Our Artists of the Month demonstrated creativity and excellence in their artwork but they were also especially kind and respectful toward others. Congratulations to Emelia, Luke, Zoe, Harrison, Sawyer, Adam, Lucas C. and Lexi as well as Lucas G. and Ariella (not shown).
Franklin's Kindness Wall is filling up! Our students have done lots of kind acts throughout the week of kindness!
Mark your calendar! 📅 On February 10 at 6 p.m., experience Wild Symphony at Edison Intermediate School. Learn more, including how to get your free ticket to this magical, family-friendly event: https://www.westfieldnjk12.org/article/1997849
Spotlight on Good Character! We have some amazing students doing outstanding things at Franklin!
Student Council Members Percy, Molly and Erti made announcements this morning to kick off the Great Kindness Challenge! We have a different spirit theme each day, a checklist of extra kind acts (as small as smiling at passersby in the hallway), the collections of coins, soccer gear and canned goods.
Just sharing some images from our hallways. Regions of the U.S., the Great Kindness Challenge, January Celebrations, snow globes, MLK, Lunar New Year, Holocaust Remembrance Day and Ben Franklin's Souper Bowl Food Drive!
We are collecting coins, soccer equipment and food during the Great Kindness Challenge. We kicked off our week of kindness with a student-run assembly. Some of our 5th grade Student Council leaders ran the assembly and put on a puppet show for the school! What a great start to our Great Kindness Challenge!
Ben Franklin's birthday is January 17th! We celebrated the school's namesake by learning about some of his contributions to our country and his creation of magic squares!
Franklin had three proud winners of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Westfields annual essay, poetry and art contest. Congratulations to Taylor Walker (essay), Talia Purdo (art), and Asmira Sunkara (art).
Family Fun Night expanded this year to include a "mad science" theme. Students were wowed by different chemical and physical demonstrations.
"Basketball Jones" gave us a visit to encourage us all to be our best selves.
He included students in many of his basketball tricks, but so much more.
Here are a few of his positive messages.
1) Work hard, Take care of each other, Sprinkle in a kind word or two, Say hello
2) Look out, Help out, Do something
3) It’s a mistake, It happens, Stick with it
Another step forward on our playground. The mulch is in!
Now playing: 4th and 5th grade movie night!
Our 2nd graders learned important information on being safe pedestrians on the street. Thank you EZ Ride, Safe Routes to School for coming in!
The 5th grade play, Willy Wonka, started their rehearsals this week! This PTO sponsored event is always a memorable activity for our 5th graders. Students got their roles and conducted their "first read."
More MLK digital art museum!
More photos. Enjoy our digital art museum.
The MLK Day contest was a huge success! Students wrote poems and essays. They could also submit artwork. Here is the prompt for the contest and only some of Franklin's art submissions!
"Let’s make Dr. King’s dream our ultimate end by building bridges to the beloved community.
We would like you to think about your own neighborhood. What can you do as an individual to make sure that your neighborhood is a “beloved community” where everyone,
even people who are different from you, can belong and live together in love?
Our PTO recently purchased so many games and activities for indoor recess in the gym. Thank you! Some 5th graders started a giant dominos configuration that attracted a crowd! Good, fun teamwork!
One of our favorite days of the year! Students from RIS return to perform for our school. We get to see how much our former students have grown up and how much they have progressed in their musical pursuits. They put on a great show and there was a sing along in the end!
