October 8, 2020

 

Lunch Menu

(Orders due by 11:59, 10/11)

Monday, 10/12

Chicken Cheese Quesadilla, Chips & Queso, Apple Cinnamon Tortilla

Tuesday, 10/13

Baked Ziti, Salad, Garlic Bread, Dessert

Wednesday, 10/14

Chick-fil-a, Chips, Oreos

Thursday, 10/15

Biscuits & Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Mini Cinnamon Rolls

Friday, 10/16

Pizza, Carrots & Dip, Dessert

Sports!

Volleyball

10/12 - Berean, Away, JVG-4:00, Varsity-5:00

10/13 - Victory, Home, JVG-4:00, Varsity-5:00

10/15-10/16 - JV Regional Tournament, TBA, TBA

10/20 - Franklin Christian, Away, Varsity-5:00

10/22-10/23 - Varsity State, TBA, TBA

Cross Country

10/12 - TAACS State, Hendersonville, Varsity-10:00

10/15 - Fairview High, Fairview, MS-5:00, Varsity-5:40

10/19 - The Hermitage, Nashville, MS-5:20, Varsity-5:50

Important News!

1st Quarter Ends 10/14

Fine Arts Sign Ups by 10/16

No School - Parent Teacher Conference 10/19

Report Cards Go Home on 10/20

Abby Candle Sale-Ends 10/28

Golf Results

Gentle Reminders

End of 1st Quarter

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself why schools split their year into quarters? Why would we do that? Are we tempting 2020 to hit us again like it did at the beginning of the year? Should we maybe split it into thirds, as a precautionary measure? What about halves? Everyone knows what a half is. It's the "this is my half of the candy bar and this is your half of the candy bar" you had to deal with your sibling when you were growing up. Or worse. Your own child. And I say worse because let me just be a little transparent here. If there was a candy bar in my house when my kids were growing up, I would have waited until they were in bed before I broke that puppy open.

 

Funny thing though. An eight and five year old can hear the crackle of a Snickers bar wrapper even if they were snoring 0.2 seconds before. And they run fast because they know, mom is not above horking it down. (English is a living language which means new words are constantly being created. So horking works. I just don't recommend trying it in Scrabble.)

 

It's my opinion that schools divide their years into quarters because when you say things like, "The first quarter ends October 14th" you get this feeling of accomplishment. A smile makes it to your face.

Until you remember that report cards are coming home October 20th. Or that you've got three more to go. Whichever. 

Fine Arts Sign Ups

Have you ever participated in a talent show and wondered just how far you could go if it had been a real deal type of thing? Although we don't offer the Cat Whisperer of the year award, we do have a Fine Arts Competition coming up. If you are in 3rd to 12th grade and think you have what it takes in Bible, Music, Speech, Academics, and Art, be sure to sign up here --> https://form.jotform.com/92804809131153 as soon as possible. The deadline? October 16th.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact bobby.lyles@franklinroad.org

Unless it's a question that doesn't pertain to him. Like how much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood. Because everyone knows the answer to that one.

 

NO SCHOOL October 19th! 

Unless you're in preschool. Then you have school. But if you're in preschool, I very much doubt you're reading this. Someone is probably reading it to you and they more than likely skipped this part. It's all fun and games, mom and dad, until they learn how to read for themselves. And THEN they watch you like a HAWK to make SURE you don't skip parts. Trust me. I have experience in this and one of my children had excellent memorization skills and loved very large books. It was not pretty.

If you're in K5-12th grade, you do not have school October 19th. Because your mom and/or dad made an appointment with your teacher and they're going to come into school to talk about you. They might hear great things like how you really could be in the Polka Hall of Fame if only you'd turn in that History assignment that was due two weeks ago. Or how your teacher loves how social you are. During the test. (*insert sarcasm and fake smile here*). 

Truly, there could be some very interesting conversations being had that day about...you. So even though you don't have school, you might want to consider getting up a little early and making mom and dad's favorite breakfast.

It might soften the blow a little. Or, it might gain you some serious brownie points and you might actually get to major in yodeling in college. 

The choice is up to you. (insert creepy music here.)

*Not real keen on coming into school? Virtual appointments are also available. Contact your child's teacher for your appointment today!

Abby Candle Sale Still Going

Imagine it. It's Saturday morning and you finally got to sleep in. Because your cranky cat had a memory lapse and didn't wake you at five in the morning to be fed. Anyway, you grab your coffee and your Bible, and you head out to the front porch. 

It's a beautiful fall day. The sun is shining, the birds are singing as they fly overhead, you take a drink of the blessed black liquid, and...you notice something weird about your lawn. 

Through the night, someone has paid a student to decorate your yard with a million plastic flamingoes. It's like a pink sea of tall, gawky birds that stare at you with their beady black eyes. (Would that not be awesome?! Why do the powers that be not invite me to their fundraising meetings? It could be epic! I absolutely would pay students to decorate someone's yard with flamingoes. Not gnomes. Those scare me.)

