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Saturday, February 10, 2024
Annual Report of the Franklin Fire Department: FY 2023 Report
Tax preparation help available at Library
Friday, February 9, 2024
Franklin's Event Outlook: February 9, 2023 to February 15, 2024
If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication: https://forms.gle/oPdi8X3ZbHHyrHzo6
The School district calendar is found https://www.franklinps.net/calendar-by-event-type/26
Franklin's Event Outlook: February 9, 2023 to February 15, 2024 |
Annual Report Of The Finance Committee: FY 2023 Report
Annual Report Of The Finance Committee: FY 2023 Report |
Franklin Police share sources for Internet safety with children
Veterans Coffee Social at the Franklin Senior Center
Girl Scout Cookies for sale this weekend
- Shaw's 9 am - 2 pm
- Dean Bank 8:30 am - 12 pm
- Stop & Shop 10 am - 2 pm
- Shaw's 9 am - 2 pm
- Stop & Shop 10 am - 2 pm
Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Friday, Feb 9, 2024
wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Friday
9:00a/12:00p /6:00p Chapters – Jim Derick Insightful, life-affirming stories and interviews
10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Music to Lift the Spirit - Jim Derick & Frank Falvey
11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Senior Story Hour – Senior Center Scribblers Group
Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = FRIDAY
Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = FRIDAY
Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = FRIDAY
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
Thursday, February 8, 2024
Save the Date! Empty Bowls Fund Raiser - May 23
Save the Date!
Franklin High School Empty Bowls Fundraiser to Support the Franklin Food Pantry scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2024, from 6-8 PM, Franklin High School Cafeteria, 218 Oak St, Franklin, MA.
Join Franklin High School’s Empty Bowls Club for a simple meal of soup and bread and bid on silent auction items including ceramic pieces made by club members. Each attendee will receive a handmade bowl as a reminder that “somewhere, someone’s bowl is empty”. All proceeds from the event will support the Franklin Food Pantry.
Tickets go on sale on Monday, April 1, 2024.
Sponsorship opportunities are available: https://bit.ly/47P0MWk
For more information, please email Jen Johnson at jjohnson@franklinfoodpantry.
Save the Date! Empty Bowls Fund Raiser - May 23 |
Franklin's Three Middle Schools Receive Grant to Support STEM Career Learning
Superintendent Lucas Giguere is pleased to announce that the Remington Middle School, Horace Mann Middle School and Annie Sullivan Middle School recently received grant funds from the One8 Foundation to offer an expanded curricular program from Project Lead the Way (PLTW) to support STEM career learning. |
The One8 Foundation collaborates with partners to identify, support and scale high impact programs, like PLTW, to help schools and teachers prepare students for success. |
PLTW is a nonprofit organization that provides a transformative learning experience for PreK-12 students and teachers through coursework in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science. Franklin's three middle schools join more than 12,000 schools across the country offering PLTW programs to millions of students. |
“Receiving these grants gives us the opportunity to realize what we imagine for our students," said Director of Curriculum STEM Eric Stark. "By expanding our partnership with the One8 Foundation, our computer science and STEM teachers will join a nationwide community of educators, and our students will gain access to an engaging and rigorous curriculum and high-quality instructional materials." |
The grant funds will be used to implement three PLTW Gateway units for the first time in Franklin Public Schools. In the first unit offered, Design and Modeling, students will discover the design process and develop an understanding of the influence of creativity and innovation in their lives. They will be challenged to use and apply what they have learned throughout the unit to design a therapeutic toy for a child who has cerebral palsy. |
"We are so excited to be a part of this partnership with Project Lead the Way for the first time,” Superintendent Giguere said. "We are looking forward to seeing our students participate in these programs and how they can apply their skills across the computer sciences, shaping them for real-world experiences." |
The second unit that will be offered is Computer Science for Innovators and Makers. Students will discover computer science concepts and skills by creating personally relevant, tangible and shareable projects. Throughout the unit, students will learn about programming for the physical world by blending hardware design and software development. They will design and develop a physical computing device, interactive art installation or wearable, and plan and develop code for microcontrollers that bring their physical designs to life. |
The third unit that will be offered is called App Creators. This unit will expose students to computer science by computationally analyzing and developing solutions to authentic problems through mobile app development, and will convey the positive impact of the application of computer science to other disciplines and to society. Students will customize their experience by choosing a problem that interests them in the areas of health, environment, emergency preparedness, education, community service and school culture. |
Funds from the grant will also support teacher professional development and the purchase of materials and equipment that will be used in PLTW courses. In addition, as a school with PLTW programming in Massachusetts, each school will have access to a regular set of teacher professional learning opportunities, student project showcases, and connections to industry professionals offered by the Mass Learning Project and the One8 Applied Learning Hub. |
“Students are hungry for experiences that allow them to apply what they are learning to solve real-world, meaningful problems," said One8 Foundation President Joanna Jacobson. "Providing equitable access to hands-on applied learning programs that deliver academic gains while building critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills ensures students are engaged and interested in school and prepared for success in this ever-changing world." |
About Project Lead The Way |
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is a mission-driven organization that is transforming the learning experience for millions of PreK-12 students and thousands of teachers across the country. PLTW empowers students to develop in-demand, transportable knowledge and skills through pathways in computer science, engineering, and biomedical science. PLTW's teacher training and resources support teachers as they engage their students in real-world learning. |
Annual Report Of The Board Of Assessors: FY 2023 Report
Annual Report Of The Board Of Assessors: FY 2023 Report |
Franklin TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) schedule for Thursday, Feb 8, 2024
wfpr.fm or 102.9 on the FM dial = Thursday
9:00a/12:00p/6:00p A Priest, A Minister, and a Rabbi
10:00a/1:00p/7:00p Frank’s Music – Frank Falvey and Jim Derick
11:00a/2:00p/8:00pm Frank Presents – Frank Falvey Presents
Franklin All Access TV - Our Public Access Channel (Comcast 6, Verizon 26) = Thursday
Franklin Pride TV - Our Educational Channel (Comcast 8, Verizon 28) = Thursday
Franklin Town Hall TV - Our Government Channel (Comcast 9, Verizon 29) = Thursday
Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Congressman Auchincloss; An Update From Your Congressman for the past 2 weeks
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