The Franklin Flyer

Mark Your Calendars:

March 3: Yearbook Cover Contest Submissions End

March 7: 23-24 School Year Registration Begins

March 10: No Student Attendance - if no emergency days are used

March 13: IAR Testing Begins

March 15: Report Cards Go Home

March 17: Muffins with my VIP

March 27 - March 31: Spring Break

April 3: School Resumes from Spring Break

April 4: No School - Institute Day/Election Day

April 7: No School

Absences

Please remember to call in or email absences by 8:45 AM. You can call our student absence line (847) 318-4390 (ext 1) is available 24 hours a day or email Mrs. Linda Berleth at lberleth@d64.org.

If the absence is illness related, please also make sure to include Franklin's nurse, Mrs. Queta Karstens, at qkarstens@d64.org.

Dear Parents/Guardians:

The Illinois Assessment of Readiness Test, an assessment for all 3rd - 5th students in Illinois, will be administered in District 64 from March 13-March 24.

The best preparation for the IAR has been the quality instruction our teachers have provided this school year. However, there are things you can also do to promote your child’s success:

• Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep and eats a healthy breakfast before each day of testing.

• Provide your child with words of encouragement. While we don’t want our students to feel anxious about any assessment, we do want them to do their best.

• The IAR is an online assessment, and students will be using their Chromebooks to complete these tests. Please make sure your child brings his or her Chromebook to school each day, fully charged.

Below is our school’s schedule for test administration:

Monday, March 13: Math Test 1

Tuesday, March 14: ELA Test 1

Wednesday, March 15: Math Test 2

Thursday, March 16: ELA Test 2

Friday, March 17: Math Test 3

Monday, March 20: ELA Field Test 3

Tuesday, March 21 - Friday, March 24: Makeup Testing

If you would like to learn more about the IAR tests, sample tests are available for your review. Thank you for your support in helping your child be prepared for upcoming testing.

You can view the current Franklin COVID-19 cases on the Franklin COVID-19 Dashboard found here. The dashboard is updated at the end of the day, Monday through Friday.

COVID-19 Franklin Dashboard

COVID-19 2022-2023 Guidelines

As a reminder, we have two options for arrival for families:

• line up with classes on the blacktop
• kiss & go car line

We are so proud of all of our Franklin Spelling Bee Participants! They all worked so hard to prepare for this event!

Congratulations to Victoria A.! She is the overall Spelling Bee Champ for the whole District! We are so proud of you!

Read the district Spelling Bee Finalist story here.

We are so proud of our Franklin Battle of the Books team. They took home 1st place!! Congratulations and we are so proud of you! The last time Franklin won the Battle of the Books was 2014!! Way to go!

Read the district Battle of the Books story here.

Please take a moment to review your Parent Portal for the safety and security of our students to avoid confusion at pickup.

• At least two contacts for each child's portal account
• Accurate phone numbers for all contacts
• Up-to-date primary address for your residence

If you are changing information for adults who have permission to pickup your child, please make sure this new information is in the Parent Portal. Please ensure you check the pickup permission box and include any other relevant information.

Notify your teacher and the front office of any changes by email or phone at 847-318-4390.

There has been a recent rise in illnesses at Franklin. Please take a moment to review the graphic from District 64's District Nurse, Andrea Zito, on when a child should stay home due to illness.

Did you know? A plastic bag can take from 15 to 1,000 years to break down and only about 2% of bags are actually recycled. Support the Maine South Environmental Club by bringing in your plastic grocery, ziplock/sandwich, newspaper, bread and cereal bags. Their goal is to collect 500 pound of plastic bags to build a bench near their front pond. Send your child with clean plastic bags and will ensure your plastic bag goes to a good cause! ~ Your Franklin Green Team

Our collection box (pictured below) can be found in the front office vestibule. Let's put those old plastic bags to a good use!

Anyone Entering Franklin

All parents/guardians/visitors to Franklin must have a valid state ID or driver’s license. These will be entered into the Raptor identification system. This process only takes a short time to complete. Once you have clearance, a visitor pass will be printed and attached to a lanyard that you must wear throughout the building. The office will hold your ID until you return to the office and return the lanyard that was given to you. We request that you please be patient with staff as we proceed with this district-mandated safety procedure.

Student-Parent Handbook
Franklin Elementary School, along with all District 64 schools, operates following policies and practices that have been reviewed and implemented by the District 64 Board of Education. Please review the D64 Student-Parent Handbook before the start of the school year.

Girls on the Run is a running club held for Franklin's 3rd through 5th grade girls. It is held after school at Franklin. Registration details are below. Please reach out to Ms. Sutter at msutter@d64.org for more details.

Thank you!

We would like to give a huge shout out and thank you to Idalmy Carrera-Colucci and Camille

DeCicco for planning, organizing and executing the AMAZING Snowflake Dance!! The night

was so much fun for the students and every detail was thought about and executed

perfectly! Thank you both for taking on this large event and making it so memorable!

The night also could not have run so smoothly without the help of all our parent and family

member volunteers! Thank you all so much for helping to create such a magical evening!

We really appreciate you giving your time to help!

Please join us on Friday, March 17th inside the gym from 8:00am-8:40am to enjoy a delicious muffin and a beverage with your Franklin student or students!

This event is meant for only 1 VIP per family.

You will enter through the main doors at the circle drive and can exit through the gym doors to

the black top area for the students to line up by class.

We are also attaching a spreadsheet to help us get a head count before the event. If

you plan on attending, please fill in the needed info.

We are asking that you RSVP by March 10th.

Thank you very much!!

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Yearbook

The theme this year is Making our Mark! We want to see all of your best and most creative

ideas for the 2022-2023 yearbook cover!

All entries due March 3rd - No late entries will be accepted.

Yearbook Cover Contest

Please share your photos!

Franklin’s 2022/23 Yearbook is underway! You can directly upload photos from school

events to folders in the TreeRing app or from your computer. It's super simple!

Sharing yearbook photos.

We are looking for pictures from classroom parties, Donuts with my VIP, Chess club, Book

club, Holiday Sing, and International night.

Click here for a direct link to Franklin School!