Snow Leopards Make Waves in Nisarga Pool!

Eight young and committed Lincoln School swimmers participated in the Nisarga Bal Batika Swim Gala on Saturday, September 3rd. The rain did not dampen their Snow Leopard spirits and each swimmer produced amazing results and some personal best times. Although we brought a smaller group of swimmers to this meet, some outstanding individual displays helped earn our school a 2nd place overall finish. Many swimmers swam personal best times. Below are the top 3 places some Snow Leopards placed during the meet. 

Congratulations to Nasir Hussain, Lily Nathan, Clara Nathan, Runheng Liu (our youngest swimmer), Ashwini Shrestha, Atreya Koirala, Rishika Singh (her first meet), and Parthav Singh on their efforts and successes! 

Nasir: 

1st in boys 12 & under 50m backstroke

1st in boys 12 & under 50m butterfly

1st in boys 12 & under 50m freestyle

2nd in boys 12 & under 50m breaststroke

2nd in 50m * 4 mixed medley relay 

3rd in 50m* 4 mixed freestyle relay

Atreya: 

1st in boys 10 & under 25m backstroke

1st in boys 10 & under 25m butterfly

2nd in boys 10 & under 25m freestyle 

2nd in 50m * 4 mixed medley relay 

3rd in 50m* 4 mixed freestyle relay

Ashwini:

1st in girls 10 & under 25m backstroke

1st in girls 10 & under 25m butterfly

1st in girls 10 & under 25m freestyle 

2nd in 50m * 4 mixed medley relay 

3rd in 50m* 4 mixed freestyle relay

Clara:

2nd in 50m * 4 mixed medley relay 

3rd in 50m* 4 mixed freestyle relay

To view the results from the heats and finals please follow this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B283lp5gYw1CaTJaazJLOC1sYkE/view

Boys' Volleyball Team Win Local Tournament

A Recap of the Boys' Volleyball Exploits at NISSA:

After a long and strenuous afternoon of volleyball, the Lincoln Boys' Volleyball team brought home the gold in the local NISSA tournament. The games were off to an early start as the Snow Leopards faced The British School in an early 9 AM match. Although it was the first game this season, the boys came together well as they defeated TBS comfortably 2 sets to 0. The day continued with the Snow Leopards facing the Little Angels School in their second game. Definitely the most fervent, the Snow Leopards lost the first set but made a 24-19 comeback, to win the second. In an unfortunate turn of events, victory over L.A. remained just out of grasp - but only by the skin of their teeth. Though recording a loss, the boys felt the results was quite positive; a game against such eminent opponents only helped gel the team further. The challenge unified the team, exposing strengths and weaknesses to be addressed in future practices.

Going into the next game ready to redeem themselves, the Snow Leopards defeated the Valley Public Higher Secondary School. Taking into consideration everything they learned from the previous game, the boys pushed hard and won the third set to proceed to the finals. Exhausted in body but not spirit, Lincoln, once again, encountered VPS in the finals of the NISSA tournament. With every bump, set, and spike executed with expertise and determination, the Lincoln Snow Leopards triumphed in the third set to take the win. The Lincoln School Snow Leopards took first place after an afternoon of exciting volleyball. Not bad for the first competition of the year. Looks like there’s a lot to look forward to this volleyball season!

- Sauharda Rajbhandari, Grade 11

Partner Reading in Grade 2

Building towers in Engineering-Robotics elective

First Fabulous Friday!

Snapshot of the week….

 

This week's snapshot comes from our first Fabulous Friday! G5 put on a lively and upbeat presentation of their version of This Land is My Land.

The G5 students along with the direction of Ms. Iris rewrote the song to have a more global perspective which includes the chorus of:

We are a family

A global family

We learn from each other at Lincoln Elementary

We come together from far and wide

Our school is made for you and me...

As global citizens themselves, they enthusiastically sang out and entertained the audience. It was a great example of one of our four Lincoln School Pillars:Global Citizenship.

Fabulous Fridays will be happening once every month at 8:00am and parents are invited and encouraged to join us. The next Fabulous Friday will be September 23, 2016. Hope to see you there!

Ken Fernandez

Elementary Principal

Activities, Athletics & Aquatics Update

Greetings Snow Leopards!

Our Activities, Athletics and Aquatics program has gotten off to a flying start. Almost all our students are engaged in pursuing one of their passions after school. If you missed signing up for an activity, or joined school late, and would like to know what is on offer, please visit: www.lsasa.weebly.com

In Elementary and High School PE classes, students are engaged in swimming and water safety lessons, as they try to check off the outcomes that will see them move to a higher cap.

We also have some exciting upcoming events for our students. Please mark your calendars for the following: 

• Saturday, September 3rd: LS Invitational Boys' & Girls' Volleyball Tournaments
• Saturday, September 3rd: Nisarga Swim Meet (limited to 10 participants)
• September 10 & 11: Little Angels Swimming Championships
• October 1 & 2: Lincoln School Invitational Swimming Championships
• October 8-11: LS select swim squad to AES-New Delhi
• October 20-22: SAISA Season 1 Tournaments - Swimming@LS; Boys' Volleyball@AISC; Girls' Volleyball@TAISM

Snapshot of the week courtesy of Monique Kovacs

Finally, please do help us out with hosting student-athletes for SAISA Swimming if you can! 

Best wishes for a season of learning, growth and fun!

Luke Davis

Designing and doing experiments in 10th grade Chemistry

AP Physics entertains

While conducting an AP Physics lab on the basketball court last week, it also became entertainment for some of the elementary students.

Art class

Middle school students studied the art of Wassily Kandinsky and participated in an integrative art and music lesson. They listened to compositions by two different musicians and transformed the sounds they heard into shapes, lines and colors by using chalk pastels on paper. 

New instruments

Visual and Performing Arts Department is excited to receive over 40 brand new instruments! Advanced Music Performance begins Monday August 22nd with these instruments going right into students' hands! Come see the new renovations in the art and music rooms!

LS Snow Leopards Brave the Rainy Weather to Storm the Podium on Olympic Day

In Nepal's national Olympic Day Swimming Meet, eight committed Snow Leopard swimmers braved the rainy weather to storm the podium. During the one day meet, the likes of Shreetika Singh, Oshina Bharati, Niharika Tuladhar, Ayushma Tuladhar, Akshara Singh, Rahab Moktan, Izzy Powell and Niamh Powell claimed a total of 30 medals between them, including 9 golds, 11 silvers and 10 bronzes. Each skilled swimmer managed to claim at least one medal in yet another powerful display. 

Lincoln Win Nepal's Galaxy Swim Cup!

Despite being on summer break, close to 20 committed Lincoln Swimmers participated in the nationwide 13th Galaxy Swim Cup. It proved a worthwhile endeavor with our swimmers testing their skills, speed and endurance against the best the country has to offer. Time and again, our LS swimmers swept the podium with a vast amount of medals and top individual performances contributing to a resounding Lincoln School win! Congratulations Lincoln swimmers on yet another championship! 

Goodbye Lincoln Style

We said goodbye to all of our friends leaving Lincoln, including Kathy Shrestha after 40 years of service.