August 2021​

• 10 Kindergarten Playground Popsicle Night (6pm) - Rain date August 11th

• 25 Kindergarten Playground Popsicle Night (6pm) - Rain date August 26th

• 27 Class assignments go out on Aspen

• 31 Virtual Information Session with Principal Chitty (7pm)

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September 2021​

• 2 Meet the Teacher (9:00am)

• 6 Labor Day

• 7-8 Rosh Hashanah

• 9 First day for students

• 10 Welcome Back Parent Coffee Social (8:20am)

• 16 No School - Yom Kippur

• 22 Back to School Family Picnic (6:00pm)

• 23 Back to School Family Picnic Rain Date

• 24 Principal Coffee (8:30am)

• 27 Picture Day

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October 2021​

• 1 Cookie Dough Fundraiser begins

• 1-13 Drive for Five to support the Newton Community freedge

• 4 Franklin 2021-2022 Family Directory Cover Artwork Contest submission deadline (8pm)

• 4-8 Franklin PTO Dues Impact Week

• 5 Back to School Night for families (virtual - 6pm - 6:45pm Grades 3-5, 7pm - 7:45pm Grades K-2)

• 7 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 11 No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day

• 13 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by 5th grade

• 16 Franklin Family Day in Franklin Park (12-4pm)

• 18 PTO Meeting with Mark Chitty (7pm for room parents, 7:30pm meeting)

• 20 Cookie Dough Fundraiser ends

• 21-22 Cookie Dough Fundraiser orders & payments due

• 30 Halloween Bash (2:00pm - 4:00pm)

• 31 Halloween Bash Rain Date (2:00pm - 4:00pm)

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November 2021​​

• 1-12 IvyMath Fundraiser - each student that takes a FREE assessment raises $50 for the PTO

• 1-5 Treats for Troops Halloween Candy collection

• 1 Franklin School Construction Project Virtual Update (6pm)

• 2 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 3 "Dining for Dollars" at Ward 4 Restaurant

• 5-12 Thanksgiving Pie Sale

• 8 Coats for Kids Drive begins

• 9 Franklin SEPAC Welcome Coffee (8:20am)

• 11 No School - Veterans Day

• 15 Picture Retake Day

• 16-29 Virtual Book Fair

• 19 Principal Coffee (8:30am)

• 19 Pajama Day

• 22-24 Franklin Spirit Wear Holiday Flash Sale

• 22 Bring decorated turkey feather to school & food drive (8:00am - 8:20am)

• 23 Thanksgiving Pie Sale pickup at dismissal

• 24 Franklin Friendship Walk (10:45am - 11:30am)

• 24 Early Release for Thanksgiving (12:10pm)

• 25-26 No School - Thanksgiving

• 29 Holiday Gift Drive begins

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December 2021​​

• 1 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by 4th grade

• 2 Virtual Trivia night (8:00pm-10:00pm)

• 3 Coats for Kids Drive ends

• 6-10 Inclusive Schools Week

• 9 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 12 Franklin Frozen Falcon Frenzy - Craft Fair (1:00pm-3:00pm)

• 13 Holiday Gift Drive ends

• 17 "Dining for Dollars" at Blue Ribbon BBQ

• 20 Spirit wear pick-up (2:30pm - 3:10pm)

• 20 Snow/Winter Day - dress with a winter theme

• 21 Fancy Day

• 22 Sports Day

• 23 PJs/Movie Day

• 24-31 No School - December recess

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January 2022​

• 10-14 Social Action Committee City-wide food drive

• 17 No School - MLK Jr. Day

• 17 Newton's 54th Annual MLK Breakfast (9:30am)

• 19 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by 3rd grade

• 20 PTO Meeting with Mark Chitty (7pm for room parents, 7:30pm meeting) 

• 24 "Dine for Cause" at Fiorella's Restaurant

• 27 Franklin FORJ MLK Jr. Book Discussion (7:30pm)

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February 2022

• 1 Lunar New Year (school day)

• 3 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 3 Franklin Building Committee and Community Meeting (6:00pm)

• 10 Progress reports are released on Aspen

• 11 Principal Coffee with visit from Superintendent and NPS School Committee Members (8:30am)

• 15 Franklin Acts of Kindness Submissions Due (8:00pm)

• 21-25 No School - Winter Vacation

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March 2022

• 3 Incoming New Kindergarten Parent Info Night (7:00pm)

