Watch a brief 2 minute video about the Franklin Fair as created by one of our students! http://video.summit.k12.nj.us/Watch/promofranklinfair2016

The Franklin Fair silent auction is all online this year!  Bidding will begin at 7am on Friday April 29th and will end at 2pm on Saturday, April 30th.  Items will be available for pick up in the cafeteria until 3:30pm on the day of the fair.  After that contact Christie Engel for pick up instructions. Visit https://www.501auctions.com/franklinelementaryschool If you pre-purchase your tickets you will automatically be registered to bid.  If you can’t attend the fair, click “Register” to bid from your mobile phone.

Every family is expected to volunteer for a one hour shift per child (two hours max) for the fair. Shifts 3 & 4 need more volunteers. Click the sign up genius link below for a shift: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050a4ea4ac29a64-franklin

Be a permanent part of the new outdoor classroom coming to Franklin! We are offering exclusive naming/dedication rights to each of the (4) benches that will create this wonderful new space on our front patio. This new “Outdoor Reading Circle” will offer Franklin students a wonderful chance to enjoy fresh air during school and offer you a wonderful chance to commemorate someone or something special in your life. This is a “Buy It Now” option and buys the bench and the plaque. Entire contribution is tax deductible. Benches to be installed by Fall 2016 (or sooner.) View the auction listing HERE

We need EACH AND EVERY Franklin family to donate a baked good (baked or bought) to the Franklin Fair Cakewalk!! The Cakewalk is a dance game in which winners of each round take home the cake of their choice!!! By the end of Franklin Fair, we have hundreds of winners heading home with amazing desserts in hand! BE CREATIVE!! We love Minions!! (or any theme!!) Please deliver baked goods to cafeteria on Friday, April 29th, 3-4:30 pm, or you can drop off on Franklin Fair day (April 30th) by 10 am to Ms. Watson’s 5th grade classroom. Please LABEL if baked goods have NUTS! (nut free is preferred) THANK YOU FRANKLIN FAMILIES FOR CONTINUING OUR CAKE WALK TRADITION!! THE KIDS ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!! Questions? Please contact Kathy DePhillips (kathydephillips@gmail.com) or 908-797-6057 if you have any questions.

It’s never too early to start modeling proper driving techniques for your children.  Read the below newsletter the the Summit High School: Safe Driving Newsletter

The official Franklin Fair 2016 website is “live”!  Visit: https://www.501auctions.com/franklinelementaryschool to purchase your Advanced Tickets and to view Silent Auction items. Advanced ticket packages available through April 28th.  Act now to take advantage of special pricing!

I have a gorgeous gallery in my office dedicated to Student Artists of the Month.  I would love to continue to fill my frames with your masterpieces to display your talents! I welcome all submissions on 8 x 11 paper, either vertically or horizontally, by Friday, April 29th. I am especially in need of more horizontal submissions.   The brighter and more detailed, the better!  Please put your name and class on the back. The 5 monthly winners will be announced for the entire school and will receive art supplies and sketch pad as a prize! Looking forward to displaying your artistry to brighten up my office! – Mrs. Mirrione

All 5th graders must complete and return this form to Mrs. Zanelli by June 10th. 5thGradeLetter Immun 2016

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Support our Summit Junior Baseball and Softball kids!!  Raffle sales for the SJBS 50/50 raffle fundraiser have begun.  Tickets are $50.00 each.  We will only sell 2,000 tickets. If all tickets are sold, the winner will receive $50,000. Net proceeds go to SJBS capital projects and improvements. The odds are good with only 2,000 tickets available! If we do not sell all of the 2,000 tickets, the winner gets 50% of the amount received for all tickets or rights to participate. The raffle will be held at noon on Saturday, June 18th at Soldier’s Memorial Field. You do not have to be present to win. Thanks for your support of our baseball and softball players!! An e-mail can be sent to sjbsraffle@yahoo.com for information and ticket sales.  You can also look for SJBS volunteers at upcoming games and events  to purchase a ticket.

Dear Parents, There is no school April 11th-15th for Spring Recess. Enjoy the extra time with your families! What is The Farm Stand? Each day, our Farm Stand includes a wide variety of cupped fresh fruits and vegetables. A trip to Pomptonian’s award-winning Farm Stand is included in the price of each of our balanced meals for student to enjoy. Please encourage your child to choose two servings with his or her entrée each day to complete a nutritious meal. This month’s Fruit of the Month and Vegetable of the Month are grapes and asparagus. Grapes come in many colors, including white, green, red, black, yellow, pink, and purple, although “white” grapes are actually green. Spanish explorers introduced grapes to America about 300 years ago, but there are actually more than 8,000 grape varieties from about 60 species. Asparagus takes three years to grow, from seed to harvest, although the growth rate of asparagus could reach as much as 1 inch per hour. When the weather is right, asparagus grows very fast, keeping farmers busy harvesting the spears daily if they want to keep them from turning into large inedible plants. Pomptonian is pleased to be Summit’s food service provider, […]

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On behalf of the entire PTO I would like to thank Sue Huffman for her energy and enthusiasm in pulling together Franklin Movie Night.  It was a huge success and we hope to make this an annual event at Franklin! As we approach the mid-term of Crazy 8’s, the PTO would like to thank Ajay Shroff and Kim Leonard for the numerous hours they volunteered in bringing this club to fruition. The kids are having a blast! Finally, SEF Casino night was a huge success.  Thank you to Leah Ethoven, Stacie Collins and Katrina Walsh for chairing this event.  We’d also like to thank all the many parent volunteers who transformed the Elk’s Lodge to a casino floor, who solicited the highly desirable auction items, and who set up food and cleared out the space!  A job well-done!! – Clara Jenkins, PTO President

Thank you to Amy Wise and Jenny Birch for making our teachers feel special during teacher appreciation week.  The teachers were treated to special raffle prizes, food and treats every day and a special luncheon at the end of the week.  Also helping them pull of this special week were parent volunteers Joyce Yao, Jill Howard, Katie Gaffney, Kathy DePhillips, Amy Malik, Bethann Harvey, Jenny Hoffman.  Thank you!!!