The Bolt

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Friday, February 7th, 5:00pm, Room G-018: Celebration to Honor Retired Coach Scott Aker

Saturday, February 8th, 7:00pm, Melody Ballroom: Winter Formal (Adult Volunteers Needed)

Wednesday, February 12th, 2nd Period: Senior Class Photo

Thursday, February 13th, 8:30am-3:30pm, Auxiliary Gym: Red Cross Blood Drive

Friday, February 14th: Senior Portraits & Quotes Due to Yearbook

Monday, February 17th: NO SCHOOL

Friday, February 28th: Last Day to Purchase a Yearbook (no sales at the end of the year!)

Monday, March 3rd: NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, March 5th: SAT/Pre-ACT Day (more info coming soon)

Friday, March 7th-Saturday, March 15th: Puffs (Volunteers Needed)

Sunday, March 9th, 8:30am-12pm, Norse Hall: All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast PTSA Fundraiser

Thursday, March 13th, 6:30pm, Room M-221: PTSA General Meeting

Dear Franklin Students and Families,

Happy Black History Month! Staff have selected their Black and African American Heroes that are currently displayed in the front lobby of the school. I hope you are able to take some time to read the captions and learn more about them.

Students are still forecasting for their classes this week. Be sure to reach out to your counselors if you have any questions about the process or any courses.

The weather forecast is indicating chances of snow for next week. Make sure that you are receiving information from PPS about any inclement weather late starts or closures. This information will be sent out via Remind.

Have a great weekend and Go Lightning!

Dr. Z

Yearbook sales will end on Friday, February 28th. At that point, yearbooks will be ordered and they will not be sold at the end of the year. If you want a 2024-25 yearbook, please purchase one on SchoolPay in the next two weeks!

Did you know that families with CareOregon (OHP/Medicaid) can access financial support for rent, utilities, nutrition, and more?

Please visit the FHS Resource Center to learn about qualifying life situations and how staff and families with CareOregon can apply for financial support when they are experiencing ongoing medical and mental health challenges.

If you have any questions about how to access these resources, please contact Franklin's School Social Worker, Jed McClean, at 503-729-1626

The Franklin Theater Department is proud to present its winter play, Puffs!

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs... who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world.

Puffs opens on Friday, March 7th and runs through Saturday, March 15th, with a 2:00 matinée on Sunday, March 9th. You can purchase your tickets by clicking this link.

Anyone who volunteers to help during a performance (students or adults) will receive a FREE ticket for another night!

Franklin's advanced filmmaking classes had a full house at the premiere of their semester long projects. All films are now on FranklinFilmSchool.com. Enjoy!

From the Franklin Library:

• Everybody Reads is a large scale book club sponsored by the Multnomah County Library and Literary Arts. To participate, pick up your free copy of Solito by Javier Zamora in the Franklin Library or at any MCL branch. Then read, enjoy, discuss, and attend "An Evening with Javier Zamora" on Tuesday, March 11th, at 7:30pm at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Free tickets are available to students and staff through the Franklin Library.

Glencoe Elementary is planning a 100-year celebration on Thursday, May 29th from 5:30-8:00pm. More information will come this spring but if your students went to Glencoe, please save the date if you are interested in attending!

PPS is currently working on the 2025-2026 school year calendar, and would love your input. You can review the DRAFT calendar here and provide your feedback here.

Winter Formal is tomorrow, Saturday, February 8th from 7:00-10:00pm at the Melody Ballroom: 615 SE Alder St.

• Ticket sales have ended and will not be available at the door.
• Adult volunteers are needed here.

PPS is excited to announce that this year’s graduation ceremonies will be held at Portland State University’s Viking Pavilion! This venue offers indoor seating for ticketed guests and convenient, affordable parking.

However, due to limited capacity, each Franklin High School graduate is guaranteed four guest tickets. We understand that some families may need fewer tickets while others may wish to request more. To help us assess ticket availability, we ask that you have your student complete this ticket request survey. Your response will provide essential information to determine whether additional tickets can be distributed. The survey deadline is Friday, February 14th.

Important Notes:

• If no response is submitted by the February 14th deadline, four tickets will be reserved for your family.
• Only one response per student will be accepted.
• Students must use their PPS email to complete the form.

Seniors need to make sure they attend their 2nd period classes on Wednesday February, 12th as they will be released to the grass hill 30 minutes early in front of the gym to take the Class of 2025 picture for the yearbook. Please dress warm as it will be cold.

Seniors, your photos and quotes are due to the yearbook staff by Friday, February 14th. The QR code in the above flyer does not work but submissions can be made here. Important note, if you do not receive an email confirmation, your submission has not been received.

Franklin Athletic Boosters is going to be busy over break! Read their weekly newsletter and find out how you can participate here.

Everyone is welcome to attend a celebration to honor retired boys' basketball coach, Scott Aker, on Friday, February 7th. The meet and greet will start at 5:00pm in Room G-018 (basement of the gym building) and Coach Aker will be recognized at halftime of the boys' varsity game. Use the code word "AKER" to get into the game for free. Here is a bit of information about Coach Aker:

Scott began his varsity basketball coaching years at Franklin in the fall of 1991, after teaching and coaching basketball, volleyball, tennis and girls' golf at Milwaukie and Marshall High Schools. At Franklin he was the boys PE teacher and varsity boys basketball coach. He was also an assistant freshman football coach with Rick Holte. He coached at Franklin from 1991-1998, and served as the school's athletic director from 1994-98. He then transferred to Wilson (now Wells) from 1998-2017. He was the Wilson athletic director from 2006-2014. He retired from teaching in 2014. Scott returned to Franklin to coach the varsity boys' basketball team from 2017-2020. He was honored as the Oregon High School Basketball coach of the year for the 2018-2019 season.

Because game schedules are subject to frequent, often last-minute changes, we don't publish them in this newsletter. Please bookmark this page to have easy access to up-to-date game info.

We run items in The Bolt family newsletter for two weeks unless there is a good

reason to run them longer. To submit an item, fill out this form by 4pm on Thursday.

You can find past issues of The Bolt on the FHS website or on our Smore homepage.

There is a lot going on at Franklin. Make sure to download Trivory, bookmark the

FHS website, and follow the PTSA Facebook page for the latest information.