October 21, 2024

Hello Country Dale Family!

We continue to focus on enhancing our literacy skills, and we’re excited to share some updates and tips to support your child’s reading journey! K4 - 3rd grade practice Heggerty Phonics every morning. The students follow the teacher’s lead to segment words, blend words, focus on beginning and ending sounds. It is very interactive, rigorous, and engaging. All grade levels continue to work on fluency and comprehension skills utilizing our new curriculum, Savaas/My View. Please consider reading with your child nightly to reinforce these skills.

We had a successful first annual Literacy Night last week! This event was planned and implemented by our Family Engagement Team. It was educational and fun! Thank you to the staff that gave their time as well as the families that attended. See our school Facebook page for pictures! We can’t wait to plan another for next year with even more interactive activities!

Thank you for your support in fostering a love for reading. Together, we can help our children become confident, enthusiastic readers!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Nickel

As a reminder, the 2024-25 District Calendar can be found in PDF format here and linked into our district calendars on our website here. All of our calendars are able to be subscribed to! Follow the steps at the top of the District Calendar webpage for how to subscribe.

We are proud to share the next (2) connected events in this year's 2024-25 "Family Information Series" for Franklin Public Schools caregivers. Mark your calendars for these events and please share with friends and family locally as these events are open to non-FPS caregivers as well!

• Part 1 is a screening of the documentary "Childhood 2.0” at the FHS Saber Center for the Performing Arts TONIGHT Monday, October 21st @ 6pm. This will be followed by a panel discussion led by Katey McPherson, Child Advocate & Education Consultant.

Part 2 is a session led by Katey on how to teach and support the "iGeneration" of students. This will take place at the FPMS Commons on Tuesday, November 12th @ 6pm.

NOTE: Our partners in the Pewaukee Schools are also hosting these same events one day after each of ours. Here is a link to their flyer with details if you want to help share with friends and family in the area.

Please click the CD Parent Teacher Conference Link for important information regarding conferences. We will be holding conferences on Thursday, November 14th and Thursday, November 21st. Sign up today to secure your time slot. Thank you.

We will be administering a brief screener of social, emotional and behavioral functioning in grades 3-8 between October 15-24, 2024. Please click here for more information.

2nd grade has chosen “Dress to Impress” as our next all-school spirit day! Dress fancy and impress all your friends and teachers! If you have gym this day, please bring a pair of sneakers to participate in class! We can’t wait to see all the elegant and dapper students!

On Wednesday, October 16th, we held our 2nd of 3 Community Referendum Information Sessions being offered in October. TMJ4 s Mariam Mackar interviewed FPS District Administrator Annalee Bennin about the projects at FHS that the referendum would address. They held a live shot on the 6pm news and featured Franklin Public Schools in a 2-minute story on the 10pm news -- the 10pm news story is on their website here, but both the 6pm & 10pm clips are included in this video below.

Our final COMMUNITY INFO SESSION for October is next Friday morning at 10am at the FHS Saber Center. This is a day off school for students. Come hear from district leaders about the path to the referendum and also tour FHS following the presentation!

Provided below is information, deadlines and important dates related to voting in the general election.

If you are not registered to vote and you are eligible, there is still time!

• Register In-person at voting location on Election Day: Tues, November 5th

Absentee ballot deadlines

• Request ballot (received by): Fri, October 31st by 5pm CDT

• Return ballot by mail (received by): Tues, November 5th by 8pm CST

• Return ballot in person: Tues, November 5th by 8pm CST
  
  

• From the City of Franklin website (here): Absentee voting in the City Clerk's office is restricted to the 2 weeks before an Election and ends at the close of business the Friday before an Election. In-person absentee voting at the City Clerk's Office for the November 5, 2024 Fall General Election will be available weekdays Tuesday, October 22, 2024, through Thursday, October 31, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday, November 1, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

Our VOTING page has more voter information details

Can't make it to the final Community Information Session? Check out our "virtual tour" of the FHS spaces by clicking on the map below! Short videos and 360 videos are clickable at each location right from your phone and will better explain the areas we hope to address through the referendum.

CLICK ON THE MAP BELOW TO LOOK AROUND!

