Residential Life Update – November 23, 2020
“Enjoy the little things in life because one day you`ll look back and realize they were the big things.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Many little things and lots of hard work have come together to bring us to this point in the school year and [...]
LA Students present “The Tailor” and “The Most Dangerous Game”
For nearly two decades, Heartwood Theater and Lincoln Academy have collaborated on annual youth productions. This fall, under the direction of Griff Braley, students have undertaken two One Act projects: The Most Dangerous Game, a filmed production which opened last weekend and remains available [...]
Holiday Travel recommendations from the Maine DOE
On Monday, November 16, the Maine Department of Education released the following guidelines for holiday travel for people attending Maine schools. As we see the escalating impact of COVID-19 across our state and the nation, we recognize that friends and families are looking for [...]
Lincoln Academy Theater Presents: The Most Dangerous Game
The LA Theater production of "The Most Dangerous Game" is now streaming on the LA YouTube Channel. When Richard Connell's famous short story “The Most Dangerous Game” popped up as a new addition to the public domain over the summer of 2020, theater director [...]
Residential Life Update – November 15, 2020
This is our last week of classes before the end of the first trimester. As students and teachers focus on completing final assignments for the grading period, I find myself reflecting on all the hard work that has enabled us to come together again [...]
LA Class Practices Geometry in Real Life
LA Math teacher Shelly Richardson and her students with the picnic table they built as part of their geometry class. This fall Lincoln Academy math teacher Shelly Richardson is using more than theoretical angles in her geometry class: she is using real-life angles to [...]
Lincoln Academy Theater Prevails Despite 2020 Obstacles
Lincoln Academy Theater students have been working in Poe Theater this fall, observing covid protocols of distance and masking. They will produce a series of one act plays that combine film and live streaming that are scheduled to "open" on November 20. When Richard [...]
Residential Life Update – November 8, 2020
We’ve had another beautiful fall week here in Maine with temperatures climbing back into the 60’s this weekend, reminding us all to enjoy this season before we head into the coldest part of the year.  With just two weeks remaining in the first trimester, [...]
LA IDEAL Program Researches Local Plants with Help from Coastal Rivers
Lincoln Academy students in the IDEAL program looking for local plants on the Heritage Trail at Great Salt Bay Preserve, a Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust preserve. Lincoln Academy’s IDEAL (Innovatively Designed Education for All Learners) program is once again collaborating on an outdoor learning [...]
LA Debate Team Earns 2020 Leading Chapter Award
Members of Lincoln Academy’s State Runners-Up Debate Team in the winter of 2020. From left: 2020 graduate Cameron Nelson, senior Scott Petersen, senior Riley Stevenson, coach Kathleen Halm, and sophomore Maggie Kastelein. The LA Debate Team was recently presented with the 2019-2020 Leading Chapter [...]
Residential Life Update – November 1, 2020
Happy Halloween Weekend from the Residential Life Community!  "Every year I take a group of students out trick-or-treating on Halloween, this year was a very different year," said Dorm Parent Kristen Curtis. "One of my favorite aspects of our program is that we always [...]
LA to Host Virtual Prospective Student Open House November 10
Lincoln Academy seniors jump for their advisor group photo during Orientation in September, 2020. Prospective students interested in attending Lincoln Academy in the 2021-22 school year are invited to the Virtual Prospective Student Open House that will take place on November 10 at 6 pm. [...]