• Port of Subs lunch for those who pre-ordered
  
• Book Fair - Markell Hall 7:45am-8:30am & 2:45pm-3:45pm
• Cross Country Practice 3:15-4:45

• Mi Mexico Lunch for those who Pre-ordered
• NO PALS MEETING TUESDAY MORNING! See you the following Tuesday on October 12th
  
• Book Fair - Markell Hall 7:45am-8:30am & 2:45pm-3:45pm
• Cross Country Practice 3:15-4:45

• Port of Subs lunch for those who pre-ordered
• Middle School - Electives schedule
• Middle School - Colors Day - Wear House Colors: Ershig Red / Hess Yellow / Kaiser Green / Ferlin Purple
• Book Fair - Markell Hall 7:45am-8:30am & 2:45pm-3:45pm
• Cross Country Practice 3:15-4:45

• Mi Mexico Lunch for those who Pre-ordered
• Book Fair - Markell Hall 7:45am-8:30am & 2:45pm-3:45pm
• Middle School Cross Country Meet @ Lynden High School
• PALS Meet UP Coffee 3:00pm Robin Hall - PALS office

• Port of Subs Lunch for those who Pre-ordered
• Book Fair - Markell Hall 7:45am-8:30am & 2:45pm-3:45pm LAST DAY!
• Cross Country Practice 3:15-4:45
• READ-A-THON Begins! Look For Information in Your Child's Backpack!

• Read-A-Thon - October 8-22
• No School Teacher In Service Day - October 25th
• Girls Basketball Begins - October 26th
• Wear Costumes or have Free Dress on Oct. 29th
  
• Fall Festival outdoors at Cramer's Western Town Thursday, October 28th from 4-6pm. Pumpkins, a train, draft horses, baby animals, trick-or-treating and more! More info to come.
  

Our school is growing more every year! This is in large part due to our students, parents, grandparents, and alumni positively sharing about our community and quality program.

Thank you for voting us Best Private School in the Best of the Northwest 2021 Competition!

This year there were more than 75,000 votes in 119 categories -- so our GOLD award is a big deal.

Thank you to our dedicated educators who make The Franklin Academy an amazing place to learn and grow!

Please do not drop your 2nd - 4th grade students off until 8:00am.

Markell Hall Arrival Times:

2nd – 4th Grade | 8:00 – 8:15 a.m. *class starts at 8:15 a.m.

5th - 8th Grade | 7:45 – 8 a.m. *class starts at 8 a.m.

We understand that you may need to get to work, or have an older sibling to drop off before 8:00am. If this is the case your student MUST go to Morning Care, or you may circle around the building, park and wait until 8:00am.

Markell Hall Morning Care begins at 7:00am and is $10 a day.

For more information contact:

Robin Hall: Rachel Lee rlee@thefranklin.academy

Markell Hall: Dawn Regier dregier@thefranklin.academy

Your child must be picked up at the correct time:

Dismissal Times:

2nd Grade: 2:50pm

3rd Grade: 3:00pm

4th Grade: 3:10pm

5th-8th Grade: 3:15pm

Circle around the building and stop when you see your child - otherwise keep circling. When you pick up your younger student to please keep them with you and then circle around to pick up middle school students.

If you are waiting on the playground with a younger student please do not leave your student unattended.

If you are unable to pick up your student on time, AFTER SCHOOL CARE is available.

After school care 2:30 – 6 p.m. Please ask Administrative Assistants at any front desk(s) for more information and to make payments.

The cost for After School Care is $20 a day.

For more information contact:

Robin Hall: Rachel Lee rlee@thefranklin.academy

Markell Hall: Dawn Regier dregier@thefranklin.academy

Mrs. Ho shared this:

"Apple week was so much fun and we did so much with apples. We painted with them, tasted them, read "Ten Apples Up On Top," made apple pies, did a stem project where we tried to balance apples on a paper towel tube and a toilet paper roll. Lots of giggles and laughs occurred during our many attempts." Adorable!

Coach Danialle Segebart shared this!

