The Franklin Academy

Last week, Middle School Art kids created 3/D Color Wheels with found objects around the house, took a snapshot and shared their photos. This week, we're doing 3/D Monochromatic Art with found objects around the home and shared a photo of them. Miss Simpson (Art Teacher) shared some of the Monochromatic color schemes. Her email signature says, "Be Kind, Let's Shine."

Our Head of School Gretchen Buscko shared with our school community yesterday, "It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that The Franklin Academy is under the newest mandate from Governor Inslee. We will be closed for the rest of the school year. I met (virtually) with all of my staff today and I can tell you that we are all devastated. Our students are our lifeblood and it will be hard to not physically meet for the remainder of the year, yet we remain committed to providing continuous learning opportunities throughout this extended closure."

On Thursday in Life Science, the class played a Kahoot (on-line quiz software) on Zoom (meeting software) with the vocabulary words from their Ecosystems chapter. Mrs. Hedahl had made the Kahoot the night before and worked out the need for two screens and other logistics with Mr. Hedahl.

Mrs. Hedahl shared, "The students were very engaged, actually much more than when we normally review the vocabulary in class. Kris C. (Fortnite god) was consistently the top performer through all ten questions, although he faced some stiff competition from the rest of the seventh graders."

Check out the screenshot of their time together. Great kids with amazing technology!

As many of your know, our Business Manager Cathy Bradshaw retired last week. We genuinely appreciate her service to our community for well over a decade. Please join our school in welcoming our new Director of Finance & Operations Casey Brocato, who has been making the transition into this role since January.

Send us a picture of your dog, cat, fish, bird, snake, lizard or wild animal that is in your yard!

We have a Franklin Academy Challenge. This week it is Crazy Hair! Show us how crazy you can be and post on Instagram any day this week.

Don't forget to tag the Franklin Academy for Instagram @thefranklinacademy #crazyhairweek

If you would rather see your photo in this online newsletter, please send your pictures to hblack@thefranklin.academy.

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

Below is a fun 6 minute overview of what I hope we will accomplish together here. In every video, we will have things to think about, talk about, and do. This week's discussion question is, "What 'binoculars' do you use to look at the world?" And, the week's service challenge is to leave a sidewalk drawing or encouraging saying for a neighbor to find. Watch the video for more info. Send me any thoughts you have (awalters@thefranklin.academy).

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!

A supportive community with STEM focused education in a safe, small class environment for all grades.

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