Rhode Island Scholastics Art Awards! 

The Young Toddlers have been on the hunt for shapes!

Grade 3 students examined two different artists, Deborah Butterfield and S.D. Nelson for inspiration, and then designed their own horses with an emphasis on color, texture, and symbols. Check out these amazing creations.

Suzanne Fogarty, Head of School, welcomed faculty and staff back to school on Monday, January 7 for an opportunity “to bring our whole selves into important discussions around culture, community, and curriculum—around our work as a Quaker school and as a school that cares deeply about diversity, equity, and inclusion.” 

Myrese Nochomowitz, MPH RD LDN, who led the first Little School roundtable discussion on eating in November, shares her five best tips for parents with picky eaters! 

Last week's Fringe Festival—produced by the Class of 2023 under the guidance of English Department faculty member Martha Douglas-Osmundson–was met with rave reviews! 

Last night, Lincoln girls from grades 3–5 gathered to discuss Me, Frida, and Secret of the Peacock Ring, the first pick in the Project LIT book club! 

A large group of Lincoln faculty and students gathered at Youth in Action to engage in a participatory youth-curated gallery about identity, place, and story on Wednesday, December 11. Five Lincoln students are participating in Youth in Action this year: Anna McClean ‘22, Sophie Rockwell ‘22, Kai Nunnally ‘22, Celeste Lenus ‘21, and Sonya Akhtar ‘21.

Lincoln School's STEAM Hub for Girls, designed by LLB Architects, was recognized at the annual American Institute of Architect's Rhode Island Design Awards on Thursday, December 6 with a prestigious Honor Award! 

Last week, four students and three faculty members traveled to Nashville, Tennessee to attend the 31st NAIS People of Color Conference and Student Diversity Leadership Conference. 

Ginkgo Room students learn more about birds by performing a dissection with an Upper School Biology class. 

Lincoln School’s Performing Arts Department is thrilled to announce the cast and crew of the spring musical, Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award-winner Rent!

Marney Cumming McCabe '90 reflects on her mommy-daughter date to Lincoln's alumnae event at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 

On Thursday, November 29, Lincoln's STEAM Hub for Girls Art Gallery hosted the opening of its first external exhibit–the Young Alumnae Art Show.

Two teams of Lincoln students participated in First Lego League's 30th season—and the Galaxy Geckos are moving on to the State Competition! 

In this guest blog, World Language Department faculty member Carole Figuet reflects on the Upper School French students' visit to see hip-hop artist Webster in concert. 

Brava to the three Lincoln students selected as members of the Rhode Island Music Education Association's 2018/19 All-State Festival!

Prior to departing for the five-day break, the Lincoln School community gathered in the Music Center for the annual Thanksgiving assembly, a celebration of gratitude and hope!

This year’s fall play, She Kills Monsters, by Qui Nguyen, was a smash hit at Lincoln, delivering a refreshing, fierce, and girl-focused production that is about using make believe to slay real and metaphorical demons. A combination of drama, comedy, 90s pop culture, physical theater, and fantasy, She Kills Monsters proved an exhilarating play both to watch and to make.

Congratulations to Delaney Bernier, Margaret Czech, Alison Gorriaran, and Sydney North, who have committed to continue their impressive athletic careers and compete at Division I schools next fall!

Rachel Westgate '94, a member of the school's 1993 State Championship Field Hockey Team, reflects on the lessons she learned through rejection and how they led her to Lincoln's Athletic Hall of Fame.

This fall, ten Lincoln students in Grades 9-12 have embraced the challenge and opportunity in college-level work, enrolling in the credit-bearing Introduction to Architecture course at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), the nation’s leading art and design school.

Tuesday’s midterm elections produced a flurry of firsts, many of which are triumphs for one traditionally marginalized group: women.

Writer, speaker, and Lincoln alumna Pam Sinel Moore '96 shares her story in The Lincoln Magazine's Summer 2018 edition of In Her Own Words, a column featured in Class Notes. 

Head of School Suzanne Fogarty has been selected to present on Lincoln's various partnerships and their role in creating purpose for students at this week's Global Gathering NYC.

Learn how Laurel Davis Huber ’69’s favorite childhood book–given to her by a Lincoln School teacher–sparked an investigation that led to her first published novel, The Velveteen Daughter. 

This year’s fall play, She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen, is about a girl named Agnes who stumbles upon her recently deceased sister's Dungeons and Dragons notebook and begins to understand the girl she took for granted through a game she doesn't yet understand. 

As a strong Quaker school, we embrace peace, integrity, and humanity, values on which we particularly rely to see us through difficult times. It is with these principles in mind and at heart that we share the Friends Council on Education's Statement on Violence in Pittsburgh and Kentucky, and join together to work toward a more peaceful future. 

This Wednesday, October 31, the students of Señora Campbell’s Advanced Spanish Literature Class will be interviewed live on air in the recording studio of local Spanish-language radio station, Poder 11 10, to promote Lincoln’s upcoming open house and speak about the power of an all-girls Lincoln education.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, one of TIME’s All-Time Top 100 Nonfiction Books, and the New York Times #1 bestseller The Gene: An Intimate History, spoke to a rapt crowd at Lincoln School on October 18.

“I’ve seen it firsthand through both my girls that there is immense power in a Lincoln education,” said Serena Gaitskell, mom to Minty Gaitskell ’25 and recent graduate Portia Gaitskell ’18. Find out more about their uniquely Lincoln journey! 

Over 3,700 people walked through Lincoln's doors on Saturday for the 2018 Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors, a record year for this beloved event! 

In this guest blog, Visual Arts Department faculty member Heather Rigney shares a few of the ways in which the Environmental Stewardship Committee is helping Lower School students and faculty explore stewardship, one of the six Quaker values.

Meredith Vieira ’71 Shows a Documentary and Shares Her Story 

Digging into either of Dr. Mukherjee’s works provides an opportunity for understanding, a chance to confront science’s mysteries armed with the knowledge that comes from his years of research and work in the field of oncology. His reflections will always make you think, but sometimes, they will truly blow your mind. Here are a few of our favorites.