Paul Smith Elementary

Dear Parents and Guardians, Attention the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alerting System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday October 4, 2023, beginning at approximately 2:30PM. Please see attached for further details.

There will be no school tomorrow (Tuesday October 3rd 2023) Due to City Elections. Thank you, Dan LeGallo

Dear Franklin Families, Just a friendly reminder that if you have not filled out an application for Free and Reduced Lunch as of yet, your application from 2022/2023 is due to expire on October 15,2023. If you would like an application for this school year you may call the Food Service office at 603-934-7442, or download an application from the SAU #18 website - https://www.sau18.org/page/food-services , or use this direct link- https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1695/SAU_18/3372568/2324FRlunchapp.pdf Thank you, Brenda Patelle Franklin Food Service Director

Dear Franklin Families, Join us for a Family Fun Day celebrating the Merrimack County Bicentennial Anniversary. Join the celebration of 200 years! Admission is FREE! Food - Music - Raffles Date: Saturday, September 30th Time: 11AM – 3PM Location: Merrimack County Complex 325 Daniel Webster HWY Boscawen, NH 03303

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Mrs. Gregg's 3rd grade class did self-portraits yesterday. They came out great!

If you have a child who is 4 years old, and you are interested in having the child participate the PSS preschool program please contact the PSS Main Office.

Summer Art Club at Paul Smith has been busy creating this past week! We created our own 3D collage/mosaics inspired by Philadelphia's "Magic Garden" art installation. We also welcomed artist Jean Reed who taught us about basket weaving. We made our own weavings and we were able to practice weaving on a class basket! Finally, we studied the artist Dean Russo, and created tigers based on his multi-media masterpieces! More art fun to come this week!

Mrs. Gregg's class enjoyed the day at Camp Learned-A-Lot

Mrs. Gregg's class celebrated luau day with a yummy snack and some yard games.

Mrs. Gregg's class hosted Donuts with Dad this morning and we had a blast! Thanks to all the men who came to spend some time with their kiddos.

Parade pals!

The second and third graders rocked the house at their concert last night 🎶! Congratulations Mr. Hazelton on your 100th concert!

Mrs. Gregg's class enjoyed the Firemen's BBQ and Field Day. Thanks to the Franklin FD for cooking for us today and to our food service ladies for the yummy sides.

Our Preschool program is expanding for the 2023-2024 school year! We will now have two additional preschool classes. If you have a child who was born on or before 9/30/2019, please see the attached information and call us at Paul Smith School at 934-4144. Preschool screening is on June 20th from 9:00-10:00am.

Kindergartners loved celebrating Ocean Day with a Luau party today!🌸🌊

Mrs. Gregg's class did some polygon art on the playground today.

Good evening Franklin Families, I am reaching out regarding the tragedy that impacted our community yesterday. We grieve for the family and are grateful that the student involved is out of the hospital and recovering. We are coordinating with the Disaster Behavioral Health Response Team at the state level to prepare for our return to school tomorrow morning. We will have counseling staff available to help students and staff at all 3 schools who need assistance. Please feel free to reach out to the schools if you anticipate any specific needs for your student/s. I am also available as always to answer questions and provide any needed resources or support. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

Today Mrs. Gregg's third grade class celebrated "L" day with lemons and lemonade. We observed lemons to see how the look, feel, smell and taste. We also taste tested two different types of lemonade and students voted on their favorite. We then used the data to create a tally chart, bar graph, and answer questions about the data.

These second graders enjoyed an ice cream treat!