Dean College Presents: A Midsummer Night's Dream, February 22-26, 2017

The School of the Arts at Dean College will perform A Midsummer Night's Dream, beginning Wednesday, February 22, 2017 through Sunday, February 26, 2017.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together the realms of the mortal and immortal, colliding in a wood outside Athens, and from there the enchantment begins. Simple and engaging on the surface, it is none the less a highly original and sophisticated work, where love is capricious as the wind, and where a mischievous imp named Puck plays with fate as merrily as a baby with a toy.

You won't want to miss our talented students perform in this well-loved play!

The Dean College production of A Midsummer Night's Dream will take place in the Main Stage in the Campus Center at Dean College, 99 Main Street, Franklin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday – Saturday and 2:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 

General admission is $22, Seniors $12 and Children $7.

To learn more and purchase tickets, visit www.dean.edu/boxoffice.

Dean College, Main St Franklin

Both FHS basketball teams top Taunton on Tuesday

From HockomockSports we share the results of Tuesday's FHS winter sports action


Boys Basketball = Franklin, 55 @ Taunton, 42 – Final

– Taunton turned a second half deficit (25-17) into a third quarter lead (27-25) but Franklin rattled off a 10-4 run to close the quarter and never looked back. Junior Connor Peterson led the way for the Panthers with 21 points while Paul Mahon added 12 points and Jalen Samuels chipped in with 11 points.

Girls Basketball = Taunton, 21 @ Franklin, 63 – Final

– Ali Brigham was the top scorer for the Panthers with 13 points. Franklin also got 11 points from Kate Morse and nine points from Bea Bondhus.

For the remainder of the results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/tuesdays-schedule-scoreboard-011017/

FHS girls basketball vs. Taunton

Via the Twitterverse

Final: Franklin 55 Taunton 42 @HockomockSports

— Joe Clark (@joeclark0) January 11, 2017

Franklin BB up 37-29 on Taunton end of 3rd @HockomockSports @FHSSports

— Tim Rodgers (@timrodg) January 11, 2017

@HockomockSports
Half: Franklin 25 Taunton 17

— Joe Clark (@joeclark0) January 11, 2017

G V HOOPS: Final in Franklin: Panthers 63 Taunton 21. Great effort ladies! #RightHereRightNow

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) January 11, 2017

G V HOOPS: End of the 3rd Q. Franklin 47 Taunton 19

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) January 11, 2017

G V BB: We are underway in Franklin. Panthers hosting Taunton. pic.twitter.com/1Q0zwxGWAZ

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) January 10, 2017

Franklin Art Association Meeting - Feb 1

Adam O’Day

The Franklin Art Association will meet on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 from 6:30 to 9:00PM at the Franklin Senior Center, 10 Daniel McCahill Street in Franklin. 

Refreshments and social time will begin at 6:30 followed by a short business meeting and a demonstration by Adam O’Day, a contemporary multimedia artist working from studios in Abington and Medford.

Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information log on to www.franklinart.org.

Multimedia Painting, Hadley Street by Adam O'Day

MassBudget: A preview of the Fiscal Year 2018 budget challenges

Two transparency reforms would improve the process

MassBudget    Information.    Participation.  Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center    Democracy. A Preview of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Challenges  Our state budget is how our Commonwealth funds the things we do together to strengthen our communities, make life better for our people, and build a vibrant economy. The budget process works best when the choices are clear to everyone and made in as deliberate of a manner as possible, considering long-term issues as well as immediate challenges. As budget writers prepare for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, it appears that the Commonwealth again faces a significant gap between ongoing revenue sources and the cost of maintaining current services. This has been the case for many years in Massachusetts, with a series of budgets balanced using temporary revenue sources and savings initiatives that may prove to be temporary in nature (such as early retirement strategies that can lose their fiscal effectiveness if it turns out that the people who retired need to be replaced). Because the Commonwealth has been using temporary revenue to balance the budget during this period of economic expansion, we have not been able to build up the level of reserves to be prepared for the next recession. We have also seen a pattern of instability, with mid-year budget cuts and, this year, major changes to the budget very late in the budget process. This pattern is caused partly by a lack of adequate transparency in the budget process. Two steps by state government would allow for a significantly more transparent process and, likely, fewer unwanted budget surprises in the future. Continue reading the entire Budget Preview here... 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

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A Preview of the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Challenges - Table 1

Live reporting: Action items through to closing

4. Action Items
a. I recommend acceptance of the ACCEPT Annual Report for 2015-16.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0

b. I recommend acceptance of the BICO Annual Report for 2015-16.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0

c. I recommend acceptance of a check for $5,100.00 from Franklin Music Parents for in-house enrichment for the district.
motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0

d. I recommend acceptance of the following checks totaling $8,470.90 for FHS as follows:

