Franklin is participating in the Box Tops for Education program again this school year. Please clip the Box Tops coupons from any participating products you have purchased and send them to school in a plastic baggie in your child’s backpack. (Box Tops appear on a variety of products, including Kleenex tissues, General Mills cereals, Ziploc bags, and hundreds of others.) Franklin earns 10¢ for each Box Top redeemed. (Please make sure that the Box Top is intact. Both the product code and still-valid expiration date must be visible for the Box Top to count.) We collect Box Tops throughout the school year and offer rewards to the class that submits the most. The PTO will be rewarding the class that collects the most Box Tops this Fall with a pizza party. Please include the teacher’s name/class with the Box Tops so that we can keep track of the totals. Please send in your Box Tops by Friday, October 21, to be counted toward the class pizza party. Feel free to contact Donna Patel (dgp212@gmail.com) with questions.  Click here for a Collection Sheet- Box Top Collection Sheet

Please join the PTO and help us continue to bring enriching programs to our children.  Click on the PTO icon to the right under Important Links and join today!

Art in the Classroom signups are live! Click here to sign up: http://franklinparents.com/pto-programs/art-in-the-classroom/art-in-the-classroom-sign-up-sheets/  One or two parents can present at a time so feel free to sign-up with another parent in your child’s class. Please note that this year, in an effort to optimize maximize classroom curriculum time, our goal is to have Art in Classroom on days listed in Sign-up Genius (Fridays, Single Session Days, Day before Holiday) and on any Professional days.  Please ask teacher  for Professional days as they vary.  

This past spring Ms. Stochaj entered the Teacher Rocks Sweepstakes sponsored by Little, Brown and Company. She won a visit from author/ illustrator Todd Parr! He will be meeting students in grades 1 to 3 on Monday, October 24th. You can order books to be signed by Todd. Order forms will be sent home on Monday OR you can get a copy here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I7KORgYqW9Io9PEd590mjEc_nE3hjeiLE9EoSyHs94I/edit?usp=sharing The forms are due back to school on Monday, September 26th. One of the books you can order, Be Who You Are, will not be released until after his visit but our school will get it early. That is so exciting. Check out his website: http://toddparr.com/todd/ Thanks to our very generous PTO everyone at Franklin School will get to meet New Jersey author, Audrey Vernick, on Friday, November 4th. She writes both fiction and nonfiction books. In her presentations she will focus on where she finds a story. Audrey will also be signing her books. Order forms will be sent home on Monday OR you can get a copy here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vxu8mApVuqmh74fnGvbyPVk7lP-T6Wzgj9WyCMaQIrE/edit?usp=sharing The forms are due back at school on Monday, September 26th. Check out her website: http://www.audreyvernick.com/

Mrs. Mirrione’s Back to School Night 2016-17: Talking Points Welcome & Gratitude to Parents Introduction of Jennifer Ambrose, Director of Elementary Education Introduction of Sheila Cheney, PTO President My professional and personal background   Overarching goals: Every possible effort to create an elementary school experience that is positive, memorable, and impactful Laying a solid foundation as fervent scholars, confident leaders, and compassionate ethical citizens   Highlights Reel: LOOKING BACK, Last year’s School Goals were: Maximize effective implementation of new math program and integrate technology for instruction and assessments—through rigorous PD plan, continuous feedback loop OUTCOMES: PARCC Performance-consistently exceeded district average by as high as 10% and was the highest or 2nd highest performing school across all grades and both LA and Math Full school increase in student familiarity and comfort level in using technology across content areas: research, presentations, educational websites/games, google docs, google slides Increase parent communications OUTCOMES: Weekly Principal Letter Weekly Teacher Newsletters Open lines of communication for parent suggestions/feedback Beautification Committee & other venues for parent input (TOY) Begin beautification endeavors and enhance students’ learning & recreational experiences OUTCOMES: Lunch clubs, expand enrichment club types and offerings Playground addition, new blacktop, additional options for play New sidewalks, pavers, grass […]

Back to School Night is this Wednesday, September 14th! 6:30 pm: Please join Mrs. Mirrione in the Gym for a welcome presentation. Note, we will not have signups for teacher conferences in the cafeteria beforehand; sign-up genius forms will be posted later that evening, along with class party sign-ups. 7:00 to 7:30 pm: Teacher Presentation in child’s classroom 7:30 to 8:00 pm: 2nd Teacher Presentation for parents with more than one child. This is an identical presentation as the first, just repeated in case you have more than one classroom to visit!

Dear Franklin Families, Cheers to an outstanding start to our school year! Thank you for your support and praise of our staff’s efforts to warmly welcome your children back! Arrival & dismissal: We hope that you’ve enjoyed our teacher meet & greet opportunities provided during arrival this past week. Starting Monday, arrival during our 8:00-8:15 timeframe will begin as follows:  1st and 2nd graders enter the main doors to line up near their respective classrooms as they arrive.  3rd graders line up by class in the Reading Garden courtyard and enter the Warwick Road doors at 8:15.  4th graders line up by class near library doors and enter at 8:15.  5th graders line up by class near 5th grade wing doors on blacktop and enter at 8:15. *Please note: Adult supervision will be provided until 8:15. Students who arrive afterwards will need to be accompanied by a parent and signed in at the main office. Please make every effort to arrive between 8:00-8:15, as we need the time from 8:15-8:30 in our classrooms to take attendance, lunch count, collect homework, etc. Instruction begins promptly at 8:30, so we appreciate students arriving on time and getting settled in prior to the onset of our teaching time. Dismissal for […]

