Downtown Dispatch

News and Updates From the Office

August 14, 2024

Thank you for a wonderful first few weeks of school! Thank you for all you do getting your students to school on time, helping with dresscode and remembering their ID, and establishing routines after-school for homework time. This will be our bi-weekly newsletter where we share important information and highlight some amazing things happening on our campus! Please be sure to read it every other week to keep informed about what's going on at Franklin Downtown. -Principal Merritt

Three Points from Principal Merritt

Parent Info Night! Thursday, August 29th.

Please join us on Thursday, August 29th for Parent Information Night. From 5:00-5:30, Mrs. Taylor will be sharing information about Title 1 and answering questions from parents. From 5:30-6:30, Kinder parents will be meeting in kinder rooms to learn more about Spalding and our Franklin Program. New and Veteran parents of our 1st-6th graders will stay in the gym as we go over Spalding, our Franklin program, and answer questions you might have in order to help your child be successful at our school.

Important Band and Orchestra Dates

4th-6th grade students who are interested in band and orchestra this year need to be registered by this Friday, 8/16. Links to sign-up forms are below.

Orchestra Sign Up

Band Sign Up

On Tuesday, 8/20 we would like to invite all parents of our band and orchestra students to attend an informational meeting in the gym from 5:30-6:30. Meet your child's music teacher and learn more about our wonderful music program!

Student IDs

Getting into a new routine can be challenging and take time. Student IDs are now a part of our students dress code requirements as they come on campus. We understand that time to time students will forget their IDs and have given time for students to get used to wearing them to school everyday. Starting next week, when a student forgets their ID, teachers will address it as a dress code infraction and communicate home three times before it is communicated to the office. Teachers wil also provide a temporary ID to the student to wear throughout the day on campus.