March 9th, 2025

Hello Franklin Families. Here are your reminders and updates for this week.
Reminders:

1. March Break is from March 10 to 14th this year. There is no school this coming week.

2. Family Night is coming up on April 3rd. See School-Day fore details.

3. See School-Day if you are interested in ordering popcorn/chips. The link was sent out this past Wednesday on School-Day.

4. Kindergarten registration is still open…..please register early if you have little ones. The staffing season is coming up quickly. https://www.wrdsb.ca/kindergarten/

5. “The Waterloo Region District School Board will be operating March Break Camps for extended day participants on March 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14 2025” with one of the locations being Franklin. It will be from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. All five Kindie rooms will be used.

6. Before & After school programs will resume normal operating hours 7am-school start and dismissal bell-6pm on March 17th.

7. If you are interested in registering your child for basketball on Wednesdays from April 9th to May 28th. Every child registered will get a t-shirt. Cost is 25 dollars/child – cash only. Coaches are high school players and it will be at Eastwood Collegiate Gym. See School-Day for details.

Updates:

1. A message from our Family Night Coordinator…..We need your help! We are trying to create raffle baskets for our family night. Each pod is responsible for one theme. If you are able, please consider sending in a new or unused item to fit the theme. Themes are as follows:

Pod 1 (rooms 1,2,3) sweet treats

Pod 2 (rooms 5,6,7,8,9) movie night

Pod 3 (rooms 10,11,12,13,14) games/family fun

Pod 4 (rooms 15,17) sports fun

Pod 5 (rooms 20,21,22,23) arts and crafts

Kindie (rooms 19,24,25,26,27) outdoor fun

2. Family night is around the corner and we are still looking for bake sale donations. If you are able to bake a peanut free treat to donate (and include an ingredient list), please email dallas_borris@wrdsb.ca to let us know. Thank you!!

3. Thank you to Coach Borris, Coach Collins, Coach Dempster, Coach Wamsley for coaching and leading basketball sessions/team events with our junior students.

4. Pod 5 classes and some Pod 3 classes had an expectations review this past week. We seem to be hearing some racial terms again and would like to nip it before it escalates.

5. Grade ones had Brain Safety presentations this past Monday. They had some great learning.

6. March 31st is a PD Day. There is no school for students that day.

7. Another community event….

Healing Together – Navigating Mental Health – Elmira (March 15) – https://www.wrdsb.ca/wp-content/uploads/Healing-Together-Navigating-Mental-Health-Elmira-March-15.pdf

8. Families are invited to Sunnyside’s Ramadan Iftar Potluck on Thursday, March 20th, 2025 from 7 to 9 pm. We hope this will be an opportunity to build community. See School-Day for details.

Quote of the Week:

“The challenge is not to be perfect, it’s to be whole.” (J. Fonda)

We hope your children have a wonderful March Break.

Linda and Stacy