Weekly Family Newsletter

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Tuesday, October 7th, 5:30-8:00pm, Library: College Info Night

Thursday, October 9th, 8:30-10:30pm, Cafeteria: Homecoming Dance

Friday, October 10th: NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, October 15th: ¿Por Qué No? Fundraiser Day

Wednesday, October 15th, 6:30pm, Library: PTSA General Meeting

Thursday, October 16th, 8:30am-1:00pm: Picture Retake Day (For students who ordered pictures; new ID cards will not be issued)

Friday, October 17th, 4:00-10:00pm: FHS Bands Play-a-thon

Thursday, October 23rd, 6:00-8:00pm, Library: FAFSA Night

Thursday, October 30th & Friday, October 31st: NO SCHOOL

Friday, October 31st: PTSA Wreath Sale Orders Due

Friday, November 7th, 7:00pm: Opening Night of The Drowsy Chaperone (Fall Musical)

Dear Students and Families,

Next week is Homecoming Week! We play Cleveland on Thursday at 6:00pm and the Homecoming dance is immediately following the football game from 8:30-10:30pm. Students still have a chance to buy tickets to the dance on Monday. Spirit Week begins on Monday. The themes for each day are:

• Monday: Minion Day
• Tuesday: Throwback Tuesday
• Wednesday: Soccer Mom vs Barbecue Dad
• Thursday: Tropical Thursday.

Tuesday is Senior College Info Night from 5:30-8:00pm. Come out to meet representatives from different colleges and universities, such as PCC, Reed College, OSU, UofO, and Willamette University.

Don’t forget there is no school on Friday due to Teacher Statewide Inservice and Training.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Dr. Z

On Wednesday, October 15th we will have a special schedule due to PreACT/PSAT testing in the building.

All sophomores will be taking the PreACT and testing in classrooms. Juniors who signed up for the optional PSAT will test in the gym.

Freshman will be in-house doing breakout sessions with their community teachers in the S wing. Information will be shared out to students through their community teachers.

Juniors NOT taking the PSAT will attend a field trip to the Hollywood Theater to learn about careers in Prop Design, Art Directing, and Video Production. This event will count towards a CRLE required for graduation. You can print a permission form and view a flyer for this event here. Please see Martin Rodriguez in the Career Center for more information and to pick up a permission form ASAP. Drop the signed form off in the main office or in the College and Career Center by Tuesday, October 14th.

Seniors will participate in a variety of presentations and workshops in-house. Entrepreneur and electrician guest speakers will start off the morning in the library which will count towards a CRLE required for graduation. Personalized Learning Requirements (PLRs) workshops will be offered in the Career Center. College related presentations around connecting Common App to MaiaLearning and Scholarships will be available, as well as, a workshop on applying to Oregon Promise.

Attendance:
October 15th is still an instructional day, therefore attendance is required for all non-test takers to partake in activities and will be released early that day at 1:30pm.

Due to Pre-ACT/PSAT testing, we will have a special schedule at Franklin on Wednesday, October 15th. All sophomores will be taking the Pre-ACT and testing in classrooms. Juniors who signed up for the optional PSAT will test in the gym.

Because October 15th is still an instructional day, attendance is required for all non-test takers. Our Career Coordinator has offered to take the juniors who are not testing to the Hollywood Theater for a career event that can count toward their CRLE graduation requirement.

A handful of volunteers are needed to make this opportunity possible. If you would like to chaperone, please fill out this google form. The form will close once seven folks have signed up.

What: Chaperon/Volunteer Juniors

When: Wednesday, October 15th, 8:00–11:45am

Where: Franklin HS to Hollywood Theater

The first Franklin Lightning Band Booster Meeting of this school year will be held on Tuesday, October 7th from 7:00-8:30pm in the Band Room. Please come and meet the new LBB Board and learn how you can be a part of the Lightning Band Community. We would love to meet everyone!

ASB's homecoming dance is coming up, and they are looking for chaperones. If you're interested in volunteering an hour of your time to chaperone the dance, please sign up on this form. Thank you so much to all our parent volunteers, without whom our dances wouldn't be possible.

