The elementary glow stick dance party is tomorrow night! Please see the attached flyer for details. As a reminder, this event is for elementary students only. Middle school students will not be allowed to attend, even if they have a sibling in one of our elementary schools. There is a $2 charge for students, which includes a glow stick. Accompanying adults will not be charged the admission fee. Hope to see lots of our families there!
Big thanks to Mrs. Earll and the BHS swing choir for coming by and doing a performance for our students and staff today! It's always great to have former students and role models come and visit us at Franklin! Make sure to catch the swing choir performances this weekend! ❤️💚
Franklin teachers working hard on the Model of Instruction elements at our PD today!
Congratulations to the 2023 Franklin March Madness Bracket Challenge champion! Way to go Mrs. Schneider!
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Franklin Families:
Optional dental screenings will be completed at Franklin on April 20. In order for students to be screened, they will need to return a signed permission form to school. Permission forms went home with students on March 30 and need to be returned to school by April 14. Please contact the Franklin office if you have any questions or need another permission form sent home.
Reminder: Today is an early release for teacher professional development. Franklin students will be dismissed at 1:10.
A few more pics of 3rd graders working with Dash robots!
3rd graders working with the Dash robots and trying to program them to follow the path. They had to do a lot of trial and error and trouble shooting to debug the programs! Great teamwork and problem solving!
Congratulations to our 4th grade students on a great showcase tonight! They performed a great concert and showed off some amazing art work and technology projects. Big thanks to all of our staff who helped with preparation, set up, clean up and everything else that needed to be done for our showcase nights. A special thank you to our specialist teachers for all of their work in getting things ready! Thanks Mrs. Cunningham, Mr. Hilmer, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Eggett, Mrs. Schuler and Mrs. Byriel! We appreciate you!
4th Grade Families:
Remember that tonight is the 4th grade showcase at Franklin. Activity doors will open at 6:00 and the music performance will begin at 6:30. Students should be at their spot on the risers by 6:20. Make sure to take a look at all the amazing art work and technology projects that will be displayed in the hallways and the lunchroom when you're here. See you there!
3rd & 4th Grade Families:
As part of our upcoming Iowa State Assessments, students in 3rd & 4th grade will be taking a survey called the Conditions for Learning on April 21st. This is a survey that asks questions about school and how students are feeling about being in school. It gives us insight into how our students feel about school and helps us focus on any areas for improvement. Please see the attached document for more information about the Conditions for Learning survey and contact the Franklin office if you have any questions.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WvTrp1E0Vs8OyrRfIwWXxgZF433HXNmUfaL8gwacRuM/edit?usp=sharing
Shout out to our 3rd graders! They put on a great show tonight! Thanks to all of our families for coming and to our specialist teachers and other staff for all their good work!
3rd Grade Families:
Quick reminder of the third grade showcase tonight! Activity doors open for students and families at 6:00 and the music concert is scheduled for 6:30. We're looking forward to a fun performance by our 3rd grade students! When you're here, don't forget to check out the amazing artwork that's displayed in the hallways around our building.
Big thanks to all of our families who attended spring conferences. We had 92% of our families attend, which is outstanding! Our goal is always to meet with 100% of our families so if you weren't able to make it to conferences and would like to meet with your child's classroom teacher, please reach out to schedule a time!
4th grade starting out the day with some solid fraction work!
Boone student Caitlin Needham and former Boone student Sam Needham stopped by today to tell our students about some of their farm animals. It's great to see our Boone students giving back!
There's about a month left to fill out and return Books for Bikes certificates. Our assembly and bike drawing will be on May 8. As a reminder, students can get Books for Bikes certificates (pictures) from their classroom teachers. They color in an emoji for each 15 minutes they read. When all of the emojis are colored in, a parent or teacher signs the back and the student writes their name on it and puts it in the correct box in the library. Then, they can start another one! Each completes certificate will be put on for the drawing for a free bike and helmet.
Our second graders did a great job last night at the showcase! It was great to see their musical and artistic talents. Thanks to all of the families who came to support them. It was a packed house! Also, big thanks to our specialist teachers for putting together the showcase and our 2nd grade team and other staff for helping get things organized last night.
3rd graders are working on the skill of comparing and contrasting. They're starting with objects and animals and will move into comparing and contrasting two pieces of text. Lots of good thinking going on!
2nd Grade Families:
Quick reminder of the second grade showcase tonight! Activity doors open for students and families at 6:00 and the music concert is scheduled for 6:30. We're looking forward to a fun performance by our 2nd grade students!