María H. Lugo, our Spanish Specialist shared this:

"Grades 3 and 4 spent two weeks 5 and 6 learning/reviewing the "Partes del Cuerpo" (Parts of the Body) in Spanish. To end our unit, the students drew anything they wanted as long as it had ten parts of the body, and they labeled these with their Spanish names.

We called this project "El Dude". As you can see, their imagination created wonderful works of art. They truly reflect their dedication, originality and creativity. Great job team!"

This from Mrs. Hedahl:

"We have a Kahoot! Quiz every week in the 7th grade Life Science class. I create a Kahoot! quiz each week on the chapter we are studying and then we meet via Zoom. The students are very competitive with each other because there are prizes involved -- the top four students opted for bags of Haggen cookies this week which we will leave at their front porches on Saturday, along with our Kahoot! Star card.

I find that it is a great way to ensure that the students are reading the textbook, learning the vocabulary and become informed about these important topics. Today we also watched a video together on Pollution Solutions. We are on track to complete the Life Science textbook, even though we are not meeting in the traditional classroom setting.

These 7th graders are a great group of students and I am enjoying thinking outside of the box so that learning keeps happening."

Hey Kaiser, Hess & Ershig Houses we would love to see you guys getting together too!

Were you able to guess who was who? Great Job! Enjoy a few more this week.

Van Wingerden Greenhouses is excited to offer high quality 12" premium hanging baskets for The Franklin Academy. These locally-famous baskets will bring a smile to Mom's face!

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Pre-Order your basket online and pick up Thursday, May 7th 2 PM - 4 PM at Markell Hall, just in time for Mother's Day! Each basket is $40.00 and a portion of the sale will go to support The Franklin Academy's Annual Fund. The Auction and the Annual Fund raise money for the general budget of the school. Please consider giving a donation above the price of the basket.

Tuition at The Franklin Academy covers approximately 62% of the total cost of educating a student: the balance is made up through contributions from donors like you. Your gift, large or small, matters.

Order your basket today as quantities are limited. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Warm Regards,

Heather Black

The Franklin Academy wants to help support businesses owned by the parents and grandparents of students here. If you own or work for a business that we can frequent or support, please email, Development Director, Heather Black at hblack@thefranklin.academy

Hello staff, students, and parents of Franklin Academy!

I hope you had a great week. This week in "Deep Thoughts with Chaplain Aaron" we will begin a new unit on Love. You are loved! It's true! In this week's video (about 11 minutes) we will explore loving yourself, and read a book called "Red: A Crayons Story." The Discussion Questions are: What makes you, you? And, what do you love about yourself? Our weekly service challenge is to write/draw a card for someone and tell/show them what you love about them. Have a great week!

Our wonderful teachers are sending out classwork to their individual classes and many are sharing their talents over YouTube! Enjoy a story, work on a science experiment with Mrs. Ho, art with Mrs. Richcreek, math lessons from Mr. Hedahl, or hone your recorder skills with Mrs. Snyder!

If you shop at Amazon.com, this is a great opportunity to raise money for Franklin Academy. Sign up at Amazon Smile and 0.5% of your purchase price will go towards the FA Annual Fund. Here’s how:

1. Go to Amazon Smile
2. In the “pick your own charitable organization” box type in Franklin Preschool
3. Click on the Bellingham Franklin Academy (may still be listed under St. Paul’s Episcopal School through the summer)
4. Very Important! Please make sure whenever you shop on Amazon you go to the Amazon Smile webpage. If you shop on Amazon.com we won’t receive the donation.

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Website: https://thefranklin.academy/
Location: 1509 East Victor Street, Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone: (360) 733-1750
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Gretchen Bucsko, Head of School: gbucsko@thefranklin.academy

Katie den Hartog, Associate Head of School, kdenhartog@thefranklin.academy

Dawn Regier, Administrative Assistant, dregier@thefranklin.academy

Rachel Lee, Administrative Assistant, rlee@thefranklin.academy

Sue Ann Crockett, Administrative Assistant, scrockett@thefranklin.academy

Theresa Wines, Registrar, twines@thefranklin.academy

Natalie Bennett, Admissions Director, nbennett@thefranklin.academy