PTO membership meeting
February 13
Franklin Elementary **Note the new location**
PTO Board Meeting will be from 5:15-6:15
Membership Meeting 6:30-8:00
Have you heard about the new math curriculum your student is learning this year in their school? Do you want to know the PTO board's recommendation for Football Parking Funds? Or get the latest school year updates from your school’s principal? If any of these topics interest you or you just want to engage with Franklin-Randall Principals, teachers and parents then please join us for the next PTO meeting on February 13 at Franklin School (Please note the new location).
Agenda for the membership meeting:
- Principal updates
- Review Board Recommendations for Parking Fund allocation
- Learn about the new Bridges math curriculum with speaker Teri Hedges from the MMSD curriculum office. Plus, demo new Bridges math lessons that are happening in your child's classroom this year.
Childcare and Pizza will be provided.
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The Winter Carnival needs your help!
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The Winter Carnival is a wonderful Franklin-Randall tradition, a fundraiser full of food, fun and friends. This PTO event will take place at Randall Elementary on
February 17, 2018 from 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
and is open to ALL Franklin and Randall families.
Please turn in your completed raffle tickets to your teachers by 2/16. If you need additional raffle packets please contact Justine Hazins at
jhazins@gmail.com
or 608-477-5958. Thank you!
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From the Equity & Inclusion Committee
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**The Equity and Inclusion Committee will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 13th at 5:30 p.m. at Franklin School. This meeting precedes the general PTO membership meeting, starting at 6:30 p.m. Hope you can join us!**
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Here are two special updates from Randall Librarian, Ms. Reis:
Take a look at the “Black History: Greater Madison Edition” bulletin board in the Randall LMC. Each day in February, a new article from the State Journal highlighting the achievements of black residents in the Madison area is posted. The articles are excerpts from
A guide to greater Madison’s black history
for teachers, students and parents, a collaboration between the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County, The Capital Times and Madison365. Click the link to follow along at home with your student, and encourage your student to visit the bulletin board in the library.
On February 1st, fifth graders went to the Overture Center to attend “It's a Powerful Time: The Story of the Freedom Riders”. The characters in the play were based on real people who took extraordinary risks and faced great hardship on behalf of the greater good. The play showed how people can work together and challenge great wrongs with nonviolent protest. During library class, Ms. Reis prepared students for the performance by providing background information, videos, and facilitating class discussions about the 1961 Freedom Rides.
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The lost and found at Franklin is getting quite full as children shed their gloves and hats during recess and take off long-sleeved shirts at gym class. Please take a look through
both
locations of lost and found at Franklin—one large area near the school office and two bins outside the gym in the kindergarten hallway.
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Items Needed for Clothing Closets
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Franklin’s clothing closet
is in need of the following items:
- Children’s pants, sizes 4–10
- Snow pants
- Heavy or waterproof mittens/gloves
- Snow boots
Randall's clothing closet
is in need of:
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Instead of having a Book Fair at Randall this year, we are having a BookShare, where all Randall students will get to choose 2 or 3 books for free!
This event will take place during the school day in the Randall Library, from Tuesday, February 27 through Thursday, March 1.
We need help with set-up, assisting students in book choices, restocking the BookShare, and finally with take-down at the end of the week.
Thanks for supporting literacy!
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We are also still collecting gently used children's books now for the Bookshare. Please drop them off in the Randall library.
We ask that the books be ones that appeal to 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, and that don't show lots of wear and tear.
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Come Explore & Invent at Super Science Saturday
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It’s time to mark your calendars for Super Science Saturday,
March 10, 9 a.m. to Noon
at Randall!
Plus, if you or your child would like to share your science at a hands-on Exploration Station, please contact Tom Zinnen at
zinnen@biotech.wisc.edu
or 608-265-2420.
See you on March 10!
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Goals of the Franklin-Randall Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) include helping children, parents, teachers and schools build a strong and positive school community.
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Support the PTO while you shop!
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