Event Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 - 11:00 AM
Join us for a slide show featuring the beautiful Nature, Bird and Animal photography of Renata Gilarova. Slide show will be followed a Q&A. Send us your favorite nature shots for a quick slideshow share at the end of the event.
along the main dam at DelCarte (my photo)
From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:
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| FHS gymnasts top North Attleboro for first time since 2016 |
Meet Caroline!
@CarolineWoelfel https://t.co/CFqU3qwRqZ
Meet Kate! https://t.co/MnAsFHzdOW.
Meet Caroline! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @CarolineWoelfel pic.twitter.com/CFqU3qwRqZ
— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021
Meet Kate! @FHSSports @FranklinHS @FranklinMatters @R_Lanigan @BostonHeraldHS @MetroWestSports @HockomockSports @katerudolph17_ pic.twitter.com/MnAsFHzdOW
— FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) January 10, 2021
What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! https://t.co/NYtIjIiVpF
What is implicit bias? What is an example? Check out this short video by World Of Difference members Angelina and Jake, explaining implicit bias in just 20 seconds! pic.twitter.com/NYtIjIiVpF
— FHS A World of Difference (@Franklin_AWOD) January 9, 2021
Tuesday, January 12th 10:00 am – 12 pm
Friday, January 15th 1:00 pm – 3 pm
Monday, January 18th 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Facilitators: Melody Beach and Ed Lawrence
If you are already registered with the 50+ program, you have already received an email inviting you to join the sessions. (Same link works for all three sessions)
Not yet in the program? Pre-Registration is required:
https://50plusjobseekers.org/outreach/registration/
For additional information, please contact: Susan Drevitch Kelly, Founder/Program Director at susan@sdkelly.com or 781-378-0520.
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| Session #1 - 50+ Jobseeker - elf-assessment, career pathways, and Ageism |
"Dear folks,
In light of the horror of the seditious actions taking place today in Washington DC, this evening's FAA Zoom Demo is being postponed.
It will take place next Tuesday, Jan 12th at 6:30pm, when this chaos has been brought under control."
The 1/12/21 Demo Artist will be our very own Peg Munson, who is going to demo "Paint Pouring". Peg describes her Paint Pouring or Poured Fluid Art: "Paint pouring involves combining various additives with acrylic paints, and using different techniques and tools the prepared paints are combined and poured onto a surface. The surface can then be tilted, spun, swiped and manipulated to achieve an endless variety of results.
By using some basic knowledge of color theory (color wheel) and learning what additives and techniques will give the desired results almost anyone can create a successful painting. It will require some practice and probably some 'failed' paintings along the way, but it is a lot of FUN."
Peg's background: I have always been interested in art and have done watercolors, stained glass, pastels, alcohol inks and most recently paint pouring with acrylic paints. My interest in photography has been ongoing and is a great pairing with the other art mediums. I am mostly self-taught, but I took weekly pastel classes with Joanne Willoughby for two years and attended several pastel workshops.
I have had several solo shows of my pastel paintings and have participated in several juried art shows in person and online. As a member of the Franklin and Foxboro Art Associations I participated in many art shows and been pleased to win some ribbons. I recently started a Facebook art page "Margaret L. Munson Art".
In pastel my focus has been landscapes, and since discovering alcohol inks and acrylic paint pouring, I have really enjoyed the abstract art form. I have discovered that paint pouring is a lot of fun and somewhat addictive!
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| Peg Munson, who is going to demo "Paint Pouring" |
"See you" all next Wed, Jan 6, 2021 Tuesday, Jan 12 at 6:30 PM at the FAA Demo Meeting!!
The Zoom link will be sent early in the week!
"Things we do that you may never see or know about!
The Franklin Department of Public Works is installing a new "rain garden" at the end of Griffin Road. This rain garden will treat stormwater pollution from Griffin Road and Matthew Drive. The rain garden will then allow treated water to slowly seep into the aquifer under the Town that we can use as drinking water.
The cool part is all the construction materials needed for this project is being paid for by a $112,000.00 competitive grant that the we were awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for innovation and creativity for this project and others in Town."
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| a view of the new rain garden on Griffin Road |
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Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.
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| FM #430 SchComm Community Relations Mtg - 1/07/21 (audio) |
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| Participate in the National Day of Service - Jan 18, 2021 |
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| ParmenterPCC: Parmenter remote for 1/11/21 |
In the spirit of open communication, “the Committee will hold a public participation segment (also called Citizen’s Comments) about matters not related to an agenda item at the beginning of each regular School Committee meeting. The Committee will listen to, but not respond to any comment made…. A Committee member may add an agenda item to a future meeting as a result of a citizen comment…. The Committee will hear public comments related to an agenda item when the Chair deems appropriate during the Committee meeting. Topics for discussion during the meeting must be limited to those items listed on the Committee meeting agenda for that evening…. ” - from Policy BEDH
A. Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A, §21(a)(3) to discuss strategy with respect to collective bargaining with the FEA as an open meeting may have a detrimental effect onthe bargaining position of the School Committee and the chair so declares.B. Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A §21(a)(2) to conduct strategy session in preparation for negotiations with nonunion personnel.
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| Do your part Franklin! |
a. December 15, 2020
a. Stormwater Management Planb. Stormwater Brochures
a. Vaccination Schedule
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| rain garden at Parmenter, one of many examples of stormwater mitigation that can be found around Franklin |
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| Franklin Arts Academy - Info Night - Jan 13, 2021 |
From HockomockSports.com we share the FHS sports results:
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| FHS girls hockey lose to Canton 5-2 on Saturday |
From Pantherbook we share the following:
"As COVID-19 cases continue to grow each day, so do the lines for food pantries across America. According to NPR, nearly 1 in 4 households have experienced food insecurity this year, which can be described as the lack of constant access to sufficient amounts of food needed to live a healthy life. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, 10.5% of all American households (13.7 million) experienced food insecurity at some point in 2019. The image below displays the 4 main levels of food security and describes how households are affected at each level."
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| the 4 main levels of food security and describes how households are affected at each level |
