The Franklin Flyer
November 10, 2023
April 4, 2025
Mark Your Calendars:
March 24 - 28: Spring Break - No School
April 1: Start of Illinois Assessment of Readiness Grades 3-5
April 5: Science Olympiad
April 10: PTA Meeting
April 11: PTA - Spring Donutes with my VIP
April 15: New Kindergarten Parent Orientation @ 6 pm
April 18: No School
April 25: PTA - Night of the Stars Performance
May 1: Holi Celebration
May 15: Incoming 25-26 Kindergarten Student Screening
May 26: No School
Absences
Please 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 Berleth 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
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Lunch: 11:35 - 12:30
4th and 5th Grade Lunch: 12:05 - 1:00
Wednesday School Hours: 8:50 am - 2:40 pm
Wednesday Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grade Lunch: 11:05 - 12:00
Wednesday 4th and 5th Grade Lunch: 11:35 - 12:30
Half-Day Kindergarten Hours
Kindergarten Hours (M, T, Th, F): 8:50 am - 11:35 am
Kindergarten Wednesday: 8:50 am - 11:05 am
April Is Healthy Living Month
April marks the kick-off of Healthy Living Month, a community-wide initiative promoting wellness and healthy habits! Our first week focuses on Health and Nutrition, and students will receive a Healthy Living Bingo card with fun challenges to complete throughout April.
How It Works:
On Friday, April 4, your student(s) will receive a Bingo card.
As your student(s) complete each weekly challenge, they will initial the corresponding boxes.
On Monday, May 5, students should submit their signed Bingo cards to their classroom teacher.
On Tuesday, May 6, one winner will be announced from Franklin
Grand Prize: Each school's winner will get the chance to co-teach a P.E. class alongside their P.E. teacher.
Bonus: Winners will receive a swag bag from Advocate Children’s Hospital!
To Parents/Guardians:
The Illinois 5Essentials school climate survey for parents opens today! I am pleased to invite all parents to participate and would like to encourage you to share your thoughts. The survey should take about 20 minutes or less to complete.
The survey focuses on the five “essential” areas that research has shown are key components for school success: Effective Leaders, Collaborative Teachers, Involved Families, Supportive Environment, and Ambitious Instruction.
Your participation will help us understand the conditions at our school and guide improvements. Your identity and individual survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child. The 5Essentials Survey is sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and was developed in collaboration with the University of Chicago.
Three helpful tips before you enter the survey:
Please focus on your experiences during the current school year.
Take care to select the correct school and community (you’d be surprised how many schools in Illinois have the same name)!
If you have a student at more than one school, we invite you to complete a survey for each location.
Please visit this link to begin: https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/
The survey will close on March 31, 2025.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and helping to improve the environment for student success in District 64.
Ramadan
If your student is observing fasting during Ramadan, Franklin provides an alternative, quiet location where they can spend the lunch portion of the lunch/recess hour. If your child would like to use this alternative space during lunch while fasting, please email their homeroom teacher to make arrangements.
Congratulations Franklin Battle of the Books Team!
When Entering The Building
When a parent or guardian arrives to Franklin with or for a student, dropping off items or for a meeting, when ringing the doorbell, please state your name and your student(s) names to support our safety procedures.
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.
Issues with A School Device?
If you have are having issues with your student's device at home, please complete a ticket.
https://d64.incidentiq.com/guest/NPV6SRUK/d64-family-tech-support-ticket#top
Payments to School - My School Bucks
Park Ridge-Niles CCSD 64 employs My School Bucks as its payment platform for families. Most
purchases for students, including field trips and student orders. Directors can be found here.
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 to and from school. However, we ask that you please leave your dog or cat at home. Properly identified service animals are always permitted.
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.
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.
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
PTA News
TICKET SALES OPEN! Join us for an evening with the stars, Franklin stars that is!
Friday, April 25th 6:30 - 8:30 PM at Emerson Middle School. Doors will open at 6:15 PM
Tickets are now available to purchase on Membership Toolkit/FranklinPTA
Ticket prices: $5 for adults and $2 for students and young children
Performers do NOT need to purchase a ticket for themself
All performers will be allotted two tickets each, free of charge. Tickets must be purchased for additional guests beyond the two free tickets
Volunteers and their immediate families do not need to purchase tickets
Volunteers receive VIP seating and free tickets for their family members: There are many different ways to help with this fun event - from talent management to stage crew to set up and tear down. More details and sign up available on PTA Membership Toolkit
Questions?? Reach out to Natalie Packer (nataliebergcm@gmail.com) and Danielle Kastner (dcpkastner@gmail.com) for questions related to auditions, and Venus Garcia (marivenusgarcia@gmail.com) for questions about volunteering and ticket sales.
Mark your Calendars - Spring Donuts with my VIP - April 11th
Holi Celebration is coming soon!
Love another, loving our families, and having a fun time together!
Thursday May 1st after school
This event will be held on the Franklin blacktop after school and a parent chaperone is required. Different colors of chalk will be thrown and therefore you may want to consider bringing a change of clothes or even towels for your car if you are driving to this event. We look forward to seeing you there!
More information to follow regarding registration.
Volunteers Needed - Pizza Monday Server
4th/5th grade Pizza Monday Server Spots Available!! The number of spots and dates available are listed below. Please reach out to Lorena at jazzn1@live.com to reserve a spot as a first come first serve basis. Thanks!
1 spot: 4/28, 5/5
3 spots: 4/14, 4/21
Staff Lunches
The PTA offers teachers and staff members an option to purchase lunch on Mondays from Spuntinos via franklinpta.com. Families are always welcome to show their appreciation for a staff member by purchasing a Monday lunch on their behalf. If this is something your family is interested in doing, please refer to the PTA website for more information.
Questions about teacher and staff lunches can be directed to rebeccavanpoucke@gmail.com.
Yearbook
Yearbooks are still on sale until April 25th. That is the absolute final day to purchase a yearbook for end of school delivery. After that date, any yearbook purchases will be mailed directly to your home. Click here to purchase.
Spirit Wear SALE
The Franklin Elementary School Spring Sale is underway, featuring all new designs! You'll save 20% with code: SPRING. Shop at https://1stplace.sale/30637
Dates: March 10th - April 1st
Savings: 20% sitewide
Promo Code: SPRING
Missing out on info? We have a FACEBOOK page!
We post reminders, updates, recognition, answer questions &
Help make this community stronger! Join us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071259407924
Or scan the QR code. MUST BE A PAID PTA MEMBER TO JOIN.
Community Corner
Looking for some new books to read? Check out these spring releases to read with your student!