Quarter 1 Progress grades have been posted. Please take some time to review your students grades. You can access them through ParentVUE. ParentVUE is a secure website and mobile app which offers parents/guardians real-time access to school messages, school calendar, attendance, grades, course history, name pronunciations and much more. For more information, please visit: https://www.pps.net/parentvue

Download the mobile apps:

• ParentVUE | Android - Apple

• StudentVUE | Android - Apple

• District Zip Code to enter: 97227

This article gives instruction to parents for resetting their own password in ParentVUE. Synergy allows parents to be responsible for resetting their own password.

Activating your ParentVUE account (First time users): For parents who currently have enrolled students at PPS but do not have a ParentVUE account, click here to read an article with instructions for how to verify/grant PVUE access, how to print an individual ParentVUE activation key letter, and how to update a PVUE Parent email address. .

We know that recent national events and news about immigration enforcement have created real fear and uncertainty in our community. We have heard from many families who are worried about their safety, their children’s well-being, and what role the school district will play in protecting them.

We want to be clear: our schools are safe spaces for every student. Portland Public Schools is committed to providing an environment where students can learn, grow, and feel supported regardless of their immigration status.

Please read the following information, outlined in Board Resolution No. 5363, Rights of Undocumented Students and Protocols for ICE Access to Schools.

• Student Video (6 minutes)
  
• Help articles for students

Tuesday, October 7th in the Library: College Info Night

5:30-6:30pm: College Fair
6:40-8:00pm: Session Rotations, including:

• The Value of Community College, Portland Community College
• Navigating Selective Admission (Reed College)
• Understanding Financial Aid (Reed College)
• Finding Your College Fit, Oregon State University
• Tools to Help with the College Search, University of Oregon
• Navigating The Common Application, Willamette University

Thursday, October 23rd, 6pm in the Library: FAFSA Night

Join us as we hear from guest speaker Jenn Satalino, and offer a lot of volunteer support for completing the FAFSA application.

Parents/guardians and family members, join us at the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) meeting on Wednesday, October 15th at 6:30pm in the library for a presentation by Planned Parenthood about "Being an Askable Adult." Come in the front doors of the school, and we'll direct you to the library.

You do not need to be a PTSA member to join, but we encourage you to join here or make a donation here!

Mark your calendars! Wednesday, October 15th is ¿Por Qué No? Day! The Hawthorne location is donating 10% of all sales for the day (eat in, take out, lunch, and dinner) to the Franklin PTSA.

It is time to buy a wreath for the holidays. This is the PTSA’s largest and longest-running fundraiser. Please consider donating to a FHS family if you are not interested in buying one for yourself. We are partnering with SUN again this year to help spread holiday cheer. All orders are due by Friday, October 31st. Thank you for your support and generosity.

https://franklin-high-school-ptsa.square.site/shop/holiday-sale/O5ASTBNPH2VP4EB2E6Q33PDH

The mission of the Franklin Athletic Boosters is to provide positive support to the sanctioned FHS and Franklin cluster youth athletic teams through community building, fundraising support, engaging alumni participation and raising the profile of all Franklin HS and youth athletic teams.

You can read all about the upcoming opportunities to get involved with FAB in their weekly newsletter here.

No snowboarding experience is necessary!

The snowboarding season runs January 7th through late February, with state competitions occurring in early March, 2026. Practices are every Wednesday at Mt. Hood Meadows. A bus will leave Cleveland High School at 2:00pm and will return at approximately 10:30pm each week. There is also a bus for Meadows on many weekends, either Saturday or Sunday for competitions.

Competitions take place on the weekends for 4 events: Border Cross, Banked Slalom, Slopestyle, and Half Pipe. Riders do not have to compete but are encouraged to give it a try. Remember, no experience is necessary; lots of riders have started out their snowboarding journeys with the team! We want our riders to enjoy the amazing winter atmosphere and awesome fun of snowboarding on the mountain.

Please come to our Information Night on Thursday, Oct 16th from 7:00-8:30pm at NEVER COFFEE, 4243 SE Belmont. https://www.southeastsnowboardteam.org/

Because game schedules are subject to change, sometimes with short notice, we don't post them here. Please bookmark this page that is kept up to date. This information is also posted in Trivory for your convenience.

We run items in The Bolt family newsletter for two weeks unless there is a good

reason to run them longer. To submit an item, fill out this form by 4pm on Thursday.

You can find past issues of The Bolt on our Smore homepage.

There is a lot going on at Franklin. Make sure to download Trivory and

bookmark the FHS website for the latest information.