5th and 6th grade art club started today. We learned about fabric dying and started our fall leaf batiks!
Frankford's new First Robotics Lego League team is hard at work preparing for their first competition! Coding, building, and solving problems.
Grade 7 test-driving some quadcopter drones in anticipation of starting to build their own.
Last night students from the Frankford 6th-8th Grade Band joined the High Point Marching Wildcats for Youth Night and played music in the stands for entertainment during the football game. A good time was had by all! Let's Go Band!
The hydroponic, aquaponic, and aeroponic growers are all planted and growing at Frankford with roughly 120 lettuce seedlings and 6 basil plants. Fresh lettuce coming soon!
SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY
The Frankford Township Board of Education is seeking interested candidates to fill a vacancy on the Board on an interim basis through December 2025. Interested candidates who are bona-fide Frankford Township or Branchville Borough residents and are registered voters should submit a letter of interest by Friday, October 25, 2024 to Christopher Lessard at the Frankford Twp. Board of Ed. at 4 Pines Rd., Branchville, NJ 07826 or lessardc@frankfordschool.org. An interview process will take place to appoint the new member.
Christopher Lessard
Business Administrator/
Board Secretary
The books are happy again! 3rd graders enjoying the library.
Time for band! The 6th-8th Grade Concert Band is hitting the ground running this year, preparing music for the Winter Concert during rehearsal!
Veggies picked from our Frankford garden. Kale, Swiss Chard, one huge radish, green onions, thyme, what's left of the pear tomatoes, and some needle corn. Lettuce is being loaded into the hydroponic grower in the next week to see if we can get a crop of lettuce before winter.
Congratulations to the students in the FTS Summer Band Program on performing a great concert tonight!
STUDENT ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGE Frankford School District provides optional student accident insurance through HSR inc.. For more information on this optional coverage, visit the following website: https://www.hsri.com/K12_Enrollment/docs/K12EnrollmentMaterials.asp?c=MUT&s=NJ Online Enrollment Can also be completed at; http://www.K12StudentInsurance.com This insurance plan is excess coverage: i.e., you must submit all bills to your own insurance carrier first. The voluntary policy will pick up the unpaid balances, up to the limits of the policy you select.
** FREE SUMMER MEALS ** ATTENTION STUDENTS, PARENTS AND GUARDIANS! The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Summer Food Service Program provides free meals when school is out! WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE SUMMER MEALS? 1.Children 18 years of age or younger who come to an approved open site or a site to which they are enrolled. 2.Adults over 18 years of age who are enrolled in school programs for persons with disabilities may also receive meals. 3.At sites that require enrollment, benefits are available only to children who receive free or reduced-price meals at school. HOW TO LOCATE A SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FEEDING SITE: To find the closest feeding site near you, text SUMMER MEALS to 914-342-7744, call 866-348-6479, or visit the USDA site finder website at www.fns.usda.gov/summerfoodrocks
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FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF EDUCATION
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Frankford Township Board of Education has scheduled a SPECIAL board meeting for 6:00pm on Tuesday, July 9, 2024 for the purposes of holding a public hearing and discussion of the 2024-2025 school year budget as per P.L.2024, C.13 as well as potential personnel appointments and other matters requiring board of education attention. The meeting will be held in the school library located at 2 Pines Road, Branchville, NJ, 07826. Formal action may be taken and the public is invited to attend.
Christopher Lessard
Board Secretary
June 18, 2024
The 8th grade physical education classes wanted to experience the nostalgia of the parachute one last time!
FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP
BOARD OF EDUCATION
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Frankford Township Board of Education has scheduled a SPECIAL board meeting for 6:00pm on Monday, June 24, 2024 for the purposes of discussing the personnel appointments and potential contract approvals for the 2024-2025 school year. The meeting will be held in the school library located at 2 Pines Road, Branchville, NJ, 07826. If necessary, meeting cancellations will be posted to the district website at www.frankfordschool.org. Formal action may be taken and the public is invited to attend.
Christopher Lessard
Board Secretary
June 11, 2024
Come one, come all to the final concert of the school year! The FTS Music Department will be taking the Pavilion at FTS on Tuesday, 6/11 to showcase some of the individual and small ensemble talents of our students. The concert begins at 6pm, and will feature vocal and instrumental solos, duets and trios, as well as the FTS Jazz Band performing their full set of songs from the Spring Concert!
-Location: on the Pavilion at FTS at the top of the hill next to the middle school playground. The performers will take up the pavilion, while the audience will sit on the lawn surrounding it.
-This event is BYOS- bring your own seating! Feel free to bring a lawn chair, picnic blanket, etc, as seating will not be set out.
Today at the High Note Festival, the Frankford School music department performed admirably! The Concert Band and Jazz Band earned Excellent ratings, and the Chorus earned a Superior rating. Congrats Frankford Music! Now off to the parks!
On Wednesday, June 5th was the Kindergarten Spring Sing. The Kindergarten sang their songs with alot of energy and they sounded amazing! Congratulations Kindergarten!
Frankford School's Jazz Band opened up the evening at High Point High School's "Jazz in the Courtyard," followed up by a bevy of bands both student- and teacher-led! Thank you to Mr Aslanian and Mr Carroll for having us!
On Thursday, May 30th the 5th Grade Band and Chorus performed their Spring Concert! They did an amazing job playing and singing their songs! Congratulations 5th Grade, we are so proud of you!
