Although Mental Health Awareness Month has finished, we are urging our families to continue to amplify the message that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. We should all be focusing on prioritizing our mental health, making connections and acknowledging that IT'S OKAY NOT TO BE OKAY.

On Monday, May 31, there is no school for students scheduled and our offices will be closed, in observance of Memorial Day. Classes will resume for students on Tuesday, June 1, and our offices will be open. Telephone assistance will be provided from 7am until 4pm daily. In-person assistance must be scheduled by appointment only.

Make-up assessment sessions will take place on Tuesday, June 1 and Wednesday, June 2, for those students scheduled to take their Florida State Assessment that they were not able to take on the originally scheduled date. Families were notified via email to confirm student participation on newly assigned date.

If you have already purchased a yearbook, please collect it when you visit campus for your child's grade level Summer Send-off Parade! Distribution of your purchase will be from the west side of our campus only (also known as the 'bus side'). Families with students in Grade 5 and MYP Y1-Y3, that did not receive their yearbook, should visit our campus between 4pm and 4:30pm on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Although we have limited quantities available, if you would like to purchase a yearbook and haven't done so, please visit our website at https://ppk8.franklin-academy.org/ and make a payment online in the amount of $45 at https://ppk8.franklin-academy.org/payment

Please select fees for your payment activity choice and then type 'Yearbook' in the memo section.

Once your payment is complete, please email the receipt of your purchase to Ms Cortes' attention at cortes.mercy@franklin-academy.org In your email, you should also include your child's name and when you will be available to pick it up ie date of pickup. If you are available during the campus distribution times from the bus side, please drive by to collect your yearbook, once you have confirmation and receipt sent of your purchase.

We're still accepting Box Tops For Education! This year the collection for Box Tops is digitally only. Thank you for your support.

Franklin Academy is a NO CASH school. Personal checks will not be accepted after Friday, April 30, for payment of fees or other items. Money-orders are always acceptable. Online payments can also be made and a service fee will be applied. Make sure your child's full name, grade level, homeroom teacher and what you are paying for are included with your payment submission.

Children 18 years of age and younger are eligible for breakfast and lunch meals, at no charge, until the end of the current school year. 5 days of FREE food, for breakfast and lunch, can be picked up 'curbside' from the west side of our building! Members of our campus SLA Management team distribute meals to families every Thursday, between 6:30am and 7:30am and at 4pm until 5pm. Meals for students will be distributed to families on June 3. Thursday, June 3 is the last day of the curbside meal pickup program for this school year. Simply let the SLA staff know how many children you are picking up meals for.

Wednesday, June 9, is an early release day for students and the end of the 4th academic quarter. K-8 students will be dismissed at 12pm and there is no After-School connections program available that day. Any student picked up late will have their family charged $1 a minute for every minute the student is not picked up after dismissal is finished. Fees can be paid for by a money-order or by making payment online.

On Thursday, June 10, there is no school for students and Summer Break begins on Friday, June 11.

Families that are interested in finding out more about Franklin Academy should reserve a spot for one of our Campus Tours that will be hosted by members of our campus leadership team. Tours are available in 'Live Virtual' and 'In-person' formats.

He never looks for praises.

He's never one to boast.
He just goes on quietly working
For those he loves the most.
His dreams are seldom spoken.
His wants are very few,
And most of the time his worries
Will go unspoken, too.
He's there...a firm foundation
Through all our storms of life,
A sturdy hand to hold onto
In times of stress and strife.
A true friend we can turn to
When times are good or bad.
One of our greatest blessings,
The man that we call Dad.

-Karen K Boyer

Published in February, 2006

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/silent-strong-dad

In observance of America's Independence Day on Sunday, July 4, our offices will be closed on Monday, July 5. Our office hours will resume on Tuesday, July 6 as scheduled.