Mark Your Calendars!

District Gallery Night 3/2 At FHS 5:30-7:30 pm No School for Students 3/24 -----------------------------------------------------

FHS Musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Performances at the Saber Center

3/31 7:00 pm 4/1 7:00 pm 4/2 2:00 pm 4/7 7:00 pm 4/8 7:00 pm

----------------------------------------------------- Spring Break 4/14- 4/21 FHS Prom 4/29 Half Day for Students 5/12 No School 5/29

Winter 2017

Franklin Public Schools 8255 West Forest Hill Ave 414-529-8220 www.franklin.k12.wi.us

AMessagefromtheSuperintendent

Opening Doors Connecting You to Franklin Public Schools

To that end, our staff have personal goals, grade or building level goals and goals as a District. We monitor our progress as a team periodically to make sure we are on the path to success. While our goals were set at the beginning of the year, our work towards them happens everyday in our classrooms. The collaboration and dedication of our staff is the key to making our progress happen daily, monthly and yearly. Partnered with the community and our District families, we strive to live up to our “inspiring personal success” motto for each and every one of our students. I wish all of our District families a safe and productive winter season.

Sincerely, Dr. Steve Patz, Superintendent

As every new calendar begins, many people set goals to work on in the coming months. Much like personal goals, the goals District leaders have for the future of our schools aim to continuously improve the work that we do. Educating children is a process that evolves daily and our work as educators must evolve with it.

ForestParkMiddleSchoolStudentsWinFutureCitiesCompetition

Congratulations to the four teams from Forest Park who competed in the “Future Cities Competition” at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Our students did very well, taking home several awards. Out of 72 teams, Forest Park’s 7th grade team, Jivana, took first place and will be competing in the National Future City competition in Washington, D.C. in February! Other awards from the competition include: “Best Transportation System”: Team Sunset Bay (Harper Navin, Sydney Lewandowski, and Arianna Moen); “Best Power

System”: Team Jivana (Shriya Punati, Pallavi Kandipati, and Pranav Iver); “Best Use of Plastic:” Team KaUlu (Irene Yank, Ella Kozelek, and Sophia Dekker).

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FPMSProjectUpdate

Shortly after the Forest Park Middle School referendum question passed in the fall election, the District started the process of planning for the new building. Members of the architectural team hosted several interviews with current Forest Park staff to gain insight on how the new building can best support curriculum delivery. District representatives also toured other local schools that have recently been built. A site survey was completed to identify any environmental factors that the project must consider as it moves forward. The project is currently in its design and development phase. District leadership meets with the construction and architectural

teams every two weeks to develop and refine a building design and floor plan that will best support the educational needs of our middle school students and staff. The next months will be occupied with completing and finalizing the design for the new building. Ground will be broken on the new site this summer after school is out. The current tentative construction schedule would have the building complete and fully occupied with Grades 6-8 in September 2019. For further information, please contact the District office at 414-529-8220.

SchoolBoardElectionNotice DistrictSpellingBeeWinners

GrandChampionPrernaLucky,ForestParkGrade8

2ndPlace

JacobLitzau,ForestParkGrade8

3rdPlaceAdamJome,BenFranklinGrade5

4thPlace

HannahRoss,SouthwoodGlenGrade6

5thPlaceAadityaNair,RobinwoodGrade6

6thPlace

AnderCeku,Forest Park Grade 7

WorkWithUs!Interested in working for Franklin Public Schools?

We are currently hiring in our food service department.

Please visit our website at:

http://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/about-us/human-resources/employment or contact Human Resources at 414-525-7602.

Two offices for School Board Member will be on the ballot for the Tuesday, April 4, 2017, spring election.

The term of this office is three years, beginning on Monday, April 24, 2017.

Please see our website for more information at: http://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/about-us/board-of-education

ENROLL NOW New Students for Fall 2017! Important! Enroll your new student or kindergartener as soon as possible to receive important documents and

kick off a great school year!

414-529-8220 www.franklin.k12.wi.us Click on New Families