October 11, 2019

Sign Up for the Trick or Trot 5k Walk/Run: Deadline is Today!

The newly formed Randall GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance) would like YOU to join Team "MMSD Pride!" at the Trick or Trot walk/run on Sunday, October 13~ Unicorn vs. Dragon. Price is $15 for kids, $35 for adults. It starts at Franklin Elementary School this year! To sign up: https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Madison/GSAFE

Get Ready for the Glow Ball Save the date, and start practicing your dance moves! The Glow Ball Dance will take place on  Saturday, November 9  from 5:00 - 7:00pm  in the  Franklin Elementary Gymnasium . Enjoy fun dance music in the light of glow bracelets. ¡Reserva la fecha y comienza a practicar tus movimientos de baile! El baile Glow Ball será el  sábado 9 de noviembre de 5:00   a 7:00 p.m.  en el  gimnasio de Franklin Elementary . Disfruta de la música de baile divertida a la luz de las pulseras luminosas. Explore this playlist of party songs:   http://bit.ly/glowballdance . Some of the music videos show the dance moves that go with the songs. Have fun practicing these dance moves with your loved ones! You can also sign up to volunteer: http://bit.ly/glowballvolunteer . We cannot wait to celebrate a musical evening together!  Explora esta lista de canciones de fiesta:  http://bit.ly/glowballdance . Algunos de los videos musicales muestran los movimientos de baile que van con las canciones. ¡Diviértete practicando estos movimientos de baile con tus seres queridos! También puede inscribirse para ser voluntario:  http://bit.ly/glowballvolunteer . ¡No podemos esperar para celebrar una velada musical juntos!

Lost and Found! Are you missing something? We might know where it is! Our lost and found is full of fleeces and sweatshirts.

GREAT LAKES GREAT APPLE CRUNCH!! M3's Marty Malloy donated over 400 apples to  Franklin Elementary School for the Great Apple Crunch! Participants celebrated National Farm to School Month and local farmers by crunching into Wisconsin-grown apples at noon Thursday, October 10!

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News from the Franklin-Randall PTO

PTO Community Meetings 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

Now Accepting Grant Applications The Franklin-Randall PTO 2019–2020 grant application process is open now through November 29th. One of the ways our Parent Teacher Organization encourages creativity and innovation in our community is through financial grants. Once each year we invite all teachers, parents, staff and students to submit ideas for projects that could make a difference to our school community.  New this year, all grants must show evidence of approval from the Franklin or Randall school principal. This can be in the form of a letter or email of support.   Read more about the  program and past funded projects  on our website. Please E-mail Sarah Jung at  sasullivan2@wisc.edu   if you are interested in serving on the grants committee.

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

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!

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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