Franklin e-Newsletter
Wednesday, June 6
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Congratulations 8th Graders
Principal's Message
With that said, we wish all our families the very best this summer. To our 8th Graders and families, thank you for your support over the last three years. It was a pleasure to take the middle school journey side-by-side with you. I hope the experiences in their three middle school years will propel them into four successful years in high school. We can't wait to see their achievements. For our returning families, we look forward to seeing your student(s) in a short couple months as we prepare to watch their academic and social growth.
Enjoy your summer, take time to relax with friends, families, and loved ones. Please don't hesitate to reach out if we can assist in any way over the summer.
8th Grade Award Winners
Summer Office Hours
Summer Mailings
Families of Franklin students next year will receive the summer mailing in early August. Be on the lookout for this mailing for all the information you need to know about the 2018-19 school year.
2017-18 Franklin Yearbook
Hy-Vee Receipts
Spotlight Students
P: Personal Best
A: Active Listening
R: Respect
R: Responsibility
T: Trustworthiness
6th Grade
Brooke Dunkel, Jack Novak, Cole Pruitt, Brooklyn Tompkins
7th Grade
Malika Khurana, Adeline LeHew, Luke Toms, Elise Tuttrup
8th Grade
Katie Conyers, Alyssa Valley, Caleb Yoder, Madelyn Zaputil
Spring Sports Recap
Girls' Tennis
The Franklin Girls’ Tennis Team had a fantastic season! The season started off with extremely challenging weather conditions. Nearly every available practice time before the start of the matches was during windy and cold temps in the 30’s and low 40’s. The players were determined and did the best they could preparing under less than desirable conditions. Each and every one of the 42 players improved as the season progressed. By the time the season wrapped up, the team had won approximately 64 games while only losing 8. Coach Jeffords and Vallad are very proud of all of the girls for dealing with the crowded courts and difficult weather conditions and very much appreciated and enjoyed their dedication and positive, fun demeanor!
Boys' Soccer
The boys soccer team finished their season at 2-4 this year, highlighted by victories over rivals Harding and McKinley. The boys always played with lots of effort and hustle and improved every week throughout the season.
7th Girls' Track
It was a rough start for the seventh and eighth grade girls track teams this year due to cold weather conditions. The girls did a wonderful job coming each day prepared to run even when temperatures were frigid. Then as the season progressed, and temperatures began to warm, so did performances. In the end, some of the very best performances were saved for the ten team City Meet. Some High lights from the 8th grade City Meet include, a 3rd place finish by Haven Diehl in the 200-meter hurdles, just missing a school record, and Maddie Meeker’ s 3rd place finish in the long jump. High lights from the 7th grade City Meet include Katie Earl’s 2nd place finish in the long jump, Brooklyn Martin’s 4th place finish in the 100-meter dash and Charlotte Ottemoeller and Anna Tarvestad with a 5th and 6th place finishes in the 800 meters. All in all it was a fantastic season and a great group girls to work with.
8th Girls' Track
7th Boys' Track
Eighteen boys participated in track and field this year. It was a great group that worked hard and worked together as a team. Student Athletes explored different events to determine which distance or field event best suited their current development. All athletes improved their times and results significantly. Nearly every year our hurdlers break one or more records, and this year it was the shuttle hurdle team of Leighton Charters, Braden Gladwin, Colby Dolphin, and Seth Woods. In the City/Metro meet our Bolts took 5th out of 10, which was about as good as a small squad could do against much larger teams.
8th Boys' Track
Though the spring wasn’t great, the 8th grade boy track team has had both individual and group success. There was marked improvement from every track athlete and the future looks bright from many of these athletes. The Thunderbolts finished either first or second in every meet they participated in during the season. The finished 4th in the city meet. Roman Young broke the shot put record with a put of 42’5”. The Sprint Medley team of Willis, Dutton, Young and Bowman were one second off the school record running a time of 1:48. The 4X400 team of Boeckmann, Sprague, Armon and Bowman were 6 seconds off the school record with a time of 4:06. Tj Robertson nearly earned two school records in individual events. Tj threw the shot a distance of 42’0” and was 0.5 seconds off the 200m hurdle record with a time of 28.1.
From the Clinic
Parents of Current 6th Grade Students
The state immunization rules require:
- Student entering 7th Grade (if born after September 15, 2000) – 1 dose of Tdap vaccine
- Students entering 7th Grade (if born after September 15, 2004) – 1 dose of meningococcal vaccine
If your student has not received these vaccines they need to get them before the first day of school in August. Contact your health care provider or Linn County Public Health to have your student get these required immunizations.
Future Events
8th Grade Football Camp
2018 Back to School Extravaganza
Monday, Aug 20, 2018, 03:30 PM
Franklin Middle School, 20th Street Northeast, Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
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