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!
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
This is a message from the Superintendent's Office . All students who get on the bus at Bow Street will need to get on their bus at either Central Street or Glen Street today. Thank you.
Dear parents/guardians,
We've created a Families Hub page on our websites and Mobile App to help families find the resources they need. We hope to make this a one-stop-shop for parents, guardians and families. Just click "Families" from any of our websites, or the mobile app, or click here to preview the Families Hub - https://www.sau18.org/page/families
Don't see something you want on the Families Hub? No problem! You can find a link at the bottom of the Families Hub where you can make suggestions.
Franklin High School students visited our school today to conduct a puppet show for PSS students! The FHS students did a fantastic job and we very much appreciate their time. The topic of the puppet show was "The Very Hungry Caterpillar".
PSS starts the morning with a ukulele concert!
We had a blast at the PSS Halloween Parade
Mrs. Miller's class spent Thursday cutting up vegetables for todays Stone Soup event!
Looks like everybody enjoyed their delicious soup!
A huge thank you to the Franklin Fire Department for coming and talking to the 3rd grade about fire prevention and safety!
Dots, Colors and Lines Oh My! The students have enjoyed kicking off the school year learning all about the elements of art! We began the year with a schoolwide collaborative art project based on the book "The Dot" by Peter H. Reynolds. Students in second and third grade practiced their lines with playday before beginning their rainbow line projects with paint! Our Kindergarten friends created some ROYGBIV smiles to showcase what they learned about rainbow order! We can't wait to use these skills in our future artwork!
Franklin Fall Fest location has been changed to Bessie Rowell Community Center
Today Mrs. Gregg's 3rd grade class did a Mystery Science Lesson to find out why our skeletons have so many bones.
Bus # 805 is running late leaving Paul Smith Elementary School this morning.
Kindergarten has been exploring Apples this week! We have talked about what we want to know and taste tested. Today we worked on weighing apples and creating paintings, signs, and money to open our very own Apple Orchards next week!
Today is National Do Something Nice Day so Mrs. Gregg's class talked about how it's important to do nice things for people. Not only does it make the person feel good but it also helps us to be happier and healthier.
It is also Mrs. Weaver's birthday so we made and delivered birthday cards to her.
