Franklin Middle School

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to let you know that I have been informed of a positive case of a staff member at Franklin Middle School. The contact tracing has been conducted and notifications have been completed. Additionally, food service will be delivering double meals tomorrow just in case the predicted snow for Monday night into Tuesday impacts their ability to deliver meals Tuesday morning. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Our last theme of Kindness Week is Self-Care. This year especially it is so important to be kind to yourself and take some extra time to focus on prioritizing you. As all of you put your hearts and souls into our students this year, we hope that you take some of that time and energy to put it back into yourselves. Going into this weekend, set a goal to do something just for you. This is a great opportunity to share ideas and personality interests with your students to encourage them to shut off screens and give all of ourselves some much needed self-love. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10FZPEJgmnYqWKcL7rOM3e-mW-1kuQzpH/view?usp=sharing I want to thank our school counselors Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Filiault, and Mr. Bryant for an amazing job!

Good Morning Today at 2:00 I will be broadcasting Trimester 1 Student Awards and Student and Staff Member of the Week Awards! Go to https://bit.ly/3cX4stm to tune in live or you can watch whenever you are able. Students please send me nominations for Staff Member of the Week before 12:00 today. Be sure to include the reason for your nomination. Happy Dancing Friday! Mr. D

YouTube Link for FMS boys and girls home bb games today vs Epping....boys 4:00, girls 5:15: http://bit.ly/3qbKdOY

Today in Mrs. Evans' and Ms. Biller's Grades 4 and 5 classrooms we welcomed Mike Mosley from the National Forest Service for a question and answer session. Students have been working on the Junior Ranger program as part of our cross-curricular studies.

Thank you for your continued support, and special thanks to those who have shared examples of students showing kindness this week! Thursday's Kindness theme is Showing Kindness to Adults. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10E_C2RfCYfLS-NmCzwnl2vq8hbrDW73e/view?usp=sharing

In case you can't tell that's Brenda Petelle, Food Service Director, and Mr. D, FMS Principal! Beth Vogt, FMS Kitchen Manager, made this shirt for Brenda and I liked it so much she surprised me with one of my own! #proudboss

Kindness continues at FMS! Here is the link for Day 3, Wednesday, January 27th! https://drive.google.com/file/d/101jY2r602jIPVgL2fE6hgjv_DDkFLPAv/view?usp=sharing

A community member has generously offered to build and donate desks for FMS Families. They are 30"W X 20" D X 32"H. If you would like one please call the school or email kdarsney@gm.sau18.org . Chairs are also available.

Here is the Great Kindness Challenge video for Tuesday, January 26! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-qy4DoJiJdR4Kwoaezmh6gF38JR3YBpc/view?usp=sharing

Here is todays video for The Great Kindness Challenge. Enjoy!https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-htBaWqe3uu3I0WDusaxgJWlRR20U5cN/view?usp=sharing You can also see it on YouTube https://bit.ly/3cX4stm

FMS will be participating in The Great Kindness Challenge this week! Details here: https://thegreatkindnesschallenge.com/ Our Counseling Department will be posting videos daily for presentation in our classrooms. Here's the kickoff video!https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LqM4StSPZXeZA6cp7FiTaiIuP2WK2LVf/view?usp=sharing

The bus for today’s FMS basketball games departs at 3:00 for Plymouth Elementary School...girls play at 4:00 and boys to follow. No spectators are allowed.

Dear Franklin Families, The contact tracing for the positive student case at the middle school from yesterday has been completed and all affected students and staff have been notified. We are all set to reopen the middle school tomorrow for in-person learning with Cohort B students. I appreciate your patience as we worked through the notification process. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I am reaching out this afternoon to let you know that 2 students have tested positive today, one at the high school and one at the middle school. The high school student contact tracing will be completed by this evening and the high school will be open for in person learning tomorrow for Cohort B students. The middle school student attended school yesterday so the middle school will be fully remote tomorrow so that the contact tracing can be completed. I will let you know tomorrow afternoon when we have completed the contact tracing and what the status of school will be for Friday. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that a middle school student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student has not been in school for the past 10 days so the contact tracing was minimal and has been completed. All 3 schools will be open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Morning FMS Families Please be reminded that there will be no classes Friday, January 15 and Monday, January 18 for a Teacher Workshop and to observe Martin Luther King Civil Rights Day. On another note, there were fire drills yesterday and today and it has come to my attention some Remote Students on Zoom were not informed of the pause in instruction. From this point forward I will send out a broadcast email to students and parents while we are on a drill. Sorry for the confusion. Have a great extended weekend! Mr. D

Good evening Franklin Families, A reminder that there is no school on Friday as it is a teacher’s workshop day and no school on Monday for the holiday. We will be delivering and serving double meals tomorrow as the food service staff has a day off on Friday and Monday for the holiday as well. Thank you for your continued support. Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

The Franklin School Board meeting will be held on Tuesday next week due to the Monday holiday. The meeting will be held at our new start time of 6:00 at our new location in the Franklin High School cafeteria. The public is welcome to attend or view the meeting on our youtube channel, "Franklin NH School Board." A link will be sent out with the agenda later this week.

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to you today to report 3 positive student cases at Franklin Middle School. 2 of the students have not attended school since before vacation. The 3rd student is fully remote. Contact tracing was minimal and has been completed. Additionally, the contact tracing for the high school positive student case that I reported to you yesterday has been completed All 3 schools will be open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org