Franklin High School

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to let you know that I have been informed of a positive case of a staff member at Franklin Middle School. The contact tracing has been conducted and notifications have been completed. Additionally, food service will be delivering double meals tomorrow just in case the predicted snow for Monday night into Tuesday impacts their ability to deliver meals Tuesday morning. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good morning Parents, Guardians, and Students, This is just a reminder that all sophomores who are taking the PSATs tomorrow have to report to campus to do so. If your child has been remote, please send them in to school to take the PSATs. We have created socially distant classrooms for testing with lost of space. Below is the google form to release students early or let us know if they need a bus. You were asked to complete it by Friday. https://forms.gle/2xpL9qF9aLF6tYVu8

Attention Parents and Guardians, If your child is taking PSATs on Tuesday, 26th you are reminded again to fill out the below Google form for permissions to allow you child to leave campus after 12:45pm. In addition, please also fill out the form if your child will need the bus in the afternoon and will be remaining on campus until 1:30. Please make sure to do so by today. There are less than 20 responses at this time. We need this information today. https://forms.gle/5UoHBWceSMnRmQZ16

Dear Franklin Families, The contact tracing for the positive student case at the middle school from yesterday has been completed and all affected students and staff have been notified. We are all set to reopen the middle school tomorrow for in-person learning with Cohort B students. I appreciate your patience as we worked through the notification process. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Attention Remote Seniors, This is a reminder that today at 1:30pm in the cafeteria cap and gown measurements will be taking place for remote seniors. If you have questions please email the graduation coordinator, Mrs. Georgevits at dgeorgevits@gm.sau18.org

Attention Parents and Guardians, If your child is taking PSATs on Tuesday, 26th you are reminded to fill out the below Google form for permissions to allow you child to leave campus after 12:45pm. In addition, please also fill out the form if your child will need the bus in the afternoon and will be remaining on campus until 1:30. Please do so by tomorrow, the 22nd. https://forms.gle/fBtRv2j8j4ojKd3U9

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I am reaching out this afternoon to let you know that 2 students have tested positive today, one at the high school and one at the middle school. The high school student contact tracing will be completed by this evening and the high school will be open for in person learning tomorrow for Cohort B students. The middle school student attended school yesterday so the middle school will be fully remote tomorrow so that the contact tracing can be completed. I will let you know tomorrow afternoon when we have completed the contact tracing and what the status of school will be for Friday. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to inform you that a middle school student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student has not been in school for the past 10 days so the contact tracing was minimal and has been completed. All 3 schools will be open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

We are running two new college credit math electives for grades 10,11, and 12. These classes will be taught on our campus by a Lakes Region Community College Professor. They will run block D, quarter 3 and 4. Machine Tool Math will run quarter 3 and Blueprint Reading will run Quarter 4. The course descriptions are below. Please let your school counselor know if you would like to participate in this new opportunity. Machine Tool Math: This focused class develops the skills of students in areas of mathematics relevant to modern manufacturing. An emphasis will be placed on practical applications as found in machining. The topics include usage of fractions and decimals, conversion between units, interpreting and using percentages, usage of tolerances, interpretation and usage of formulas and proportions, and the practical application of geometry and trigonometry in interpreting and using drawings. Blueprint Reading: Students will learn the fundamentals of blueprint reading including multi-view drawings and how to sketch one, threads, title blocks, ECOs, tolerance blocks, Rectangular and Geometric Tolerance.

Please see the following important dates: 1. No School, Friday 1/14, teacher workshop, No HUOT 2. No School, Monday 1/18, Martin Luther King Jr. Observance, No HUOT 3. Senior Cap and Gown Measurements: Wednesday 1/20 and Thursday 1/21 during advisory for hybrid students. Students will be called to the gym by advisory. All remote seniors need to report to the FHS cafeteria on Thursday 1/21, at 1:30pm. 4.PSATs, will be on Tuesday 1/26, all sophomores will be on campus, all other students will have work to do remotely which will count for attendance, no live zoom sessions on this day. The HUOT bus will run for those students. 5. End of quarter 2/semester 1 will be on Friday 1/28. 6. Seniors, do not forget to complete your 60 hours of community service. See the school website for our community partner list. Underclassmen should be completing 15 hours a year.

