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Wednesday Parent Newsletter The Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School

201 Main Street, Franklin, MA 02038

Absences: When your child is out of school, please remember to call the office & leave your child’s name, grade & date(s) of absence. 508-541-3434. Thank you for your help!

New this Week – Wednesday April 25, 2012:

Have you signed up for our summer enrichment programs here at the school? It’s not to late. Check out the catalog on our website.

UNO'S NIGHT IN WRENTHAM - The PCO is holding a Doughraiser at the UNO's in the Wrentham Outlets on M 4/30 and T 5/1. The event is held throughout lunch and dinner both days! Tuesday night is kids' night out with a balloon man from 6-8 and one kids' meal is FREE with each adult entree. Order online in the morning and use curbside pickup for easy takeout! Make sure to use the attached tickets when visiting or picking up. BFCCPS will get 15-20% of our total purchases! Come on out for a night of fun and to support BFCCPS! Contact Lisa Frankina at lisafrankina@yahoo.com for questions. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46732884/BFCCPS%20PCO%202012.pdf

Congratulations to this year's PCO Teacher Grant recipients! Typing Pals, a new internet based typing program for all students was awarded to Mrs. Urkevic and a Tilting Drum Stand, which will allow percussion students to learn new drumming techniques such as sound modification and muffling was awarded to Mr. Heater. The PCO is always impressed with our staff's enthusiasm toward requesting grants and we thank them for the continued desire to assist students in attaining academic, technological and fine arts excellence.

*Teacher Appreciation Week is scheduled for 5/7 – 5/11 this year. There are many opportunities to say thanks to our great staff. Please see the attached sheet for more specific information and if you have any questions, please contact Beth Kaplan @ LBKAP@hotmail.com or Heidi Winiker @ jhwiniker@aol.com. Please note the date change of some of the activities. BFCCPS Cookbooks! Purchase a BFCCPS cookbook (recipes submitted by parents, teachers and staff) and the proceeds will go to Heifer International. Get them while they last! Great for Mother's Day! $10.00 per book! Checks payable to: BFCCPS. They are available in the Front Office!

Please join us "On the Road to a Cure" Franklin's Kids Ride for the PMC to benefit Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund on 6/10/12 ($5 off registration for first 100). It's a great way to encourage philanthropy in our young children while raising money for such a great cause. Sign up today (kids.pmc.org/franklin)! Support a BFFCPS Family in the HMEA 5K: The race will be at 11am Sunday May 20th at EMC Park in Franklin. 20 voulunteers are needed to work at the race, and participation as a runner is still open. Please visit www.hmea.org to learn about the organization, organization, www.active.com/register/indez.cfm?CHECKSSO+0EVENT_ID=2009516 to register, or email Kathleen Hogan (kcchogan@gmail.com) for more information or to volunteer.

WALK WEDNESDAY'S! Starting W 4/4 (National Start Walking Day) let's see how many students, parents and teachers walk/ride bikes to school! The class that has the most student/teacher walkers keeps the "Golden Sneaker" until another class has more walkers/bikers. Every Wednesday we will count the walkers by the number of stickers (given by Dr. O'Malley) that you have on your special class sneaker board. There will be a group starting out at the far end of the Horace Mann parking lot at 8:35. Come and join in on the fun!

*FIT KIDS: 6 wk class run after school on Fridays starting April 27. Cost $60.00. See flyer attached.

Pictures: Yearbook Committee is seeking photos from events such as field trips, arts enrichment programs, Family social, etc. Photos can be emailed to dorisreyn@msn.com or you can submit them on a disk to the yearbook mailbox in school office. Please provide your name and event/activity in case we have questions. Thank you.

Sneaker Drive: Even though this year’s Capstone Projects are over Jonathan Tomaso is determined to meet his goal. Please send in any unwanted sneakers to the bin in the modular near the trophy case.

Banking News: Tuesday is banking day. Questions, contact Heidi Winiker @ jhwiniker@aol.com or vandana.Kamath@gmail.com.

Note from Health Office: In order to limit the spread of illness in our school, if your child has a temperature 100 and above, or your child vomited the night before or the morning prior to school day, he/she should stay home. Please refer to Parent/Student Handbook page 27 under ILLNESS section.