1. $1,800.00 Music Boosters for in-house enrichment
2. $789.90 All American Publishing for in-house enrichment
3. $50.00 Jesse Southwick for Mr. Kitanosono scholarship
4. $50.00 Lueders Environmental Inc. for Mr. Kitanosono scholarship
5. $330.00 Franklin Music Parents for in-house enrichment
6. $250.00 from various donors for the J Schaeffer Scholarship
7. $1,500.00 from Walmart for in-house enrichment.
8. $3,701.00 from Vicario Studios for in-house enrichment

motion to accept, seconded, passed 7-0


5. Information Matters
Superintendent’s Report
really great news, FHS was cited for the AP honor roll
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2017/01/franklin-high-school-placed-on-college.html
2 AP classes added this year

2nd Annual Leaping Into Kindergarten Feb 28th

CASEL seminar coming Jan 17

Parmenter principal site visits scheduled for Weds

facilities did some light fixtures at Davis Thayer and elsewhere

Poetry Outloud 7:35 Am at FHS in the morning

School Committee Sub-Committee Reports

• Budget Sub Committee – Dr. O’Malley
• in the budget season, capital requests reviewed
• Jan 31 budget meeting (new meeting) to review budget prioritization and planning in 3rd Fl Training Room

Superintendent Search - 4 candidates to be interviewed Jan 19th 9:30 AM

School Committee Liaison Reports
Community Relations meeting Jan 12 at 7
Newsletter coming after the long weekend


6. New Business
To discuss future business that may be brought before the School Committee.

7. Motion to Adjourn 
– Dr. O’Malley

motion to adjourn, seconded, passed 7-0

Live Reporting: District and School Improvement Plans

c. DIP/SIP Program Reports – Joyce Edwards

DIP = District Improvement Plan
SIP = School Improvement Plans

Update on DIP and SIP at the School Committee meeting tonight #schcom0110 pic.twitter.com/x6LMtDcj2R

— Steve Sherlock (@FranklinMatters) January 11, 2017

social emotional learning one of four objectives
Peter LIght presenting
working towards a 3X a month lesson on zones of regulation at elementary level
working on a documentary type video to share onw hat is being done in the Social Emotional Learning arena

Bilello - this format is very useful, easy to understand, consistency of the program is a challenge for a district this size; this is a good structure

Joyce Edwards picks up with this section
curriculum is the second objective
all schools working on science

FHS preparing for the NEASC visit on certification in March
K12 curriculum review on physical and health education
state guidelines date back to the 1990's so our work is more advanced than is required

homework policy under review with school committee policy subcommittee

FEA has some interest to work with the District on

climate and culture is the 3rd objective
update provided by Maureen
looking to enhance the feedback so it doesn't come from the principal to the teacher but would mostly come from peer to peer
interest based bargaining underway with the teachers union (FEA)

4th objective is around engagement with the community
Oak St is an example, parents did not understand the programs
the School Council planned for parent workshops to take place before the open house
very active Twitter accounts
can still grow the communication, teachers can be overwhelmed with the introduction of the various tools that are available; looking to go to an all Google platform which also includes a parent portal

Peter Light - I have never meet a harder working staff than what we have here in Franklin. There is a saturation point. we are looking to streamline the platform abudance by getting to Google

Bilello - another budget item where we don't have a full time technology leader or integration specialist to help us navigate through this

Live reporting: Foreign Language Overview

b. Foreign Language Overview – Laura Evans



creating "can do" statements for curriculum
focus on proficiency skills and will be built on from year to year

Shannon Martin - French Teacher

proficiency, and working vertically to achieve this
diverse resources used
one to one device at the high school, esp for technical tools

voice recorders, students record their voice, can review and play back to practice, or also submit to teacher for review

interactive games esp online are good for confirming learning as well as practice

enrichment via Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube used to hep continue learning outside of the classroom

use of authentic materials (rather than the text book)

more students are electing to continue beyond the college requirement

Stephanie Ahern, Emily Day
middle school Spanish Club

Pulsera project sold over 450 bracelets to raise over 2400 for artists in Nicaragua

Loreen and Briana - students at FHS
academic honor society

raised money with recycling bottles and cans, over $1000 raised
planning a Fiesta Friday for the whole school
Spanish themed food and events

Latin National Honor Society
while they don't speak in Latin at the meeting, there are cultural discussions and presentations, sharing interests
a new club (last year)
Saturnalia party held recently
tutoring project
working on a Heifer Project 

national convention held in Boston
whole department was enabled to go

Twitter chats around specific topics help to keep current

would love to see languages start as early as kindergarten
would love to see languages expand beyond Spanish French and Latin

Bilello - something I had not known much about but know that I have a child in the program, there is so much going on. How does starting earlier impact proficiency scores?

Bergen - we did have this program and it was lost over the years. To add more languages, it would require budget money

Jewell - is there any chance where we can have kids go oversees where kids can get immersed in the language?

World Challenge - previously held in the high school self funded by the students (not parents), organized and planned by students, some went to Ecuador, was a life changing experience for those who did it per Peter Light

O'Malley - it is most impressive to me that we don't just teach them and wait for them to come back again. The extension program is wonderfully interactive