Franklin Matters

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

FHS field hockey along with both girls and boys soccer teams post wins on Monday

Via @HockomockSports we share the results of the FHS fall sports action on Monday, Oct 18, 2021

Boys Soccer = Taunton, 0 @ Franklin, 1 – Final

– Click here for a photo gallery of this game. – Franklin scored the lone goal of the game just under 15 minutes into the contest to earn a season split with Taunton. Tim O’Keefe served a free kick from the right wing into the area that was redirected before falling to the feet of senior Terry O’Neill, who buried his chance from in close. The Panthers had a handful of good looks in the second half but couldn’t tack on a second goal; Taunton keeper Javonte Fernandes had a pair of terrific stops to help keep the deficit at one.

HockomockSports has a photo gallery for this boys soccer game -> https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2021-2022/Fall-2021/Franklin-Taunton-Boys-Soccer-10-18-21/

Girls Soccer = Franklin, 4 @ Taunton, 0 – Final

– Stella Regan’s brace powered Franklin to a road win that keeps the Panthers in first place in the Kelley-Rex, two points ahead of Mansfield and KP. Kelly O’Connor and Selene Hammad each scored as well for the Panthers, while Anya Zub had a pair of assists. Jackie O’Neill and Emma Reilly also had helpers in the win, while Rachel Welch and Haylie Aniki split the clean sheet in goal. Franklin coach Jodi Klein praised her team’s composure and ball movement.

Field Hockey = Franklin, 5 @ Algonquin, 2 – Final

– Franklin scored three goals in the final quarter to break a tie game and pull away from Algonquin for its 13th win of the season. Algonquin twice took the lead, the first coming in the opening quarter but a goal from Shaw Downing (from Kaitlyn Carney) four minutes later leveled the match, which stayed 1-1 into halftime. Algonquin regained the lead less than a minute into the third but Kendall Jones finished a pass from Carney four minutes later to make it 2-2 heading into the fourth. Haley Wernig put the visitors ahead less than five minutes into the fourth off of Carney’s third assist of the game and then Carney scored herself with just under five minutes to go to make it 4-2.Jones tacked on her second goal of the game two minutes later on a pass from Kaeley Dubriske. Jones also made a pair of huge defensive saves while goalie Megan Sullivan had seven stops.

For other results around the Hockomock League
https://hockomocksports.com/mondays-schedule-scoreboard-10-18-21/

FHS senior Terry O’Neill (HockomockSports.com photo

Voices of Franklin: Robert Vacca "Education is More Than Back to Basics"

At the October 14th Candidate’s Night, Franklin School Committee Candidate Mark Bisson stated that his platform is “back to the basics, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.” This sounds very pragmatic, however, this has been in place for years and we, as educators, do a whole lot more. Our schools have math specialists who meet and plan with the math teachers to bring high level lessons into the classrooms. Students collaboratively use math skills to solve problems and analyze their responses. We also have reading specialists in every school who plan and collaborate with classroom teachers to bring high level literary instruction into our classrooms. The district has implemented the MAP testing program which will allow educators to use data collected from math and English tests to better plan and instruct, as well as provide differentiated instruction to our students.

Several years ago, our school system invested in a program called Three Keys to Literacy. Through this program, educators in all content areas have been trained in how to bring literacy instruction into the classroom. This instruction includes building vocabulary skills through comprehension and categorization, comprehension strategies which include note taking and the process of persuasive argument writing. Students also learn how to use question terms in order to remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate and create. As an educator, I have found this program to be invaluable in my planning and instruction in order to help my students develop as 21st Century learners.

“Return to the basics” is redundant. The basics, and a whole lot more, as stated above, can be seen in every subject, classroom, and school. To settle for the basics would be to sentence our students to a substandard future. As educators, we do not settle for the basics as our students deserve so much more than that.

