January 22nd, 2023

Good morning Franklin Families/Guardians. We hope you are enjoying your Sunday. Here are your reminders and updates for this week.

Reminders:
1. Visit https://www.wrdsb.ca/ and https://fra.wrdsb.ca/ for board and school updates.
2. The Board Committee of the Whole meeting is this Monday. Jan. 23rd at 7 pm. If interested, join at https://www.youtube.com/c/WRDSBVideo/live
3. Lunch and Learn session on  the following link on these……https://www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2023/01/09/january-lunch-and-learn-sessions-for-parents-and-caregivers-2/ This week has:  The Development of Emotion Regulation and Co-Regulation  When: January 25, 2023 from 12:15 to 12:45 pm
Updates:
1. Mark your calendars for a virtual, live, presentation for parents/guardians/families on Screen Time.
Thursday Feb. 23 is a live-virtual-presentation on Screen Time and will be presented by two of WRDSB’s board psychologists. 6:30 to 7:30 pm with a question period for 15 minutes at the end. A virtual link will be sent closer to the date.
2. Our next  School Council meeting is Thurs. Feb. 16th which will be an in-person meeting.
3. This past week at Franklin was a flurry of activity….from intramurals, to choir, and some other clubs. It was nice to see so much student energy and involvement.
Quote of the Week:
“Kindness begins with the understanding that we all struggle.”  (Charles Glassman)