Sunday, April 24th
Family Ice-skating event CANCELED
Please note that PALS will be issuing refunds to those who've purchased tickets in the next few days.
The Franklin Academy's - 2022 Track and Field Schedule
Lands End Sale!
Make sure to enter:
CODE: LEARN
PIN: 2731
2022 Summer Camps!
Download here: Summer Camp Registration Form
Have Questions? Please contact Violet Lord, vlord@thefranklin.academy
with Mrs. samuel and mrs. snyder
We are flying through April, and with the arrival of May comes the annual The Franklin Academy Day at Village Books! Like last year, it will run for 24 hours, and purchases made at the Fairhaven location or online will count towards books for the school! I love that we can browse in person or contribute online if we are busy or long distance.
It will be on May 4th - "MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU!" I plan to be at the Fairhaven location after school for a few hours to say hi to people!
Forms will go home with students at the end of next week, and I’ll be at student drop off with extra copies on Wednesday, May 4th.
Please mark your calendars! This is a great way to get books and bookish stuff, all while supporting The Franklin Academy and a local, beloved business! Yay! www.villagebooks.com
Happy Reading,
Mrs. Samuel
(If you have questions about the book fair or anything else library related, feel free to email me at tsamuel@thefranklin.academy )
Joke:
Joke: What do you call six Siths piled on top of a lightsaber? A Sith-kebab.
Chapel Service Guild and 8th Grade Students Support Salvation Army
CSG Coordinator Christy F., states "The goal with these projects is to not only create an awareness in the students of the needs of others around them, but also to show them ways in which they can serve others, even as kids."
The 8th grade Chapel Guild made 100 sack lunches and decorated each bag with a picture or message. The students then walked over to the Salvation Army building where they learned about the many services they offer.
The Franklin Academy Students enter WSSEF and WiN!
Congratulations -Anbelle B. and Kiona I.
6th-grade students, Kiona, and Anabelle participated in the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) over Spring Break on April 9th. Both students worked extremely hard to get registered for the State Fair, submitting extra paperwork, videos, abstracts, etc.
During the virtual fair, they were judged by professionals in the STEM field, receiving critical feedback, and thoughtful questions about their projects. They both did an incredible job! Kiona got 2nd place in the Translational Medical Science Category and Anabelle got 1st place in the Behavior and Social Sciences Category!
Upon reflecting on the State Fair, Kiona said, "The best part about WSSEF was that I participated and placed in a state-level fair! I learned that it can be really fun to participate in something new and you can learn a lot from those experiences! I would encourage all of you reading this newsletter to try WSSEF next year, it will be in person and loads of fun!"
We hope to have even more students participate in the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair next year!
Ms. Harris
Ukraine Relief Donations
PALS is partnering with the Mahler family (mom Liza is from Ukraine) to raise money and collect items to ship to Ukraine beginning Wednesday, April 13th. Liza is working with great organizations on the ground in Ukraine and has up-to-date lists of their needs. For a complete list of tangible items click here: Ukraine Relief Items Needed
We will be collecting monetary donations via the PALS website for the month of April, OR you can donate tangible goods at the blue/yellow Ukraine display and box at Markell Hall. Liza will work with Direct Relief to get these goods and money where they are most-needed at the end of April.
https://ukraine-relief.square.site
If you have any questions, please contact Liza at liza@lizamahler.com.
The beautiful artwork was done by Liza's niece, who graduated from Franklin Academy a few years ago :)
Thank you in advance for supporting Ukraine and all the refugees and their families.
PALS
Mrs. Ho's PRESCHOOL 3 YEAR OLDS 5 DAY
During "Hopping Down the Bunny Trail" week our class participated in many hands-on projects to get ready for all the festivities that took place on Friday. We started out our week decorating Easter Baskets made out of gallon water jugs.
Preschool science and math can be so much fun. During this next project the children made and painted with chocolate pudding. I must say, I am not really sure which was more fun, eating the pudding off their fingers or painting with the pudding. You decide after looking at the pictures.
Literacy: The children made paper Easter Baskets to go in their memory books and they were able to write their name on the front of it. They do such a wonderful job.
Social Studies teaches the children to respect the traditions, history and different cultures in our classroom. The children were excited to learn about Ramadan and share this special occasion with Lyla.
Friday finally came and it was Easter Egg Hunt day. To finish the week we celebrated Kellen's Birthday. We hope you had the best birthday ever!
What a fun week we had. In the coming week we are learning about "Things That Grow".
Love, Mrs. Ho
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Ms. Camaya and Ms. Johnson's Preschool 3 year olds - 3 day
Earth Day activities with the class began with a fun Earth Day coloring sheet, and then we moved on to chapel. For chapel, we talked about Easter and how special the ones we love are. We traced our letter Ee and the kids are doing well with their tracing!
For science, we watched a video about the earth and discussed different ways that we can help our home. We read a book about the ocean and talked about just how important it is to us, and how we are all a part of the "ocean story". We went around and shared a few different ways we can help the earth, some included "pick up our trash, don't waste paper towels, and turn the water off while we brush our teeth"
We completed an earth day cut and paste activity and are learning how to spell the word "Earth". For art, we are working on an earth day page for our memory books with our handprints. We also began work on our bumblebee craft which our 5th grade helpers helped the class with!
Today, we moved the greenhouse plants that we did recently into pots and talk about the growth cycle. The kids are so excited to see their plants begin to grow!
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MRS. Pickerill's Pre-K 4 Year Old 3 Day
I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend. Thank you again for providing the eggs for our hunt. This week we will celebrate Earth Day and learn more about recycling and the importance of taking care of our planet. Norah is also our Star of The Week. We will celebrate her summer birthday (June 20th) on Friday.
Last week we had a great time with everything egg-related. For science, we created an egg drop container for the egg drop challenge put out by Mrs. Bucsko and she would go on our school's rooftop to drop the eggs. The children used pom-poms, tissue paper, tape, and plastic cups to protect our egg. They all predicted that the egg would break and they were right, it did! They were very excited to participate and watch this school event.
We also had our egg hunt outside in the courtyard next to the lunchroom. We had so much fun collecting all of the eggs together. We also enjoyed decorating our Easter bags and making bunny ears headbands.
I look forward to another fun week. Have a great day!
Best,
Mrs. P
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Greetings families and students of Art!
I hope things are going well for everyone, after the spring break and a week back to school. The Art classroom has been full of fun activities, (such as drawing fruit & a Fruit Relay Race), great art projects (such as Kandinsky's Foil Relief in 7th/8th, Jean-Michel Basquiat Storytelling art in 5th/6th, Food Trucks in 3rd-4th, Donuts Painting in 2nd, & the Once Upon a Parsnip book inspired oil pastel art for K-1st), and now we're busy making beautiful things for the 22nd Annual Children's Art Walk! Just to remind you, I share photos of all the students' artwork and their descriptions of the art projects via the weekly TFA Newsletter, so everyone can see some of what our young artists (K-8th) are doing.
In Art classes, I'm working with all the K-8th grades, to help make a collaborative art project called an Enchanted Garden Door! It will be filled with garden flowers, leaves, caterpillars, cocoons, and butterflies - all made by our students. Various K-8th grade classes and teachers are also making their own art in each of their own classes to be displayed.
Creatively,
Ms. Simpson
The Franklin Academy