• 4 "Dining for Dollars" at Bertucci's

• 9 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by 2nd grade

• 9-16 Franklin Online Auction

• 24 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 24 PTO Meeting in Library with Mark Chitty followed by Franklin Building Tour (7:00pm)

• 28 Grade 3 ELA MCAS

• 29 Grade 3 ELA MCAS

• 31 Grade 4 ELA MCAS

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​April 2022​​

• 1 Grade 4 ELA MCAS

• 2 Franklin Community Volunteer Event at Cradles to Crayons (10am - 12pm)

• 4 Grade 5 ELA MCAS

• 5 Grade 5 ELA MCAS

• 5 Ruby Bridges CAS Program for 4th grade

• 6 Kindergarten Screening (8:30am - 11:30am)

• 7 Franklin School Building Committee and Community Meeting (6:00pm)

• 9 Live Auction / Trivia Night at Post 440 (7pm - 11pm)

• 11 Sheela Chari CAS Program for 3rd grade

• 12 Creative Arts & Sciences AuthorFest (3:15pm - 5:30pm)

• 12 Eric Velasquez CAS Program for 5th grade

• 13 Kindergarten Screening (8:30am - 11:30am)

• 15 No School - Good Friday

• 18-22 No School - Spring Vacation

• 25 Grade 3 Math MCAS

• 26 Grade 3 Math MCAS

• 26 Naco Taco Food Truck at Franklin (4pm-7pm)

• 27 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by 1st grade

• 28 Grade 4 Math MCAS

• 29 Grade 4 Math MCAS

• 29 Social Action Committee Diaper Drive (8:00am-8:20am)

• 29 Principal Coffee (8:30am)

• 29 School Appreciation Day - Painting Projects in classrooms (3pm-5pm)

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May 2022​​

• 1 Newton Serves at Franklin

• 1 School Appreciation Day - Small Organizing & Painting Projects in classrooms (9am - 4pm) 

• 1 Franklin Flocking Fundraiser begins

• 2 Grade 5 Math MCAS

• 2-6 Teacher Appreciation Week

• 3 Grade 5 Math MCAS

• 3 Eid al-Fitr (school day)

• 5 Grade 5 Science MCAS

• 5 Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm (Wild Adaptations) CAS Program for 1st grade

• 9 Grade 5 Science MCAS

• 11 Franklin Staff Appreciation Luncheon

• 12 Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm (Soil Investigations) CAS Program for 2nd grade

• 12 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)

• 14 Up and Covers 5th Grade Moving On Benefit at Union Street Restaurant (9pm)

• 16-20 Book Fair

• 17 Sarah Lamstein (Salamanders) CAS Program for 3rd grade

• 25 Incoming Kindergarten Family Visiting Day at 1:00pm

• 27 Discovery Museum CAS Program for Kindergarten

• 30 No School - Memorial Day

June 2022​​

• 2 PTO Meeting with Mark Chitty (7pm for room parents, 7:30pm meeting) 

• 6 End of Year Picnic (6:00pm)

• 7 End of Year Picnic Rain Date

• 10 5th Grade Step-Up Day

• 12 Franklin Family Day - Roller skating at Chez Vous (12-3pm open skate)

• 15 Color Day & Fun Run

• 15 Crossing Guard & Bus Driver Appreciation Day

• 15 Teacher Appreciation Days - Sponsored by Kindergarten

• 20 No School - Juneteenth

• 22 Spring Friendship Walk (11:40am)

• 23 5th Grade Moving On Ceremony (8:45am)

• 24 Principal - Pie in the face (11:00am)

• 24 Last Day for Students (12:10pm dismissal) includes 5 snow days

July 2022​

• 20 Kindergarten Playground Popsicle Night (6pm) - Rain date July 21st

August 2022​

• 8 Kindergarten Playground Popsicle Night (6pm) - Rain date August 9th

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September 2022​

• 1 Kindergarten Playground Popsicle Night (6pm) - Rain date September 2nd

• 6 First Day of School

• 9 Welcome Back Parent Coffee Social (8:20am)

• 20 Back to School Picnic (6pm)

• 21 Franklin Volunteer Day at Cradles to Crayons (1-3pm)

• 22 Picture Day

• 23 Principal Coffee in Cafeteria (8:20am)

• 26 No School - Rosh Hashanah

• 28 Curriculum Night

• 29 Early Release Day (12:10pm dismissal)