Franklin Middle School

Dear Families: We are asking for your help to prevent COVID-19 from impacting our school community. COVID-19 is most commonly spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person talks, coughs, sneezes or sings. As a school community we ask for your support to take the following precaution to prevent the spread of the disease: Know the symptoms of the COVID-19: Runny nose or nasal congestion, Fever/chills (measured 100.4F), Cough, Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, Sore throat, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue, Headache, New loss of taste or smell, Nausea or vomiting or Diarrhea. Please do not send your child to school if they have: Any new or unexplained symptoms of COVID-19 (listed above); this includes even mild symptoms. Shared a household (temporarily or permanently) with someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the prior 14 days. International or cruise ship travel in the last 10 days. Please report these circumstances to the school nurse. Any person with new or unexplained symptoms of COVID-19 will be excluded from school, and instructed to isolate at home and seek testing for COVID-19. Please also help us practice and promote that all students and staff: Get vaccinated, for those who are eligible, Frequently wash their hands, hand washing for 20 seconds with soap and water, or using hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol, is the best way to reduce the spread of germs, Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or their elbow, Wash hands or use hand sanitizer after they discard of the tissue, Don’t share personal items such as drinks, food or water bottle, Avoid touching their eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands. Our school works closely with the New Hampshire (NH) Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to monitor the newest information about COVID-19. To learn more about COVID-19, please check these trusted resources: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services: https://www.covid19.nh.gov/welcome United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Thank you for your support and partnership to keep our school healthy this year! Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org Diana Merriam BSN, RN District Health Coordinator dmerriam@gm.sau18

over 4 years ago, Franklin Schools SAU #18

To all of our theater performers and their families, We had such a wonderful summer, creating theater and making magic happen on the stage at the Franklin Opera House. We loved every moment we had with all of our performers from Get Up and Go, Moana and Disaster! For any of you who were able to participate or come and see a performance, we are so glad you shared those moments with us. As we move into the 2021- 2022 school year, we are unfortunately faced with the continued worry and added stress of covid and doing whatever we possibly can to keep all of our performers safe, while allowing them to continue to perform, and keeping the safety of all of our volunteers and audience patrons in mind as well. It’s a lot to consider on top of the regular stress of just putting a production together. We have had numerous meetings and discussions with the school, the Opera House and Footlight Boards, as well as other theater organizations in the area and have had to make some decisions. Although these may not be what we had hoped, we feel these are the best steps we can take moving forward to continue to keep all involved safe and also ensure that our productions do not get shut down part way through the process and never get to be shared with a live audience. We are hoping that in the spring, we can return to more normalcy and run our K-12 District Wide musical program where we can bring in all of our students and have over 100 of them performing together at the Historic Opera House. We also plan to run our FACT programs in the summer of 2022 providing our children in Franklin with additional opportunities to be on stage. At this time, this is how we are proceeding: MATILDA: Matilda (a school production) was originally cast in Jan. of 2020 but was shut down in March of 2020. We have tried to bring this show back four times since then and will be producing it this fall. However, due to current circumstances, we can only offer this opportunity to children who are in grades 6-12. Masks will be required during rehearsals and most likely, performance masks will be used during the show. We apologize to any of our cast members who were a part of this production in 2020 and are not yet in grade 6. Sadly, it is impossible to bring over 100 children into that space together at this time. Those who were already cast should reach out to Mrs. Finley and confirm whether they are continuing or not. They do NOT need to re-audition. However, any children who were not originally a part of this production can attend auditions on either Sept. 14 OR 16 at 5 pm at the Opera House! More audition information will be available on the school website soon. ELF the Musical: This is a Footlight Community Theater production. They are mandating vaccines for any performers 12 and up. Children who are under 12 are welcome to audition, but will be required to wear a mask at all times, including during the performances. All auditions for this production are open and run either Sept. 14 or 16 at 7 pm. Please see their website- www.franklintheater.org for more information.

over 4 years ago, Jule Finley

Welcome Back!

over 4 years ago, Dan Sylvester - Athletic Director

Welcome Back!

over 4 years ago, Dan Sylvester - Athletic Director

Welcome Back!

over 4 years ago, Dan Sylvester - Athletic Director

In addition to Taco Night, the "Meet and Greet" is also postponed. Sorry for the confusion! D

over 4 years ago, Ken Darsney (Mr. D)

