Franklin is excited to announce that we
have received a $5000 grant from Lowes to place Smart Boards in four
of our Math and Science classrooms, as a part of
Franklins Math and Science Smart Board Initiative.
"I
would like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the
Franklin Knights. We take pride in being a
culturally diverse school that is committed to
becoming a "School of Excellence." It
is our goal to be an exemplary school in the areas
of academic achievement, developmental
responsiveness and social equity. We'd like to
invite you to come and visit our campus where there
is something positive for everyone. One of our
goals for the 2010-2011 school year is to increase
and improve reading levels. Join us
as we prepare for the future...one page at a time."
Home Access
Center provides an online grade book where parents and guardians can
view helpful student information to support and guide their children
through the educational process. From home or work, at any time of
the day or night, parents can access the Web portal to track
academic achievement through their student’s test scores, report
card, attendance records, and class assignments. E-mail links are
also available throughout the portal so parents can communicate with
the school and teachers.
Features:
Provides parents and students with a
daily summary page of student information
Features schedule and attendance,
class work, and test scores
Allows students to view their own
records in the system to help keep them informed about their
progress
Every minute of every day, someone needs
blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor, a person
like you who makes the choice to donate. There is no substitute for
your donation. When you make a blood donation, you join a very
select group. Currently only 3 out of every 100 people in America
donate blood. Almost all serious health issues use blood donated by
people like you to save lives. Blood that is donated last a little
more than 40 days. Then it must be disposed. That means we need to
constantly replenish the blood so it is there when someone needs it.
Your blood could save a baby, a child, a mother, a father, a
grandfather, a grandmother. They cannot make blood, it is a gift we
all have inside of us to give to those who are injured, sick, or in
need. Not everyone can save a life, but you have that opportunity. Please come out and give the gift of life.
This years blood drives will take place on October 8th and March
31st.
The 7th and 8th
graders at FMS are now using Career Cruising. This is an
internet-based career exploration and planning tool used to explore
career and college options and develop career plans. To find out
more about this program, contact the Franklin
Counseling
Office or go to
www.careercruising.com ___________________________________________________________________
Franklin Fund Raising
Good Search and Good Shop
Franklin has a new safe
and easy way to raise money for our school. By simply
searching the Internet you can help raise money for Franklin.
Franklin can also earn money from online shopping. A
percentage of every search or purchase made using
www.GoodSearch.com and
www.GoodShop.com will put
extra money into Franklin.
GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that
donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to
the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search
engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the
donations for Franklin add up!
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which donates up to 37
percent of each purchase to our favorite cause, FMS!!
Hundreds of great stores including Amazon,
Target, Gap, Best Buy, ebay, Macy's and Barnes & Noble have
teamed up with GoodShop and every time you place an order, you’ll be
supporting Franklin Middle School.
Start by clicking on the good search and good shop
banners on the side bar or by simply typing your search into the
search box under the GoodSearch banner.
Franklin Art students competed in the annual
Doodle 4 Google contest. One of the 6th Grade drawings was
voted as one of two state finalist for Illinois in the 4-6 grade
category.
For a list of finalists from all 50 states click
on the link below.
Franklin Celebrates the
First Annual "National Lab Day" (May 12, 2010)
University of Illinois student teacher,
Ms. Livingston, demonstrates experiments using liquid nitrogen,
along with other demos using ethanol. Franklin 8th grade
students participated at times with the demonstrations, and had a
great day of interactive science.
ILLINOIS World War II Veterans’ Memorial Board Classroom Project
Governor Quinn
praises the Franklin WWII students for their hard work, the amazing
videos which they have created, and for keeping the stories of our
Illinois Veterans alive.
Franklin Middle
School is participate in a statewide WWII project designed to
digitally capture the stories of Illinois WWII veterans. The project
is funded by the Illinois World War II Veteran’s Memorial Board and
administered by the Illinois Learning Technology Centers and its
partners.
From 2009-2011
school years, the team of students and teachers will interview
Veterans of
WWII and create digital documentaries based on their
interviews. The documentaries will be posted on-line as part of the
Illinois WWII Veteran’s Memorial Project. They will also be
submitted to The Library of Congress Veterans History Project (http://www.loc.gov/vets).
Further, Franklin will be looking for WWII experiences to capture.
Therefore, if you are a WWII Veteran or if you have memories of what
was happening on the home front during WWII and would like to be
interviewed, please contact Josh Wiechert or Trina Wetzel at
217-351-3819 or
wiechejo@champaignschools.org or
wetzeltr@champaignschools.org.
Franklin's Scholastic Bowl Team has
reached the Elite Eight with a sectional win this past Monday, with
an overall record of 16-1. There next step is the State
competition.
Good luck to all of the Scholastic Bowl
participants.
Franklin's Math
Counts team placed third this weekend in the MC regional! First
place was Countryside and second place was Uni. It was the first
time in a long time that Uni didn't get first place. Franklin did
have one student that
scored high enough to go to state as an individual, but our team
doesn't get to go this year.
Franklin Receives State
Awards and Recognition in 2007
Franklin Middle School has earned the prestigious Spotlight
School Award. All Spotlight Schools made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP),
have at least half of their students from low-income families, and
have at least 60 percent of all students passing state achievement
tests in reading and math.
Franklin has also earned an Academic Improvement Award, which is
an honor for schools that have made substantial gains in
performance.
Franklin is partnering with area leaders
and local businesses to create Math and Science Smart Classrooms.
Click the following link to find out more information about the
Franklin Math and Science Smart Board Initiative. For move
information on Smart Boards and other Smart Technology products
click here.
If you are interested in becoming a
partner for this program, please contact Josh Wiechert at
217-351-3819 or
wiechejo@champaignschools.org.
We currently have all 12 Math and
Science classes installed with Interactive White Boards.
Major Supporters:
Lowe's Toolbox for Education
Ameren IP
CU Schools Foundation
Splash Grants
Champaign Community Unit School District #4 * Mellon
Administrative Center
703 South New Street * Champaign, IL 61820 * 217.351.3800
"I
would like to extend a warm welcome on behalf of the
Franklin Knights. We take pride in being a
culturally diverse school that is committed to
becoming a "School of Excellence." It
is our goal to be an exemplary school in the areas
of academic achievement, developmental
responsiveness and social equity. We'd like to
invite you to come and visit our campus where there
is something positive for everyone. One of our
goals for the 2010-2011 school year is to increase
and improve reading levels. Join us
as we prepare for the future...one page at a time."
