Tonight! FREE Badger Rock CommUNITY Dinner and Family Activities
Friday, June 8, 5:00-7:00pm
Badger Rock Neighborhood Center 
501 E Badger Rd, Madison, Wisconsin 53713

Community Mural Painting with Community Unity Arts in the community and student garden area. Wear clothes that you can get dirty or a little paint splash on and join in the fun!

No RSVP necessary-just show up. Facebook  event posting here 
10th Annual Wagon Drive - July 28
School's out but it is never to early to start thinking about the next school year, especially when some great kids are doing some great things to help out their classmates and neighbors.
 
Bay Creek Neighborhood kids (most attend Franklin, Randall, Wright, Hamilton, and West) will be hosting a food, school supply, and basic needs drive Saturday, July 28 from 9:00 am -2:00 pm , on the front lawn of Franklin School . NOTE DIFFERENT MONTH FROM PAST YEARS.

There will also be lemonade and bake goodies available for donations. Donations will be used to purchase additional school supplies to add to what was collected. Collected food will be given to the St. Marks Lutheran Church Food Pantry located in the Bay Creek Neighborhood. School supplies will be given to kids from the Bayview Neighborhood, and other kids that attend Franklin, Randall, and Frank Allis. Donations of basic need items will be provided to The Road Home, The Atwood Personal Essentials Pantry, and Madison Schools’ Transition Education Program (TEP). The goal is to supply over 200 kids!
 
If you have a child that is interested in helping before, the day of the drive, and after, please email  thewagondrive@gmail.com  for more information. We always need help hanging up posters and handing out flyers. Otherwise, please stop by July 28 and help fill our wagons with food and supplies. Bring a wagon!
 
This event is truly a kid run event and all supplies used to run the event are donated by parents, and local business. All donations and supplies are given away. If you know of a business or if you yourself would want to help and donate administrative supplies and services like printing services, bags, lunch and snacks for the kids, etc., please contact Sandy either via the wagon drive email, at 772-1242, or via Facebooks at  https://www.facebook.com/WagonDrive/ . Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @thewagondrive. Monetary donations can also be made online at  http://www.community-stewardship.org/projects/wagon-drive/.
PTO Reimbursements - due June 12
Don't forget that all reimbursement requests for the 17/18 school year must be received by June 12! To expedite payment, please completely fill out the Expense Reimbursement Form, which can be found on the Finances page of the PTO website:

If you aren't sure which PTO Account to charge, you can reference the budget categories in the 2017-18 Final Budget (also linked from the Finances page).
Any other questions?
Contact Assistant Treasurer, Chris Benish at  frPTOtreasurer@gmail.com .
Summer Musicals in Shorewood Hills
Does your child have music in her/his soul? Is he/she dramatic? If so, then you should consider having them involved in Shorewood Summer Drama. We have two sessions, three-weeks apiece, with three classes divided by grade level (K - 12). Everyone sings, dances and acts to their ability level and performs in two shows at the end of the session. Older kids have the option of doing a 5-week session, which will perform “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” 

To talk to a parent whose children have participated in Shorewood Drama for 10 years: I've had three kids participate and every single experience has been a gem. They grow confidence and have a blast. Lynn is a wonder in positive energy and enthusiasm that draws all the kids in. My 14-year-old who participates in the 5-week musical enjoys this theater group the most out of the several area groups with which she has acted. Happy to share more information if desired -- Sarah Kissel at  sarahkissel72@gmail.com

If you are interested, please contact Lynn Hallie Najem at  lynn@najem.net or 608-244-0425 for further information and/or a registration form.
Glow Ball Dance Committee
While the current school year is ending, we're already thinking ahead to fall and the Franklin-Randall Glow Ball dance scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 10. The volunteer Glow Ball Committee will be working later this summer to solicit donations, coordinate supplies, and prep promotional materials.

If you would like to join the committee that pulls this event together, please email Katy Hanzlik at  katyhanz@gmail.com . The work is flexible and fun (really!). 
Earn Cash for Your Child's School, All Summer Long!


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