Dear Franklin Families,
I want to take a moment to thank you for having me as your PTO President this past year! I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know so many more of you and seeing all that the PTO achieved this year thanks to your generosity in volunteer time and donations. This year together the PTO and Franklin Community (teachers included!) made the following happen:
– New Falcon Footprints walkways and front yard landscaping (bye, bye mud!)
– New Swing sets which added both more color and swings to our playground; New “Franklin” branded benches forthcoming too!
– New gym mats to replace the very old ones currently hanging on the walls; New “Franklin” branded mat underneath the stage to bring school spirit -coming end of this summer
– Hiring of outside company to help with incredible SHReK the Musical JR!
– Emojis invasion for the incredibly successful Franklin Fair which sets us up for a fantastic 2017-2018 school year
– Painting of the colorful US Map and games on the blacktop
– 4 Assemblies, 2 Authors Visits and monthly Art in the Classroom
– Purchase of American Flags for all classrooms, New Book Bags for students, and other items for classrooms
– Fun Community Building School Events: 1st Back to School BBQ, Book Fair, Holiday Shop, Movie Night
– After-school Enrichment classes, Crazy 8’s, and Chess Club
– Revamped, feature rich website with online payments and sign ups
– Teacher Appreciation Week complete with 10 minute massages for teachers
– Start of our amazing Artist in Residence Mosaic project
– And soo much more!
It truly was a great year and I thank all of you for helping to make these events and projects happen! I especially want to thank the Executive PTO Board, all of who went above and beyond and then some to enhance the experience at Franklin for our kids. Thank you so much Christie Engel, Kim Leonard, Rachel Callahan, Betsy Flaim, Laura Henry and Paula Rush. Thank you also to Mrs. Mirrione, Mrs. Watson, Ms. Albanese, Ms. Napoles, and Mr. Rodrigo and team for supporting our PTO initiatives and helping to make them a success!
I wish you all a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing you at Franklin next year! I have four grades covered so chances are I’ll bump into ya!
Fondly,
Sheila Cheney
