Good Evening FTS Families,
Due to the anticipated inclement weather that is expected to develop in the early morning hours and continue through the afternoon, school will be closed on Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
Please stay safe and warm.
Sincerely,
Kevin Newman Superintendent
We have been taking down playbills for a few weeks now. Here are the musicals that are still up. Can you guess which one of these musicals will be our Spring musical? Keep watching for the final reveal!
Wow. Bulldog Repair has probably tripled in size in about a week, both in the number of students in the room and the number of projects coming in to be repaired. We're happy to start opening our repair services up to the community to help our students learn practical skills and hopefully help you out, too. Remember, this club runs in a small business format on donations to the Technology Department. It's the only way we can afford the parts and materials we use to run this group. In our two short weeks in existence (about 5 meetings), we have 50 items on the repair list, 22 are already complete and delivered, but 10 of those 50 were not brought into the shop for the kids to start yet—amazing job by everyone participating. See you at the next meeting.
Repaired so far: Machined delrin bushings for a standing desk, fixed another standing desk, several pencil sharpeners, modified mounting blocks for a CNC machine, a rolling desk chair, hot glue gun, Van De Graaf Generator, 3D printed Hockey Pucks, 3D printed bow serving repair tool, Laser Cut Puzzles, 3D modeled acme screw pillow blocks, Custom cut vinyl stickers, laser cut refrigerator magnets, PE lacross sticks, headphones, RC electronic speed controllers, a piano bench, and a desk drawer.
Remember, these are 5-8th graders. Some of whom have never repaired anything in their lives. Nice work!
Day one of Bulldog Repair was amazing! Our students picked up items from all over the building, finished and delivered 4 on day one! We diagnosed a Van De Graaf Machine, fixed a desk, an industrial stapler, a hot glue gun, started two 3D prints for parts, started work on a piano bench, some custom machined bushings, and another pencil sharpener. Thank you all for your support in getting this program off the ground. It seems like a hit so far, both with our staff whose stuff is getting fixed and the students who are very excited to be tinkering with it. Day two tomorrow.
What will the 2026 Spring musical be? Check out the bulletin board by Mrs. Layton's room and you will find out! Each week we will remove playbills until the musical is revealed. Happy Guessing Frankford!
The Frankford Band and Chorus sent select students to represent the school as members of the Sussex County Junior Honors Band and and Chorus at their all-day rehearsal today. Looking forward to their concert later this week!
5th and 6th grade art club started today! What a great group of artists!
Happy Halloween! Our 1st Grade Music students made spooky rhythm ghosts as they learn how to write quarter and eighth note rhythms !
On Friday night, Frankford students joined with students from Sussex Middle School and High Point for High Point's Youth Night! Frankford band students were in the stands playing along with the Marching Wildcats and got a front row view of their field show. Thank you to High Point Bands for hosting us that night, and to the High Point Band Parent Association for the snacks and hospitality!
Grade 7 learning about how a quadcopter drone flies, before they make their own, on today's Tech Lab obstacle course.
The Frankford Music Department represented the school well today at the High Note Festival. The Jazz Band and Chorus earned ratings of Excellent for their performances, and the Concert Band earned a Superior rating! Congratulations to all the groups that performed!
5th Grade ADVEX fought hard against each other and students from the Technology Club. All created custom-made battle bots which fought to knock each other off the work tables today in our epic battle that may have included spotlights, loud music, and some cheering. Great job on some great builds!
It's been a musical two weeks at Frankford! Last Tuesday was the 5th Grade Spring Concert, alongside the Art Show. Then, last night, we held the 6th-8th Grade Spring Concert! This featured the Frankfortonix, Jazz Band, Concert Band and Concert Chorus. It truly was a magical night. Thank you for your continued support of the arts at FTS!
Thank you to everyone that came to the Art Show open house tonight. We are so proud of our young artists!
Art show is open during school hours through Friday, 5/16.
Come see the Slightly Off Broad-Street Players perform Disney's "Beauty and the Beast, Jr" tomorrow, Friday 5/2 and Saturday, 5/3, both at 7:00pm! Doors to the auditorium open at 6:30pm, with tickets being sold at the door. The cast and crew have been working very hard, so thank you for supporting them!
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids. Cash or check made out to Frankford Township School only, no Venmo/credit cards.
Join us at the Frankford Car/Vehicle show fundraiser in the Frankford Middle School parking lot on May 16th from 4:30-8:00. Cool vehicles, food, music, and a fun community event. Enter your car, motorcycle, or other creative contraption. The show categories to be voted on by the attendees are Best classic, Built not bought, Modern marvels, and Students' Choice. Trophies will be awarded for the winners of each category. All proceeds from the show go to the parts and operations budget for 6 Frankford school programs. Contact Mr Reinertsen for pre-registration of your vehicle or for more information. Entrees are 10.00 per vehicle, and donations will be collected for entry. See you there!
THANK YOU! To Wingle Supply for donating soil to our Frankford Greenhouse and Garden! The greenhouse has been looking extremely green thanks to our CLCS and DSP courses. A few upgrades are in the works for the greenhouse and garden. Seedling sale is almost ready to start.
The Frankford School Jazz Band just performed at the first ever High Point Jazz Fest, and earned the following awards:
-Overall Silver Rating for the band's performance
-Nick Fleischer won Outstanding Soloist for our group for his solo in Birdland
-Our saxophone section was awarded best saxophone section out of all middle school groups
Thank you to High Point and Mr Aslanian for hosting this wonderful evening of jazz!
The Frankford School Jazz Band is going to High Point's first ever Jazz Fest this Wednesday 4/16! We're on at 4:50, but the event starts at 4:30pm and runs until 8:30pm. Come when you like and support our band and the many other groups that will be performing that night!
2025-2026 Preschool Registration is now live! Please click the link below to begin registration.
https://tinyurl.com/ftsprek2025
