All Night Party - Bottle/Can Drive - Saturday 9 to noon

"Hope to see you! The All Night Party is a safe place for the Graduating Senior class to go the night of Graduation. 

It is a community event, please support by bringing your redemption cans and bottles this morning to the Franklin High School parking lot on the right side of the front entrance. 

We can't do this without the Franklin community support."

All Night Party - Bottle/Can Drive - Saturday 9 to noon

"Everyone should feel special"

From the Milford Daily News, articles of interest for Franklin:

"It wasn't exactly springlike outside, but the sunny mood inside the cosmetology shop at Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School Friday afternoon -- and, later, inside the Adirondack Club -- more than made up for that. 

Scattered around the hair styling and manicure stations, several special young ladies were being preened and pampered by members of the freshman and junior cosmetology class, their fingernails taking on the pastel shades of spring flowers, their lips and cheeks blooming pink like unfolding roses, their hair wound into spirals as bouncy as spring lambs or woven into braids as delicate as new willow branches. 

It was all in preparation for the 2017 Best Buddies Prom Friday night, an annual event for students involved in the Franklin Public Schools' Best Buddies Program. The program is an initiative that pairs Franklin High School's students with intellectual disabilities, the "buddies," with teams of their high school peers. They socialize at school, and do special outside activities together at least once a month, though many get together more frequently."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170324/franklin-best-buddies-prom-brings-community-together

Best Buddies Prom 2017 via https://twitter.com/fps4students

Via the Twitterverse

We had a great time tonight at prom! Big thanks to everyone who helped out!

— FHS Best Buddies (@BestFHSBuddies) March 25, 2017

@BestBuddiesMA students from @FranklinHS came to @TriCountyRVTSD's Cosmetology salon to have hair, makeup & nails done for tonight's prom. pic.twitter.com/pfbiHQhRcT

— Tri-County Regional (@TriCountyRVTSD) March 24, 2017

FHS Best Buddies Prom tonight Adirondack Club have a raging good time to all -thanks faculty-students and business supporters ❤️

— Franklin Public, MA (@FranklinPSNews) March 24, 2017

Best Buddies Prom 2017 pic.twitter.com/RcsUrSBQmw

— FPS Student Services (@fps4students) March 24, 2017

Franklin Library: Amazing Magical Potter's Wheel - March 25 - 2:00 PM

The Amazing Magical Potter's Wheel with the Pied Potter, Rick Hamelin, Saturday, March 25, 2:00 p.m.

For additional information about the Pied Potter, visit his webpage  http://www.piedpotter.com/

This was shared from the Franklin Library webpage
http://franklinpl.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-amazing-magical-potters-wheel-with.html

Scavenger Hunt - Adults only please - April 8

Happy Spring!! 

Are you looking for a fun community event that supports a good cause? Form a team and join us for the Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, April 8. 

It's sponsored by the PMC Franklin Kids Ride and all proceeds go directly to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute through its Jimmy fund. 

Adults only please. For tickets or questions, contact Lisa Marchioni at lisabxyz@verizon.net. #pmckids2017

http://www.kids.pmc.org/franklin.aspx

Tri-County RVTSD Calls On MA Lawmakers To Make Foundation Budget Top Priority

At its March 15, 2017 School Committee Meeting, Tri-County members voted to endorse S.223, An Act Modernizing the Foundation Budget for the 21st Century, as its top priority for education policy this legislative session due to its comprehensive approach to education funding.

“We need to address the inadequacies in the foundation budget around health insurance and special education costs,” says Superintendent, Stephen Dockray.

Filed by Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz, S.223 fully implements the recommendations of the appointed, bi- partisan 2015 Foundation Budget Review Commission (FBRC). The FBRC found that the current formula underestimates the resources necessary to serve ELL and low-income students and fails to account for rising health care and special education costs. In all, the FBRC found that Massachusetts is underestimating the total cost of education by $1-2 billion each year. As a result, Massachusetts ranks 48th nationally in the achievement gap between affluent and poor students.

