July 28, 2024
A Message From Principal Fox
Hope this communication finds you well and everyone has been having a safe and healthy summer!
Last year, with your support and partnership, our students and staff truly grew and excelled in many of their social and academic areas. We recognize and embrace the concept of continuous improvement and will proceed on our path to excellence. Introducing our 24-25 theme which extends from last year's them, 'Flight to Excellence'; "The path to excellence has no end...Go for Gold!"
DashPass Action Item for ALL FAMILIES
Due to summer maintenance, All RETURNING families need open the DashPass app and confirm that you still have your child(ren) linked to your account. For all INCOMING families, please download app and sign into the DashPass app to setup your accounts and confirm that you are linked to their child(ren). (DashPass sent out the invite emails a few days ago.)
If you are NOT LINKED to your child(ren) parents/guardians have TWO options to correct incorrect data:
A registering parent/guardian can email one of our administrative assistants (gonzalez.diana@franklin-academy.org, segura.emeli@franklin-academy.org, gonzalez.nancy@franklin-academy.org, shears.eugenia@franklin-academy.org) and ask for the custody flag to be turned on and an email address added to a contact without an email.
If you are a returning family with a current PowerSchool Portal account, you can login and open the Mid-Year Registration 2024 form and review the contacts listed. From the listing, you can then adjust the information on each contact, add additional contacts or remove outdated ones.
NEW FAMILY ORIENTATION will take place on Wednesday, August 7th at 5PM. If you are a new family at Franklin Academy, please join us for an overview of our campus and daily processes you will need guidance with for a smooth transition! We will cover arrival, dismissal, (DashPass platform) early sign-outs, breakfast/lunch, PowerSchool (our Student Information System), Service Hour Program (Raptor platfom) etc.
Reminders from last week's newsletter...
All final Service Hour reports were sent in the past few days, please check your email and PowerSchool Portal for this communication as well. With a 91% completion of the 23-24 Service Hour requirement, only 53 students have a hold for extracurricular activities on their PowerSchool profile. When FOUR hours have been completed, the Service Hour HOLD will be removed.
*As there was a consolidation process that took place this month with all of our PowerSchool student profiles, if you are having an issue accessing your PowerSchool Portal, please contact Ms. D. Gonzalez, gonzalez.diana@franklin-academy.org for assistance.
For the families that ordered the pre-packaged School Supply Kits, those will be delivered to the shipping address you indicated starting July 29th.
As we prepare our campus and organize our new resources for 24-25, please check out the events coming up in this newsletter and on our website.
What's coming up in July/August?
7/29/2024 First Day New Staff
8/1/2024 First Day Returning Staff
8/6/2024 Meet & Greet Kinder 8:45AM
8/6/2024 Meet & Greet Year 1 (6th Grade) 10:15AM
8/7/2024 Meet & Greet 4th Grade 8:30AM
8/7/2024 Meet & Greet 5th Grade 9:45AM
8/7/2024 Meet & Greet 3rd Grade 11:15AM
8/7/2024 New Family Orientation 5:00PM
8/8-8/9/2024 Kinder Kick Start 7:30AM-11:15AM
8/8/2024 Meet & Greet 1st Grade 9:00AM
8/8/2024 Meet & Greet 2nd Grade 10:15AM
8/8/2024 Meet & Greet Year 2 & 3 ((7th & 8th Grades) 12:30PM
8/9/2024 MYP Year 1 Kick Start 8:30AM-12:15PM
8/12/2024 First Day of School
8/15/2024 MYP Sports Info Night 5:30PM
8/22/2024 PTO Family Night - Texas Road House (Miramar)
Registration for 24-25 School Year IS NOW LIVE
FortifyFL - See something, say something
FortifyFL is a suspicious activity reporting tool that allows students to instantly relay information to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials.
QUICK AND EASY SAFETY TIP SUBMISSION
By accessing FortifyFL, students can provide a description of the threat, share pics, and videos and optionally submit their contact information. Submissions can be anonymous or non-anonymous. Submitting a tip is quick and easy using our mobile app or website.
All Franklin Academy students have access to FortifyFL via their Clever portal dashboard.
Service Hour Program
Helpful tip...your RAPTOR portal will always display your total service hours 24/7; PowerSchool Family Portal is updated quarterly with total hours.
ALL families must have a Raptor account in order to complete service hours. New families should register NOW!
Who's who?
School Fees/Balances: Ms. Yepez - businessmanager-cc@franklin-academy.org
Service Hours/Raptor/Carline/All NON-Instructional aspects: Mr. Williams - williams.demon@franklin-academy.org
Registration/School Records: Ms. Cabrera - cabrera.elizabeth@franklin-academy.org
Assistant Principal over PowerSchool: Ms. Vazquez - vazquez.emilia@franklin-academy.org
Assistant Principal over Curriculum: Ms. Sander - sander.nancy@franklin-academy.org
Health/Clinic: Nurse Schwam - schwam.lauren@franklin-academy.org
Service Hour Forms: Ms. N. Gonzalez - gonzalez.nancy@franklin-academy.org
Attendance Inquiries: Ms. D. Gonzalez - attendance-cc@franklin-academy.org; gonzalez.diana@franklin-academy.org; segura.emeli@franklin-academy.org
Placards: Ms. D. Gonzalez-gonzalez.diana@franklin-academy.org
Title 1 Liaison: Ms. Carrizo - carrizo.cassandra@franklin-academy.org
Franklin Academy
Email: fox.alexandra@franklin-academy.org
Website: franklin-academy.org
Location: 6301 South Flamingo Road, Cooper City, FL, USA
Phone: 954 780 5533
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FranklinAcademyCharter/