November 5th, 2023

Good morning Franklin Families.

The chilly weather has definitely arrived. Please remind your children that being warm makes being outside much more enjoyable so they should ensure they have their hats and mitts in their bags for when needed or on them, if cold.

Here are your reminders and updates.

Reminders:

1. The online store for spirit wear ordering will be open until November 10th. Please specify in the “notes” section at checkout of your spirit wear order your child’s name and room number to have the order delivered to their classroom. sycolifeco.com/collections/franklin-falcons

2.The next learning session on learning about digital tools that can help your child with planning and organizing their assignments and study notes is on: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. meet.google.com/ogm-tugq-vsg

3.The next Lunch and Learn Sessions is on sleep … a worthy topic to attend as sleep impacts young ones in many, many ways. Please visit www.wrdsb.ca/blog/2023/10/24/november-lunch-and-learn-sessions-for-parents-and-caregivers-3/ for the link to enter each of the following sessions.

Sleep 101

When: November 15, 2023 from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m.

4. Please remember to reach out to your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns about an area of school life that is impacting your child.

Updates:

1. School Council Meeting on Thursday November 16th. Here is the link: meet.google.com/yzp-oxmc-cfj Don’t forget to mark your calendars.

2. We are presently running our Nutrition for Learning Poinsettia Fundraiser. The funds raised go directly to the Franklin Nutrition for Learning program. This past Wednesday, envelopes were distributed to families. Please note, only cash is being used for this fundraiser. All orders and envelopes are due Nov. 14th. Also, please mark your calendars as poinsettias will be delivered on Thursday November 30th, and families can pick up their orders outside of the gym between 3:45-6:00 on that day.

3. Monday November 13th is a PD Day. There is no school for students, nor are there any extended day programs running that day.

4. Report Cards go home on Monday November 20th.

Quote of the Week:

“You may not be able to control someone’s negative behaviour, but you can control how long you participate in it.” (Author Unknown)