CARDINAL CONNECTIONS
January 2, 2023
Franklin Pierce High School Community Newsletter
FPS District Equity Statement
DISTRICT AREAS OF FOCUS AND IMPROVEMENT:
- Equity and Social Justice
- Improved Instruction
- Family and Community Partnership
Cardinal Parents, Students, and Staff:
"There is a hole in the universe the exact shape and size of your full potential."
Each of us has the capacity to do far more than we can even imagine. There is a hole in the universe the exact shape and size of our fullest potential. Our duty and responsibility is to do everything we can in this life to fill it.
Let's do this! Cardinal Strong!
- Jan 3: What celebrity would you like to meet?
- Jan 4: Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
- Jan 5: What chores are you responsible for at home?
- Jan 6: If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join?
Hey, Cards!
We wish our entire Cardinal Family a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!
No school on January 2. We return on January 3. Stay safe.
2nd Semester Schedule Changes: January 30 is the start of 2nd semester. Be aware that your schedule for 2nd semester may change for a variety of reasons including semester-length classes, classroom space, teacher schedule changes, failed courses, and unmet graduation requirements. All students will receive a copy of their 2nd semester schedule before January 30.
Grad Ads and Yearbooks are now ON SALE! Make sure to buy your book and ad space before they run out!
Grad Ad space is limited so seniors are encouraged to buy their ad NOW!
Here are the links and instructions:
Family Feedback Survey:
Dear Franklin Pierce High School Families:
Franklin Pierce Schools has partnered with Panorama Education to better understand your experience with your child’s school. Your answers to the survey are confidential, which means that no one will see your individual responses. Families will receive a link to the survey via email for each school that they have one or more children enrolled in. Please fill out a survey for each school that your child attends.
Parent Survey Link for FPHS: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/fpschools/7991256688
Student Survey Link for FPHS: www.fpschools.org/studentvoice
Your voice is important to us. Results are used to guide school and district planning efforts and will be made public to staff, students, and families. For additional information, please visit www.fpschools.org/panorama.
Thank you for taking the time to participate.
Sincerely,
Franklin Pierce Schools
Public Information Office
(253)298-3000
Academic Excellence!
One of our unifying teacher practices is relevance: connecting content, students, and their world to support meaningful learning.
What does this look like for teachers? Teachers are designing lessons that have real-world applications and connections. Teachers are seeking connections between the course content and the students' interests, experiences, and cultures.
What does this look like for students? Students should be seeking out connections between what they are learning and how it connects to their past, present, and future selves.
How can parents help? When you're asking your child about what he or she is learning, try to help them make relevant connections to their own lives and experiences.
Nengajo Contest!
Students taking Japanese 1 participated in the first ever Nengajo (New Year’s Card) Contest in Franklin Pierce School District. Nengajo are cards sent out in the New Year to communicate well wishes and strengthen relationships between the senders and their family, friends, co-workers and business partners. Usually, these Nengajo include an animal design of some sort, taken from the zodiac. This year is the year of the rabbit(兔). Students learned about Japanese New Year’s traditions and vocabulary and included these elements in their cards as well.
Franklin Pierce High School staff voted and the winners for the school wide competition are as follow:
- Artistic: Kiera Da, 11th Grade, Japanese Period 4
- Comic: Kimberly Thach, 10th Grade, Japanese Period 7
- Encouragement: Andrum Buffaloe, 12th Grade, Japanese Period 4
- Computer Generated: Britney Ta, 12th Grade, Japanese Period 3
Three overall district winners will be announced soon!
GENERAL INFO:
Every Monday: College and Career Day! Wear your college and career gear.
Every Friday: Cardinal Spirit Day! Wear your FPHS gear.
Winter is here! If we have a school closure or delays due to weather, staff and families can expect to receive information via phone, SMS for families who opted in, email, website, and local media.
All athletes and students joining clubs need to purchase an ASB card from the bookkeeper as soon as possible. ASB cards help us raise funds for our many school ASB programs and clubs.
- The schedule next week is - BABA. View our full A/B calendar HERE.
2023 GRADUATION Info HERE. Seniors, start marking your calendar and letting people know that your graduation day is coming!
Current COVID Guidelines can be found HERE.
Student immunization requirements can be found HERE.
Interested in learning about our FPHS clubs? Look HERE.
If you ever need to see our Daily Bulletin announcements, use this LINK. Running Start and Pierce County Skills Center students, please use this link to keep up to date with FPHS announcements.
Looking for a career with Franklin Pierce Schools? We have openings for teachers, para educators, bus drivers, custodians, guest teachers, sports trainer, and more! Get started HERE.
Visit HERE to view previous Parent and Student Memos.
Staff Spotlight:
Name: Kyle Fagan
My Role at FPHS: ELA Teacher
Favorite Hobbies: Skiing, gaming, reading, traveling
Favorite Book: What it’s like to Go to War- Karl Marlanetes
Favorite Quote: “In the darkest of times, the most fulfilling thing is finding the light”- Pat McAfee
Staff Spotlight:
Paula Ferguson
Role: support center para
Hobbies: reading, spending time with family and friends.
Book: I don't have a favorite book, but my favorite author is Debbie Macomber.
Quote: Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile and a grateful heart.
What's your "E" (Enrollment, Enlistment, or Employment) after high school?
