Paul Smith Elementary

Mrs. Beaulieu and Mrs.Fleury’s classes had so much fun this week learning about helpers in our community. We had specials visits from Firefighter Hall from FFD, Officer Burton from FPD, Kiley from J. Rose Boutique, Nurse Cecile from PSS and Brian from Franklin Savings Bank! 😊 We appreciate what you all do in our community every day!

Mrs. Gregg and Miss Nixon's third grade classes celebrated the end of state testing with a pizza party.

Today was "Friendship and Flower" Day at PSS. Mrs. Gregg's third grade celebrated my making flowers, friendship bracelets, and writing letters to their friends.

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.

Today Mrs. Gregg's had a "Muffins with Mom" party to celebrate Mother's Day. We invited moms, grandmothers, aunts, or any special woman to come in and enjoy a variety of muffins. We had a great time, the kids were happy to have their loved one there, and the ladies enjoyed doing a brain break with us.

Our second graders have been studying American symbols as part of their social studies unit this month. They have learned about the Liberty Bell, the American flag, the bald eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.

It's been a busy few weeks with the CLiF Year of the Book grant! Our first graders were able to visit the wonderful sugar shack owned and operated by the Morrill family here in Franklin and they learned about maple sugaring. After their visit, the Title One teachers visited the first graders to read to them and share some pancakes topped with the famous Morrill maple syrup. We were also delighted to have author and illustrator Marty Kelley come and visit with us here at school. He shared all about how he writes and illustrates his books. Our lucky readers were enthralled! We also had another book giveaway for our students in first through third grade. We hope your families are enjoying all of the brand new books together!

Happy Cinco De Mayo from Mrs. Gregg's class. Today we learned about this holiday and celebrated with tacos 😄

The Paul Smith School yearbook for the 2022-2023 school year is now available to purchase. To order, please visit https://tr5.treering.com/validate and use the access code: 101546900052864. Also, our SAU18 Rooms App is now live and you should have received an email to join your child's classroom. Please see this video for more information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABe8jT1Ef88Y5Zd-jtAkGNYbg6Pb4a3S/view

Say “hello” to two-way messaging and classroom announcements in the SAU #18 app! With the addition of Rooms, our district app keeps getting better. Parents/guardians - check your email with instructions to sign up and access these new features.

Reminder : New FHS Schedule for the 2023-2024 school year. We will be holding an in-person public forum on May 4, 2023 from 6:00-7:00 pm in the high school cafeteria to answer questions.

Dear Franklin Families: This is a reminder about the information for the new schedule for the upcoming school year. We are excited to implement this new schedule, and we want to ensure we've answered and addressed all questions students, parents and caretakers have. To better understand your perspectives on the new schedule, we have prepared a short video that explains the changes and benefits, and a document that provides more detailed information about the schedule structure.  We will also be holding an in-person public forum on May 4, 2023 from 6:00-7:00 pm in the high school cafeteria to answer questions.  If you want to provide feedback and questions ahead of the May 4 meeting, we will use your input to frame our session. Use this survey link to provide your thoughts.  Thank you for your support and involvement in our school community. Best regards, David Levesque, Principal Franklin High School 603-934-5441 x3422

A reminder from our PTO that our spring bulb fundraiser will conclude tomorrow. Please reach out to Paulsmithschoolpto@gmail.com with any questions.

Thank you to Mr. Matt and his sons, the Morse family, and the Hoppe family for spending their Saturday morning assembling our new gaga pit. This new addition to our playground was purchased with funds raised by our PTO. If you’d like to help support Paul Smith School with more projects like these, please reach out to paulsmithschoolpto@gmail.com for more information on how you can help!

Dear Franklin Families, A reminder that our mobile app is expanding to include class announcements, class streams, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation to begin using this feature in our app starting on May 1st. Download for Android https://bit.ly/2YI87qc Download for iPhone https://apple.co/37Hkp6z

Dear Franklin Families, A reminder that our mobile app is expanding to include class announcements, class streams, and parent-teacher chat. Look for your personalized invitation to begin using this feature in our app starting on May 1st. Download for Android https://bit.ly/2YI87qc Download for iPhone https://apple.co/37Hkp6z

Dear Franklin Families, At the School Board meeting last night, the School Board approved my recommendation to set the last day of school for students as Thursday, June 22nd. This will be a 1/2 day of school for students. The Board also approved my recommendation to implement a new master schedule for the high school next year. We will be sending out information about the new schedule today to our families. Additionally, we will be hosting an information session on the new schedule for students and parents on Thursday, May 4th at 6:00 in the high school cafeteria. A reminder that we are having Career Day today at the high school and we will be having a Black Hawk helicopter landing in our field as part of the activities for the day. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Dan LeGallo SAU 18 Superintendent dlegallo@gm.sau18.org

These Paul Smith School students proudly unveiled the school-wide STEAM project our K-3 students have been working on in library media class during tonight’s School Board meeting. These cardboard creations were created as a collaborative project for our school library. Great work!!

Hello Everyone! This is just a heads up to let you know that as a part of our Career Day tomorrow (April 18th) the NH National Guard will be landing a Blackhawk Helicopter on the field behind the high school. It is scheduled to be here between 12:00 - 1:00 PM. David Levesque, Principal

Kids throughout the building have been hard at work engaging in hands-on and fun activities!