APPLE NEWS

Franklin Elementary

OCTOBER 21, 2005

  What’s New or Happening....

 

**REMEMBER EVERY THURSDAY THE SCHOOL DAY STARTS AT 9:30AM**

 

CONGRATULATIONS IT’S A BOY!

 

A Belated Congratulations to Dean and Vita White who welcomed a new son, Riley on June 17th!  

 

WORMS

 

There is a lot of crawling going on in Mrs. Calkins classroom!   A whole bunch of worms have taken up residence in their classroom.  The students had a guest speaker from the Spokane     last week.  She gave the children all kinds of information on worms!  The students will be asking that you donate your scraps (vegetables,) to their cause. The ½ grade class is spearheading this  worm project.  

 

GREENHOUSE

 

A great big thank you to Mark Neubauer’s parents and family!  They not only purchased the greenhouse, but they have already put it up!  This is a great opportunity for our program to learn all about plant life, but to also make some money to help fund our spring event.  If you have a green thumb please contact Mrs. Jordan.  The 5/6 class will be spearheading the greenhouse projects.

 

FISH

 

The fish have not arrived yet.  Yes, we’ll be having quite a year in Apple!  The ¾ grade students will be spearheading this project starting in January.  They will be going on a couple of fieldtrips to a local hatchery before the fish arrive to better understand them.  There will be no fishing licenses issued!

 

NEWSLETTER VIA EMAIL OR BACKPACK

 

If you are not receiving the newsletter the way you’d like to “email” or “backpack”   you will need to contact me.  Also, if you are not receiving emails please let me know. Thanks Lisa 

 

 

 

 

FALL  FESTIVAL TONIGHT, OCTOBER 21ST!

 

The Fall Harvest Festival potluck is tonight, Friday, October 21st  from 6pm -9pm at the Franklin Gym.   This year we will have free play on the equipment, face painting and pumpkin carving in the gym. 

 

We’ll start the potluck around 7pm and then finish the evening with our annual s’mores over a fire pit.

 

The Celebrations Committee will provide regular & Vegan Chili, cornbread , bread bowls as well as drinks.   We are asking that the Apple Families with last names A-M bring a side dish and Apple Families with last names N-Z bring Fruit or desert. 

 

 Everyone will need to BYOP (bring your own pumpkin!)  Carving tools will be provided.  We will then use the pumpkins as our table decorations.

 

Fun for the whole family, siblings welcome to attend.  We look forward to seeing you there!

 

 APPLE ROSTER

 

The roster and email list are out.  When changes occur I will email you a new Desk top version.  If there are enough changes then I will reprint the roster and send out in January.

 

 CLASSROOM POTLUCKS

 

 3rd Grade Potluck will be on November 5, 4pm at Merrie Dehmer’s home. 

 

4th Grade Potluck will be on December 3, 4pm at Lisa Regehr’s home.   


5th  grade will have theirs at Deb Skalabrin's Tuesday, Nov.8 at 6:30.

 

6th  grade potluck is October 29 5-8 at the Wing's house.

We will have a baked potato bar and homemade donuts.

 

CONFERENCE TIME!

 

If you were not at the classroom meeting you will need to head over to the core room and sign up for your child’s conference.  Conference will be held on Thursday November 17 – November 23rd.  Each teacher has their own sheet of available times for those dates.  School will be dismissed at 1pm during those dates.

 

ALBERTSONS COMMUNITY PARTNER CARDS

 

The Albertson’s Community Partner Cards are still available.  An email went out on how to add more than one school to your card.  Contact Jim Wilkey if you need a card or have any questions.

 

COMMITTEE OPENINGS STILL AVAILABLE!

 

We are in need of a recorder / minutes taker for our monthly meetings.  If you are interested in this job please contact an executive member. 

 

The celebrations committee could use a couple of people.  Contact Lisa Regehr or Kimm Hill.

 

Auction committee has openings.  Contact Angie Hayes. 

Remember, committee usually meet after hours, have lots of fun and you earn Apple hours!  So join one today!

 

 

5TH & 6TH GRADE UPDATE

 

Everyone is doing partner reading as well as participating in literature groups. Math focus is geometry and science is chemistry (mixtures and solutions). The class will start studying the American colonies soon and an overarching theme for social studies this year will be immigration both historically and today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Newsletter contact:            Lisa Regehr  

Apple Website: http://www.sd81.k12.wa.us/franklin/Apple/appleweb.htm

 

 

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

 

Spokane Public Schools complies with all federal rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability.  This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in educational programs and/or extracurricular school activities.  Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the district Equal Opportunities office, Ivan Bush,

 (509) 354-7344.

 

SPRING EVENT FUNDRAISER

 

PRE-HOLIDAY WINE TASTING

 

                        *** THE CELLAR IS OPEN***

 

Come and sample a wide variety of gently aged red wines, fresh and aged white wines, and a few special treats thrown in for good measure!!

 

Carefully selected enophiles will be available to help you maximize your experience and answer questions about the magic of fermented vineyard produce.

 

Location: The Woman’s Club of Spokane

               1428 West 9th Ave. (Corner of 9th and Maple)

 

Date and Time: Friday November 17 (The Friday before Thanksgiving)

                     6:00 until 10:00 pm

 

Cost: $10.00 per person (or your donation) at the door, or advance tickets from Greg or Anne Buckley-Jones.

