Franklin School for the Performing Arts Slates Summer Programs for Children and Teens

Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) announces a summer session of theater programs, ballet intensives, one-week camps, voice and instrumental lessons, and dance classes in ballet, jazz, tap and contemporary. The summer session runs from July 2 to August 24, with registration beginning March 5.

FSPA Summer Theater provides the opportunity for hands-on immersion in a Broadway Boot Camp, cabaret show, play or musical theater production, with enrollment for one to five weeks. The Cabaret week (July 23-27) focuses on repertoire choices, song interpretation and presentation, and concludes with a cabaret style revue at THE BLACK BOX theater in downtown Franklin. 

The three-day Broadway Boot Camp (July 30-August 1) brings Broadway headliners to FSPA for song and dance master classes and coaching on individual performance skills. A weeklong drama program (August 20-24) presents a straight play, while a two-week musical theater program (August 6-17) stages a major book musical at THE BLACK BOX.

 Summer Programs For
Children And Teens

Summer Ballet Intensives feature a final showing at THE BLACK BOX, along with extracurricular classes in Alexander Technique, nutrition and injury prevention. The four-week Intermediate/Advanced Intensive (July 2-26) and three-week Young Intensive (July 9-26) provide training in classical ballet technique, pre-pointe/pointe, modern, dance history, character dance and choreography.

Among FSPA weeklong performing arts camps: 

• Broadway Camp (grades K-5, July 23-27 or August 20-24) teaches vocals, choreography and scene work, with a chance to showcase skills in a final ensemble performance. 
• Acting Camp (grades K-4, July 9-13 and grades 5-7, July 30-August 3) explores character development and improvisation. 
• Camp ProVoice (ages 7-9 and 10-13, July 9-13) focuses on individual performance skills with music from Broadway, movies and TV musicals, as well as pop and rock hits, culminating in a performance of solos, duets and small ensembles. 
• Jazz and Tap Camp (grades 4-7, August 20-24) combines age- and level-appropriate dance with a creative summer experience. 
• For young beginner dancers, Dance Discovery (ages 5-9, July 9-13) teaches basic dance vocabulary and positions, floor exercises and simple steps, with a focus on musicality and rhythm. 
• Creative Kids Camp (ages 5-8, July 23-27 or August 20-24) engages campers with drama games, theater activities, singing, dancing and crafts. 
• The youngest campers, ages 3-5, are invited to the summer Little Music School Experience (July 23-27) with FSPA’s Little Music School Director, Kim Rezendes.

For summer registration, call FSPA at (508) 528-8668. For further information, including a summer session brochure with full program descriptions, dates, faculty, and tuition, call or visit www.FSPAonline.com.

Franklin Pop Warner Little Scholars announced

Good news to share via the Franklin Area Network:

"I wanted to share the recent release of the 2018 Pop Warner Little Scholars. These scholars are being recognized for academic excellence and Franklin has 38 scholars this year, more than any other district in the Hockomock league.

These students are 6-8th graders that must first qualify with a excellent GPA to submit an application where they then have to provide community service and extra circular activity information. I think it speaks so highly of the great job Franklin schools are doing to provide excellence in academics while also producing well rounded students.

These scholars will be honored at an awards banquets in March at Gillette Stadium hosted by the National Pop Warner Organization. "

You can find more about the event here: http://www.newenglandpopwarner.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2069181 

Franklin Pop Warner Little Scholars announced

You can find the full Pop Warner Little Scholar listing here
https://bsbproduction.s3.amazonaws.com/portals/21803/docs/2018%20scholars/2017%20ne%20team%20ranking%20hockomock%20pw.pdf

Or here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0wjbnXDBhczUVJlWkZFZEE3MXM1eVY1MmV6bEFueHVPb2ZN/view?usp=sharing

Economic Development Committee (EDC) - Agenda - Feb 21, 2018

Economic Development Committee (EDC) Meeting

Wednesday February 21, 2018

6:00 PM

Municipal Building 355 East Central Street 

Room 205

Agenda

1. Temporary Signs
2. Parking surrounding the downtown
3. Commercial I Parking Regulations
4. Commercial I Dimensional Regulations
5. Multi-Family Housing in General Residential V and Commercial I
6. Review of R7 - Generally
7. Review of over 55- Generally


Additional details on these topics can be found in the document for the Jan 31 meeting agenda  http://www.franklinma.gov/sites/franklinma/files/agendas/edc_agenda.pdf


Who are the members of the EDC?

• Thomas Mercer - Chair
• Eamon McCarthy Earls
• Glenn Jones
• Melanie Hamblen

More on the Town Council subcommittee can be found here

http://www.franklinma.gov/economic-development-subcommittee

example of temporary signs frequently seen at King and Summer Sts

"The messages are sure to put a smile on any face"

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

"The importance of a random act of kindness is not lost to the youth of Franklin. 

Nine-hundred felt, paper, and foam hearts were strung up last week with clotheslines and pins, dangling from tree to tree at the Franklin Town Common to commemorate both Valentine’s Day and simple, everyday niceties. 

Two hearts are weaved or glued together to create a pocket in the middle. Each heart-pocket contains a note describing a random act of kindness performed by a Franklin student. 

Messages about helping friends build snowmen and aiding with school work are stuffed into the small pockets that are laced around the park and gazebo."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20180219/hearts-of-kindness-spreads-across-franklin

FHS boys basketball top Tech Boston, take Harvey Nasuti Winter Classic title

Via HockomockSports and Twitter we share the results of the FHS sports action on Monday, Feb 19, 2018


Boys Hockey = Franklin, 3 vs. LaSalle Academy, 4 – Final

Boys Basketball = Franklin, 76 vs. Tech Boston, 67 – Final

Ryan Lanigan, founder and Editor-in-Chief of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap:

"Coming off a state finals appearance a year ago, Franklin loaded its schedule with tough opponents in hopes of preparing for another deep playoff run. 

After beating D1 South hopeful New Bedford on Sunday, the Panthers matched up with the state’s top-ranked team, Tech Boston, in the championship game of the Harvey Nasuti Winter Classic. 

Although the flow of the game was hindered by nearly 50 foul calls, the Panthers made the runs at the right times and limited the Bears in transition, resulting in a 76-67 win. 

“We feel like we’re one of the best teams in the state,” said Franklin coach CJ Neely. “We’re not worried about who’s one or two or stuff like that. We talk about our goals and taking it one step at a time. This was our next goal [to win this tournament] and Tech Boston happened to the be the top-ranked team. They’re a very good team. We like that we can compete there and show what we’re made of, especially on the defensive side of the ball I think we did a great job able to slow them down some.”

Continue reading the article online
https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-boys-basketball-takes-down-top-ranked-tech-boston/

For other results around the Hockomock League on Monday
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-02-19-18/

Franklin senior Paul Mahon converts a layup in the first half against
Tech Boston. (Ryan Lanigan/HockomockSports.com)

Congrats Franklin Panthers! pic.twitter.com/PvqMMGQ1XR

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) February 19, 2018

Harvey Nasuti Winter Classic All Tournament Team: Maurice Works - TechBoston,Elijah Diaz- NB, Thomas Redwood - Malden, Jalen Samuels- Franklin. Most Outstanding Player Award to Chris Edgehill - Franklin.

— FranklinAthletics (@FHSSports) February 19, 2018

Franklin drops a hard fought game to LaSalle (RI) 4-3. Goals from Durkin, Holmes and Miller. Next up is Barnstable. @MassHSHockey @In_The_Slot @MyHockeyLive @HockomockSports @MetroWestSports

— Coach Spillane (@FHS_PuckCoach) February 19, 2018

Ashley Loomis selected as HockomockSports.com Player of the Week

"Franklin senior Ashley Loomis has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for Feb. 11 through Feb. 17. Loomis is the 20th player selected for the 2017-18 school year and 10th player chosen during the winter season. 

Loomis capped her incredible career in the pool with two state titles and two state records at this past weekend’s swimming championships at Boston University. After making it four sectional titles in four years in both the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle the week before (and winning both races in convincing fashion at the Hockomock Championships), Loomis added to her resume with a third straight state title in the 200-free and fourth straight in the 500-free, both in record-breaking fashion. 

“Having Ashley as a part of Franklin swimming has been an amazing journey; truly a significantly valuable learning experience for athletes and coaches alike,” said Franklin coach Jess Pridham. “I have watched her grow and mature as both an athlete and as a person. She has always maintained a high level of humility, dignity, and grace through all of her success as well as encouraging and supporting her teammates in their endeavors as well."

Continue reading the article online
https://hockomocksports.com/player-of-the-week-ashley-loomis-franklin-swimming-2/

Ashley Loomis selected as HockomockSports.com Player of the Week

Fellswater to play in Wrentham - Feb 24

Who: Fellswater
When: 7:30 PM, Saturday, Feb. 24
Where: Original Congregational Church, 1 East St., Wrentham, MA 02093

Description: 

Boston’s Celtic music ensemble, playing a wide range of tunes and songs, drawing from the music of Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Canada, and beyond.

For more information and tickets, go to https://www.musicatocc.org.

Fellswater to play in Wrentham - Feb 24