tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87152011592322343142024-03-13T18:34:26.857-04:00Franklin School BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-35915140359908228092015-05-31T13:31:00.002-04:002015-05-31T13:31:24.816-04:00Math MondayDozens of parents and guardians joined their children for Math Monday. In each classroom, students eagerly showed their knowledge and mastery through interactive math games. There was an abundance of proud smiles!<br />
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>There are three classes of incoming kindergartners, four first grade classes and four second grade classes</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lindsay Scott will teach one of the second grade classes next year and will switch with Ms. Chiosi</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Class size will be approximately 20 students</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Newton Public Schools has acquired the Aquinas property</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Lincoln Elliot will move to the Aquinas and the former Lincoln Elliot building will become a swing school</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Redistricting could affect families even if they already have students enrolled in school</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Currently there is no plan to add to or to renovate the Franklin</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Day Middle School recently added six permanent classrooms, five elementary schools feed into day with 360 students per grade</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Horace Mann School will become Newton Parks and Rec</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Make sure your child is rested</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Students get anxious about end of year and next year’s transition</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Testing on computers went smoothly</div>
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<br />Principal search:</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Because Elaine Harold is retired there needs to be a waiver granted form the state in order for her to continue as the interim principal next week. Paperwork has been submitted proving that there is a critical shortage</div>
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•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Was the failure of our search process a timing issue? No, the timing was appropriate. There is a shortage of experiences candidates. It’s a hard job and not a lot of people want it. He hours are long, the increase in pay is not significant, there is no job security, and little authority.</div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-15122440464618679432015-05-19T16:39:00.004-04:002015-05-19T16:39:45.622-04:00A Day in Ghana<i>text by Nora Horick<br />photos by Stephanie LeFever</i><br /><br />Joe and Vida Galeota presented their A Day in Ghana program for each of the second grade classes. Joe is an Associate Professor at Berklee School of Music who lived in Ghana for many years. Vida, his wife, grew up in Ghana. Together, they took the students on an imaginary tour of Vida’s native village—where the students helped with the morning chores, visited the local schoolhouse, learned about Ghanaian customs, and heard some amazing drumming!<br />
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The Galeotas have come to Franklin for over a decade. Their program is fascinating and fun and meshes perfectly with the Grade 2 social studies curriculum.<br />
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<br />Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-83455464755240488852015-05-06T15:29:00.003-04:002015-05-06T15:29:49.141-04:00Motion: Forces and Work<i>Text, images and video by Sammy Kim</i><br /><br />The 5th graders took part in the program called "Motion: Forces and Work" presented to them by the Museum of Science. The students learned how Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion apply to simple machines, such as levers, wheels, and pulleys.<div>
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Once again, Ms. Foster, Ms. Mustachio, and Ms. Murgia knocked it out of the park - THANK YOU! Each grade learned and performed two complete dances and a song. A wide range of countries, cultures, styles and eras were represented. Dozens of parents came out for each grade level and there were many proud smiles among students, teachers and families. Here are some photos of the second graders and the kindergartners:</div>
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<br />Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-39286237395336225832015-03-27T14:01:00.000-04:002015-03-27T14:01:15.714-04:00Gong Hey Fat Choy!The second graders went on a wonderful field trip to the Chinese Cultural Center. Students experienced a traditional presentation, tried their hand at making (and eating) dumplings, and made beautiful lanterns out of traditional red envelops. <br />
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The red envelop symbolizes energy, happiness and good luck. Sending red packets is a channel for sending good wishes and luck. Those who receive a red packet are wished another year negotiated safely and peacefully. </blockquote>
To our friends of Chinese heritage, we wish you Gong Hey Fat Choy! Happy New Year!<br />
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-62505892451262007232015-03-18T14:34:00.000-04:002015-03-18T16:02:50.651-04:00Catching Up With CAS!If you've ever wondered what your PTO dues pay for, you'll love these photos! The Creative Arts and Sciences program at the Franklin - paid for by the PTO - provides 5-6 unique experiences per grade for our students. <br />
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In recent months, fifth graders have gotten up close and personal with owls and birds of prey, the kindergartners have gone on Winter Wanderings, the fourth graders have become Rock Detectives with the Museum of Science, and the kindergartners and first graders have explored the ocean. <br />
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Highlights from Rock Detectives (thank you to Sammy Kim for the photographs and summary):<br />
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<li>Students had the opportunity to "play detective" while learning about different types of rocks and how they form over geologic time.</li>
<li>In smaller groups, students were given a mystery rock to identify using various test parameters. </li>
<li>After making their observations, students reported their findings to the group and they used the information to figure out how a particular rock (such as granite, limestone, etc) formation has changed through history.</li>
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And who can resist some adorable owls (thank you to Sue Membrino for the photos):</div>
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Thank you to the Franklin community for your incredible generosity - you are providing these experiences for our students. And thank you to Julie Pinto for her tireless efforts in coordinating this wonderful program!</div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-65801371616763938722015-03-18T12:44:00.000-04:002015-03-18T12:44:09.754-04:00March PTO Meeting Notes<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: 'PT Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Arial; font-size: 16.0016002655029px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 25.602560043335px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-top: 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the PTO meeting on Wednesday night. Here’s a brief recap; please let us know if you have any questions.</div>
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Thank you to Sue Membrino, Megan Reilly, and Claudia Rossi for Trivia Night – it was a fun night out.</div>
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Thank you to Juliet Harrison for organizing and implementing the Franklin Online Auction!</div>
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Thanks to everyone who has been attending the Principal Coffees; they are a great way to learn about what’s going on at Franklin and meet other parents.</div>
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There have been some successful CAS programs, most recently for Kindergartners and 1st graders; next up will be Tanglewood Marionettes in early April.</div>