From the Front Office:

Reminder: If you are making a change in your child’s dismissal please send a note in to your child’s teacher or communicate via email. Reminder: Please do not send your children in the express line if you are not in a car in the express line. Parent parking and then picking their children up, must send their children via courtyard dismissal. EXPRESS LINE: Please refrain from cell phone use during express line dismissal. We aim to dismiss all students as safely and quickly as possible and cell phone use can be a dangerous distraction. Inclement Weather: BFCCPS follows Franklin Public Schools unless informed through our Alert Now. Please refer to our Inclement Weather Policy in the Parent/Student Handbook on page 48. *Has an Attachment

Events At a Glance: (See the calendar located on

the school website for full listing of all events.)

W 4/25 8am Fin FY13 Bud Prep; Lib TH 4/26 9:30am Gov Mtg; Lib F 4/26 9:20am Gr 5-8 Assembly 7C History Presents 10:20am K-2 Assembly DI Presentation M 4/30-W 5/2 PCO Dough Fundraiser @Unos, Wrentham, MA T 5/1 9am Bd Pres mts w/HOS W 5/2 8-9am Fin Com; Lib WALK Wednesday W 5/2-F 5/4 3-4pm Capstone Lost & Found outside of Art Room F 5/4 10:10 Gr 2-4 Assembly 3P Presents, Gr 2-4 Leaves presented M 5/7 10am Gr 2 Walking FT to Senior Center T 5/8 7pm PEC Meeting; Library W 5/9 MCAS Grs 5&8 Sci, Tech & Eng 1 WALK WEDNESDAY TH 5/9 MCAS Grs 5&8 Sci, Tech & Eng 2 7pm Board Mtg; Lib F 5/10 MCAS Grs 5&8 Sci, Tech & Eng Makeup as needed 9:10am PCO Assembly: Tanglewood Marionettes Gr 5-8 10:40am PCO Assembly: Tanglewood Marionettes K-4 1:45 pm K-Tagen Meet the Authors; Auditorium

For more information on any of the above listings visit our website at www.bfccps.org

or call the school office at 508-541-3434.

If you need any part of this document translated

please contact the school office.

Teacher Appreciation Week May 7 through May 11, 2012

Monday- Thank you notes and snacks. Each student will write one thank you note to their home room teacher and 2-3 assigned specialists and bring in a healthy snack (apple, granola bar) for each staff member. This will be coordinated by the room parents so look for that information soon.

***Please note the change in days due to MCAS testing***

***Tuesday- Lunch in the Library. Heidi Winiker and Beth Kaplan will coordinate lunch for the teachers and staff. We will need soups, salads, sandwiches, desserts and paper products to make this a wonderful luncheon for our staff. We will also need volunteers to help serve lunch and supervise recess and lunch so our staff can enjoy themselves. Please contact Heidi at jhwiniker@aol.com or Beth at LBKap@hotmail.com if you would like to help.

***Wednesday- Breakfast in the Teachers Lounge. Marisol Nicholson will be coordinating this event. We are looking for donations of breakfast goodies (coffee, bagels, fruit, quiche, etc) or monetary donations to make this a special morning. Please contact Marisol at marisolnicholson@hotmail.com if you would like to help with breakfast.

Thursday- Teacher’s Lounge. Vandana Kamath and Kerin Deely have once again offered to coordinate this project. This year the teacher’s are asking for a new pod-type coffee maker and a bookcase for the lounge. We will also collect paper products, shelf-stable goodies, coffee pods, etc. to make the lounge a place for the teachers to catch their breath between classes. Please contact either Vandana at vandana.kamath@gmail.com or Kerin at kerindeely@me.com.

Friday- Goody Bags and a Light Breakfast. Rebecca Hagerty will be collecting items again this year to fill up goody bags to pass out to the teachers and staff. In the past we have collected pens, notepads, gum, mints, nail files, granola bars, etc. to put into these bags. Please contact Rebecca if you are interested in donating goodies at w.winesnobtom@verizon.net. Megan Moussa will coordinate the breakfast (coffee, muffins, etc) and if you would like to help, Megan’s email is memoussa@verizon.net.

OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS GRADES K-5

• A 6-week after school program offered to

Charter students filled with games and races to make exercising fun.

• Meets every Friday from 3:20pm – 4:20pm at the Courtyard.

• Starts April 27th and runs until June 1st

Instructed by: Kristin Contre Michelle Kehoe Bachelor Degree in Exercise Science AFAA Certified Group Fitness NESTA Personal Trainer Certified Body Pump Certified

Sign up by April 11th, 2012 6 Weeks - $60.00

Make Checks Payable to Kristin Contre Send through Kid Mail – Dylan Kehoe