Our Parent Calendar below has ben added to our website and all events will be available

on our Events Calenar so that you may add them to your own personal digital calendars.

• January 6: Now a regular school day; students return on January 6 instead of January 7.
• January 10: Changed to a teacher planning day.
• Quarter 3 Start: Moved from January 7 to January 13.
• Quarter 4 Start: Moved from April 1 to March 17.
• Q4 Interim Reports: Distribution moved from May 6 to April 29.

“Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.”

• Students that are empathic, compassionate, and respectful are exhibiting the character trait of being caring.
• Those students are thoughtful about the social-emotional well-being of people in their home, school, and their community.
• These students are committed to serving others and positively impacting lives in powerful ways.

• Grades 6-8/MYP Y3 students are able to display empathy, compassion, and respect for the needs and feelings of others around them when they are being caring.
• Those students need to have a personal commitment to service.
• They act to make a positive difference to the lives of others and to the environment.

Please review the information included in the letters

below about your child's assessments in December.

The last day of our Quarter 2 clubs is Friday, December 13, 2024.

• Friday, December 20, 2024, is an early release day for students!

• K-5 students will be dismissed at 11:15am and MYP at 12:15pm.

• Late pickup fees apply, according to our policy, for any student not picked up on time.

We are continuing to accept applications for the current school year and are accepting applications for the 25-26 school year in December, 2024. A random lottery will be held to determine admission. All applications received during an enrollment window will participate in the random lottery. Lottery Rules. Existing families DO NOT need to complete an application for the 25-26 school year, instead they will be asked to COMPLETE an INTENT TO RETURN form in 2025. Only those siblings of existing students currently attending Franklin Academy require an enrollment application to be completed for the 25-26 school year. Franklin offers a sibling preference, so families should be sure to indicate that the applicant has a sibling who already attends Franklin, along with the name of the current Franklin student/sibling, when completing the application. It is recommend that those eligible families complete and submit an application any time during the first enrollment window, which opened on Monday December 2, 2024.

Our first enrollment window will remain open until Friday February 28, 2025, and applying ANY TIME during this window gives applicants an equal chance in the random enrollment lottery, which will be held in March, 2025.

If you know of any friends or family that might be interested in attending Franklin Academy

for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year, please share the enrollment information with them.

If your child is currently an eighth-grade/MYP Y3 student at our campus they will have a 9th grade seat at our Pembroke Pines K-12 campus waiting for them to accept. You can secure the 9th grade seat during the “Intent to Return” process in 2025.

For any family that would like their child to attend another one of our campuses, essentially transferring from one campus to another, the family must complete an application during the enrollment period, as each campus hosts their own lotteries and wait list and we cannot offer automatic transfers for any students other than 8th grade/MYP Y3 students who will be naturally matriculating into our Pembroke Pines K-12 high school.

The Literati Holiday Store information letter above is available on our website and has been shared with PPK8 families via Bright Arrow messages. All items purchased will be conveniently shipped directly to the buyer's home—just in time for the holidays!

• There will be no school for students from Monday, December 23, 2024, through Friday, January 3, 2025.

• Classes will resume on Monday, January 6, 2025, as per the updated 2024-2025 Academic Calendar.

• Our offices will be open for in-person and telephone assistance on Thursday, January 2, and Friday, January 3, 2025.

• Don’t miss out! Families can secure their copy of the 2024-2025 Franklin Story Yearbook online before the final purchase deadline of January 31, 2025.

• Please note: no yearbooks will be sold after this date.

Building Better People, Every Day

Website: https://ppk8.franklin-academy.org/
Location: 18800 Pines Boulevard, Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
Phone: 954-703-2294
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranklinAcademyCharter
Twitter: @FranklinCharter