June 23rd, 2024

Good morning Franklin Families,
So hard to believe that the children are entering the last four days of the 2023-24 school year. Here are your reminders and updates for this week.

Reminders:

1. This coming Friday is a Professional Development Day for school staff. There is no school for students.

2. Please remind your children to start bringing belongings home such as their extra shoes, etc.

3. If your child has medication at school, these will be sent home on the last day of school. If you know that your child will not be present the last day, please make arrangements with the office to pick up medications earlier.

4. There are still four days left of school, so please help your children by keeping bedtime routines going and not staying up too late, as it makes childrens’ days challenging when they are tired.

5. Board meeting on Monday June 24 at 7pm. Here is your link:

https://www.youtube.com/c/WRDSBVideo/live

6. The last day of school is this coming Thursday June 27th.

7. If wondering about next year’s bussing, you can look up the details on the Student Transportation site as of Monday August 19, 2024. Here is the link with more information.

https://www.stswr.ca/transportation-details-2024-2025/

Updates:

1. Please see the next School-Day message on all the staff for next year that we have at this time. This will be sent out one more time at the end of June as we are presently hiring for some changes that have come up or already existed.

2. Here are some things that you and your families may be interested in as the summer break approaches.

Kitchener Summer Programs – https://www.kitchener.ca/en/recreation-and-sports/summer-programs.aspx

Kitchener Pools and Splashpads – https://www.kitchener.ca/en/pools-and-swimming.aspx

City of Waterloo Summer Arts Program – https://www.wrdsb.ca/wp-content/uploads/City-of-Waterloo-Summer-Arts-Program.pdf

City of Waterloo Kids Summer Fitness Programs – https://www.wrdsb.ca/wp-content/uploads/City-of-Waterloo-Kids-Summer-Fitness-Programs.pdf

Summer 2024 Active Waterloo – https://www.wrdsb.ca/wp-content/uploads/Summer-2024-Active-Waterloo.pdf

3. We had our last fire drill this past week. Students all accounted for and did well.

Quote of the Week:

“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, seek new strategies, and keep on learning.” (Carol S. Dweck)

Have a wonderful weekend!

Linda and Nina