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First Day of Kindergarten in FCS!
9.1.10 -Mrs. Davis the principal at Franklinton Elementary welcomes a kindergarten student. Kindergarten students recently started in Franklin County. |
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FHS Cheerleaders Supporting Good Behavior at YES
8.31.10 -The Franklinton Red Ram Cheerleaders made a visit to YES recently to help kick off PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Support). The cheerleaders led students in a ROAR cheer and then performed an original cheer for them. Also, Mr. Howell, Music Teacher, guided students in singing "We Will Roar" to the tune of "We Will Rock You."
Guest Photographer: Connie Tharrington |
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BHS Band Booster Events
8.30.10 -The Bunn Band Boosters are holding their Semi-Annual Yard Sale/ Car Wash/ Doughnut Sale on Saturday September 18th, from 7am-1pm. If you'd like to rent a space for $10, please contact Melody Causby at BHS or melodycausby@fcschools.net. |
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YES Yard Sale
8.27.10 -The Youngsville Elementary Positive Behavior Intervention Support (P.B.I.S) team will be having a yard sale on September 25th from 8am-1pm in the school parking lot. If you would like to purchase a spot, please send $10 per spot to Y.E.S. by September 3rd; sellers keep all profits.
Also feel free to come and shop!!! |
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United Way Education Grants
8.25.10 - Classroom
teachers interested in applying for a Franklin County United Way
education grant need to submit an application by September 17th. This
year, United Way will donate more than $30K in grants. This process
continues to grow in large part from continued support from Novozymes.
As in recent years, the process will be judged by Wake Electric.
Grant Application
Final Report for 2010 (required by 2010 grant recipients) |
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FES Parents and Teachers Team Up
8.23.10 - Franklinton Elementary School received a
Lowes Tool Box for Education Grant in early 2010. The results are
now showing. The second-grade team and parents have created a butterfly garden
(left) on campus and are looking forward to coming back to school to enjoy the
butterflies and beautiful flowers. The first day of school for all traditional calendar students is August 25th.
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8.22.10 - FCS
students who attend traditional calendar schools should report to
school on August 25th, except Kindergarten students. Kindergarten
students begin September 1st. Teachers reported August 19th for the first
of four teacher workdays. Should you have questions, please contact the
school your child will attend or central office at 496-2600. At left,
Franklinton High School freshmen swarm the halls of the FHS Red Ram
Academy during freshman orientation which was held last week. See
the August issue of First Thursday for a complete list of open house dates. |
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FES, LMES Awarded USDA Program
8.19.10 - Franklinton
Elementary School and Laurel Mill Elementary School have been chosen to
participate in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Program for School Year 2010-2011. One hundred six
elementary schools across NC were selected to participate in the
program which provides funds to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables
and offer them to students (for free) throughout the school day. The
goal of the program is to make a wide variety of fresh fruits and
vegetables easily accessible to students so they will eat them and
enjoy them more often. For more information about the program at
Franklinton and Laurel Mill Elementary School, please contact Jama
Stallings, Child Nutrition Director, at 919-496-5125.
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Howell Receives Grant
8.12.10 - Stephen Howell, music teacher at Youngsville Elementary
School, was recently notified that he was a
recipient of a $2,000 Target grant. Mr. Howell plans on using the Target
grant to help fund his “Hear Our Voices Rising” project, which aims to purchase
choral risers for Youngsville Elementary School.
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FCS PIO Steps Down
8.10.10 - Franklin
County Schools Public Information Officer Nathan Moreschi will head
back to the classroom this fall. Moreschi, who was named PIO in
November of 2006, will teach social studies at Franklinton High School
- his alma mater. The 1993 FHS graduate is excited about returning to
the classroom and is grateful for his time as PIO. In the Monday night
Board of Education meeting, he thanked the Board, Superintendent and
FCS employees. A replacement for the position has not yet been named. |
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Summer
Learning Continues at LES
8.10.10 - A two-week
summer learning program, provided through a 21st Century Learning
grant, continues this week at Louisburg Elementary. The
focus has been to improve and develop skills in cognition, comprehension,
computation and creativity. Reading,
Math and Science have been the major subject areas of concentration.
Teaching
strategies used target the use of technology and other activities to
engage
students with varying learning styles. At left, LES Principal William
Harris watches as students demonstrate an electrical circuit. |
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Camp
8.5.10 - Long Mill Elementary School served as the
host site for a free basketball camp put on by local coaching icons
last week. The camp was led by Youngsville basketball legend
Twig Wiggins and a host of accomplished coaches and players. Among
the many coaches present were NCHSAA Hall of Fame coach Larry
Lindsay, former FHS coach Buddy Mitchell and current FHS coach
Clarence Walker. The camp lasted five days and more than 70 children
participated. |
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Early College Students
Back in Class
8.4.10 -
Franklin County Early College High School students returned to class
today. This marks the start of the first full year of the program
that began this past January. School Principal Jim Harris is pleased
with the start of school and is excited about the upcoming year. The
school is a five-year program housed at Vance-Granville Community
College in which students earn a high school diploma and two years
of college course credit. |
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Summer Campers
Learning About GIS
8.3.10 -
Students are getting a hands-on lesson in Geographic Information
Systems (GIS) this week at the FCS Central Office through the
guidance of Sondra Ayscue and Dottie Averette. GIS mapping software
is used to link geographic information with descriptive information.
Common uses include planning school bus routes, mapping sewer
systems, studying water use and more. The camp, one of many free
camps offered by the FCS Technology Department this summer, began on
Monday and runs through Thursday. |
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Bunn
Middle Athletic Tryouts Nearing
7.28.10 - Bunn Middle School
students interested in playing sports this fall will get their
chance to try out for a team soon. Football and volleyball tryouts
begin August 23rd from 3:00 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Soccer tryouts
begin August 30th from 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. Seventh and eighth
graders are eligible to tryout but must bring a current copy of a
athletic physical. Cedar Creek
Middle School will hold tryouts for football, soccer and
volleyball on August 19th from 5-7 p.m. |
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