October 4, 2019

PTO Community Meetings

Thank you all so much for coming to this year’s first PTO Community Meeting last month. It was so nice to be together and see how much commonality there is between our daily parenting struggles. If you missed it, we had a lovely discussion facilitated by Franklin parent Brendon Panke about the challenges we have meeting our kids' needs during the school day. Some of the tips I tucked away were getting up earlier than our kids to combat not being a morning person, letting the kids eat breakfast at school when they need to sleep in, finding alternatives to hard-to-open yogurt tubes, and building movement into the routine of getting home or arriving home. Here’s to well-rested, well-fed kids and finding ways to get out all that energy! Please join us in November for a meeting on school safety information. You may have noticed that the new Standard Response Protocols are being taught in classrooms. Do you have questions? Come get more information and ask your questions.  School Safety Information, PTO Community Meeting Tuesday November 12th, 6:45–8 p.m. Franklin Library Media Center

Picture Day! Franklin and Randall both are having picture day on October 17! We are looking for a couple of volunteers to help the process to keep moving along smoothly. Please see the attached schedule for both schools and thank you for your consideration!

Kindergarten is ready to start STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) challenges in the Wonder Workshop. If you have any of these items at home we are always accepting donations of the following:

Toilet paper tubes Craft sticks Masking tape Pipe cleaners Q-tips Thank you!

Hmong Parent Empowerment Group

The Hmong P.E.G. Parent Empowerment Group will meet on Wednesdays at Bayview Community Center. Contact Tonya Rasmussen, Benjy Moffit or Yeng Her for more information.

Dates: Oct. 23, Nov. 6, Dec. 4 Feb. 5, Mar 11, April 1

From the Franklin Health Office

The Health Office is looking for one parent volunteer to assist with hearing screenings for our 4k and kindergarten students from 8–10 a.m. on the following dates: Wednesday, October 23rd Wednesday, November 13th Please e-mail Ms. Sara for details at  secampbell2@madison.k12.wi.us

The Franklin Health Office could use new or gently used short sleeved t-shirts in sizes 5–8 elastic waistband pants in sizes 6–8 matching mitten or glove sets child-sized belts.  We appreciate your donated items!

Attention: Franklin After School Program attendees

After School Families — If your child normally goes to an After School program from Franklin at the end of the day, please remember to contact them when there is a change in plans. The programs are not associated with MMSD and we have no ability to let them know change of plans for everyone. Thank you!

Two Easy Ways to Support Franklin-Randall

Box Tops for Education has made earning money for school so much easier – all you need is your phone. Download the ALL-NEW Box Tops for Education app, shop as you normally would, then scan your store receipts to find participating products. The app will automatically credit your schools’ Box Top's earnings online.  Twice a year your school will receive a check, and can use that cash to buy whatever it needs. AmazonSmile  is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices, and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization of your choice. To support the Franklin-Randall PTO, just use the Franklin-Randall Amazon Smile link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/20-0572517

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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