The Franklin Public Schools announces limited Preschool Openings

Franklin residents who are between 3 and 5 years old are eligible to participate in the F.X O'Reagan Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) integrated preschool program. Our NAEYC Accredited early childhood program features low student-teacher ratios and highly qualified public school early childhood and special education teachers and support staff.

Limited spaces are still available in our 2, 3 and 5 day  half-day programs, so act now!

Additional information about tuition, staff, curriculum, school hours, and much more can be found on the ECDC website http://franklinecdc.vt-s.net/pages/index  or by contacting Kelty Kelley, ECDC Principal @ 508 541-8166 or kelleyk@franklin.k12.ma.us.

Entrance to the ECDC building on Oak St

Kelty Kelley, Principal

F. X. O'Regan Early Childhood Development Center

224 Oak Street

Franklin, MA 02038

Phone:  508-541-8166

Fax:            508-541-8254

kelleyk@franklin.k12.ma.us

"There is no hand so small that it cannot leave an imprint on the world!" Klub Kidz

MassBudget : Debt-Free Public Higher Education: What Would It Take?

Debt-Free Public Higher Education: What Would It Take? Expanding access to affordable higher education would directly help tens of thousands of students in Massachusetts and their families. In addition to giving more of our young people the opportunity to go to college, over the long term expanding access to quality, affordable, higher education would increase the productivity of our workforce and the strength of our state economy. Debt-Free Public Higher Education: What Would It Take? examines options for making public higher education more affordable in Massachusetts, including making it possible for young people to graduate from college debt free. The paper examines three options: Eliminating tuition and fees for in-state students at Community Colleges and State Universities. Cost: roughly $325 million/year. Providing grants to cover Community College costs (tuition, fees, books, and transportation), but which could also be used to defray the costs of attending State Universities and UMass campuses. Cost: roughly $524 million/year. Eliminating tuition and fees for in-state students at all campus types. Cost: roughly $631 million/year. While eliminating or significantly reducing tuition and fees would have upfront costs, these should be considered alongside the many immediate and long-term benefits: more of our young people having access to all of the benefits of higher education; our economy benefiting from a better educated workforce, and students and families being relived of the burden of excessive debt.    Please click HERE for the full paper.  The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 15 COURT SQUARE, SUITE 700 BOSTON, MA 02108

Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center | 15 Court Square | Suite 700 | Boston | MA | 02108

Not just any "Thank you" card

You call for service, someone comes out. 

The job is done, they go away. 

And sometimes something special happens. 

At least one Franklin plumber sends a "Thank you" card. Yes, you got that right. He sends one to us to thank us for calling him and providing the opportunity.

Thank you from Jim Patete, Patete Plumbing

That is service I like!

Franklin Library: Jesse Liam Band - 6:00 PM

The Jesse Liam Band will perform an outdoor concert on Tuesday, July 21 beginning at 6:00 PM at the Franklin Public Library.

Franklin Library: Jesse Liam Band

This was shared from the Franklin Library page
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2015/07/outdoor-concert-with-jesse-liam-band.html


For more about Jesse Liam visit his website http://jesseliam.com/

Franklin Cultural Festival - Schedule - Saturday, August 1

Saturday, August 1

Performances 

on The Town Common 

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Kevin T. Wolfe Band 

Kevin T Wolfe Band

2:30 PM to 3:00 PM - Dean College and The Star Players MA, preview The Wiz 

The Franklin Library 

1:00 PM - All Hands Drumming

all hands drumming

The Sculpture Park 

1:00 PM - Dean College Palladino School of Dance and Franklin Art Center
2:00 PM - Dean College Palladino School of Dance and Franklin Art Center

Franklin Sculpture park - hands

THE BLACK BOX 

4:00 PM - School House Rock (ticket purchase required)

7:30 PM - FPAC: One Acts

Events 

on The Town Common 

12:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Watercolor Painting and Mural Painting for adults and children, FAA

12:00 PM to 4:00 PM - Fashion design with newspaper and dance for children and adults. FAA and Dean College

Franklin Methodist Church 

-- FAA Art and Photography and Robots and Magical Machines

Franklin Cultural Festival - Arts Happen Here

The full schedule of performances and events for the first annual Franklin Cultural Festival can be found here  http://www.franklinsculturalfestival.org/

Franklin Cultural Festival schedule --> Wed-Thu-Fri, July 29-31

The Franklin Cultural District Committee is working hard to present the First Annual Franklin Cultural Festival. The Festival will showcase many of Franklin's talents and be held at locations in and around downtown Franklin.

The schedule for opening day, Wednesday, July 29, Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31 are shown below. The full schedule for Saturday and Sunday will be shared here shortly.

Wednesday, July 29 

• 1:00 PM - Pumpernickel Puppets, Franklin Library   
• 6:00 PM - Zentangle at Jane’s Frames (pre-registration req'd but a no cost event) 
• 6:00 PM - OPENING CEREMONY, Town Common 
• 6:15 PM - Electric Youth, Town Common 
• 8:30 PM - FPAC: One Acts, THE BLACK BOX

Thursday, July 30 

• 7:00 PM - Ben Gardner’s Boat Band, THE BLACK BOX 
• 8:00 PM - Shakespeare on the Common

Friday, July 31 

• 1:00 PM - Davey the Clown, Franklin Library 
• 2:00 PM - Student art and music performances, Franklin High School
• 4:00 – 8:00 PM - Music and art, Jane’s Frames 
• 6:45 - 7:45 PM - Laughter Yoga, Town Common
• 8:00 – 9:30 PM - Shakespeare on The Common

Arts Happen Here - Franklin Cultural Festival

Note: the schedule is subject to change. For additional info please visit the Franklin Cultural Festival on the web here  www.franklinsculturalfestival.org or on Facebook here  https://www.facebook.com/FranklinCulturalFestival?

"addiction is not what we think it is" (video)

In this TED Talk, Johann Hari spends 15 minutes getting to the heart of addiction. He says we are approaching the problem wrong.

"And what I've tried to do now, and I can't tell you I do it consistently and I can't tell you it's easy, is to say to the addicts in my life that I want to deepen the connection with them, to say to them, I love you whether you're using or you're not. I love you, whatever state you're in, and if you need me, I'll come and sit with you because I love you and I don't want you to be alone or to feel alone. 

And I think the core of that message -- you're not alone, we love you -- has to be at every level of how we respond to addicts, socially, politically and individually. For 100 years now, we've been singing war songs about addicts. I think all along we should have been singing love songs to them, because the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection."

Watch and see how Johann got to this point: