The lesson in three

Coach Chris Spillane summed up the 3rd loss in as many years in the high school hockey State Championship:

"I don't know if I can really explain it," said Spillane, who was on the school's last state championship team in 1983. "You know, there's two ways of looking at it. One, we've got here three straight years and lost, or secondly, that we've had three successful years to get here and that's what I'm focusing on with these guys. There's a lot of hockey teams that are home today that would kill to be here and fortunately for us, we've been for the last three years. It's been a great experience and it'll make the kids better people moving on. You're not going to win everything you do. 

"The kids know that it's not always roses and that there's going to be some bumps in the road, but they've all handled it with dignity and controlled themselves very well."

Read more: http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x1433798249/Franklin-hockey-Not-again#ixzz2NsnKWWTA


Coach Spillane's comments post match on video via Hockomock Sprts
http://www.hockomocksports.com/1/post/2013/03/franklin-blanked-by-wildcats-in-d2-state-championship.html

Wine Tasting at Franklin Liquors

Thursday March 21st 7PM
Host: Mark-Franklin Liquors
Guests: Roger Warner-Bay State Wine
Christine Zecker-Cameron Hughes Wines


http://franklinliquors.wordpress.com/2013/03/05/wine-tasting-event-cameron-hughes-march-21st-7pm/

Pour Richard's: Join us for an Easter Wine Tasting

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Connecting good friends with great wine! Never Drink Ordinary! Please join us at Pour Richard's on Sunday, March 24th between 2 and 5 PM for a tasting of Easter Wines. We anticipate having 25+ selections of beer, wine and spirits open for you to try. Also, click the link below for our brochure of Easter and Passover recommendations.                                              Easter Pairings See you there! And as usual, Never Drink Ordinary. Ann Williams and John Wass

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Join Healthy Futures Franklin

Join Healthy Futures Franklin to create sustainable change in our community. We believe that it takes a village (or community) to energize, inspire, and spark change. We are looking for sparkplugs (volunteers to serve on subcommittees) in Franklin who also believe that:

• Play is powerful – Access to parks, outdoor recreation, and sidewalks is a priority
• Healthy eating is a right not a privilege – Access to healthy, affordable foods is possible
• United voices create change – Increase awareness of programs, projects and polices underway

Healthy Futures Franklin, a Mass in Motion initiative, works locally to increase opportunities for Franklin

Healthy Futures Franklin

residents to eat better and move more in the places they live, learn, work, and play. Franklin is among 52 cities and towns throughout the Commonwealth that are part of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Mass in Motion Municipal Wellness and Leadership Program. Healthy Futures Franklin is working to support the implementation of Complete Street Policies, Safe Routes to School, Community Gardens, Safe Areas to Play and Be Active, and improving school nutrition initiatives that will make the healthy choice the easy choice for residents of Franklin.

Mass in Motion

Subcommittees will be meeting for the first time on March 20th at the Franklin Food Pantry Conference Room to focus on developing time lines to implement high impact strategies and policies to improve the health of Franklin. Become part of the movement or attend to learn more. There is no obligation to stay involved, but please consider learning what this is all about and help be part of the solution.

Both Subcommittees are scheduled to meet Wednesday, March 20, at the Franklin Food Pantry back to back to accommodate community members who are interested in both areas of focus.

• Active Living Subcommittee – Wednesday, March 20, 6 – 7 PM
• Healthy Eating Subcommittee – Wednesday, March 20, 7 – 8 PM

Please contact Lauren Marciszyn at 774.235.2737 or via email at LaurenM@hockymca.org to become involved, join our mailing list or learn more about this coalition.

This was crossposted to the Franklin Food Pantry webpage
http://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/2013/03/join-healthy-futures-franklin.html

"Lu shots"

Did you see that the CVS is expanding to offer walk in "lu shots"?

CVS sign

If you find similar 'fun' signs around Franklin send them to me and we can share them here. Or post them to the Franklin Matters Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/franklinmatters


This was originally posted to my  personal Twitter account on Saturday:

CVS is expanding their service to include walk in "lu shots" ??? @franklinmatters twitter.com/shersteve/stat…
— Steve Sherlock (@shersteve) March 16, 2013

You can follow Franklin Matters on Twitter here  https://twitter.com/FranklinMatters

Jefferson and Oak St School Tours (video)

Realtor Warren Reynolds has posted his photos, videos, and summaries of the school tours of the Jefferson Elementary School and the Oak St Elementary School.

Here’s your chance to see the inside of the Jefferson Elementary School in Franklin, MA.  Jefferson Elementary is one of the most recently built schools in town, as amply demonstrated by the video and photo tour of the school provided below.

http://www.02038.com/2013/03/tour-jefferson-elementary/

Take a few minutes to tour the inside of the Oak Street Elementary School in Franklin, MA.  The school got a full renovation in 2004.  As the videos and photos below show, this is a beautiful primary education facility!

http://www.02038.com/2013/03/oak-st-elementary-tour/

Hopefully these posts will tempt you to join one of the remaining school tours this year. The one for Keller/Sullivan ended up getting canceled due to the snow (the new date has not been set yet). The tour of Franklin High School is scheduled for Apr 26th at 6:00 PM

"That human contact is critical"

The MA Dept of Elementary and Secondary Education is considering proposals for virtual schools. Up to 10 have been authorized to be created in MA over the next 10 years. In this recap of the status of the program and the first proposal from Greenfield, the Milford Daily News talked with Franklin.

Without face-to-face contact between teachers and students, Franklin Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski expects some students could fall behind. 

"It is a much more active type of learning," she said. "It could be a challenge for some students. You have to keep up with your work every day. Students may fall into thinking it will be a lot easier." 

Several other states offer blended learning and full-time online programs. In Florida, most students take online classes part-time, but full-time online students are able to connect with peers.

Read more: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x930815941/School-officials-say-virtual-schools-are-a-tool-with-some-red-flags#ixzz2NnCmGGQb

More on the Commonwealth of MA Virtual Schools (CMVS) can be found on the MA DESE webpage
http://www.doe.mass.edu/odl/cmvs/