Learn about some of the highest paying jobs in the trades.
Social Justice, Equity, and Anti-Racist Resources:
In the video below: Learn more about Poverty Awareness Month.
The first step in ALLYSHIP is LISTENING.
The second step is BELIEVING.
The third step is ACTION. Get involved and create the positive change you want to see in the world.
CARDINAL SPORTS!
Sportsmanship reminder to all sports fans: This is a reminder about good sportsmanship for our fans. If you are attending an FP sporting event, your role as a fan is to support our team. We should only be cheering for the Cardinals and never cheering against the other team, the other team’s fans, or the officials. The official statement in the SPSL 2A handbook is, “Show pride, class, spirit, and respect. Display modesty in victory and graciousness in defeat. Enjoy the game and promote good sportsmanship. Please keep your comments positive, let the players play, coaches coach, and the officials officiate.” Repeated displays of poor sportsmanship will result in exclusion from sporting events.
- FP Spirit Gear Still Available Stop by the Cashier's Office during your lunches, before school, or after school to pick up your FP spirit gear. T Shirts and Sweatshirts are still available. Also, be on the lookout for your chance to own a Franklin Pierce football jersey of your own. Football will be selling used Jerseys for fans to have and wear when supporting ALL of our teams.
- Playing during Winter Break: On Saturday, December 17th, Boys & Girls Wrestling compete in the Grays Harbor Championship @ Aberdeen High School, 10 am.
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On Tuesday, December 20th, Varsity Boys Basketball plays in the Pirate Holiday Tournament @ Highline High School. Their first opponent is Interlake HS @ 11:45 am.
On Thursday, December 22nd, Girls Basketball challenges Mt Tahoma @ Mt Tahoma, JV plays at 5:45 and Varsity at 7:30 pm.
Parent Partnerships!
- Parent Volunteers: In order to be a volunteer, parents must complete an easy, online volunteer application HERE.
Daily Bell Schedules
Title 1, Part A
- What is Title 1? Title 1, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides financial assistance to states and school districts to meet the needs of educationally at-risk students. The goal of Title 1 is to provide extra instructional services and activities which support students identified as failing or most at risk of failing the state's challenging performance standards in mathematics, reading, and writing. The Title 1 program will provides students with extra educational assistance beyond the regular classroom. The program serves students in our five secondary schools who have demonstrated that extra assistance is needed. Learn more HERE.
- The FPHS Report Card can be found HERE.
- Learn more about state and national assessments HERE.
- Learn more about Guides and Resources for Parent and Family Engagement HERE.
- Learn how to file a Citizen Complaint HERE.
- Copies of the 2022-23 School/Parent Compact were distributed at the beginning of the year. If you missed it, you can see it HERE.
- You can find the FPHS Handbook HERE.
- You can find the FPHS Parent and Family Engagement (PFE) Plan HERE.
NEW Performing Arts Center!
We are very excited about our new Performance Arts Center! We are in eager anticipation of the day that we can fully showcase the talents of our band, orchestra, choir, drama programs, and so much more!
- Part of the "cost" for a new Performing Arts Center is going to be a little dust, a lot of change, and even a few inconveniences. Please, bear with us as we work through the "under construction" phase with an estimated completion date of the start of the 2023-24 school year.
- Student and Staff Parking: All staff and students must park together in the parking lot alongside 112th St. The section nearest the tennis courts is reserved for staff parking. The section nearest the stadium is reserved for student parking. Students and staff must drive all the way around the school to access the new student/staff parking lot. Please, do not cut through the drop-off and pick-up zone to park.
- AM student drop-off and PM student pick-up and zones. Please, do not park in the drop-off and pick-up zones between 7:30am and 3pm. The drop-off and pick-up zones will be the same for 2022-23 as they were for the end of 2021-22.
- Main Entrance: The former main entrance to the building is no longer accessible. The new main entrance is on the south end of the main building near the student pick-up and drop-off zone.
- Handicapped Parking has been relocated to the stalls in the drop-off zone nearest the new main entrance.
- Bicycle Parking has been relocated to the 1400 building (outside the band classroom).
- Pedestrians in the drop-off and pick-up zone should use the pedestrian walkway along the fence line.
- As with all construction projects, almost everything is subject to change. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Pierce County Skills Center:
Fall Newsletter HERE!
- PCSC Main Office: 253-800-4800.
Application Questions contact Paulla Hockaday - phockaday@bethelsd.org - 253.800.4800
Application links, in English and Spanish, can be found on our website. https://www.bethelsd.org/domain/4387
Resources
School Resources:
- District Website: https://www.fpschools.org/
- Franklin Pierce HS Website
- Attendance info HERE.
- IT Help Desk for Students and Parents: 253-298-4647, 7:30AM to 4PM. IT Website.
- Transportation Department website: 253-298-3865 or email to Transportation_Vendor@fpschools.org.
- Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
- Want to add Canvas to your phone? Android or iOS. Once you download the app, search "fpschools" to find our district.
- FPHS Facebook page.
- FPHS Twitter page.
- FPHS Instagram page.
- Information about GRADES and GRADING.
- Information about BUSES.
- How to access and use DORA.
COVID- 19 Resources:
- District Health Services Website
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
FPS COVID Dashboard HERE.
Community Resources:
- Financial Resources: https://dfi.wa.gov/coronavirus/financial-resources