From the Desk of Principal Scott

October Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 2

October 2011

October 3rd-7th Week of Respect

October 5th & 7th Fall Portraits

October 10th School Closed

October 11th PTO Meeting 7 pm

October 12th & 13th Fire Prevention Week

Fire Truck Visit

October 20th Kindergarten Farm Trip

October 21st PTO Celebration of Diwali FPS Cafetorium 6-8 pm

October 24th-28th Parent/Teacher Conferences

Oct 25th– Nov 2nd Scholastic Book Fair

October 26th Peacemaker Breakfast

October 24th-28th Red Ribbon Week

October 31st Fall Festival/Parade

OCTOBER

Dates to

Remember

Principal Recognition

Postcards of the Week

Thank you to all of the FPS students for sending postcards my way! It is great to read all of the notes submitted from every grade level where students are appropri-ately using the “words of the week “ in context. I look forward to reading many more postcards!

Parent Teacher Conferences Minimum Session Days

Monday, October 24th 1:45-3:45 PM

Tuesday, October 25th 6:00-8:00 PM

Wednesday, October 26th 1:45-3:45 PM

Thursday, October 27th 6:00-8:00 PM

Friday, October 28th 1:45-3:45 PM

Parent Teacher

Conferences

Parent/Teacher Conferences will be held Monday through Friday, the week of October 24th.

Each conference will be 15 minutes in length.

Franklin Park will operate on a minimum session day for these 5 days.

School hours will be from 9:05 a.m. to 1:40 p.m. Pre-K sessions will also be modi-fied and run from 9:05—11:05am and 11:40—1:40 pm.

Please be punctual for your appointment.

We will resume a regular day schedule on Monday, October 31st.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be open in the library for parents during the week of conferences and will be available for parents during the days of Wednesday, October 26th and Friday, October 28th, and on the evenings of Tuesday, October 25th and Thursday, October 27th.

One Step at a

Time!

Urja Patel Ayan Suthar

Amaria Mustapha Diya Patel

Meera Bhatt Elise Ferguson

Abby Weed Ihunaya Eluwa

Hannah Sinnung Jonathan Bailey Alex Wells-Lewis

Time certainly does fly when you are having fun! I cannot believe that we have closed out the month of September and are embarking into our first month of fall. Happy October everyone!

I am pleased to report that our Franklin Park family is off to a great start to the academic year. Our displays of authentic student work through-out the building are daily reminders of our accomplishments.

The FPS administrative team has enjoyed their visits into each class-room and are anxious to spend more time with your children. We re-main focused on our building’s goals and are constantly working collaboratively, planning with our staff so we can continue to make our mark, one step at a time! I look forward to seeing you at our parent/teacher conferences.

Stop & Shop A+ Bonus Bucks Program!

The Stop and Shop A+ Program is underway!

With A+ Bonus Bucks, points accrue with each purchase when your Stop & Shop Card is used. It even works with purchases

made online with Peapod by Stop & Shop. At the end of each

month, these points determine our school's cash total which is

automatically credited to an account designated for our school.

Totals are updated each month.

To participate, FPS families must register their cards every year.

Go to www.stopandshop.com/aplus or

call 1-877-275-2758.

Our school number is 07537. Our password is WMRO

In this beautiful autumn season, the Franklin Park School

family hosts a Parade of Costumes

for students in Pre-K to Grade 2 on October 31st. The Parade of Costumes:

Kindergarten 1:25 pm 1st Grade 1:40 pm

2nd Grade 1:55 pm AM Pre-K 10:00 am at the Annex PM Pre-K 1:00 pm at the Annex

*Our guidance department will be available to attend to your child if he/she chooses not to participate in the parade.*

We are asking that you follow the directions below to guarantee safety and fun for all on the 31st:

Pre-School students should wear their costumes to school.

Kindergarten-Grade 2 students should bring their costumes to school in a bag

labeled with their full name and homeroom. Costumes violent in nature and/or with weapons will not be allowed. Staff members will not be able to apply make-up on students.

Please follow the parade schedule and report directly to the parade area. In

order to maintain our safe school environment, no parents will be allowed back in the building and will need to leave the school grounds immediately following the parade.

If you plan on attending one or both of the parades, please report directly to

the posted areas outside. Please do not enter the school building.

Once the parade is over, parents should allow their child to return to their

homeroom with their teacher and finish the school day. If you are planning to take your child home from the parade, you must sign them out in the attendance office.

All parades will be cancelled in the event of inclement weather.

You are invited to watch your child march in the parade, take pictures, and enjoy the celebration with us. However, please remember that since you will be parking along our entrance, you will have to leave immediately following the parade to make

room for the busses. Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support.

Franklin Park School proudly recognizes the following students

for being selected for the 2011–2012 School Safety Patrol

Program. These outstanding students did an excellent job with

the application and interview process and will have a direct role in

maintaining a safe and peaceful school.

FPS school safety patrollers join over 562,000 students in over

30,000 schools nationwide who are helping to keep others safe on

their way to and from school.

These boys and girls will sacrifice their personal time to ensure the

safety of their fellow students. Rain or shine, the safety patrol

students are often the first to arrive to school and the last to leave.

It is our honor to announce this year’s team!

Safety Patrol at Frankl in Park

F rom t he De sk of Mr . F i co

Across the nation, elementary school children will be celebrating Red Ribbon week during October 24th—28th. With its’ strong Say No to Drugs message, students are invited to celebrate themselves at this time. Our counselors, Mrs. Lisciandrello and Mrs. Hrapsky have fun plans for this week long celebration. Check them out!

Red Ribbon Week Events Monday, 10/24—Kick Off — Wear as much red as possible! Tuesday, 10/25—Drug Free Canned Food Drive—You CAN be anything you want to be! — Bring a canned food item that will be donated to the local food bank.! Wednesday, 10/26—UNITED WE STAND — Wear red, white & blue! Thursday, 10/27—Give Someone a Treat! — Donate a book to our FPS Book Drive! Friday, 10/28 — FPS IS PROUD TO BE SAFE & DRUG FREE — Wear your Spirit Wear!

Red Ribbon Week

From the Desk of Mr. Belo-Osagie

Rishie Seshadri Nikhith Nookala Kyle Weed Ihunaya Eluwa James Chiriboga Paige Duell Sonia Dalal Dayaal Singh Aaron Kamal Charmi Shah Aanya Sethi Alana Policastro Eleila Cruz

Evan Kaye Allen Johnson Gibson Campbell Jay Patel Jasmine Arellano Sean Park Ashvin Kapoor Nithin Gudavalli Brianna Rao Ashay Patla Reyhan Gh’rael Rahul Alaigh

Tobi Badru Juhi Patel Shawna Schwarz Devan Shah Kimberly Lao-Lim Colin Chung Anna Merigala Nina Reilly Leila Gonzales Heather Callaghan Alexandra Robinson Eviatar Barr

WANTED

New/Gently Used

Books

FPS is collecting

books for our

K—2 students

Please peruse

your bookshelves

for gently used

books or think of

us on your next

trip to the book

store. We look

forward to

offering these to

students in need.

Franklin Park Loves Technology

The PTO at FPS has recently assisted

the school in acquiring a SMART

Board and a set of Student Response

Systems (a.k.a. Clickers). The Smart

Board has been installed in the

Media Center. The Technology

Committee at FPS is working on

making the use of this equipment a

reality. Buddy training sessions are

being designed to train staff members

who need to learn how to use the new

technology. These types of

technology have been

proven to improve

learning outcomes.