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<i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spring into Swing</i> is happening on April 10; it is a community event to bring awareness to the CAS program. Tickets are available at <a href="http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/CASC" style="border: 0px; color: #5b5b5b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/<wbr></wbr>CASC</a>.</div>
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UPCOMING EVENTS:</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">March 31:</strong> Kindergarten registration, and visiting day is May 5 – if you are veteran Franklin parent who has an incoming student, please consider helping out! Email the PTO Board for more information.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">April 14:</strong> Multicultural Night, 6PM. There are 18 country booths confirmed already, and the students will also be performing dances and singing.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">April 28:</strong> NewtonServes</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">May 12:</strong> Staff Appreciation Lunch</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Date TBD:</strong> Color Day</div>
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Check the Franklin School website for updates: <a href="http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/franklin" style="border: 0px; color: #5b5b5b; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.newton.k12.ma.us/<wbr></wbr>franklin</a></div>
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Ed Hauben, Director of Newton Community Ed and Paula Black, Assistant Directory of Student Services of Newton Public Schools (NPS) presented on mindfulness, how teachers are incorporating into their classrooms, and the benefits for everyone: being present, non-judgmental, and staying calm in a world where everyone is so busy and feeling stressed.</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FRANKLIN UPDATE</strong><span style="font-size: 16.0016002655029px; line-height: 25.602560043335px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16.0016002655029px; line-height: 25.602560043335px;">from Interim Principal Elaine Harold</span></div>
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PARCC testing will begin next week. It’s new for everyone but should not be a source of stress. Please be sure that your students are well rested, have a good breakfast, and are on time for school.</div>
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Later this spring, parents will receive an optional form if they would like to provide information to staff about class placement for next year. Specific teachers can not be requested but it is an opportunity to inform Ms. Harold of any issues of which she may not be aware. Please wait until the form is available to provide this information.</div>
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Thanks all!</div>
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From the PTO Board</div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-76995884618511854072015-03-06T21:18:00.000-05:002015-03-06T21:18:34.086-05:00Drop Everything and Read!On March 2nd, in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, parents and students at the Franklin kicked off their morning by reading together. As we are accustomed to at the Franklin, there was a large turnout of parents. Both the adults and the children were delighted in the break from their everyday routines. <br />
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Annie Connors, Literary Specialist at the Franklin, hosted parents in the cafetorium to share strategies for improving oral reading and reading comprehension. For those unable to attend, you can read through her <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9HRSQu5UkeQdVZDNlBYazdGZjA/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">presentation</a> and also view the <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9HRSQu5UkeQWjY1cHF6NExWUTg/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">handouts</a> - sample questions to ask your reader and favorite read aloud books. Annie is a wonderful resource for our students. You may reach out to her directly at <a href="mailto:connorsan@newton.k12.ma.us">connorsan@newton.k12.ma.us</a>.<br />
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<br />Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-50831204592540490682015-02-24T15:07:00.001-05:002015-02-24T15:07:34.745-05:00Franklin Family Fitness WeekIt's Family Fitness Week at the Franklin! Today I joined my kindergartner, his classmates and several families in Physical Education. We started by warming up our bodies with marching, jogging, and twisting. The jumping jacks, squats and the "pendulum" really got us raring to go.<div>
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Now that we were ready, Franklin's PE teacher, Sharon Foster, explained the game which involved rolling dice, understanding which number was higher, and running and tabulating laps. In just thirty minutes, we were able to run a combined total of EIGHT miles. Not a bad start to the day!</div>
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If you haven't yet attended, I highly recommend joining your student for their PE class this week. It was so much fun. When we said goodbye, I commented to my son that he is a really fast runner. His reply was, "I know. I've had more gym than you." Classic!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-54795142720541178932015-02-13T10:43:00.002-05:002015-02-13T10:43:31.842-05:00Behind The Scenes - All School Meeting<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first grade assembled in the front of the cafetorium and led the school in a rousing rendition of “Head, Thorax, Abdomen” to the tune of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the mornings, 5</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> graders are now greeting students and their families as they enter the front door. The greeters are then part of the morning announcements and lead the school in the Pledge of Allegiance over the intercom. The students love it!</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The underwater mural will be revitalized. The will be a “Sea of Compliments” with a different focus each week, such as respecting others, behavior in the cafeteria, etc. Two students per class per week will be recognized, and the compliments will be read weekly over the loudspeaker. The fish will be left up to reinforce a “school” of expectations and good behavior.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Classes have started or will be starting a Reading Buddies program, pairing up younger and older students. Each pair will meet once a week and will read together or do other activities such as writing or art projects.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chinese exchange students visited with the second graders on January 8</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: super; white-space: pre-wrap;">th</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Students had the opportunity to learn more about Chinese culture from exciting and enthusiastic high school students.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elaine has been busy hiring for aide positions, interviewing and hiring almost every day. Our part time aides often find full time work elsewhere. This is a difficult time of year to be hiring as most people looking for an aide position were hired at the beginning of the school year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elaine feels that the transition has gone well, she’s settled in and feels like she’s been here awhile now. She is getting into a routine of the Franklin school, and is getting ready for the principal search and the new principal.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Principal search has begun, committees have been formed of both parents and staff. The committee will meet mid-January to go through the applicants and decide who to interview. To date, no other newton schools are looking for an elementary principal. The average tenure for a principal at a school or a district superintendent is three years. Fewer people are going into leadership/management as the job has changed. There is lots of top down control as well as lots of state and federal regulations.