 

What to Bring: A finger food of your choice, as simple or as fancy as you want to be!

 

Please invite your friends, neighbors, family, and anyone who enjoys good wine or wants to learn more about savoring and appreciating the “Fruit of the Vine”

 

More Info: Contact:

 Greg or Anne Buckley-Jones

                     Mark Iverson

                    Kurt Dehmer

 

 

  There are no costs borne by APPLE for this event. 

All proceeds go to fund the APPLE Spring Event.

4TH GRADE AUCTION PROJECT!

LEAF BOWL WALL ART

 

At the classroom meeting I volunteered to organize the 4th grade Auction project and several 3rd grade parents may be interested in doing something similar to ours. We will be making a wall hanging out of leaves. It's really cool looking!

 

What I need from each 4th grader is roughly 200 leaves. Don't panic, it's not as hard as you think! I'd like them to try getting 50 plus of different colors, example 50 yellows, 50 reds, 50 orange, 50 multiple colors. They can be ALL shapes and sizes.

 

3rd graders will need to collect 100 leaves. 

 

Here are some tips for collecting these leaves:

 

1 They should be freshly fallen or "picked" leaves.

2. Leaves need to be soft and pliable, not brown or crispy

3. Avoid leaves with holes and white spots 

 

AND now for the time consuming part!

 

Hopefully, everyone still has last year’s phone books. You and your child will need to place your leaves between the pages. I find that you should start at the back of the book and work your way forward. Leaves need to be clean and dry.  Don't overlap leaves, stems can stick out or you can cut them off.  Have about 5 pages between the leaves. When all your leaves are pressed in the book, tie the book closed and have your child bring it to school. It takes 2-6 weeks to dry leaves in the phone book. Sometime in December I will put out the call for help in constructing our project.

 

The great thing about this is that the leaves are FREE and we will be finished early!  If you have any questions just give me a call.

 

I'd like to have all the phone books in school by next Friday October 28th.   We need to stack them on top of each other to keep the air out and press them flat.

Thanks!  Lisa Regehr

IMPORTANT DATES

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

 

SEPTEMBER 2005

 

September 26 – PTG Fundraiser Kick Off

September 28 – Big Toy Dedication 6:30pm / Open House 7pm

September 29 - School starts at 9:30am

 

OCTOBER 2005

 

October 21 - Fall Festival Franklin Gym 6-9pm

October 22 – Greenhouse raising!    ADULT VOLUNTEERS 10AM –4PMISH

October 6 – School starts at 9:30am

October 13 – School starts at 9:30am

October 14 – Franklin BBQ come have lunch with your child!  11:30am-1pm

October 18 – Picture Day

October 18 – Apple Action Meeting 7-9pm

October 19 - PTG Meeting 6:30pm Library

October 20 –Spaghetti Feed 6:30pm

October 20 - School starts at 9:30am

October 27 –School starts at 9:30am

 

NOVEMBER 2005

 

November 3 – School starts at 9:30am

November 8 – Vote / Election Day

November 10 - School starts at 9:30am

November 16 – PTG Meeting 6:30pm Library

November 17 - School starts at 9:30am

November 17-23 – Early Dismissal 1pm

November 24 & 25 – Happy Thanksgiving

 

DECEMBER 2005

 

December 1– School starts at 9:30am

December 6 - Apple Action Meeting 7-9pm

December 8– School starts at 9:30am

December 15– School starts at 9:30am

December 16 – Apple Ice Skating 10am –1pm/snack lunch

 

 

 

APPLE ACTION MEETINGS

FOR 2005-2006 SCHOOL YEAR!

 

Mark your calendars now for the school year so as not to miss any meetings!  Remember you are REQUIRED to attend 5 out of  8 APPLE ACTION MEETINGS.  These meetings are the ones from 7:30pm -9pm.  The classroom meetings are held first from 7pm -7:30pm with either your classroom teacher or the classroom coordinator.  It is in your best interest to attend ALL meetings so that you can keep abreast of events happening in the APPLE Program! 

 

All meetings are held on Tuesday Evenings, the dates are:

 

September  20 2004    October 18, 2004   December 6  , 2004 (election night) 

January  17,  2006  February 7, 2006  March 7, 2006  April 8, 2006

 May 9, 2006 (election night)

 

Election nights are when we vote for new executive members.  There are no meeting in November.  However, the APPLE Auction will be held on March 4 , 2006. All families are needed to work one hour at this event. 

 

Childcare is available in the hallway by the gym during these meetings.  Tables will be set up for QUIET  activities.  Good examples are books, coloring, puzzles, board games, homework, etc.  If you are interested in volunteering you will earn DOUBLE APPLE hours!!!  Contact Toraj Farenza for help with childcare.

 

All meetings are open to all APPLE families. The APPLE Action Meetings are designed to inform the entire APPLE Community of any issues related to the program and committee updates.  Open ended discussions are at the committee level or during the Leadership meetings.  

 

 The APPLE website is updated by Jim Wilkey. You can find last years newsletters and info on each of the Teachers classrooms.  It is updated monthly.  Go ahead and take a look to familiarize yourselves!

 

Classroom Coordinators

 

1/2  Chrys Eastman                     3/4            Lori Naylor             5/6             Dawnelle Shaw

                                                      

 

 

Executive Committee

 

Darin Eckert              Michael Kay             Mark Neubauer

                                 

 They are here to help you make your school year a successful one!