Franklin e-Newsletter
Friday, October 6, 2017
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School Hours (M-Th, 7:50-2:50 & F, 7:50-1:20)
Conferences 10/16 & 10/26
Principal's Message
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Franklin Apparel
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From our Counselors
Since the effects of middle school bullying may last well after the bullying ends and even into adulthood, prevention is very important. There is a wide variety of prevention techniques and strategies that our counseling department would like to share with you. Parents play an important role in helping their children decide what might work best for them. Here’s how stopbullying.gov recommends parents can help their children prevent bullying.
1. Talk to children about what bullying is, be sure they understand it’s unacceptable, and encourage them to:
- Report the bullying to a teacher, parent, or trusted adult.
- Use safety strategies, such as staying near adults or with groups of students.
- Help others who are being bullied.
2. Encourage your children to talk about their day at school. Some children may be embarrassed to admit that they are being bullied. Following are some questions that you can ask your children to get the conversation going and uncover a potential bullying issue:
- What was one good thing that happened today? Any bad things?
- Who do you sit with at lunch? What do you talk about?
- What is it like to ride the school bus? Anything out of the ordinary happen on today’s bus ride?
- What are you good at? What do you like best about yourself?
3. Encourage children to do what they love. Being involved in activities they enjoy help children make friends and become part of groups that protect them from bullying.
4. Treat others with kindness and respect, so children learn appropriate, non-bullying behavior by example
Fall Conferences
PTA Meeting-October 9
- President: Rafael Jacobo
- Vice-President: Dorea Burkamper
- Secretary: Charu Chawla
- Treasurer: Dawn Herkelman
6th Grade Debut Concert
Tutoring Available
Upcoming Sports' Season
- Girls' Swimming: Mereces Hayes
- Boys' Basketball: TBA
A reminder that all athletes who wish to participate in an extra-curricular sport need to have an updated physical in addition to a signed concussion form.
Box Tops & Receipts
Student Spotlight
P: Personal Best
A: Active Listening
R: Respect
R: Responsibility
T: Trustworthiness
6th Grade
Shayla Bissel, Lily Finazzo, Angel Hernandez, Josiah Wickum
7th Grade
Grace Jasper, Gabe Miller, Annaleise Tone, Jordan Twitty
8th Grade
Jessica Cline, Oriana Huguet, Vivian Lin, Hannah Snitkey
Friday Theme Days
Upcoming Events
- Boys' Basketball Sign-up During Lunch
- Girls' Swimming Begins
- Tennis: vs. Regis
- 8th Football: @ Roosevelt
- PTA Meeting, 6:00PM in 300 Conference Room
- 6th Grade Debut Concert @ 6:30PM in Auditorium
Tuesday, October 10
- 7th Football: @ Regis
Thursday, October 12
- 8th Football: vs. McKinley @ Kingston
Monday, October 16
- Parent-Teacher Conferences, 3:00-8:30PM
Thursday, October 19
- Fall Play, 7:00PM in Auditorium
Friday, October 20
- Fall Play, 7:00PM in Auditorium
Franklin Blood Drive
Thursday, Oct 26, 2017, 03:00 PM
Franklin Middle School, 20th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Franklin Middle School
Email: lptacek@cr.k12.ia.us
Website: franklin.cr.k12.ia.us
Location: 300 20th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
Phone: (319) 558-2452
Facebook: facebook.com/franklinms
Twitter: @FranklinBolts