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How are the preparations for PARCC going? From an academic perspective, students are covering core standards and doing benchmark assessments. From a logistics perspective, students are practicing test taking skills to get them used to the test format. Sometimes it’s the format that throws students. The district schedules the tests and provides the IT support. The Franklin has enough laptops for one class to take the test. PARCC was piloted by the district and the glitches were not as severe as they had anticipated.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Will there be bandwidth issues? It’s certainly possible, some districts are going to do one more year paper and pen but Newton has opted to administer the test online. There will be a backup plan for technology and staff from the Newton Public Schools will be on hand to troubleshoot.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How is the PARCC schedule different from MCAS? For MCAS, everyone in the state took the long composition the same day. The rest was fluid and schools had 2-3 weeks to complete it.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is there anything that parents can do to help students prepare for online testing? “Type to Learn” is a good program to help your child prepare for the typing portion of the test. Tests are taken on Macs. They are open ended questions so they will need to be able to type their answers. PARCC is timed. As with any test, an online test may bring anxiety but Elaine still believes it’s better than the MCAS where you spent all day on the long writing composition which was more endurance training than anything else.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Several parents voiced concerns about how typing ability will impact the test results, not just letters but also the ability to know how to make fractions, or for example where is the slash key? As opposed to our school experiences, children are being raised with technology from birth and know things like an asterisk is the symbol for multiplication.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What hinges on these scores? In MCAS, if you become an under performing school year after year, the state could come in and fire everyone. For elementary students the test has little impact – it goes in their folder to demonstrate where the child needs support. Scores are widely broadcast but too much emphasis is placed on the scores. For example, two kids can swing the whole ratio, and absent kids get zeroes. For a particular child what were the circumstances when they were taking the test, was there an argument on the way to school, are they not feeling well, etc. Students are being told that the test is to look at the school and what the school is teaching the children. “Do the best you can. Your score only helps us to do better.” First year of PARCC will provide a baseline but you cannot analyze one year of data. </span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A students individual scores will come home in the fall. Families will need to understand the statistics. For example, there are only 30 questions so if a child got a few wrong it really lowers their score. And if a teacher focuses on measurement in September and students are tested on it in April they are not going to do as well. It becomes concerning if your child is not performing year after year. If your child’s scores are low and you are concerned, take it to their teacher to get to the root of the challenges. Is it subject knowledge or test format that is resulting in low scores?</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 9px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are you hearing from teachers themes on what they wish parents were doing more of? Overall, staff is appreciative of the PTO and feel that the PTO is very supportive and appreciative of the staff. Teachers want parents to support what they do. If they call you because your child has an infraction or is struggling with something, ideally you will partner with them rather than adopt the stance of “not my child” or blaming the teachers. Teachers are sensitive and negative comments really concern them. Don’t send an email when you are angry. Take a breath and reread or write it when you are calm. Or setup a time to meet. In general, staff is very happy with the parent community here. Remember to thank your teacher in the same way you hope that your child’s teacher will contact you with something positive. And finally, don’t send your email to the entire school or hit “reply all”.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The meetings in December regarding the principal search were organized as focus groups for parents and teachers and included an online survey. Did they aggregate the data? Elaine was not sure and the info will only be shared with the committee. The last parent meeting was not well attended but the discussion was rich. If you are interested, you can contact the committee and express your concerns. Based on Elaine’s experience, parents and teachers are looking for very similar things in a competent principal. Someone who is child centric, can help them to be the best they can be, is approachable for students, families and staff. And this is a good school, the staff really cares about the kids. </span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In your time here have you been surprised by anything? Elaine is working on consistent structures in the building and common understandings of how things work. For example, making sure that everybody is aware that if they have a student that needs support what the procedure is, where do they, go who their contact person is. Elaine is also making sure there is a common understanding of language and terminology with an eventual goal to provide a booklet for parents of educational jargon. She wants to ensure consistency for the students. Elaine is also working on school culture to help students feel more ownership of the building. Really the work has been mainly tweaking and refining things to get to a good place and get everyone on the same page. As far as in the classroom and academic instruction, staff is doing what they should be doing and the students have been great.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do you see a lot of similarities between the schools? The three schools (where Elaine has served as interim principal) have all been different, just the curriculum is the same. That’s not a negative, it reflects the personality of the principal and the staff. The things that should be consistent are consistent. But you don’t want everything to be cookie cutter.</span></div>
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<li dir="ltr" style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What’s Franklin’s greatest strength? Parent support is unbelievable here. This is not the same in other schools. Teachers feel supported and appreciated. Teacher’s commitment to kids is a strength. Everyone is working to give your child the best experience possible. Responsive Classroom is consistent, the professional learning community is strong. The students are great – they are a strength themselves, they come in happy, they are engaged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking ahead to middle school, is there an area that kids need to shore upon before going to Day? Amy had always mentioned keyboarding but Elaine feels that she hasn’t been here long enough to make a comparison. Parents shared their own experiences:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hardest thing for my daughter was to get put on a team and your friends aren’t necessarily on the team, five other schools feed in, whole new social environment, may not see your friends until lunch, workload is bigger but they were prepared for that.