The Fall Book Fair is scheduled for October 28th-November 1st. Click the link for more detailed information: Book Fair Information Letter (eWallet information can be found in the letter).

THANK YOU to all of the parents/guardians who have already signed up to help out at the Book Fair. There are still quite a few slots available. Please click the link below if you are able to help work the Book Fair:

BOOK FAIR SIGN-UP HERE

If you would like to coordinate volunteering during your child’s time at the Book Fair, the Teacher Sign-Up is here (as of 10/17).

Trunk-or-Treat is Wednesday, October 30th from 6:30pm-8:00pm. Host a trunk or just come for fun! If you would like to host a trunk, please fill out this Google Form. The deadline to sign up is Friday, October 25th. Please check the responses if you want to avoid having a similar trunk as someone else. Trunk set-up begins at 5:30pm.

Don’t want to host a trunk, but still want to help?

• This year, we are looking for candy or trinket donations. If you would like to donate, please email the PTO at admin@countrydalepto.org so we know how much to expect. You can either bring the candy/trinkets the day of the event and drop off at the Concessions, or schedule a meet-up with a PTO member and we’ll be happy to bring it to the event.

• The PTO will be offering hot dogs and hot chocolate during Trunk-or-Treat, and we will need a few volunteers to help us serve up these BOOlicious snacks! Sign up here: Trunk-or-Treat Volunteers.

We are once again bringing back “Staff Snacks” so we can show our Country Dale staff how grateful we are for all of them! Snacks can be anything from homemade cookies or bars, bagels, soft drinks, coffee, candy, donuts, or anything else you might be thinking of. This does not need to be a meal by any means, just a small way to say, “We appreciate you!”

Staff Snack Sign-Up

There are 2 slots available each week, so you can sign-up alone or grab a few neighbors to chip in together. In order to ensure we don’t have any conflicting snack days, the teachers have suggested bringing snacks on Wednesdays. If this does not work out for you, please email Terri at the office, and check to see if another day the week you picked would work.

PARENT DIRECTORY: Scan the QR code, or click the link to sign up to receive monthly emails and connect with other Country Dale families. Our directory is safe and secure, as only those who join are able to see your information. All submissions must be approved by a board member. Only you can decide what information you want shared.

Please log in to A to Z Connect (called Membership Toolkit in your app store) and update the following information for each child:

Click on “Your Family Information”

1. Update each child’s grade and teacher

2. Or, remove student if they no longer attend Country Dale

Also, check your “Directory Publish Preferences” if needed.

The music of Elton John and Billy Joel is coming to Franklin! Join us a musical celebration of the 1970s, as award-winning Canadian recording artist Jim Witter and his incredible band lead an expertly crafted tour of an entire decade that begins with "Your Song" and winds us along on a musical time machine, saluting two of the century's most popular contemporary songwriters.

"The Piano Men" starring Jim Witter

7 p.m. | Thursday, October 24

Saber Center for the Performing Arts

8221 S. 51st St. (attached to Franklin High School)

Purchase Tickets Here

$32 Reserve | $40 Premium Reserve

Sunday, October 27th! The FHS Freshman Class of 2028 is hosting the Saber SpookFest -- a Halloween themed event for kids, on Sunday, October 27th from 1-3pm in the main commons of Franklin High School. We'll be offering Halloween games, crafts, indoor Trick or Treating, a costume contest, fall snacks, and more! Tickets ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK here or by clicking the flyer! Register now so we can get accurate counts!

Whether you're a pro, or just getting started, the FEF Charity Pickleball Tourney will be an event you won't want to miss! All proceeds go to support grants, scholarships and student assistance funding through the Educational Foundation. Matches begin at 8 am on Sat 10/26 and will end by 4 pm in the FPMS gym (wood floors). Brackets will include competitive and recreational play. FPS staff and High school students 14 and above can play at a discounted rate! Click here for more and to register!

Email: terese.tubbs@franklin.k12.wi.us
Website: https://www.franklin.k12.wi.us/country-dale-elementary-school
Location: 7380 South North Cape Road, Franklin, Wisconsin 53132, USA
Phone: 414-529-8240
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