Franklin e-Newsletter
Friday, February 12, 2016
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School Funding
To keep a long, rambling story short, WE NEED YOUR HELP. The legislators often hear from educators and our message sometimes gets tuned out. What's vital is for them to hear from those directly impacted...students and parents. Please, please, please follow the link to the "Budget at a Glance" document created by our district: https://www.cr.k12.ia.us/assets/1/6/budgetataglance.pdf
Also, please contact your legislators and stress the importance of SSA to meet or exceed the 3.72%.
Flint Water Donations
Thanks in advance for your help!
Iowa Assessments
The week prior to assessments our teachers will be taking our students through some goal-setting. Students will examine their Reading, Math, and Science scores from last year. We will examine expected growth and encourage all students to not set a goal for a ranking, but rather to meet or exceed their expected growth for the year. Be sure to talk with your child about this. An all-call will go out to families on Sunday, February 28 reminding families of the Iowa Assessments.
One thing we try to do for our students is to provide snacks during the Assessments. This is made possible through the generous donations of our parents. There will be a sign-up for parents willing to donate items such as Gogurt, bananas, string cheese, and granola bars. We're also offering an incentive for students to be here on all testing days.
1st Semester Honor Roll
Follow the link for all the 1st Semester recipients: http://franklin.cr.k12.ia.us/assets/23/6/Honor_Roll_Sem1_2015-16.pdf
District Climate Survey
A critical part of the District’s continuous improvement focus is candid feedback from the people it serves. To that end, we are again reaching out to parents, employees, and high school students for feedback on such aspects of education as academic preparation, school operations, school leadership, safety and behavior, and parent engagement.
District parents who did not receive a survey invitation by email, may access the survey at www.tiny.cc/CRCSDParentSurvey
Coe Tutoring
If you or your student is interested please contact our Counseling Department (558-2258) so we can help organize students on the Wednesdays. This will begin Wednesday, February 3 and will continue through the end of the second semester college schedule.
Upcoming Concerts
Vocal Concert
Monday, February 22
- 6th Grade-6:00PM
- 7th Grade-6:45PM
- 8th Grade-7:30PM
Orchestra Concert
Thursday, February 25, 7:00PM
Band Concert
Tuesday, March 1, 7:00PM
Spring Conferences
- Thursday, March 24 from 3:00-8:00PM
- Monday, March 28 from 3:00-8:00PM
We will use the same format we used in the fall. We will use School Messenger as a way to communicate the specifics with conferences in addition to the link used to schedule with teachers. We hope to see as many of you as possible later in March. Stay tuned!
2nd Quarter PARRT Awards
- No grade lower than a C
- No office referrals
- Absent from school 2 or less days
- No missing work
- 3 or fewer late assignments
Besides being recognized in front of their peers they also received a certificate with the following items to be redeemed: 4 front of the line lunch passes, eat lunch with a friend in the student lounge, 20 Bolt Bucks, and 1 homework pass. To see the list of students who qualified for 1st Quarter follow the link: http://franklin.cr.k12.ia.us/assets/23/6/Updated_PARRT_Award_for_Website_-_Qtr_2_2015-16.pdf
Counseling Department News
8th Grade Transition Continues
District Permits
If you have any questions please contact our Counseling Office.
Franklin Blood Drive
January 29 Activity Day
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade
Dows Contest
The 23rd Annual Dows Contest will be open for entries beginning on Tuesday, January 19th. The Dows Contest is a great way for Franklin students to showcase their talent in writing and/or art and earn cash prizes for exceptional work. The contest runs from January 19th to February 24th, 2016.
This is a yearly event at Franklin and is made possible by the Dows Family Trust administered thru the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation.
We encourage all students to participate and submit their original writing and art work creations. Entries must be submitted to Dr. Carr or Ms. Rose by 2:00 PM Wednesday, February 24th, 2016. Please make sure that all contest rules are followed and that entries are submitted along with the appropriate entry forms. Please click on the links below for more information.
Please see Ms. Rose or Dr. Carr with questions.
Paper Needed!!!
Hy-Vee Homeroom Receipt Challenge
The results are in and all the Hy-Vee receipts have been totaled. Everyone did an amazing job for Franklin. During our receipt challenge over $153,000 in receipts were brought into Franklin. That combined with what we had previously, brings our total to over $194,000 in receipts. That equates to $970 for Franklin. Great job Bolts!!
A big thank you goes out to everyone who participated. We would like to especially thank Ms. Cornell and Ms. Hollingsworth’s classes for totaling all of the receipts. It was quite a job!!
The class with the most receipts and the winner of the class pizza party is Ms. Davies 6th hour class. They brought in a total of $20,446 in receipts.
If you still have receipts at home and didn’t get them in, you can still drop them off in the main office or save them for our next challenge. We still have until the end of April to collect receipts for this year.
Concession Help Needed
Wrestling
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4da8a92da2fa7-wrestling1
Friends of Franklin
http://franklin.cr.k12.ia.us/assets/23/6/PTA_Friends_of_Franklin_Membership_2015-2016.pdf
PTA Sign-Ups
Upcoming Events
Saturday, February 13
Illumination @ Washington MoShow Show Choir Competition, 2:00PM Performance
Tuesday, February 16
Wrestling @ Taft
Thursday, February 18
Wrestling @ Home vs. McKinley & Linn-Mar
Monday, February 22
Vocal Concert
- 6th Grade-6:00PM
- 7th Grade-6:45PM
- 8th Grade-7:30PM
Tuesday, February 23
Wrestling @ Home vs. Northwest & Wilson
Thursday, February 25
Orchestra Concert, 7:00PM
Friday, February 26
Coe Jazz Summit @ Coe
Illumination @ Marion, 6:30PM Performance
Saturday, February 27
Illumination @ Kennedy Raise the Roof, 8:45AM Performance
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