Good evening Franklin Families, A reminder that there is no school on Friday as it is a teacher’s workshop day and no school on Monday for the holiday. We will be delivering and serving double meals tomorrow as the food service staff has a day off on Friday and Monday for the holiday as well. Thank you for your continued support. Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

The Franklin School Board meeting will be held on Tuesday next week due to the Monday holiday. The meeting will be held at our new start time of 6:00 at our new location in the Franklin High School cafeteria. The public is welcome to attend or view the meeting on our youtube channel, "Franklin NH School Board." A link will be sent out with the agenda later this week.

Dear Franklin Families, I am reaching out to you today to report 3 positive student cases at Franklin Middle School. 2 of the students have not attended school since before vacation. The 3rd student is fully remote. Contact tracing was minimal and has been completed. Additionally, the contact tracing for the high school positive student case that I reported to you yesterday has been completed All 3 schools will be open for in-person learning tomorrow for Cohort A students. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Friday, January 15, there will be NO school for students as it is a Teacher Inservice Day. Staff at all three schools will be participating in Professional Development all day. Also, Monday, January 18, all schools are CLOSED in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. There is NO school on Monday. All schools will resume with Group A hybrid on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Friday, January 15, is a Teacher Inservice Day for Franklin. There is NO school for students on Friday. Teachers will be immersed in professional development all day. Also, remember that Monday, Jan. 18 that school CLOSED in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. School will resume for Group A hybrid on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Dear Franklin Families, I have been informed today of a student testing positive at Franklin High School. We have initiated contact tracing. We are already fully remote tomorrow. I will let you know when contact tracing is completed and if there is any impact on school for Tuesday. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Yearbooks are officially for sale online now for $55. Please follow the link below to preorder your yearbooks. This link will also allow parents/guardians to purchase parent ads to be featured in the yearbook! https://www.balfour.com/new-hampshire/franklin/franklin-high-school Questions? Please contact the Yearbook Team at yearbook@gm.sau18.org Yearbook is looking for pictures that were taken of the FHS students during sports games from Fall 2020- Current to add to the yearbook pages. All submissions can be sent directly to yearbook@gm.sau18.org

Dear Franklin Families, I am writing to inform you that a student at Franklin High School has tested positive for COVID-19 today. The student has not attended school since before vacation so the contact tracing was minimal and has been completed. There is no impact on the schools for tomorrow and we will be open for in-person learning with Cohort B students. Thank you for your continued support of our schools. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Good afternoon Franklin Families, I have been notified of a positive student case at Franklin Middle School. The student has not been in school since before vacation so the contact tracing is completed and the schools will all be open tomorrow. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Good Afternoon Franklin Families, I hope you had a great holiday and a relaxing vacation. I wish you and your families a very Happy New Year and a great 2021! I wanted to let you know that we had a staff member at Franklin High School test positive over the weekend. There were no close contacts, as we were all out on vacation. We are all set to welcome back our Cohort A students, in-person tomorrow morning, at all 3 schools. A couple of reminders as we head into the new year. Please be sure to contact the schools if your child tests positive for COVID-19. The sooner we know, the sooner we can initiate contact tracing to keep everyone safe. Please continue to monitor your child/children for symptoms and keep them home to work remotely if they are exhibiting any flu-like symptoms. Additionally, please remember that if you traveled out of New England, our students need to quarantine for 7 days with a negative PCR test on the 7th day, or quarantine for a total of 10 days without a test before returning to school per NH Department of Health and Human Services guidelines.. I appreciate all of your support in helping to keep everyone healthy and safe. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org