“The 1993 Education Reform Act set a radical and sensible goal: to ensure quality education for all children, regardless of zip code,” adds Senator Chang-Díaz. “The Foundation Budget has served Massachusetts – our children, our families, and our employees – incredibly well over its first 15-20 years. But it’s no longer working for the demands of the 21st century. For several years now, our schools have been suffering from death by a thousand paper cuts, and it’s long past time we right this wrong”

S.223 follows the FBRC’s recommendations to update the formula by using actual averages from the state government’s cost-efficient health insurance network—the Group Insurance Commission—to adjust insurance estimates, increasing the assumed special education in-district enrollment and out-of-district costs to reflect reality, and adjusting the ELL and low-income components to align with 21st century best practices. The bill will also establish a Data Advisory Task Force to review school level education data to better inform future policy decisions.

The Foundation Budget was first established in 1993 by the Education Reform Act, and was designed to serve as the starting point for funding school districts across the Commonwealth, by calculating the circumstances and needs of each student. Little has been done to update the formula in the 24 years since its passage, leaving it insufficient to meet the needs of a modern public education system.

Tri-County RVTHS, located at 147 Pond Street in Franklin, is a recipient of the High Schools That Work Gold Achievement Award and serves the communities of Franklin, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Seekonk, Sherborn, Walpole, and Wrentham.

http://www.tri-county.us/

Upcoming Events in Franklin, MA Area: FRI 3/24/17 - THU 3/30/17

FRIDAY 3/24/17
10:30am   Knitting Circle for Adults @ Franklin Public Library
7:30pm   Electric Youth 2017 Concert @ The Black Box

SATURDAY 3/25/17
9am-12pm   Bottle and Can Drive to benefit FHS All Night Party @ FHS Parking Lot
9am-12pm   FHS Panthers Softball Clinic (grades 1-6) @ FHS
10-1pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open
2-4pm   Amazing Magical Potter’s Wheel (all ages) @ Franklin Public Library
6:30-9:30pm   Middle School Night (grades 5-8, walk ins welcome) @ YMCA
7:30pm   The Jennifer Tefft Band with a special guest Grand Evolution @ The Black Box

SUNDAY 3/26/17
7:30-10:30am   Sunday Morning Breakfast @ Franklin Rod and Gun Club
11:45am   Public Presentation on SPECTRA Pipeline Potential Impact @ FUSF
1-4pm   Franklin Historical Museum Open
3pm   Broadway in Franklin @ The Black Box

MONDAY 3/27/17
7-8:30pm   Learn To Cope Franklin Chapter Meeting @ FUSF

TUESDAY 3/28/17
6:30pm  One Book, One Community book discussion @ Franklin Public Library

WEDNESDAY 3/29/17
6pm   Family STEAM Challenge: Cup Stacking @ Franklin Public Library
7:30pm   Dean College presents: American Idiot @ Dean College

THURSDAY 3/30/17
4pm   Family Coloring Book Club @ Franklin Public Library
6:30pm   Franklin Genealogy Club Meeting: Italian Genealogy Research @ Franklin Historical Museum
7-8pm   Healing Hearts Community Support Group @ Franklin YMCA
7pm   SCREENAGERS (private showing, $10 ticket, must be pre-purchased) @ New England Chapel
7:30pm   Dean College presents: American Idiot @ Dean College
7:30pm   Stony Brook Camera Club @ Anglican Church of the Redeemer (31 Hayward St)

For the Town of Franklin Public Calendar click HERE.

For all other events and Franklin happenings click HERE.

*If you have any suggestions or events for the calendar, please email FranklinMAHappenigs@gmail.com and/or shersteve@gmail.com

FHS presents ONCE ON THIS ISLAND - April 7-8

FHS presents the musical

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND

April 7 and 8 at 7:00 PM

Tickets $10 at the door

Directed and choreographed by Marianne Lonati
Music directed by Renee Hersee

Back row: Dan McCarthy, Alexa Katsaros, Daniel Schratz, Maddie Dieterle
Front row: Caroline Fabian, Griffin Fenton

For more about ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, check out the wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_on_This_Island