Mission statement: Where Arts enrich learning, every student, every day.

Vision statement: To increase student achievement by integrating and infusing the arts with, in, and through the curriculum in a style that uses arts processes as naturally as literature, technology, inquiry, and dialogue.

As the only Art Specialty elementary school in the Anoka-Hennepin District, Lincoln Elementary School for the Arts offers unique programming that is student-centered. The school leverages the arts in many ways to offer diverse, hands-on learning experiences for all students. 

For more information, or to schedule a school tour, contact:

Andrea Whitcomb, Arts Curriculum Integration Coordinator
Email: andrea.whitcomb@ahschools.us
Phone: 763-506-3180

Specialty school program highlights

Arts-integrated instruction

• Same core curriculum as other schools, but teachers weave in artful strategies and projects to engage, deepen and strengthen student learning.

• Increases engagement and helps students make connections across content areas.

• Allows multiple entry points into learning and diverse expressions of proficiency.

• Supports academic development, collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills.

Instruction in Arts areas (Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre, Visual Art)

• Dance supports kinesthetic learning and develops motor skills.

• Only elementary in Anoka-Hennepin that offers 4th and 5th grade Band, Orchestra, and Choir instruction during the school day at no cost (several performances throughout the year).

• After-school theatre program with free public performances.

• Engagement in video and sound production with the “Wake Up Call” morning announcements.

• Student art displayed in several art shows.

• Arts Jams offer full days of student-selected arts classes.

Arts field experiences and residencies

• All experiences are free to students.

• Creates opportunities for students and families to engage in new experiences.

• Collaborations with other Anoka-Hennepin schools:

  • The Monster Mash with Anoka Middle School for the Arts WEB leaders.

  • From Stories to the Stage with Anoka Middle School for the Arts Theatre classes.

  • Lincoln World Drumming Ensemble partners with Champlin Park High School to perform at the Minnesota Music Educators Convention.

• Some community partners and artists

  • Local: Lyric Arts Main Street Stage, Rum River Art Center, drummer Mr. Chico Perez

Twin Cities: Children’s Theatre Company, Heart of Dance, MPR Class Notes, Minnesota Orchestra, Minneapolis Institute of Art, musicians/songwriters Box Cat Music.