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Important Dates
April Month of the Military Child
April National Arab American Heritage Month
April Autism Acceptance Month
April 13 End Q3 and 2hr Early Dismissal
April 14 Student Holiday
April 14 Kindergarten Orientation
April 17-20 Military Child Spirit Week
April 19 Purple Up! Day
April 21 Student Holiday
April 22 Earth Day
May 8-12 Teacher Appreciation Week
School Calendar: 2022-23
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On Friday, April 14 we will hold an orientation and registration event for new Kindergarteners for the 2023-2024 school year.
Kindergarten teachers will be taking parents and rising kindergarteners on a tour of the building and will be answering your questions. The tour will end in the cafeteria where there will be opportunity for children to go through the lunch line and get a snack. Also in the cafeteria, parents will be able to meet our administrators and representatives from the PTA.
Please make a tour appointment for Friday the 14th. Tours will begin at 9, 9:30 and 10 a.m. Tour groups will consist of multiple families.
If you have not completed the in-person steps of the registration process please bring your documents with you and drop them off at the front office before your tour appointment. For more details and a list of the required documents please refer to our website. Original copies will be returned to you at the end of your tour. If you have any questions about Kindergarten Registration you may contact our registrar, Ann Rajabi at arajabi@fcps.edu.
In the coming months there will be additional opportunities to introduce your rising Kindergarten student to the building, and for families to learn more about our programs. Stay tuned to the Franklin Sherman FLASH and our website for more information.
Make Your Tour Reservation Here for April 14
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We are beginning the process of creating our classroom groupings for next year. This task involves teachers, specialists, counselors and administrators. Your input and insights about the needs of your child are also important. Parents are invited to complete the Parent Input for Class Placement form (one per child) by April 14, 2023 to share your input on your child's placement for next year. Requests for specific teachers will not be honored.
Parent Input for Class Placement
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Online Registration (OLR) will be available at more than 30 pilot schools beginning Friday, March 31. All FCPS schools will offer online registration beginning in June.
Families will be able to register their students electronically via SIS ParentVUE. Directions to setting up a SIS ParentVUE account are on the online registration page.
The new system reduces manual data entry of basic student registration at all schools, allows online registration using the portal at any hour of any day, and enables secure electronic upload of student registration documents and storage, reducing paper records management. Parents/Guardians will continue to have the option of downloading the registration form bundle or paper registration forms as needed. Visit our website for more information on registering your child.
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April is the Month of the Military Child. Mr. Nielsen our School Counselor is a veteran (USAF) and would love to help us all celebrate our military families expecially next week during MoMC Spirit Week. Please send your family pictures with members in uniform to jpnielsen@fcps.edu. We will share the photos with students in a school news broadcast next week. If you can share please include the names of individuals in the photos with branch of service and bases stationed.
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Volunteers Needed!
Garden Club Spring Cleaning
Saturday, April 22 @ 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Please come help us beautify our butterfly garden. We will be weeding, mulching and planting new butterfly and bird attracting plants with money donated by our Franklin Sherman families! Pizza and snacks provided for volunteers. Please bring your own garden gloves and garden tools if you have them.
Spring Picture Day
Monday, April 24 @ 9:15-12:30 OR 12:15-3:30 p.m.
Please volunteer to help our photographers on Spring Picture Day. We need 3 parent volunteers per shift.
Volunteer for Spring Picture Day
Food Bus
Fridays @ 4-5 p.m.
Through a program called Food Bus, parent volunteers and their kids transport roughly 30 lbs. of leftover food from our cafeteria across the street to Share every Friday afternoon. We still have a couple of dates to fill. If you haven't done it before, please reach out to Katie Spillenkothen and one of our volunteer coordinators will show you the ropes.
Sign up for Food Bus
Support International Night
Friday, May 5 @ 6-8 p.m.
International Night is a treasured Franklin Sherman tradition that celebrates our wonderfully diverse community. No matter where you’re from, please consider volunteering to make this year better than ever. Whether you host a table or assist with set up, your help in any capacity shows our enthusiasm for the diversity in our community.
Volunteer for International Night
Sign Up for PTA Text Reminders
Have you ever forgotten a school deadline or activity? We realize parents get A LOT of emails. To help you cut through the clutter, the PTA is sending out occasional, short text reminders to help parents not miss out. If you'd like a reminder about the next ordering deadline, next picture day, or next PJ day, etc. please text "FSES OPT IN" to fsespta@gmail.com from the phone number where you'd like receive text messages (sending an email will not work).
Annual PTA membership costs $20 per family and is due EACH school year. Join here!
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In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Proposed Updates to Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Dr. Reid Reflects on her First Year
- ESSER COVID Relief Funds at Work
- Student Awards
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, sign up today.
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Student's Intentions for SY 23-24
Parent’s need to complete this intention form if their child will not be returning to Franklin Sherman ES in 2023-2024. Email the form to our registrar, Ann Rajabi.
Internet Content Filtering and Usage Reports for Parents
Did you know? There is an online service that is free to FCPS parents who are interested in knowing more about their child’s internet activity on an FCPS device. Parents can sign up to receive a weekly Parent Report from Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, which will provide a list of the top sites the child visited that week.
Additionally, if parents wish to get more detailed information, the weekly Parent Report offers parents the ability to self-sign-up to the free Internet Use Parent Portal. Parents who sign up for the Internet Use Parent Portal can log-in any time to see a little more detail about their child’s internet browsing. The portal also offers the parent added ability to “pause” access to the internet during non-school hours on the FCPS device.
Learn more about this and other Digital Citizenship and Safety topics on the FCPS website.
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