Paul Smith Elementary

Students at PSS are very excited to celebrate the hundredth day of the school year! As part of the celebration students created visual displays to represent the 100th day!

FMS celebrates Valentine's Day with a dance for grades 6-8 on Friday❤️

It is fantastic that we have enough snow for members of the Paul Smith snowshoe club to enjoy a hike around campus!

Good evening Franklin Families., This is a reminder from the Franklin School District that there will be no school tomorrow Tuesday January 23rd due to the New Hampshire State Primary. We will resume our regularly scheduled classes on Wednesday January 24th. Thank you

As clarification of the last message, there will be no bus service for students on bus 806 for MIddle and High school students. PSS students that have not been picked up also need a ride.

Bus 806 was involved in an accident this morning all children from Woodrow on have to be brought into school as well as the Middle School and High School students, there are 6 children on the bus and they all are okay. Again all children from Woodrow on have to be brought into school as well as the Middle School and High School students. Thank you

Good Morning - This is a message from the Superintendent's Office at S.A.U. 18. There will be no school in Franklin today. District and School Offices will be open, Administration and year round personnel will be required to report to work. Again, no school for the Franklin School District today.

Kindergarten celebrated the 80th day of school with an 80's themed day! Students played bingo, learned about cassette tapes, tried Pop Rocks candy, and ended the day with a glow dance party!

Good afternoon Franklin Families, I am pleased to let you know that we will now be sharing the School Board information packet with the public as part of our efforts to continue to increase transparency of the business of the school district. The information packets can be accessed by clicking on the following link and then clicking on Board Packet. . https://www.sau18.org/page/board-meetings This information will be accessible on the website prior to each monthly School Board meeting. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent

Attention Franklin Families. Bus #806 is running 30 to 45 minutes late. Again Bus #806 is running 30 to 45 minutes late. Thank you.

Good Morning, Bus 806 is running 45 minutes late today, Jan. 11, 2024.

Good Morning – This is a message from the Superintendent's office at S.A.U. 18. There will be a 2 hour delay today in Franklin. This means school arrival and start times will be 2 hours later than usual, and the bus arrival times will be two hours later than usual. 

Dear Franklin families,  This is a friendly reminder that Friday, December 22nd is a half day for all students.  PSS dismissal time is 11:45 FMS dismissal time is 12:45 FHS dismissal time is 12:55 You can also always find early dismissal schedules on the Families Hub, found on the website or mobile app.  I want to wish you all a wonderful, restful, and healthy holiday with your loved ones.  Happy Holidays,  Dan LeGallo - Superintendent

This week the Kindergarten team has been learning about Holidays Around the World! Each day we board our planes and fly to a new destination to learn about their holidays and traditions. We have flown to Germany (Christmas), India (Diwali), Israel (Hanukah), and China (Lunar New Year).

A very warm and appreciative thank you to the folks at Freudenberg in Northfield for the very generous donation they made to the Paul Smith School. The team at Freudenberg donated over $2500.00 to PSS for use in supporting the needs of the students. Superintendent LeGallo and Principal Lewis visited the team who collected the donation and conveyed the thanks of the entire PSS community!

Students from the Holderness School visited PSS recently. The students were completing a community service project where they donated hats and mittens to our school. Thank you to the Holderness School for partnering with and supporting PSS!

Fred Caruso of Mix 94.1 visited PSS to collect the cans donated by the PSS community to the radio station food drive. PSS students collected and donated over 250 cans! Nice job PSS!

Message from the Superintendent 12/04/2023. Good Morning – This is a message from the Superintendents office at S.A.U. 18. There will be a 2 hour delay today in Franklin. This means school arrival and start times will be 2 hours later than usual, and the bus arrival times will be two hours later than usual.

Mrs. Gregg's and Miss Nixon's 3rd grade classes made snow globes to decorate our hallway with. Chaotic, messy, and fun!

Please join us on December 2nd for Franklin Middle School's first holiday craft fair. We have over 50 vendors for you to shop from! The craft fair will be held in Franklin Middle School's gym from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Get all your holiday shopping done in one day! We will have several raffles with prizes including tickets to Gunstock Mountain and gift cards to eateries like Asian Delight and TBones. There will also be a special raffle to benefit the Twin Rivers Food Pantry. To enter bring a non-perishable food item for a ticket. Come check out our local crafters, grab some easy gifts and support your local PTO’s. Thank you! Franklin Middle School PTO Paul Smith School PTO