</span></div>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-68927399038350032172015-01-08T23:27:00.000-05:002015-01-08T23:27:42.906-05:00Principal Coffee - more on the Principal Search<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3636363636363635; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-73549738685464105222015-01-08T11:30:00.001-05:002015-01-08T11:30:45.459-05:00Where are they now: Amy Kelly<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Responsive Classroom is a research- and evidence-based approach to education that is associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate. It has been recognized...as one of the most well-designed, evidence-based social and emotional learning programs.” - <a href="https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/about-responsive-classroom">https://www.responsiveclassroom.org/about-responsive-classroom</a></i></span><b style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></b>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amy first learned about the Responsive Classroom while she was student teaching in second grade at the Burr Elementary School. She liked the idea and was trained by the Northeast Foundation. Once Amy applied the principles to her classroom, she loved the results. When Amy first came to the Franklin Elementary School seven years ago, many teachers were describing the behavior as out of control. That summer, Amy offered a 36 hour course on the Responsive Classroom. Thirty teachers voluntarily attended without being paid. Since then, Amy has offered two full sessions every summer for the past six years. Currently, almost all of Franklin has been trained in Responsive Classroom 1.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>“Response to Intervention (RTI) is a multi-tier approach to the early identification and support of students with learning and behavior needs. The RTI process begins with high-quality instruction and universal screening of all children in the general education classroom. Struggling learners are provided with interventions at increasing levels of intensity to accelerate their rate of learning.” - <a href="http://www.rtinetwork.org/learn/what/whatisrti">http://www.rtinetwork.org/learn/what/whatisrti</a></i></span><div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“School-wide Positive Behavior Support is a systems approach to establishing the social culture and behavioral supports needed for all children in a school to achieve both social and academic success.” - </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.pbis.org/">https://www.pbis.org/</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While students, families and teachers miss Amy, she is also missing the Franklin community and the rapid problem solving required of an elementary school principal. She is adjusting to her new role, loves the work, and will be leading initial trainings in February. Good luck Amy!</span></div>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-565101277151830042014-12-06T11:54:00.000-05:002014-12-06T11:54:08.495-05:00Behind the Scenes: Monthly All School MeetingThis month's All School Meeting was led by the kindergartners! If you ever need to be reminded of the good in the world, I highly recommend any performance given by five and six year olds.<br />
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<b>The Share</b>: the entire Kindergarten class stood up front and sang "<a href="http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/a110.html" target="_blank">Albuquerque Turkey</a>". They were incredibly earnest and heart melting!<br />
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<b>The Activity</b>: Mrs. Boudreau read aloud <i><a href="http://amzn.com/0439669375" target="_blank">Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving</a></i> to a rapt audience of 400 students.<br />
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A rousing cha-cha-cha version of <b>Happy Birthday</b> was sang to students with November birthdays!</div>
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Finally, a skit was performed by the <b>Green Team</b>. A special appearance was made by Franklin's very own <b>Captain Planet</b>! With the help of the green team, Captain Planet demonstrated how to care for our planet:</div>
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<li><b>Recycle</b> - a green triangle on packaging indicates that it is recyclable. Rinse all food and drink containers before placing them in the recycling bin.</li>
<li><b>Reuse</b> - a better alternative to plastic water bottles is a reusable water bottle.</li>
<li><b>Compost</b> - compost your food scraps and remember to remove the plastic stickers from fruit and vegetables first.</li>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-26493475037439950922014-12-02T14:10:00.002-05:002014-12-02T14:13:37.944-05:00PTO Meeting - the Responsive Classroom at Home<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
We had a
nice showing at the recent PTO meeting—thanks to everyone who braved the cold
to come out! PTO Board Co-President
Julie Pinto greeted everyone, went over a few housekeeping details:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Franklin Families in Need</u></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Over $1,000
has been raised so far for the Franklin Families in Need – many thanks to
everyone who has contributed. This will be an ongoing fundraiser; funds can be
given at any time by going to this link: <a href="http://bit.ly/1zSw5dS"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://bit.ly/1zSw5dS</span></a> or you can send a
check to the Franklin PTO with "Franklin Families in Need" in the subject line. <o:p></o:p></div>
Please remember that the Winter Warm Up Coat/Clothing Drive runs until December 5th.<br />
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Please
remember Franklin as you do your holiday shopping! The PTO website has links
and information on our affiliate accounts: <a href="http://www.franklinpto.org/shop_for_franklin/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.franklinpto.org/shop_for_franklin/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Take a break
from the holiday hullabaloo and join Franklin families for some good
old-fashioned fun and games! Thursday, December 4<sup>th</sup> from 6-7:30PM in
the Franklin School cafeteria. Games provided by GameWright.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>Interim Principal Elaine Harold</u></b>
spoke briefly. Ms. Harold is a former classroom teacher and principal; she has
served at interim principal at both Lincoln-Elliott and Countryside, so is
quite familiar with the Newton school system. Her plan at Franklin is to
support families and students through this transitional period until a new principal
is hired, and help ease that new principal into the Franklin community. Elaine
spoke at a recent principal’s coffee about her background and her role as
interim principal – <a href="http://franklin-school.blogspot.com/2014/11/superintendent-fleishman-introduces.html" target="_blank">see blog for more details</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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She is eager
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(but does encourage folks to make an appointment through Debbie Mastroianni (<a href="mailto:Debbie_mastroianni@newton.k12.ma.us"><span style="color: windowtext;">Debbie_mastroianni@newton.k12.ma.us</span></a>)
when possible. If you have a problem or complaint, she’s there to help try to
solve it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Julie
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<b>Selection advisory committee</b>: The
advisory committee will consist of teachers, Newton school administrators, a
Newton elementary principal, and 3 Franklin parents. A
number of people have expressed interest in being on the committee; the PTO
Board will be in touch with them soon with an application to complete. The Board
will select three candidates, with an eye toward diversity of background and
school experience. The committee will most likely meet on January 20<sup>th</sup>
and 22th, so interested candidates need to be available on each day for a full
day of meetings. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If you are
interested in being considered, please email <a href="mailto:franklinptonewton@gmail.com"><span style="color: windowtext;">franklinptonewton@gmail.com</span></a>
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<b>December 9</b><sup style="font-weight: bold;">th</sup><b>, 8:30am, Franklin
School: </b>All Franklin parents are invited to participate in an informational meeting with David Fleishman and facilitators. The heart of the discussion will be to ascertain what is working well at Franklin, what are the areas that need more focus, and are what the qualities that we want in a new principal. A similar meeting will be held with the faculty. The format will be small, roundtable focus groups, engaging in open discussions. </div>
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<b>February 2015: </b>2-3 finalists will visit
Franklin; there will again be an open forum for anyone interested in meeting
the candidates but there will also be smaller (6-8 people) discussion groups.