Friends, food, and fun await your entire family at this school community event! Friday, September 23rd 5:00 until 7:00 pm Franklin Field (inside if it rains, but it won’t!) Each ticket is $15 per person and includes a BBQ buffet of hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, chips, and water. Children under 5 are free; max $40 per family. Entertainment will also be provided! Get ready to dunk the PTO President in the dunk tank and to sing and dance to popular songs! Bring your own picnic blanket for the field and Cash for the Ice Cream Truck which arrives at 6:30 pm Order Tickets and R.S.V.P. by September 15th  Go to www.myschoolanywhere.com, login and click on store Partially Funded by the PTO  

Summer Reading Challenge Readers in grades 2-5 just a reminder that the F.L.I.C. Summer Reading Challenge Forms due by the morning of Friday, September 16, 2016. There will be one winner for grades 2-4 and one winner for grade 5.  Lost the paper? Just write your list on any piece of paper and make sure to include your name and class. Did you make something this summer? Make sure to send your pictures to lstocha@summit.k12.nj.us Back-To-School Night Parents make sure to find me at Back-to-School Night. Your children will be happy if you do! Needs We are collecting egg cartons for a building project. We are also collecting used gift cards. Please send them in! Thanks in advance for your help.    

Welcome Back! I hope that you and your families had wonderfully relaxing and fun summers! I know getting back into the swing of things can be difficult, so I wish you all an easy-as-can-be transition into the new school year! Personally, I am not looking forward to getting my four boys, grades 4th, 3rd, 1st, and Kindergarten, up and out of the house by 8:00! I am however, looking forward to what I know will be a great school year ahead as the PTO Executive Board, Mrs. Mirrione, and all of the teachers at Franklin, have been working hard to create an excellent year. Mrs. Mirrione and the teachers will inform you about all that they have planned at Back to School Night on Wednesday, September 14th at 6:30 pm. Here is a snapshot of what the PTO has planned so far, and I promise, more to come! 1st ever Welcome Back BBQ on September 23rd from 5:00 to 7:00. Grab a picnic blanket and come join friends on the Franklin field for one last BBQ of summer! Towne Deli will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for us; all you need to do is buy your ticket online at www.myschoolanywhere.com and show up! […]

Book Care Books are used by everyone in our school. It is expected that children take good care of the books they borrow from the library. Things to keep in mind include: reading books with clean and dry hands, turning pages slowly, and always using a bookmark. If a book is returned damaged it will need to be replaced and the family will be charged. Book Borrowing Each week children are allowed to take out up to three items from the library. Exceptions are made when children are working on special projects. Books are to be brought book every week for return and/ or renewal. Please help your child find a special place in your home to keep our books safe. It is your child’s responsibility to return or renew the books every week! If a child has misplaced his/her library book and is in the process of looking for it, please do not pay for the book right away until you have received a notice with instructions for payment. Please do write us a note but continue to look for the missing book, and contact the library when you think it is really “lost.” Selection Policy The library media […]

If you did not purchase a Schoolkidz supply kit, for the complete list of supplies, please click here 2016-2017 Supply Lists All Grades PDF    

Looking Back at 2015-2016 Total Circulations: 29,080 Volunteers who help each week to check out  and shelve books: 16 amazing parents Opened The Space- a corner of the library where we can all create- established monthly challenges Morning Clubs: Decorate the Space, Getting to Know Ben Franklin, Make a Bookmark, Paper Challenges, Gardeners, Scratch, Lego Mindstorms, Tuesday Morning Group- Tweets, iMovie, Recycle Team Lunch Clubs: 2nd grade Book Club, 3rd Grade Book Club- twice, Interview Club, Postcard Club, iMovie, Scratch, Poetry Writing, Animal Research, Honoring Franklin Hosted 2 Author Visits: (Thanks to our very generous PTO) grades 1 and 2 Daniel Kirk, grades 3-5 Lauren Tarshis, SEF Grant Materials being used this year: Lego Mindstorms, Bee Bots, Playaways, Growing Station Hour of Code for the entire school Grades 1 and 2 participated in awarding the Irma Black Award for the best picture book Grades 3 and 4 participated in awarding the the Cook Prize which honors the best science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) picture book Coordinated the Dictionary Project with the New Providence- Summit Rotary Club for grade 3 Read Across America- helped organized guests from the community to come read to each class School Library Month Reading Challenge […]

Come train with the Summit High’s Varsity Boys Soccer Coaching Staff and Varsity Players! The Hilltopper Boys Soccer Camp is coordinated by Ashley Sularz (SHS Varsity Boys Soccer Coach), the HS Coaching staff, and the Summit High School Varsity Boys Soccer Team. Who: Boys entering 3rd-8th Grades When: Monday, August 29th through Wednesday, August 31st 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Where: Wilson Fields, Corner of Oakley & Springfield (Behind the Primary Center / Board of Ed. offices) Cost: $100 for 3 days or $40 a day (All proceeds benefit the SHS Boys Soccer Program) SHS Boys Soccer Camp Form