8th Grade

If you’re still hunting through baby photos or pics for your 8th Grade tribute, don’t worry! The deadline for Yearbook submissions has been extended to May 5th 2021!

Visit our yearbook page to find out how to submit photos and for the yearbook purchase link.

What is the Lincoln yearbook?

The yearbook is for ALL students. Yearbooks showcase life at Lincoln Middle School throughout the school year and also include photos of all students (their ID photo).  They are a great way to remember fellow students and to celebrate the year. The 2020-2021 school year is full of unique experiences, and the Yearbook Club has been working hard to capture it all!  

How do I buy a yearbook?

Yearbook orders for 2020/21 are open! You can order one online through TreeRing. See the purchase flyer.

TreeRing partners with Trees for the Future to plant trees in honor of yearbook purchases. A total of 643 trees were planted in honor of Lincoln’s yearbook purchases for 2019/20. Find out more.

Can I submit photos for the yearbook?

YES! We’d love photos of your student’s activities over these months of distanced learning!  Did you get some cool holiday photos? Homemade holiday dishes, decorations, outdoor adventures, games, and more! Anything school-related is welcome too: home learning setup, pods, PE, music, etc. Some particular themes we’d love pictures for are:

• cooking or baking
• celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, winter holidays, New Year
• social distancing with friends (at the park, to get ice cream, etc)
• cuddling/hanging out/doing school with their pet
• playing video games, building a puzzle, drawing/coloring
• playing sports or doing outdoor activities (hiking, surfing/beach, frisbee, etc)
• completing school work on their computer or at their desk
• practicing an instrument or completing PE workouts

Please email student activity photos to Ms. Katz (jkatz@smmusd.org) or Mrs. Howard (jhoward@smmusd.org) by April 19th.

Thanks for helping to make our yearbook awesome!

My child missed getting an ID photo at the beginning of the year. Can they still be in the Yearbook?

YES!  If your student missed out on a portrait photo for the 2020-2021 school year, you may send in a photo of your child to be used in the yearbook. The photo must follow the guidelines below. You can email Ms. Katz (jkatz@smmusd.org) the photo, no later than April 1st.

Photo Guidelines:

1. Find a spot in your house where there is a solid color wall and good lighting. 
2. Wear a contrasting colored shirt.
3. Have your child turn their shoulders to the right but look straight at the camera.
4. Use the best quality camera you have access to at your house.
5. Take the photo vertically.

I have an 8th Grader. How does the yearbook celebrate 8th Graders at Lincoln?

For our 8th Grade families, there’s an opportunity to make the yearbook extra special with a tribute for your student, to celebrate their promotion from middle school. We’re making a special collage of 8th Graders’ baby/toddler photos, too!

8th Grade baby photos

Lincoln has a tradition of having a collage of baby/toddler pictures at 8th Grade culmination. A collage of these photos will be in the Lincoln yearbook! Baby photos are not the same as an 8th Grade tribute, which includes a photo and message to your child for an additional purchase (see below).  

The baby picture collage is a free and fun way to celebrate our growing kids! Pictures should be 300 dots per inch (dpi), or at least 150 dpi (which means we can’t use a screenshot from your computer, which is only 72 dpi).

You can either email a digital picture of your child as a baby/toddler (be sure to include your child’s first/last name) to Ms. Katz at jkatz@smmusd.org or upload the photo directly to TreeRing (for instructions on how to do so, see: https://help.treering.com/hc/en-us/articles/360054701672-Uploading-Baby-Photos).  Please submit baby photos by April 19th.

8th Grade tributes 

Tributes are a great way to celebrate your child’s graduation from middle school.

A tribute is a 1/4 page ad placed in the back pages of the yearbook.  Tributes cost $50 each.  You can see a sample tribute here. Instructions for purchasing your tribute can be found here: https://help.treering.com/hc/en-us/articles/360037631012-Creating-and-Buying-a-Recognition-Ad-for-Your-Child.  Tributes must be created and purchased by April 19th.

All tributes are approved by the yearbook staff before they are included.

Yearbooks from previous years

Missed out on getting a yearbook in previous years? We have a limited supply available for purchase in the online Student Store. You can find last year’s yearbook (2019/20) and also yearbooks from 2016/17 and 2017/18. Find siblings, old classmates and friends!

Lincoln’s very own Women in STEM Club is organizing socially distanced beach clean ups over the next two weekends. Head down to the beach on Saturday, March 6th, Sunday March 7th, or Saturday March 13th to get some fresh air, help keep our beach healthy, and show the Women in STEM Club your support.

See the flyer for full details and times.

SUPPLIES:

Heal the Bay recommends using reusable items that you can easily wash after use. Please see this video for other great alternatives you might have at home: https://youtu.be/vQzZfGipvxU

SAFETY FIRST:

Please take a moment to view Heal the Bay’s safety video before your beach clean up: https://youtu.be/m41TvuEm4gg .

Need Community Service hours? The beach clean-up qualifies!

TO GET COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS:

Email Emely Garcia at egarcia@healthebay.org  attaching:

• your community service form (if applicable)
• photos of your clean-up location before the clean-up. (This can be a selfie at your location)
• a screenshot or photo of your filled out datacard after your clean-up. You can use either the linked pdf, or download the Marine Debris Tracker App. If you’re using the litterati app then a screenshot of your datacard from the app is ok too!   

After these steps are completed Heal the Bay will send a signed Heal the Bay community service form.

Have fun and stay safe!

Is your student fueled by curiosity? Do they learn through inquiry and community experiences? Samohi’s PPBL pathway could be the right option for them for 9th grade.

Register for a PPBL Q&A Zoom session with current students, parents and staff to learn more about PPBL as a high school option. The final Q&A session will be on Wednesday, March 3rd at 6pm.

Visit https://www.smmusd.org/PPBL for more information.