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If you
aren’t able to attend any of these meetings but have questions for the
candidates, please email the PTO Board and they will be relayed. The hope and
goal is to make this process as inclusive as possible, and give all Franklin
families a chance to participate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><u>GUEST SPEAKER: Amy Kelly on Responsive
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<b>Former Franklin Principal Amy</b> <b>Kelly</b> gave some background on her new position as District Leader of Social and Emotional Learning for the Newton School System. In October 2014, Newton received a $1.9 K-12 school climate transformation grant from the federal government. As part of the grant, this position was created to develop, over the next five years, a common set of practices for all schools and classrooms across the city. It will be a three-tiered system, and the first tier, which will be implemented with all students) will be Responsive Classroom. <br />
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Franklin is already using Responsive Classroom; her talk tonight touched on ways families can use the same language and practices at home, to create a cohesive, unified experience for the child (and potentially tackle some common household problems!). She discussed ways the RC principles and practices could be mirrored or modified slightly;<span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9HRSQu5UkeQaHNobERlNE80YTlObng3QkltVk9lRkFKbjNZ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">please see the attachment for more information</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div>
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<b><u>The next PTO meeting</u></b> will be
held on January 15 at 7:30. The discussion topic will be Internet Safety, with guest speakers Eileen Keane, K-12 Instructional Technology Coordinator for the city of Newton; Angie Galbraith, Instructional Technology Specialist at Franklin; and Jennie Simopoulos, Franklin Librarian. </div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-48989645608558695942014-11-24T11:53:00.002-05:002014-12-02T14:15:18.557-05:00Faces of Franklin: Meet Elaine Harold<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Franklin’s new Interim Principal Elaine Harold’s favorite
memory of elementary school was when she had a chance to act as the teacher in
third grade. Ms. Masero is who inspired her
to become an educator. Born and raised
in Massachusetts, Elaine grew up in Somerville and attended UMass Amherst after
graduating from Somerville High School.
She obtained her master’s degree from Lesley College. Elaine raised her three children in Melrose
and is now the proud grandma of four grandbabies – Sadie, Baylor, Hunter and
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She began her teaching career in Melrose with first graders and then went on to teach fourth and fifth grade in Woburn. For twenty years, Elaine served as an elementary
school principal – three years in Beverly and seventeen years in
Wellesley. While she has enjoyed her
entire career, her proudest achievement professionally is to see that the programs
she implemented in Wellesley have lived on beyond her retirement and are now
institutionalized.<o:p></o:p></div>
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At the Franklin, her overarching goals are to support everyone
and to continue the good work put in place by former principal Amy Kelly. Elaine brings a great wealth of experience and
knowledge to the Franklin. Her biggest
strengths are her ability to remain calm and not overreact, to actively listen,
to be very supportive, and her sense of humor.<br />
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When Elaine is not at school, she is an avid reader and
belongs to a book club. Her most recent
reads are <i>A Constellation of Vital Phenomena</i>
– a difficult read about the atrocities of war – and <i>The Lost Wife</i>. She intersperses
her more serious, challenging reads with her favorite author, Jodi Picoult. She also loves to decorate cookies and cakes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elaine considers herself to be incredibly fortunate. She has professionally had the opportunity to
work in many schools and she now is loving her life as a grandma.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fun facts:<o:p></o:p></div>
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would it be? “Say Something” by A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->If you were on an island and could only bring three
things what would they be? My family,
books, a solar oven to cook with and a sewing machine to make everyone’s
clothes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What color would you be and why?
Yellow because it’s cheerful, bright and optimistic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->If there was a movie produced about your life,
who would play you and why? Meryl Streep would, because of her skilled versatility. She would be able to portray all the facets of my life: the joyfulness, the challenges and the quirkiness.<br />
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Welcome to the Franklin, Elaine! We are looking forward to getting to know you.</div>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-40509401259471391382014-11-24T11:49:00.000-05:002014-11-24T11:49:17.914-05:00November is Literacy Month!<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
If you haven’t met Annie Connors yet, you should
introduce yourself to Franklin’s literacy specialist. Or better yet, visit her
in her cozy office surrounded by books!