"Our XC meet this last Tuesday was at Nooksack Valley Middle School. Our girls placed 4th out of 7 teams and our boys 2nd out of 5 teams. Assumption beat Franklin boys for 1st place by just 9 points! ALL of our athletes got PRs (personal records) at this meet! They are continuing to get faster and really push themselves. This is a team that loves to race and always shows up ready to compete. I'm looking forward to seeing what they'll do in these last 3 meets."

Each Wednesday in Middle School, our students enjoy a wide range of elective opportunities that allow them to have more choice, as well as give them ample time to try new things, grow, and discover their skills and passions.

In the Service elective with Chaplain Aaron, students read with 2nd Graders. He shared, "The hope is through participating in service students will learn to look beyond themselves."

We are seeking a chess parent to help with facilitating chess club! Morgan Higgins will be our new coach this year. Due to the high number of students interested in participating in chess, a parent volunteer is needed to help as we establish chess club again.

The time commitment is Thursdays after school until 4:30, at least until winter break.

Please email barbaraoversonms@gmail.com if you are able to help!

Next week is the in person Scholastic Book Fair, yay!

This will be our only on campus book fair (we will do the Book Fair Day at Village Books in the spring), so this is your chance to easily get books at drop off or pick up!

Teachers will also have boxes with books available they would like for their classrooms, so please support our amazing teachers in this way! All purchases will benefit our school, as we use the profits to purchase books for the libraries.

If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop online at our school’s Virtual Book Fair. All

orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25.

Your online orders will also benefit our school. Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=stpaulsacademylwrcamp1

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to help set up, clean up, and run the sale. We can’t do this without you!

Happy Reading (and shopping!),

Treasure Samuel and Jennifer Snyder

Scholastic Book Fair

October 4-8

7:45-8:30 am

2:45-3:45 pm

Markell Hall chapel

(enter on E Victor Street)

Where do bad rainbows go?

Prism. It's a light sentence.

Ms. Johnson shared this:

"For STEM, we crafted igloos out of sugar cubes, which got the kids thinking outside the box as to new ways to stack their cubes."

What a sweet project! haha Great Job!

Our House Council Lead, Ms. Grace Schmidt, Shared this:

"When enrolled at The Franklin Academy, each student is assigned to one of our four Houses: Ershig, Ferlin, Hess, or Kaiser. In middle school, students meet every morning and end each day with the fellow members of their House. This creates comradery between grade levels and gives students a place where they feel at home. The Houses also participate in friendly competitions to receive points and work their way to the House Cup! Each House has an animal mascot and a corresponding color:

Ershig: Cougars, Red

Ferlin: Sharks, Purple

Hess: Lions, Yellow

Kaiser: Eagles, Green

On Wednesday, October 6th, our middle schoolers will have the opportunity to show House pride with... House Color Day! Members of each House will be able to dress in their House Colors in order to receive points toward the House Competition. Students who choose not to participate are required to come to school in uniform. Please note that clothes need to be at least 50% in the House color - for example, a student in Kaiser who only has green shoelaces will not be counted.

We hope to include the Lower School grades for House Color Day in the future. Stay tuned!"

Ms. Rail shared this:

"We finished up our apple unit with lots of apple science experiments, taste tests, and art projects. We also read a lot of apple books, did apple math, apple life cycles, Johnny Appleseed, and apple letter sound sorts."

Ms. Dudley & Mrs. Misday shared this:

"This week we finalized our classroom norms. These expectations (and more) were suggested by students when we discussed what kind of classroom we wanted to have. After privately polling what was most important to students, we picked these 10 and signed to show that we agree to follow these expectations.

You can also ask your student to...

Tell me about:

- Bob (what happened in the book this week?)

- New cursive letters

- Why do leaves change color?

- What kind of trees are in our neighborhood?

- The states east and south of Washington

- Writer's journal writing

- Comparing numbers up to the hundred thousands place value

- Rounding to the nearest thousand

Locker art was installed this week!"

Please take some time to review and complete the online ballot for the outstanding PALS officer positions. ( Vice President, Treasurer and Robin and Markell Hall Reps)

These are the last few positions that need to be filled in order to have a fully functioning Operating committee for this school year. Ballots are open until Friday, October 8th.

