WHS students provided our 5th graders with an informative assembly about the No Place For Hate program that exists at the intermediate schools and the high school.
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Thank you to our PTO for organizing another great book fair! They also raffled off a collection of books to two lucky winners!
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Congrats to the art students of the month!!
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Congrats to our music students of the month!
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Spring has sprung! Despite the chilly temps this week our amazing PTO Habitat Garden Committee had students pulling weeds (onion grass was the big culprit),cleaning up the flower beds and planting pachysandra!
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Dr. Gonzalez visited Franklin this week to speak to parents about the budget and referendum. He'll be back on April, 30 at arrival time (8:30-9:30) for the Superintendent's Coffee.
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
2nd graders learned pedestrian safety from EZ Ride Safe Routes to School
2 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
The votes are in, the bracket is complete, and we finally have a champion in our March Madness of Coping Skills! After 476 votes were counted, there were only 8 votes separating our champion and runner-up. Franklin’s favorite coping strategy is............ Listening to Music!
This strategy beat out 15 other coping skills to take the top spot. Listening to music can be a powerful way to support your mind and body. It can help calm your nervous system, lower stress, improve your mood, and even give your brain a break when things feel overwhelming. Whether it’s a quiet, calming song or an upbeat favorite that helps you reset, music can be a great tool when you need to manage big feelings.
We hope everyone learned about some great strategies this month and maybe found a new personal favorite. Keep using what works best for you each day! Franklin School Rocks at Coping Skills!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
4th-graders, as part of our ongoing enrichment program, recently participated in a Lego engineering challenge where groups collaborated to design and build custom islands. Midway through the project, a "natural disaster" struck, requiring teams to pivot and engineer new features to protect their builds. The students demonstrated impressive creativity and teamwork as they solved these unexpected problems together.
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Thank you to our PTO, our VPA Supervisor Shawna Longo, and the Westfield Coalition for the Arts for sponsoring this amazing assembly with Mark Kistler. Our students were amazed by how helpful he was at teaching them drawing skills. If they want more, he's on YouTube and at markkistler.com. He has tons of drawing videos. Thank you also to Mrs. Davenport who requested we find a way to bring him to Franklin! What a way to culminate Youth Art Month!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Community Service Night is always a wonderful evening that's about giving to others. It's also a great chance to provide leadership opportunities for our older students. Future Franklin students and former Franklin students also pitched in for a true community event. Thank you to our PTO for making this event a success, year in and year out!!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
George Washington, Anne Frank, Michael Jordan and Ronald Reagan just to name a few of famous people students researched.
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Or are they famous historical figures?
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
More 4th graders!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
We are so proud of our 4th graders for their hard work and preparation for the wax museum. They looked amazing too!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
How might you design a trap to capture a leprechaun? St Patrick's Day gave many of our younger students a chance to figure that problem out. They tried their best but there was no luck at Franklin School this year! Leprechauns left behind their green glitter and nothing else!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
We are so proud of all of the fifth graders who worked hard to research and submit an Exploravision project. One project also received Honorable Mention. According to Exploravision: “The Honorable Mention award places a team's project among the top 10% of all ExploraVision projects submitted to the competition this year. These students are commended for a job well done in demonstrating innovative thinking in their exploration of science and its impact on technology and the future.” Congratulations to Emaia Green-Ezidiegwu & Rhea Shukla for receiving Honorable Mention for their invention, Nature Gardening Robot Dog.
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
Our 5th graders received an orientation from Roosevelt Intermediate School today. Counselors a World Language teacher and Mrs. Luongo, the VPA supervisor, explained the new the rotating schedule, French classes, music electives, clubs, lockers, buying lunch each day with so many choices, and life in general at Roosevelt.
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
While most students prefer outdoor recess, indoor recess is a good time to relax with classmates. A game of cards, Jenga or creating something with Legos is always fun! Some students used their time today to create posters for the Earth Day poster contest!
3 months ago, Franklin Elementary School
