It's delightful, delicious and de-lovely! This comedic musical features dancing, singing, and madcap antics aboard the S.S. American bound from New York to London. Billy Crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Nightclub singer Reno Sweeney and Public Enemy Number 13, "Moonface" Martin, aid Billy in his quest to win Hope. After disguises, ploys, confessions, mistaken identities, and marriage proposals, all done to the fantastic music of Cole Porter, how will everything work out? Who knows? Anything Goes!

• Thurs, March 16 @ 6:00

• Fri, March 17 & Sat, March 18 @ 7:00

• Sun, March 19 @ 2:00

• Tickets available by clicking on the image to the left!

Forest Park's parent group, PAWS, will have their next Dining For Dollars event on Tuesday 3/21 from 5pm-9pm at Chipotle in Hales Corners. Click on the flyer for more details!

Franklin Youth Football serves students in grades 5th through 8th for the 2023-24 school year. Just recently, 5th grade was added to FYF’s umbrella, and we are excited to provide our incoming 5th graders with the ability to play teams in surrounding communities!

Registration is now open. For information about our program, you can view our website here. Please click this registration link when you are ready to register. Registration will be open until June 12th.

We look forward to a great upcoming season.

Track and Field will start on Monday, April 3. All athletes must be registered and have a current physical form uploaded to their online registration before practice starts (NO paper copies of physicals will be accepted in the office!). There will be an informational meeting after school on Wednesday, March 22 from 3:25 - 3:45 pm in the commons. Any student interested in joining Track and Field should attend this meeting. Parents are also welcome to attend. More information regarding the season will be sent out to those who are registered. If you have any questions, please email Karisa Stiglitz at karisa.stiglitz@franklin.k12.wi.us.

Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 19th for the annual Southbrook Church Easter Egg Hunt for all children ages 2-12. The event will take place at Southbrook Church (11010 W. St. Martins Rd. in Franklin, WI). We will have activities for children with emotional, physical, and mental needs throughout the event. We are asking for advance registration online here so we prepare accordingly and have enough goodies for everyone. We also have an event on our Facebook page at this link if you’d like to help share about this great event with friends and neighbors!

As part of the School-Based Mental Health Grant we receive as a district, we are excited to offer another opportunity to train parents, guardians and community members in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA). Our next training opportunity will occur on Friday, April 14th from 11:30 AM-4:00 PM. During the YMHFA course, participants develop an understanding of the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in youth, the importance of early intervention, and how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. Participants will engage in a 2-hour self-paced course followed by a 4.5 hour in-person session with a district trainer. If you are interested in engaging in this Fall training, please complete this form no later than Wednesday, March 15th. A confirmation email will be sent to finalize your enrollment in the course and next steps. Please note this is the same course that we have offered within the last year, so please only sign up if you have not yet been certified.

• It may be FREEZING outside, but we're dreaming of sunny skies and green grass...aren't you?! Registration for the 2023 season is now open - head to www.franklinll.org to register.

• Sign up here if you are interested in training to be an umpire (must be 12 by May 1, 2023. We’re also running Winter clinics in partnership with the Rec Department- sign up here)

As shared recently, the FPS School Board is seeking feedback on a current plan to expand the Community Education & Recreation Department facilities. Details including preliminary plans are at our website at tinyurl.com/fpsrecplan. Please view all the details and offer your feedback before the FPS School Board next discusses this issue on March 22nd.

At the January 25, 2023 School Board Meeting, the FPS School Board approved (81) open enrollment seats for the 2023-24 school year. Online applications for open enrollment are accepted beginning Monday, February 6th through Friday, April 28, 2023 @ 4pm. For all other open enrollment information, please view our webpage here which includes the breakdown of open seats by grade level and directions to follow for those wishing to open enroll. For any questions, please contact Heidi Engel, FPS Auxiliary Service Coordinator by email or phone (414) 525-7634.

Click here for the FPL Teen Winter-Spring Activity Booklet that offers plenty of volunteer opportunities and teen program information taking place at the Franklin Public Library now through May! Lots of great information and activities for your teens in grades 6-12!

Franklin Public Schools has a variety of positions available that you can view at the links below:

• Certified Staff (teaching positions, administration roles, substitutes, nurses)

• Support Staff (coaches, aides, custodial, food service, bus drivers, Rec Dept, Kids Club)

Students can purchase a new student ID by bringing $5 (cash only!) to the main office. Student IDs take approximately one week to get printed/shipped to us from the photography company. Once we receive the replacement we will get the new ID to your student.

We are proud to continue to partner with Clinical Psychology Associates (CPA) to offer on-site counseling services at Country Dale, Pleasant View, Forest Park and Franklin High School. For information about CPA’s services and therapists or to get started with an appointment, please visit our website.

As a reminder, when reporting a student absent for any reason, please communicate this using the online absence/attendance form here. This is a NEW form this year so if you bookmarked or made a shortcut to the old form from last year, please update. Thank you for taking the time to complete this form as it really helps to streamline our processes. The form is located on our website under Parent/Student Info as well as a big button on each school’s home page.

This form will require you to enter your child’s six-digit student ID number and birthdate before you can report your child absent. Student specific medical information collected by the form will remain confidential and only be shared within the health and nursing services team.

Please remember to use our attendance form for ANY attendance related notification including students leaving early, arriving late or full day absences.

If you have any attendance related questions, please contact our attendance secretary, Sadie, at sadie.gleason@franklin.k12.wi.us.

If your student will be riding an alternate bus home with a friend, please complete THIS FORM by 11am on the on the date of this change. The bus company requires consent from both parents/guardians; in other words, one parent/guardian for each student must submit this form in order for us to make this change happen. Staff in the school office will then complete the appropriate paperwork for each student to take with them on the bus.

Forms that are not completed by 11am on the date of the change run the risk of not being processed in time for dismissal. Bus drivers will not allow extra riders on a bus without proof of both parent and school approval.

If you have any questions, please call the Forest Park office at 414-529-8250.

If you come to pick up your student during the school day, we ask that you do not enter our building but instead pull up into the circle driveway outside of our main office. Your student will be watching for you and we will send them out to your car when they see that you have arrived. If you are waiting longer than a few minutes for your student, you may call our main office to check in (414-529-8250).

If you are dropping your student off late for any reason, you do not need to come into the school with your student. Please pull into our circle driveway outside of the main office where your student can enter and check in. We will give your student a pass to class and update their attendance at that time.

Please remember to use the absence reporting form on our website for ANY attendance related notification including students leaving early, arriving late or full day absences. Please do not send notes with your student to notify us of these changes.

If you are dropping off a forgotten item for your student (lunch, Chromebook, etc.), please use our drop off cart located inside the main entrance near the office. To limit the amount of traffic in/out of our main office, we ask that you leave the item(s) on the cart and clearly label the item(s) with your student's first and last name. Post it notes and pens are provided on the cart.

In an effort to reduce the amount of interruptions to students and teachers in the classroom, most items will be delivered to students during their 3rd hour class unless the item is clearly needed right away (for example, the student's Chromebook). If an item is dropped off after 3rd hour, we will get the item to the student as soon as possible.

Please be sure to read the newest District Newsletter that comes out now every Friday. You can access all the issues here.

Bernadette VanLith, 6th grade counselor

bernadette.vanlith@franklin.k12.wi.us

Ellen Montenero, 7th grade counselor

ellen.montenero@franklin.k12.wi.us

Mindy Greco, 8th grade counselor

melinda.greco@franklin.k12.wi.us