Pals Ballot link (https://forms.gle/x4kyheZKjGd5VrL8A)

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding this..

Kind regards

Pals Co-Presidents

Nneka and Sara

pals@thefranklin.academy

Uniform and PE shirt information

Please note that PE shirts are sold via PALS and must be purchased one of two ways:

- In person, during uniform shop hours (Tuesdays from 8-8:30am).

- Online at: https://tfa-pals-store.square.site/

Our online shop also includes Spirit Wear and a limited amount of new uniform items. We hope to have more new items for sale soon.

Note that due to variations in sizing and item condition, used uniform items are not sold online.

Please allow 72 hours for fulfillment and delivery of online orders. Purchased items will be delivered to your child's classroom or advisory teacher, for your child to bring home.

If you need help or have questions about items in the uniform shop, please email uniforms@thefranklin.academy

Mrs. Owen shared this:

"We really enjoyed talking about the Fall season and just what it means. We have noticed during our time outside all of the leaves falling and changing colors. We enjoyed many fall themed books, songs, and activities, especially Ring Around the Rosie.

Here's what else we have been up to this week:

• Letter Ff, how it looks, writes, sounds, and signs.
• Played the Crayon Game to firm up beginning letter sounds for Fall colors Red, Orange, Yellow, and Brown.
• Went on a Fall scavenger hunt to collect pine cones, rocks, bark, acorns, and leaves.
• Counted, sorted, and made patterns with our findings from our scavenger hunt.
• For Science, we performed a Free Fall Gravity experiment. The children really enjoyed dropping items from different heights and watching gravity work. We also listened to the sound of each item hitting the ground. We had many aha moments and discovered that many items fall at the same rates, while items such as leaves fall at different rates due to air resistance. We worked as a group to display our data on a chart. And, our saying of the week was "what goes up, must come down".
• Created fall wreaths, fall leaf handprints, and used a pencil to put red apples in our apple trees for some fun fine motor painting."

Stephanie Fox our Athletic Director is looking for coaches. She said, " I would love to find an interested parent/relative who might fit the job for the following Head or Assistant Coaching positions."

Girls Basketball- Oct. 25th- Dec. 10th

Boys Basketball- Nov. 29th- Jan. 28th

Girls Volleyball- Jan. 31st- Mar. 18th

If you are interested, please contact Stephanie directly: sfox@thefranklin.academy

Robin Hall - Preschool - 1st Grade

Markell Hall - 2nd Grade - 8th Grade

The school parking lot is busier than ever! Spaces are scarce during peak times, so secure your front row parking spot for the 2021-2022 school year now! No more worries about rain ruining homework projects or kids running into traffic.

Your package includes:

• One VIP parking space in front of the Franklin Academy's Robin Hall or Markell Hall for the 2020-2021 school year
• "Reserved Parking" sign customized with your name to mark your space.

The special auction is two weeks away to register click on the box below:

Mrs. Pickerill shared this:

"In math we worked with patterns using different colors of leaves and focused on the ABAB pattern sequence. Learning about patterns helps children make predictions because they begin to understand what comes next. Patterns also help children learn how to make logical connections and use reasoning skills.

In science we tried the float or sink water activity. We used twigs, acorns, pine cones, and different types of leaves to see if they would float or sink in water. This science activity promotes scientific thinking of making predictions, observations, and comparison. We talked about why some objects sank to the bottom and how others floated to the top of the water."

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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranklinAcademyBellingham/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel&eid=ARBJZqnuWM2fzJSJOXO6X6qVO60w_ijnQdCgtmUFYZCSwnd0NO7wI_Jgq5_odVo2A3bLV76Yg91UH5TB

Gretchen Bucsko, Head of School: gbucsko@thefranklin.academy

Melanie Hurley, Associate Head of School: mhurley@thefranklin.academy

Dawn Regier, Administrative Assistant, dregier@thefranklin.academy

Rachel Lee, Administrative Assistant, rlee@thefranklin.academy

Natalie Bennett, Admissions Director, nbennett@thefranklin.academy

PALS (Parents Actively Lending Support) pals@thefranklin.academy