Robert Vacca

Franklin Resident

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Robert Vacca "Education is More Than Back to Basics"

Senate President Spilka: Update on Senate Vaccination Progress

From: Spilka, Karen (SEN)

Subject: Update on Senate Vaccination Progress October 18, 2021

Dear Senators and Senate Staff,

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of Senate members and employees has been my top priority. Starting in March 2020, we successfully shifted to remote work, and have been able to deliver assistance and relief to the residents of Massachusetts, both through constituent services and the passing of legislation.

As the pandemic has continued and the virus has evolved, it has been necessary to remain working remotely to ensure the health and safety of Senators and staff. This period of remote work has lasted longer than anyone anticipated, and I'm truly grateful for your patience and flexibility as we have all adjusted to this new reality.

With the development and distribution of safe, effective COVID-19 vaccines, however, it is possible to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Vaccines are the single most effective tool to combat the public health emergency and the disruption caused by this pandemic, and I am grateful for its widespread availability here in Massachusetts. I am also profoundly grateful for the efforts the members and employees of the Senate have undertaken to keep us all safe and productive by complying with the Senate's vaccine mandate.

As of today, we have had a 100% response rate on this issue, and I am proud to say that almost everyone in the Senate—96% of Senators and staff—is fully vaccinated. Some are in the process of becoming fully vaccinated, some have received an exemption, and some are engaged with HR in the exemption process. I am very optimistic that we will reach our goal of 100% compliance very soon.

The rate of compliance with this vaccination mandate is tremendous news, and means we can once again begin moving forward on a hybrid work plan. Please stay tuned for more information from my office and Senate HR as we work to put these plans in place.

I am deeply grateful to the Senate Working Group on Reopening for their recommendations, and all of you for your efforts to keep the Senate a safe and healthy place to work. If you have any questions, please contact my Chief of Staff, Mary Anne Padien, at mary.padien@masenate.gov.

Kind regards,

Karen E. Spilka

Massachusetts State Senate President

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Senate President Karen E. Spilka

2nd Middlesex & Norfolk

State House, Room 332

Boston, MA 02133

(617) 722-1640

(617) 722-1077 (fax)

Karen.Spilka@masenate.gov

“What makes a society if you can’t even get together around keeping your people healthy?”

"Why Public Health Faces a Crisis Across the U.S."

"State and local public health departments across the country have endured not only the public’s fury, but widespread staff defections, burnout, firings, unpredictable funding and a significant erosion in their authority to impose the health orders that were critical to America’s early response to the pandemic.

While the coronavirus has killed more than 700,000 in the United States in nearly two years, a more invisible casualty has been the nation’s public health system. Already underfunded and neglected even before the pandemic, public health has been further undermined in ways that could resound for decades to come. A New York Times review of hundreds of health departments in all 50 states indicates that local public health across the country is less equipped to confront a pandemic now than it was at the beginning of 2020."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/coronavirus-public-health.html

Credit...Yana Paskova for The New York Times

FHS Gymnastics schedules fund raising car wash - Oct 23

FHS Gymnastics (@fhs_gymnastics) tweeted Mon, Oct 18, 2021:

Please support FHS Gymnastics on Saturday, Oct 23rd 8-12! 🤸🏻‍♂️💙 All money goes towards the FHS Gymnastics Team!!
@fhsgymboosters @FranklinMatters @FHSPantherbook @Beemc78 https://t.co/BhBFWJPNPn

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FHS Gymnastics schedules fund raising car wash - Oct 23

Senator Rausch schedules Youth Legislative Forum - Nov 1

From Senator Becca Rausch

"Are you a high school or middle school student in my district? I want to hear from you!

Join me for my second Youth Legislative Forum on Monday, November 1 from 7 to 8 PM. In this forum, we will discuss the issues facing your schools and community, your policy priorities, and ways you and your peers can tap into advocacy on Beacon Hill.

This virtual event will be geared towards middle and high schoolers attending school in my district, which includes Attleboro, Franklin, Millis, Natick, Needham, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Plainville, Sherborn, Wayland, Wellesley, and Wrentham. #mapoli "

Find more information and sign up for this at:

https://www.beccarauschma.com/students-speak

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