Hi FMS Families The weather predicts showers and rain :( We need to postpone to a later date and we will announce as soon as we are able.🌮 Thank you all for understanding and we are looking for the return of students on the 7th! Mr. Trafton and Mr. D

over 4 years ago, Ken Darsney (Mr. D)

Good Morning, This Friday, September 3, 3021 will be the last day that the cafeteria window will be open at Franklin Middle School for food pickup, and it will be the last day the the busses will be delivering meals as school starts Tuesday September 7, 2021. We hope you have enjoyed your summer, and we look forward to a great start to the school year!

over 4 years ago, Franklin Schools SAU #18

2021-2022 Bus Routes have been posted to the district site and all individual school sites. If you have any questions, please call your child's school. Thanks!

over 4 years ago, Franklin Schools SAU #18

I'm pleased to announce that we will be resuming our Taco Night, Wednesday, Sept. 1st! It's a great chance to feed your family and meet the administrators. We will be serving from 5:30-6:30! Please join us, it looks like the weather will be fine for an outdoor event! Mr. D

over 4 years ago, Ken Darsney (Mr. D)

Good Afternoon Franklin Middle School Families Welcome to a new school year! Here is a link to some important information to prepare you child(ren) for the first day, Tuesday, September 7th and beyond. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15v19S_FtPB8QpCU7IJ92RJqZSdVuEf6i/view?usp=sharing Also on Wednesday, September 1st, from 5:30-6:30 we will again be hosting our famous "Taco Night Meet and Greet" outside (weather permitting) in front of the school, for families to meet the administrators and those staff who are able to attend. I will be sending additional information separately. As always, if you have any questions please contact us. Best wishes on a safe and fun school year! Mr. Trafton and Mr. D (Darsney)

over 4 years ago, Ken Darsney (Mr. D)

Good Morning Franklin Middle School Families: Due to internet and phone issues our office is closed today, Thursday, August 12th. Mrs. Baca jbaca@gm.sau18.org Mr. Trafton jtrafton@gm.sau18.org and I kdarsney@gm.sau18.org will be working from home and monitoring email if you need to get in touch. We are planning to reopen tomorrow during our normal Summer Friday Hours 6:30-12:30. Have a great day! D

over 4 years ago, Ken Darsney (Mr. D)

Dear Franklin Families, I hope you are enjoying the summer and looking forward to the warmer weather next week as much as I am! I would like to thank all of our students and families that participated in our extended summer school programming. It was great to see student's smiling faces learning with their peers. I am also happy to report that we had 0 reported cases of COVID-19 during our summer session. As we prepare for the opening of school on September 7th, I wanted to share with you where we are with the pandemic and its impact on our planning. Please know that I am monitoring community transmission rates, Franklin's vaccination rates, and Franklin's active case counts continuously as this is a fluid situation as we head back to school in the fall. We remain committed to our plan communicated at the end of June in providing full day in-person learning for all of our students. You will recall that we were dismissing one hour early each day last year so that we could provide remote learning. That will not occur as I do not expect that remote learning will be continued this fall. In regard to our mask usage, safety protocols and cleaning procedures, we are working on our plan and will release a draft of the plan to the public on Monday, August 16th for public comment and input. We anticipate more guidance midweek from the NH Department of Public Health in regard to these issues. What we know for sure at this point is that masks are mandatory on all school buses per federal mandate. If the transmission rates and case counts rise, I expect that masks will be implemented to some degree when we reopen schools in September. The Franklin School Board will be meeting on August 23rd at 6:00 in the Franklin High School cafeteria to discuss and approve the plan. The public, as always, is welcome to attend. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions and enjoy the rest of your summer. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

over 4 years ago, Franklin Schools SAU #18

Dear Franklin Families, Our food service department will continue to deliver meals using our buses 5 days a week through September 3rd. Additionally, hot meals will continue to be served at our middle school cafeteria window until 12:00 each day. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

over 4 years ago, Franklin Schools SAU #18

Good Morning FMS Families The Franklin Middle School office will be closing today, Wednesday July 28th, at 9:00 a.m. We will reopen tomorrow, Thursday, at 6:30. Have a great day! Mr. D