I sat down recently with Annie to better understand what we can be doing
to support our kids and why early literacy is so important.</div>
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important predictor of later successes in school. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Reading to your child helps expand their
vocabularies and word awareness, and helps them to develop language.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>For children ages
Kindergarten – 2<sup>nd</sup> Grade</b>, one of the most valuable things you
can do is read together at home. When a
child listens to an adult read to them, they are learning what it sounds like
to be a good reader, such as fluency, expression and pacing. If your child is a reader, you can also share
a book together by taking turns reading every other page. Even just ten minutes of listening comprehension
is valuable for children so don’t worry if you don’t have 20-30 minutes on any
given night. As you read, there is also
an opportunity to talk through the new vocabulary words as you discover them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In this age of technology and increasingly busy families,
it can be easy to default to screen time for kids while running errands or
driving to visit grandma. Annie
recommended a few fun, easy games to help build phonemic awareness which is the
ability to hear and manipulate separate sounds in words.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when hearing jargon like
“phonemic awareness” and “phonological awareness”. Annie has the ability to explain this in
laymen’s terms and make you feel prepared to help your child(ren) continue to
build these skills outside of school. If
you’re curious, phonological awareness is the ability to listen to and
manipulate all different parts of words, such as syllables or rhymes. Try one
of these games: <o:p></o:p></div>
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sight words<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>For children ages
2<sup>nd</sup>-5<sup>th</sup> Grade</b>, carving out 20-30 minutes three times
a week for reading is essential. You
could go to the library and find a book to read together or to help your child
select books that they are personally interested in. If your child prefers to read to themselves, you
could read your own book or magazine in the same room. Asking questions about what they are reading
is a great way to help them to develop their reading comprehension:<o:p></o:p></div>
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At this age, it becomes increasingly more important to be
able to write about what you have read.
By having a conversation with your child discussing what they are
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While you should encourage your child to read anything
that they are interested in, try to help expand your child(ren)’s interest in
other genres such as graphic novels, poetry or non-fiction. Not sure where to start? Ask a librarian! They have tons of great age-appropriate
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<b>Other
recommendations to support your child(ren):<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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are interested in by taking out several books on that subject form the library.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Get audio books for long drives, pause the story
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Check out the teacher’s website for your child’s
classroom for age appropriate resources: <a href="http://franklin.newton.k12.ma.us/classrooms-staff"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://franklin.newton.k12.ma.us/classrooms-staff</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Check out the Franklin’s library page: <a href="http://elemlibraries.newton.k12.ma.us/franklin"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://elemlibraries.newton.k12.ma.us/franklin</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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words they are learning and try to be echo what is happening in their classroom<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Finally,</b> <b>attend the school-wide writing celebration
on Tuesday, November 25<sup>th</sup> from 8:25-9:20 am</b>! <o:p></o:p></div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-6067949619911540472014-11-08T08:33:00.001-05:002014-11-08T08:33:45.494-05:00Superintendent Fleishman Introduces Interim Principal Harold<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Superintendent David Fleishman kicked off our third
Principal coffee by acknowledging Amy Kelly’s commitment to the Franklin
community and the social and emotional growth of her students. He also recognized the room full of sixty
parents and spoke of how the level of engagement at the school has grown
tremendously under Amy’s direction.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Interim Principal Elaine Harold was introduced. Elaine has served as an Interim Principal for
the past two years in the Newton Public Schools. This experience combined with seventeen years
as the Principal of the Fiske School in Wellesley will ensure a successful
year. In addition, Elaine is familiar
with the curriculum, knows the other elementary school principals and can also
take care of building challenges. Elaine
is very excited to join the Franklin community and is extremely impressed by
the level of engagement among the families.
Her goal for this year is to keep the Franklin on a steady course but
not to allow anything to stagnate. She
will push forward where needed but will avoid unnecessary changes as it
increases the anxiety among students, teachers, and parents. She will also be instrumental in
setting up the next principal for success.
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Elaine is very well respected by her former staff and
peers. She is a terrific mentor for new
teachers and will continue the work that current Principal Amy Kelly has done
help our teachers develop in their roles.
Elaine is looking forward to getting to know the students and parents at
the Franklin. If any questions or concerns arise, she asks that parents go first to their child’s teacher with an issue and then bring it to her
attention if it is not resolved satisfactorily.
