Frankford Township School District

The new ELA and Math standards, written feedback can be provided through email at njstandardscomments@doe.nj.gov from April 5, 2023 until June 7, 2023. Public testimony and written comments will also be received in person at one of the three, in-person virtual meetings below: Southern Region Thursday, April 13, 2023 11:00 am—1:00 pm Camden County College Connector Building Room 105, Civic Hall 200 College Drive Blackwood, NJ 08012 Northern Region Monday, April 24, 2023 6:00 pm -8:00 pm Warren County Technical School The Theater 1500 Route 57 Washington, NJ 07882 Central Region Wednesday, May 3, 2023 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm New Jersey Department of Education Judge Robert L. Carter Building First Floor Conference Room 100 River View Plaza Trenton, NJ 08625-0500 In order to provide public testimony at one of the three hearings, individuals must register to speak and provide a copy of the remarks at the time of attendance. Please visit https://homeroom5.doe.state.nj.us/events/ to register to attend one or more of the three public hearings.

Greenhouse is looking green. The lettuce is almost ready for the cafeteria and the vegetable and flower seedlings are growing stronger for our seedling sale.

Due to "mushy" conditions, track practice is canceled for today, Monday, April 17th.

Our 8th Tech Ed students braved the shark tank to pitch their environmental repair products and ideas to our panel of local "Sharks." We are hoping to see some of their ideas on a store shelf someday. Great job 8th grade and a HUGE THANK YOU to our panel of sharks for taking the time to grill our groups on the market knowledge of their respective products.

The Summer Enrichment Program Krispy Kreme Fundraiser is ending this week! All orders are due no later than 10am on Friday, March 31. The link for the order form is attached below. If you have any questions please email symonsg@frankfordschool.org https://drive.google.com/file/d/1saqJmDqfzoK7i1X5wV9sWX-DXCBeeRa0/view?usp=share_link

Spring has sprung! 7th grade Consumer Science students have planted hundreds of garden seedlings for our upcoming Seedling Sale. Seedlings will be available for sale right in time for the growing season this May! All proceeds will go to our Greenhouse Fund.

Congratulations to 8th-grade student Violet Baker who was nominated to attend the New Jersey State Teen Arts Festival for her creative writing submission. Way to go Violet!

Lots of fun at our annual Jump Rope for Heart event! FTS has raised $2,500 so far for the American Heart Association! Thank you to the PTA for providing water and oranges and to the PE teachers for organizing the event!

Congratulations to the 7th and 8th-grade Chorus for being selected to represent Sussex County at the NJ State Teen Arts Festival!!! Way to go Frankford MS!

Some action shots from todays Pi Day Assembly! The top three students who recited the most digits of pi got to throw whipped cream pies at Mrs. Librizzi, Mrs. Geaney, and Mr. Olivo. We were able to raise over $300 to go towards next year's 8th Grade trip. Happy Belated Pi Day!

Please consider supporting the FTS Summer Enrichment Program through their annual Krispy Kreme Doughnut sale! This year there are more flavor choices, as well as coffee! Order forms are being sent home with students on Monday. A link for the order form is also posted below. All orders and money are due by Friday, March 31st. The pick up date for all doughnut orders will be Monday, April 3rd at the Middle School entrance from 3-5:30 p.m. All doughnut orders must be picked up at the school (cannot go home on bus). Please email symonsg@frankfordschool.org with any questions. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1saqJmDqfzoK7i1X5wV9sWX-DXCBeeRa0/view?usp=share_link

It is that time of year again! Time to order your 2022-2023 Yearbook! 🎉 😊 The 2022 - 2023 Yearbook is $20.00 + tax. All yearbooks will be delivered to the school via Schoolcraft. There is NO shipping and handling charge. The deadline to order is 5/1/23! (We must adhere to this timeframe so yearbooks can be delivered to the school and distributed to students in a timely manner. ) ~ The Yearbook team ~

Due to the snow day, Jump for Heart has been rescheduled and will take place on Tuesday, March 21st from 3-5 pm. Students in grades 4-8 may attend. Ask your PE teacher for a permission slip. Thank you!

BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING POSTPONED FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER Notice is hereby given that Frankford Township Board of Education has cancelled the meeting originally planned for 6:00pm on Monday, March 13, 2023 due to the impending inclement weather. The board of Education will re-convene on the advertised make up date and time of Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 6:00pm in the school library located at 2 Pines Road, Branchville, NJ 07826. Official action may be taken and the public is invited to attend. Christopher Lessard Board Secretary

FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING NOTICE – INCLEMENT WEATHER DATE Notice is hereby given that Frankford Township Board of Education has scheduled an inclement weather makeup date for the meeting currently scheduled for 6:00pm on Monday, March 13, 2023. Should the original meeting planned for March 13, 2023 be cancelled, the Board of Education will meet subsequently at 6:00pm on Wednesday March 15, 2023 in the school library located at 2 Pines Road, Branchville, NJ 07826. A notice of cancellation will be posted on the district website at www.frankfordschool.org no later than 5 pm Monday March 13, 2023. Official action may be taken and the public is invited to attend. Christopher Lessard Board Secretary

Reminder... The Frankford Apparel Store is back with more items for the Spring! The store will close this SUNDAY, MARCH 12th at midnight. Check out the store's link below! Proceeds will help to offset the cost of next year's DC trip. https://frankfordmsspring.itemorder.com/shop/home/ Go Bulldogs!

Kindergarten students shared their finished pet and weather books with Ms. Wolff's 8th grade class. Each student read their books to one or two 8th grade buddies and talked about writing and stories with them. Teacher hearts were filled as we watched this sweet interaction. 📖🥰

The Technology Ed course is looking for local business people or business owners who are willing to donate a little time on Monday and/or Tuesday, April 3rd and 4th between 9:50 am and 12:45 pm to grill our Tech students during their environmental product assignment Shark Tank presentation to "investors." This is our new 8th-grade assignment that challenges our students to invent or improve products that can help improve the local or global environment. They need to come up with everything from blueprints and prototypes to advertising, startup, and R&D costs. All materials will be presented on the final days of the assignment. Maybe to you! If anyone is interested please contact Mr. Reinertsen Thank you!

The Seedling Tour is Back! The Tech department just got done building our very own seedling cart that comes complete with a few hundred flower seedlings, an onboard water supply, sprinklers, seed heaters, grow lights, and everything else the seedlings will need to travel from classroom to classroom while our students care for them. The seedlings will live on the cart until the greenhouse (and the weather) are ready. Several of the flowers were already transplanted into bigger pots to keep growing bigger. Just as exciting, our Food Sciences classes should be planting our vegetables sometime this week! We are excited to offer a wide array of veggies and flowers this year from our school greenhouse.

Fifth graders were at the controls today on their field trip to the Buehler Challenger and Science Space Center!