See, we don't do things like that here at FRCS. We do nice things like sell Abby Candles to help our Junior class go to Washington in spring. Nice smelling candles, or candle melts, or candle warmers, there's so much to choose from. 

From popcorn, cookie mix (I will be getting me some of this), and socks, you really can find something for pretty much everyone.

Unless they like pink flamingoes. Those are not for sale.

Sales paperwork must be turned in by October 28th.

Golf Results

I am not a golfer. I do not have the patience for it. I am pretty confident that I would clap extremely loud instead of that quiet palm smack you see them do on tv. I would whistle and shout, and be all excited. I would more than likely be the only one in golf history to be ejected from the green. And I'm also pretty confident that any of you who know me and are reading this are nodding your head in agreement. And that's ok. We're on the same page.

But there are people who excel at it. We know some of them. In the recent TAACS State Golf Tournament on October 5th, Judson Bjornstad was named MVP, while Noah Tidwell and Blake Anderson received All-Tournament. Way to go guys! We're proud of you!

So when you see the golf team, feel free to give them that quiet palm smack clap howdy-do or, if you're like me, give them a loud whoop whoop!

 

Gentle Reminders

- Face Masks. Have you taken a moment and just considered the many, many good things about face masks? Once upon a time, after a lunch of cream of broccoli soup, you had to worry about little green fragments peeking out from between your two front teeth. Or, if you have a dark colored face mask, you can pour M&M's into it and eat them slowly throughout the day. (I highly recommend washing afterwards, or you will be very colorful from the nose down.) Or, and this is my personal favorite, you can hide the fact that your lips and face have swollen three times its normal size because you're having a bad reaction to being in the sun over the weekend. (Seriously. If my lips get any larger, they will pop. I tried to smile this morning at my husband before he left for work, and...they didn't move. He stared. I cried. It was awkward.)

So whether you're using it as a feedbag, hiding those greenish sprouts from the world, or you've realized you're not a candidate for Botox, now you're free. Free to wear that mask and protect yourself as well as others. (Just leave the crocheted ones at home. They really kind of weird me out.)

 

 - Feeling sick? Is your child complaining of something just not right with their stomach? Is their throat sore? Have they sneezed twenty-three times in a row and the only reason it wasn't twenty-four was because you grabbed their nose and pinched it closed? 

Please don't send them to school if you think they could be sick. Please. Keep them home and watch them. Monitor them like you did when they were first born. If they are running and skipping and laughing and wanting to play outside, yea. They probably had a test. But if they're just not acting normal, do yourself and us a favor and play it safe. Utilize the virtual learning and keep them home. We do not need nor desire plague number 11 here at FRCS.

 

Teachers. How Well Do You Know Them?

Not very well, apparently. And that's rather sad. These people, who seem so ancient to you, were young once. They had dreams. Goals. Maybe being a teacher wasn't their first major in college. Maybe, just maybe, one of them thought they would make it super big in the Polka Music Hall of Fame because they were talented, man. TALENTED. But they listened to their loving parents (who probably locked them in the closet until they came back to their senses) and minored in Education.

 

And look where they are now. (Thank you moms and dads everywhere for saving angsty teenagers from themselves. We really do owe you big time.)

 

Last week's Teacher Trivia didn't go well. (Thank you for the eight of you who tried. This week? Let's see if we can make double digits for Parent Page readers. Yea. That'd be great...) 

Last Week's Answers:

 

- Winner of State Competition in Taekwondo in 3rd grade was...(drum roll please) Mrs. Parson.

- The teacher who loves cats and hates dogs? Miss Herting.

- And this one surprises me. It was a tie between Mr. Kramer and Mr. Stanczak. BOTH are wrong. (Insert annoying trivia buzzer here. I honestly wish you could sometimes hear what's going on in my brain. Because the best trivia wrong answer button-in my opinion-is the one from Family Feud. No other will do so please don't try to use it.) The teacher who taught his dog German was...Mr. Montgomery. Who had to teach his mother German so the dog would listen to her when he left for college. Which is funny.

 

So let's try this again, shall we. Remember, we're trying to make double digits here.

 

-There is a teacher here at FRCS who *hates* pumpkin spice. (How is this possible? I mean, what do you do this time of year without pumpkin spice?! Do you go straight for the peppermint and completely disregard the flavor of October?)

-There is a staff worker who used to show hogs at county fairs. (Do you turn them into bacon if they don't win? Aww drat, Drusilla. You got second so now I have to make you a delicious sidekick to my scrambled eggs.)

-There is a staff worker who absolutely loves owls. I wonder whoooo that could be? (Sorry. Couldn't resist. Should have, but I'm not that strong.)

 

So bring a friend. Make them read this page, and bring me some answers. Choose three teachers. Write your ideas down and bring it to the elementary office to see if you won a prize!

 

This week's choices are: 

Mr. Kramer

Miss Walters

Mr. Stanczak

Mrs. Kramer

Miss Turner

Mrs. Lawwell