The Franklin Flyer

Mark Your Calendars:

October 13: PTA - Raise Craze Parents' Night Out

October 17: Fall Conference @ 4-8 pm

October 18: D64 Parent University - Dr. Justin Patchin - District Office @ 6 pm

October 23: Picture Day Retake

October 24: Fall Conference @ 4-8 pm

October 26: Fall Conference @ 4-8 pm

October 28: PTA - Trunk or Treat @ 4-5 pm

October 31: Halloween Parties

November 3: PTA - Donuts with my VIP @ 8-8:40 am

November 20 - 24: Fall Break - 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 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.

Franklin Office Hours
School office hours are from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

School Hours

School Hours (M, T, Th, F): 8:50 am - 3:30 pm

Wednesday School Hours: 8:50 am - 2:40 pm

Half-Day Kindergarten Hours

Kindergarten Hours (M, T, Th, F): 8:50 am - 11:35 am

Kindergarten Wednesday: 8:50 am - 11:05 am

You can find frequent updates or snapshots from our days at Franklin on Facebook and Instagram! Follow us at

Facebook: facebook.com/FranklinD64

Instagram: franklin.d64

Please do not park and leave your cars in the drop-off area on Dee Road, which is for attended cars only. This area is designated for those who can remain in their car to drop off or pick up students.

The Lost and Found will be available for families to check for missing items during Parent-Teacher Conferences on October 17th, 24th, and 26th from 4-7 p.m.

For the health and safety of our students and community, no pets are allowed on school property. We realize the beautiful weather increases the amount of families who are walking. However, we ask that you please leave your dog or cat at home. Properly identified service animals are always permitted.

Science Olympiad 2024! If you are a fourth or fifth grader, now is the time to make plans to participate in this year’s Science Olympiad which takes place on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Information, along with the ONLINE registration form, are available on the District 64 Science Olympiad Web Page. The last day a parent can register you for this great event is Friday, October 27.

Please take a moment to review the contacts section of your ParentPortal. Any adult who has approval for after school pick-up or emergency pick-up for illness/injury should be listed. Franklin staff will not release students to adults who are not listed on the ParentPortal.

Chromebooks

As a reminder, each Franklin student will be issued an iPad (grades K-1) or a Chromebook computer (grades 2-5) as part of the District’s one-to-one digital learning program. Students will receive their devices during the first week of school. Your child will also be assigned a Google account to access Google Apps for Education and other digital resources at school and to explore further concepts introduced in class at home. The devices and their applications are technology tools that provide all students access to digital content and higher levels of individualized instruction.

You can find more information about the 1:1 Initiative, Chromebooks, and the other technologies available to our students here.

Drop-off of Student Items/Lunches

If your student forgets something at home, an adult may drop off items at the Franklin front office. Our front office staff will message the classroom for your student to pick up these items during a break in student instruction. The teacher will send the student to the office when it works best in the classroom schedule.

Visiting Franklin

All visitors to Franklin must have a valid state ID or driver’s license. Identification is entered into the Raptor identification system. This process only takes a short time to complete. Once you have clearance, the office staff will print a visitor pass for you and attach it to a lanyard you must wear throughout the building. The office will hold your ID until you return to the office and return the lanyard. We appreciate your support as we proceed with this district-mandated safety procedure for the safety of our students.

Student-Parent Handbook
Franklin Elementary School and all District 64 schools follow policies and practices reviewed and implemented by the District 64 Board of Education. Please review the D64 Student-Parent Handbook before the start of the school year.

Appreciation Spotlight

Thank you to our parent volunteers who organized and distributed grade shirts this year: Amit Goel and Ashley Thielsen. And please join us in thanking Stephanie Dariol who chaired our grade shirt effort and managed the many pieces of this process seamlessly.

** ALERT ** Limited Time Spiritwear Special!

$20 for custom Franklin Falcon headbands, available to order through October 20. A fun accessory for kiddos to wear during spirit days, or for parents while volunteering. Or coordinate with your head room parent to purchase and add to teacher holiday gifts! Place your order now in Membership Toolkit!

Trunk or Treat

Our Franklin families always go all out for this spooktacular event. Get in the Halloween spirit and trick or treat in the parking lot from 4 - 5 PM on Saturday, October 28th.

There is still time to sign up for a trunk in Membership Toolkit or if you’d like to donate candy for the event you can drop it off at the office.

Who Doesn’t Love Donuts?!

We're excited to announce our upcoming Donuts With My VIP event on November 3rd, where students get to choose one special person to join them for breakfast before school. Doors located by the circle drive will open at 8 AM to welcome in students and their VIPs. Donuts (regular, gluten-free, and tree nut free) as well as coffee and juice will be served.

We're also looking for a few enthusiastic volunteers to help make it a success!

This is a great opportunity for new Franklin families to get involved with the school. https://franklinpta.membershiptoolkit.com

Room Parents Needed for Halloween Parties!

There are still some classrooms without any head room parents and other classrooms that need party volunteers as well. But most importantly in order to make our Halloween parties a success we need 4 parents to help run the party- please consider and if you’ve already signed up please help recruit other parents. All of the children look forward to the parties so much! Please check the list below and consider volunteering for your child’s classroom even if you’ve never done it before…we will help and support you! Head to the Membership Toolkit to sign-up and for more details! You will not need to fulfill the head room parent role, we just need 4 names registered for the 10/31 party.

https://franklinpta.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/114931

-Halloween Party Room Parents: Classrooms with Openings

1st Grade: Lally, Horwitz

2nd Grade: Popp

3rd Grade: Peconio, Ullrich

4th Grade: Wu, Pater, Wiese

5th Grade: Thompson, Belmonte, Davis, Biere

Book Fair Volunteers Needed!

Support the scholastic book fair which takes place during conferences. Dates and times are listed in membership toolkit. It’s a great opportunity for former Franklin students to earn service hours, please reach out to Rebecca Van Poucke if you would like to voluntell a Franklin alum.

Attention 5th Grade Parents! Baby Photos DUE NOVEMBER 1

Just a few more weeks to submit a baby photo of your 5th grader to be included in the annual yearbook tradition! Please see flyer below for details and don’t miss out on this special celebration of your child!

We are seeking Franklin parent volunteers to support the 23-24 Science Olympiad. If you are interested, please look at the important dates and details below:

IMPORTANT SCIENCE OLYMPIAD DATES

October 16- SIGN UP BEGINS

October 27- DEADLINE TO SIGN UP

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2024- SCIENCE OLYMPIAD

9:00-11:00 am @ Emerson Middle School

REGISTER WITH A PARENT HERE!

Connect with us on Facebook

Have you joined the PTA Facebook group? It’s a great way to stay informed on upcoming events, connect with other families, and quickly reach members of the PTA team and event chairs with questions. This is a private group for Franklin PTA members, so if you haven’t signed up yet, membership registration is open at franklin store.membershiptoolkit.com.