Parents are welcome to setup appointments with Debbie Mastroianni to meet
with Elaine but she also has an open door policy and is happy to check-in any
time she is available. As part of the
Franklin community, we can help Elaine with our support, an open and honest
dialogue, providing new ideas, and by sharing feedback to better understand
Elaine’s reasoning.<o:p></o:p></div>
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through the remainder of the 2014-15 school year.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->A meeting will be scheduled in December to meet
with Franklin parents and form a large focus group. The heart of the discussion will be to
ascertain what is working well at the Franklin, what are the areas that need
more focus, and are what the qualities that we want in a new principal. A similar meeting will be held with the
faculty.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Interviews of potential candidates will begin in
January. Candidates will be interviewed
by a committee made up of teachers, parents, another Newton elementary principal and administrators from the central office.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Candidates that make it to the second round will
visit another elementary school in Newton where they will be evaluated on how
they engage with students, handle problems and observe teaching and learning in classrooms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->The final round of interviews will be a large
group meeting that will include parents.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions of the candidates and see
how they respond on the fly.<o:p></o:p></div>
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with finalists one-on-one.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Superintendent David Fleishman is confident that we will
have a named principal for the 2015-16 school year by the upcoming February
break. We are starting to look very
early in the process and we are going to be the first to get the best candidates. The Franklin is a very desirable school given
the engagement of the families and the diversity of the students. <o:p></o:p></div>
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David has been through seven or eight Principal searches
in the five years he has served as superintendent. He gauges their interpersonal skills by their
ability to give clear, concise, answers; how well they can think on their feet;
and how people not listed on their reference list describe them. His <b>specific criteria for a highly qualified
principal</b> include:<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Ability to read a room<o:p></o:p></div>
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this is a very high priority. Beginning
in October, Newton Public Schools received a $2 million grant to implement a
multi-tiered approach to social and emotional learning in elementary schools
throughout the district. Amy Kelly’s new
role will be working with all of the Newton schools leading a multitude of
professional development opportunities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->How will you recruit? Some people will apply through finding the
job posting, and we will proactively reach out to certain individuals who we hope will
apply such as current principals, assistant principals and coordinators who are
capable of leadership at a large scale.<o:p></o:p></div>
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hired in other searches? Unlikely as it
has been a couple of years since we did a search.<o:p></o:p></div>
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process? Typically the person being replaced isn’t part of the process. For
example, the search committee may be specifically looking for traits the interim principal did not possess.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->What will the transition look like for the incoming principal? The incoming principal will
be named in late February and will start in July. Where possible they will attend end of the
year events and will overlap with Elaine for several days. In addition, Elaine will remain available for
conference calls and questions.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Highly unlikely as it is a very public process.
The finalists are announced, therefore colleagues of the finalists will
know that they are potentially leaving their current roles.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Will there be additional support for the Franklin principal in the future? At this time, the Newton Public School are hiring
part-time assistant principals for schools with over 450 students. However, the Angier, Zervas and Cabot schools
are being expanded to avoid overcrowding of the elementary school
classrooms. In addition, NPS has been
added more teachers and literacy specialists to schools for the past several
years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Franklin physical education teacher, Sharon Foster, invited me to join the fifth graders for some target practice. When I arrived the setup in the gym was awesome! Targets of different heights, distances and complexity were spread throughout half of the gym.<br />
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Sharon went through the steps with the students for throwing with correct form. The fifth graders responded to her questions, clearly having mastered the concept. Then they stood and mimicked the movements several times as she praised and gave students pointers.<br />
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Finally, several students were chosen to upend the ball containers and everyone was given the go ahead to start throwing at the targets. The students fired at will with great enthusiasm and good form! Sharon shared her philosophy of creating activities for the students where there are opportunities for everyone to participate. "When I was in school, I hated PE. There was a single ball for the entire class and it was monopolized by the athletic students", she said. "One of my PE teachers used to divide us by boys and girls telling us that the girls were not as good at sports as the boys."</div>
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As if on cue, I overheard a young girl say to another "you throw like a girl." Sharon spoke with students and asked what they thought that meant stating that "there are only two kinds of throwing: throwing with correct form and learning to throw with correct form." Many hands went up and the discussion was incredibly sophisticated for ten year olds! A girl raised her hand and said, "I am the one that said that and I meant it is as a compliment. You throw like Mo'ne Davis." </div>
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Times certainly have changed, We should all be so lucky as to throw a 70 MPH fastball "like a girl"!</div>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-29508758045919492982014-11-01T15:26:00.000-04:002014-11-01T15:26:19.495-04:00Journey into JazzAs part of a Newton-wide Concert Series, Franklin students and staff enjoyed a highly entertaining performance by Semenya McCord and her 3 piece band for a "Journey into Jazz”.<br />
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Semenya was an excellent story teller and successfully kept over 200 students engaged for nearly an hour as she took the audience on a musical journey through American history, highlighting various types of music that have evolved from the day-to-day experiences of African slaves and their descendants in the United States of America. </div>
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She introduced work songs, spirituals, an original blues song about what frustrates students at the Franklin, swing and jazz. She talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and everyone sang a beautiful version of <i>This Little Light of Mine</i> together. Semenya also enlisted an octet of our own Franklin scat singers. She led the students in one final song and they left humming Day-O, remembering they still had to get back to work in the classroom!</div>
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Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-28553149289086440442014-11-01T15:24:00.000-04:002014-11-01T15:24:17.877-04:00Bugworks!Wondering why your first grader is suddenly an expert on praying mantises from Asia, beetles from Brazil, and cockroaches from Madagascar? Chances are the information came out of the Bugworks program! During the hour-long classroom workshop, students met bugs from around the world. They learned how bugs grow, where they live, what they do in nature, and, most importantly, new ways to observe and appreciate the world of arthropods. <br />
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So . . . find out what your kids thought of the program! And please feel free to email their (and your) comments or questions to the PTO’s Creative Arts and Sciences Committee at <a href="mailto:gjpinto@verizon.net">gjpinto@verizon.net</a>.<br />
