Franklin County R-II School

Students will not be in session on Friday, October 11th. This is a professional development day for our staff. On October 14th, the district will be closed for a short fall break. We hope that our families will enjoy this 4 day weekend!

Mid terms were emailed on September 20th for 1st-8th grade. Please contact the office if you did not receive this notification. With your Lumen login, you can access your child's grades at any time. The end of the quarter is October 21st. You will receive your child's grade card at parent teacher conferences. All remaining mid terms and report cards will be mailed.

This month, you will be receiving a survey from the school district. The survey will be sent to the primary email on file. Please make sure we have a working email that is checked regularly. This survey is part of our MSIP 6 review that is being performed by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It is very important that every family complete the survey. The results are anonymous and the feedback will help us make R-II a better place to learn and grow. This is your chance to tell us what we do well and where we can improve. In addition to the family survey, our students in grades 4-8 will be completing surveys along with our staff. The students will complete their surveys during their school day.

Our Student Council, staff, and board members will be providing the Friendship Plate meal at St. Peter's Church on October 12th. One of our CSIP goals is to be more involved with our community. This will be a great opportunity for us to support the community that does so much for us. The menu will be chili, cheese, crackers, fruit salad and desserts. This meal is free of charge for anyone who would like to attend. Drive thru is also available.

Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held on October 29 from 3:30 pm until 7:30 pm and on November 4th from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. Grade cards and other assessment results will be reviewed at conference times. (Negative lunch balances will have to paid before report cards will be handed out.) Conferences are 15 minutes in length. Middle school parents should schedule with their homeroom teacher. You may request a conference with an additional middle school teacher if you have specific concerns in that subject.

Parents may start contacting the office to schedule your conference on October 10th. No conferences will be scheduled prior to that date. We have to allow our Special Education team time to schedule IEP meetings first. 573-237-2414

Our goal is 100% participation!

Lunch account notices are sent home on a regular basis. Please be sure to send money to keep your child's account current. Free and reduced forms can be filled out and sent in at any time during the school year. If you qualified last year, you will have to resubmit the form for this year. Forms from last year expire on October 1, 2024.

Lunches are $2.95 per day

Breakfast is $2.45 per day.

Milk is .50 per carton.

The annual PTO Chili Supper will be held on Saturday, November 9th from 4:00 -8:00 pm. Grandma's Pie Auction will take place at 7:00 pm in the cafeteria. There will be a Kid Carnival in the gym from 5:00-7:00 pm. A big shout out to our PTO , the Chili Supper Committee, and all of the volunteers that make this event a success.

We have two wonderful prizes that have been donated, 1/4 beef that includes processing and $500 cash! Students will sell raffle tickets two weeks prior to the chili supper.

Our PTO is raising funds to replace our score board in the gym. Peoples Savings Bank recently donated $2000 for this future project!

Be on the lookout for our first edition of the Husky News! Mrs. Brune and her broadcasting team are almost ready to release their first edition. This will be shared via a YouTube link.

Our new parent educator, Nancy Peirick, will be finishing her training this fall. Mrs. Peirick will begin contacting families to schedule screenings and visits soon. You can email her at npeirick@fcr2.org.

Picture retakes will be on November 15. We will also have club and sports photos this day. Students should bring club shirts and uniforms. Students that intend to play or be involved in winter sports will be issued a uniform to wear for pictures.

Eighth grade night for our volleyball players will be held on October 21st. We are inviting our 8th grade cross country and football players to also be recognized that evening. We will recognize our 8th graders after the B team game.

K-2 will have a field trip to the Butterfly House on Friday, October 18th. The classroom teachers will share more information regarding the field trip. 3rd and 4th grade will be going to Busch Stadium on October 30th. Parents must have a background check in order to attend. Background checks are $15.50. Checks should be made payable to Franklin County R-II School.

Franklin County R-II Student Council will be inviting area veterans and their spouses to a breakfast on Tuesday, November 12th. Breakfast will be served from 8:00-8:45 am. Following the breakfast, our students will perform a few musical numbers. Please let everyone in the community know that we want to honor our veterans and hope they can attend. Please have veterans and their spouses RSVP by November 1st at 237-2414.

The New Haven Fire Department will visit on October 15th. We have practiced twice and are ready for their visit. Poster winners will be announced after our drill. We will continue safety drills throughout the year.

Please call the office if you need to change your child's transportation. If you email the classroom teacher, they may not see it until it is too late. Be sure to call the office 237-2414 by 2:30 pm for any changes that need to be made. We appreciate your cooperation.

In our back to school letter, I referenced our Community School Improvement Plan (CSIP). To keep you informed of our goals and progress, I will take the opportunity to highlight some of our accomplishments in our monthly newsletters.

Goal 1: Student Achievement

Objective 1.1.1

The District scores on state assessments will be at or above the state average on an annual basis. Once again, our scores for the 23/24 MAP show that we did exceed the state average across the board.

Objective 1.1.4

90% of our students will be in attendance at least 90% of the time. Our average attendance for our first 30 days of school is 94.98%. (as of 9/30)

Congratulations to 3rd and 5th grade for winning the attendance competition for August and September.

Our school Facebook page is loaded with information. If you do not use Facebook, you can still see our posts by visiting our school website at www.fcr2.org. Our FB feed scrolls at the bottom of the page.