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Each week we will keep families updated on the top things to know each week so you can be informed for what is happening at school and news/updates from the PTA-related activities. TOP 6 TO KNOW THIS WEEK:
 Holiday Gift Collection Give to your child’s classroom teacher NOW OPEN at the PTA Store on Membership Toolkit Deadline to Contribute to you child’s class gift: Friday, 12/13/19 The Franklin PTA Head Room Parents are once again coordinating a holiday gift for their class. We do this for two reasons – first, to recognize our teacher’s great work and second, to make your holiday shopping a little simpler. We are collecting contributions online via the PTA Store on Membership Toolkit. You do not need to be a PTA member to contribute - any family can use the PTA Store. Room Parents will not be sending home a letter asking for cash/check contributions. In recent years, the PTA has moved to an online collection to avoid money getting misplaced by students and to ease the burden we place on teachers. Gift Amounts: As always, we are suggesting contributions of $10 per family; however, we would welcome your participation at any level. This year, a few classes have co-teachers. For these classes, families may want to increase their contribution to $10-$20 per family for both teachers. The gift will be given to the teacher before the holiday break. Participation is optional. Once the online collections close on Friday, 12/13, the PTA will inform Head Room Parents how much in total they have to spend on the classroom gift. The PTA will not share how much each family contributed, only the total collected. Head Room Parents will purchase the gift for the class. Head Room Parents will also be given the parent’s email to communicate to them what was purchased with the money collected. If you’d like to give to any additional Franklin staff members, please do so individually. PTA will again be organizing an All Staff gift at the end of the year (May) for Teacher Appreciation Week. ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT FRANKLIN PTA HEAD ROOM PARENT COORDINATOR: MAUREEN HARTWIG - Maureen.Hartwig@gmail.com  
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 Order pizza now for our second block of 'Pizza Mondays'! Students can start ordering pizza starting Sunday, December 1st through Sunday, December 15th. We will now be offering a gluten free option for an additional cost (please see below for specific details). Block pricing for regular pizza: Every Monday from January 6, 2020 to June 8, 2020 (17 pizza days, in total). 1 slice $42.50 2 slices $68.00 3 slices $93.50 https://franklinpta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/103154 Block pricing for GLUTEN FREE PIZZA: Every Monday from January 6, 2020 to June 8, 2020 (17 pizza days, in total). 1 slice $46.75 2 slices $76.50 3 slices $106.25 https://franklinpta.membershiptoolkit.com/form/m/103155 Please note: The gluten free pizza would come from Kiddie Kingdom (the same place we get the regular pizza from). They use a gluten free pie crust, purchased from Rich's Food Service (https://richsfoodservice.com/products/13520/). The gluten free pizza is cooked on a dedicated tray as opposed to going on the shelf where the gluten pizza is made. It's important to note that their kitchen is not a dedicated gluten free kitchen, so they can not guarantee no cross contamination will occur, but they do their best to keep it as minimal as possible for kids that have a gluten intolerance or Celiac using the precautions noted above. The owner would be happy to answer any questions as well via email to help you make a decision that is best for you and your child - Kiddie_Kingdom@comcast.net.  The Franklin PTA Head Room Parents are once again coordinating a holiday gift for their class. We do this for two reasons – first, to recognize our teacher’s great work and second, to make your holiday shopping a little simpler. We are collecting contributions online via the PTA Store on Membership Toolkit. You do not need to be a PTA member to contribute - any family can use the PTA Store. Room Parents will not be sending home a letter asking for cash/check contributions. In recent years, the PTA has moved to an online collection to avoid money getting misplaced by students and to ease the burden we place on teachers. Gift Amounts: As always, we are suggesting contributions of $10 per family; however, we would welcome your participation at any level. This year, a few classes have co-teachers. For these classes, families may want to increase their contribution to $10-$20 per family for both teachers. The gift will be given to the teacher before the holiday break. Participation is optional. Once the online collections close on Friday, 12/13, the PTA will inform Head Room Parents how much in total they have to spend on the classroom gift. The PTA will not share how much each family contributed, only the total collected. Head Room Parents will purchase the gift for the class. Head Room Parents will also be given the parent’s email to communicate to them what was purchased with the money collected. If you’d like to give to any additional Franklin staff members, please do so individually. PTA will again be organizing an All Staff gift at the end of the year (May) for Teacher Appreciation Week. ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT FRANKLIN PTA HEAD ROOM PARENT COORDINATOR: MAUREEN HARTWIG - Maureen.Hartwig@gmail.com BOOK CLUB VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! In order to make Book Club a success, we need volunteer parent leaders! Volunteers lead book discussions with students during lunch hour (11:40-12:40) on Fridays beginning January 10th and ending March 13th. NO teaching experience is necessary - just the desire to share your enthusiasm for reading with others! Parents can lead a class on their own, or partner with another parent to co-lead a group. Groups are divided by grade. Parents who volunteer are guaranteed a spot for their child in book club!! The more parents that volunteer, the more groups we're able to open up for students to participate. Sign up to volunteer in the Franklin PTA membership toolkit by December 3rd. Student sign up will open once parent volunteer signup is complete and we know how many groups we'll have per grade. Please email Courtney Bowles with any questions at courtneyblum@gmail.com!!.Parent Volunteers Needed to Lead Book Club!  Chess club starts on December 4th! There is still time to register if you'd like to play. CLICK HERE for more details    Spirit wear is here! Just in time for the colder weather and holidays! Orders are due on November 18th at 11:59pm CST on the Locker Shop website: Franklin Locker Shop. Orders are online only and all orders are anticipated to be delivered to school and distributed to students on or around December 6th.
You can note if your order is a gift and you do not want it delivered to the classroom. If you choose that option, you must pick it up during the designated pickup time at the school, to be announced later.  RAISE CRAZE BY THE NUMBERS:
  DEAR FELLOW FRANKLIN PARENTS, We are excited to announce our 4TH ANNUAL KINDNESS WALK! The Kindness Walk is the PTA’s main fundraiser for the year. It allows us to eliminate smaller fundraisers and offer even more free PTA-sponsored events for all. And it’s these EXTRAS that help set one school apart from the other. We’re on a mission to make Franklin an EXTRA special learning environment for students, teachers, and administration. Raise Craze Fundraising beings Monday, September 23rd and ends with the Kindness Walk on Friday, October 11th. REGISTER at FalconsRaiseCraze.com BUT WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! Thanks to the generous donations and participation of caregivers like you, the Kindness Walk has been an amazing success for three years in a row. Raising over $30,000 each year has allowed us to donate new LRC flexible learning furniture, a brand new screen and sound system for the school, fund teacher grants, provide scholarship funds to students in need, and so much more! KINDNESS MATTERS AT FRANKLIN! As in years’ past, we partner with Raise Craze -- a program that encourages our kids to thank their donors by “paying it forward” with a random act of kindness. For each donation your child receives, they will perform a simple act of kindness of their choice as a way to BE THANKFUL for the support they receive. This great program allows us to raise money to support our students, and showcase the amazing kindness of our Franklin students! Last year, students performed more than 1,650 acts of kindness! That is INCREDIBLE! During the Kindness Walk on October 11th, students will walk or run laps while parents, teachers and friends cheer them on. Students look forward to this day every year! WHY PARTICIPATE IN THIS IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER? So why should you participate? Because the EXTRAS matter. Because being KIND matters. And because this is a great opportunity to reinforce kindness and gratitude while supporting programs not funded by our state or taxes. Here are just some of the important EXTRAS that the PTA provides for Franklin students: • ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENTS: Author Visits, Cultural Arts Programs, Battle of the Books, Reading Counts, Anti-Bully Campaign, Anti-Drug Campaign, Franklin Olympics, Math Club, Keyboarding Without Tears, Brain Space in the LRC, Recess Equipment, and so much more! • COMMUNITY EVENTS: Homeroom Parties, School Assemblies, Grade level socials, Back to School/End of Year Picnic, Breakfasts with Moms & Dads, Pool Party, Roller Skating Party, and more! The Kindness Crew, Nicole Nieves - nieves.nicole@gmail.com // Ronda Pissios - rpissios@yahoo.com // Alyson McDermott - alymcd10@gmail.com   |
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