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<br />Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-59211464723430787922014-11-01T15:23:00.000-04:002014-11-01T15:23:12.398-04:00School Appreciation Day<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #222222;">On Saturday, October 18th, more than 25 parents spent a portion of the day at Franklin to complete projects at the school in appreciation of the Franklin teachers and staff. As the Franklin School Appreciation Committee chair, I would like to sincerely thank all the parents who so kindly offered their time (and considerable skill) to help with more than 40 projects throughout the school. </span><span style="color: #222222;">We had architects, HVAC professionals, attorneys, software developers and an MIT professor to spotlight just a few of the talented professionals who took the time to volunteer.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"> With their effort, we:</span><br />
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“… And the school looks great overall! Painted stairs, doors, my room has such a nice blue filing cabinet, other rooms are painted. You all did an amazing job!!!”<br />
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“Thank you so much for the white board doors! They look great!!”<br />
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“Thank you so very much! I do appreciate all that you do! Many Thanks!”<br />
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"YOU and all the other volunteers (especially the ones that volunteer year after year) deserve all the credit. Everything that was done looks great! I'm sure the faculty appreciates it. I know I do." </div>
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"...I wanted to send along a quick thank you for all of the work you and the volunteers put into School Appreciation Day. It was so great to see the teachers' excitement on Monday. Everything looks AMAZING!"</div>
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“Thank you for your time and efforts on Saturday. I really appreciate all of the help. I am always amazed at the generosity of the Franklin parents and community. Thank you!”</div>
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I would especially like to thank <b>Moe Zuniga</b> who has, for the second year in a row, generously donated painters from his <b>S&C Painting Company</b> who did a wonderful job painting the new teachers' room. I would also like to thank <b>Newton Athletes Serving the Community</b> (high school volunteers) for spending the morning with us and doing a great job with projects all around the school. <b>Swartz Ace Hardware</b> in Nonantum offered us a 10% discount on the many supplies and paint we purchased there. <b>Johnson Paint Company</b> in Waltham generously donated paint to our cause. I would also like to thank <b>Dan Kaplan</b>, <b>Erik Boyer</b> and <b>Holly Caldwell</b> for their herculean efforts this year. Also, <b>Rick Dinjian</b> for his incredible dedication to the school grounds and kindergarten courtyard as well as expertise on painting stair treads. I would like to bestow “rookie of the year” to several especially enthusiastic parents: <b>David Campbell</b>, <b>Devin Evangelines</b>, <b>Darren Franco</b>, <b>Dimiter Kostov</b>, <b>Josh Roy</b> and <b>Devon Welles</b>. The rookies carried an unusually heavy load this year and contributed substantially to completing much of the work. I will look forward to seeing them again next year. Lastly, a hearty thank you to those of you who supported the effort with food for the hungry volunteers.</div>
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<i>And the Franklin Community would like to thank Bob Zuckernik for his considerable efforts to ensure the success of School Appreciation Day. This is the fourth year that Bob has coordinated requests from the teachers, procured supplies, managed volunteers and worked with Bill Pepicelli to ensure that the work being done is of great benefit to the Franklin School.</i></div>
Angelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08340402188795783494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715201159232234314.post-39188923478420840932014-10-24T21:21:00.000-04:002014-10-24T21:21:53.075-04:00Our First PTO Meeting - Understanding the Math Curriculum<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.0791666666666666; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.07916666666667; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first PTO meeting of the 2014-15 school year kicked off with a fun ice breaker led by Principal Kelly! Parents broke into groups of two, three and four and shared a memory from elementary school, a great recent parenting tip and their favorite thing about Franklin.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two listserves – discussion and PTO announcements. If you are not on one or both of these, you can request to be added by</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; line-height: 1.07916666666667; white-space: pre-wrap;"> emailing <a href="mailto:kace.dreitlein@gmail.com">kace.dreitlein@gmail.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Next time you shop on </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amazon</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, go to the PTO website “Shop for Franklin” page (<a href="http://www.franklinpto.org/shop_for_franklin/">http://www.franklinpto.org/shop_for_franklin/</a>) and click on the link on the left hand side “Support Franklin through Amazon”. Franklin PTO will receive a small portion of your purchase!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Box Tops</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> – Find Box Tops on hundreds of products, clip Box Tops from each package, and send Box Tops to your school. Box Tops are worth $0.10 / each.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stop and Shop</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Rewards - Register your existing Stop & Shop card at </span><a href="http://www.stopandshop.com/aplus" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.stopandshop.com/aplus</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> . Every time you shop, a certain percentage will come back to Franklin in points. These points earned us hundreds last year!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Target Credit or Debit Cards</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> can link to the school – Register your card at </span><a href="https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and Target will donate 1% of your purchase to the Franklin. As of August 2014, $2463.61 had been donated to the Franklin PTO!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PTO Budget – Michelle Marini</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A draft for this year’s budget was shared with those in attendance</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goal is to spend everything we raise, your money is being contributed to support your school</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Biggest sources of money are the auction, garden city soccer (K and pre-K), and PTO Dues</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.07916666666667; white-space: pre-wrap;">School Appreciation Day - Bob Zuckernick</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No childcare, no kids invited</span></div>
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<li><span style="line-height: 1.07916666666667;">The bash requires 90-100 volunteers</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.07916666666667;">Especially need help with setup, Friday after school ends</span></li>
<li><span style="line-height: 1.07916666666667;">Event is October 25, set up is Oct 24</span></li>
<li>To volunteer, click on Volunteer Spot link in Halloween Bash emails: <a href="http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/1089121598069">http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/1089121598069</a></li>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.07916666666667; white-space: pre-wrap;">Special Presentation - Math at Franklin</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Special guest presenters</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mike Smalley, K-5 Mathematics Coach, Newton Public Schools</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What is the Common Core</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Academic Standards</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">45 states and DC and 4 territories have adopted the standards</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2015 testing will all be based on common core</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>What is our current math curriculum</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">?</span></div>
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