Parents & Caregivers: Considering signing your child up for our summer learning? Listen to our WCS Voices podcast to learn more about all the exciting opportunities available this summer. Also, learn how to register. Listen now...
https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/wcs-voices
Field Day T-shirt order forms are coming home today. The picture shows the grade level shirts that have been chosen for this year. Families are welcome to purchase a shirt for their child's grade level as well. Please return the forms to your child's teacher no later than Monday, May 1st with the money for the shirts. Please make checks payable to Franklin Elementary.
Introducing: "WCS Voices: Conversations on Education & Community" Podcast. Live now. First up: Summer Learning Opportunities -- A Conversation with Ashlee Beatty, Joanna Mulligan & Candace Lewis. Listen now...
https://www.woodcountyschoolswv.com/o/wcs/article/1077662
Another shout out to our awesome families! Donations to classrooms continue to come in. Thank you Katy Hamilton, Lella Miller, Bri Burke, Leslie Purdue, Jon Six, Dana Cruse, Tim Cochran, Kevin Norris, Tim Burch, Deborah Hammer, Bella Miller, Deborah Hammer, Kenneth Oldaker, Grandpa Roton! Over $1,000 dollars of gift cards have been donated.
Please join us on April 11th, 2023, from 6:00-8:00 pm for our first Franklin Elementary Art show. There will 100's of pieces of artwork created by our students in grades Pre-Kindergarten to Fifth Grade. Music will be provided by the Artsbridge String Quartet. Refreshments are being provided by Duane Nutt's Baking and Pastry class from PSHS.
Everyone is Welcome.
Families,
If your student is attending Franklin out-of-district, and you did not receive an application for next year this week, please call the school. Applications must be received prior to May 1. We are not accepting out-of-district KG students at this time.
Thank you all for helping with our School Store Fundraiser!
I still have Huggies left so keep sending those envelopes in.
Please make sure to write the number on it.
Special thanks to those of you who donated to the classroom:
Jennifer Mills
Kayla Litton
David Perine
James Piggott
Tammy Knight
Tim Cinnamon
Don't forget to do your on-line shopping through school store.net.
We get a percentage of those sales also. I ordered my weekly Walmart order and it was super easy!
School Code 196754
Families,
This is a reminder to send back your RSVP for our first annual art show. The show will be next Tuesday evening from 6:00-8:00. The students and teachers have worked very hard to prepare for this event. Please stop by and see your child's work.
Summer Learning Opportunities registration is now open! Follow this link to get started. https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/summer2023
If you ordered Spring Break Food Boxes, please pick them up tomorrow between 8:00-3:30. If boxes are not picked up, we will give them to other students on Friday.
Spring Break Food Boxes have arrived. You may pick them up at school anytime today through Thursday (7:30-3:30). Just buzz at the main door and we will get the box to you!
These boxes had to be pre-ordered.
Greetings parents and guardians: While working through a glitch in our all-call system, Wood County Schools realized that our morning, elementary school attendance calls to parents informing of a student absence did not go out. We want you to know that this occurred and that the problem has been corrected. Absence calls will continue as normal on Monday.
This is Ms. Cumpston. I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful afternoon! I have a couple of Spring safety and procedure reminders. If you are driving and picking your child up, you need to go through the parent pick-up line. We have a handful of people parking on Division St. Extension, horseshoe, or in the back gravel parking lot. Street parking is not permitted by the city. Parking in the gravel lot or horseshoe is against school policy. These areas are to be used by buses, staff, and parents of special education students only. For all of you who follow the rules and wait in the lines, thank you! You are helping us to keep all children safe!
February 6 - 10 is National School Counseling Week! Wood County Schools recognizes the importance of school counseling programs and values and appreciates all of our excellent and committed school counselors.
https://woodcountyschoolswv.com/page/national-school-counseling-week
Monday, February 6, 2023 will be a Professional Learning Day for employees. Students will not attend classes. Classes will resume on Tuesday at normal times.
Due to worsening road conditions, Wood County Schools will now be closed today, Tuesday, January 31st. There will be no classes. 261-day employees are to report two hours later than their normal start time.
Wood County Schools will be on a two-hour delay today, Tuesday, January 31st, due to weather conditions. All buses and classes will operate two hours later than normal. Employees will report to work one hour later than their normal start time.
Today is the last day to register for the Free Spring Break Food Boxes.
https://forms.office.com/r/Q7bs7XYV5z
A section of Division Street will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday, Jan. 23, 2023.
A Parkersburg Utility Board project will close Division Street from Blizzard Drive to Division Street Extension. Work will run from 7 a.m.-6 p.m. daily and is expected to take 3 weeks to complete.
Families are urged to find alternate routes for student pick up and drop off at Franklin Elementary Center, Parkersburg South High School, the Wood County Technical Center and Gihon Elementary School. Motorists also should plan for delays due to increased traffic.
Buses 201, 128, 146 and 144 will run modified routes, and all area buses may experience delays due to increased traffic. Drivers of special education buses will contact families directly if delays would affect pick up and drop off times for other schools.
Please be patient and allow more time in your morning and evening commutes as we adjust to this road closure.