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✨Huge congratulations to Franklin School’s shining stars!✨
We proudly celebrate Catherine Sickinger, our Exemplary Educator of the Year, and Mariann Ruhno, our Governor’s Educator of the Year! Their dedication, heart, and passion for students radiate through our halls each and every day. 💚🤍🖤
We are truly lucky to have them at Franklin! 🌟

Franklin School: 🦸‍♀️✨ Meet the newest superheroes of Franklin School!
Our 1st grade KEEP students designed their own heroes, and their creativity saved the day!

Franklin School: In Mrs. Bretal’s class, students took on the fun challenge of disguising their turkeys to keep them safe for Thanksgiving! The students showed incredible creativity, transforming their turkeys into an astronaut, Mr. Potato Head, Cookie Monster, and many more imaginative disguises!

Franklin School: 🎈🦃 Our 1st graders brought Balloons Over Broadway to life with their very own school parade! Big smiles, big balloons, big fun! 🎉

Franklin School: 🎈✨ Our 3rd graders brought the Macy’s Parade to life! After reading Balloons Over Broadway, students coded Ozobots and designed their own mini floats to march through our very own parade route. STEAM + creativity = magic! 🦃🎉#ItsGoodToBeAFalcon

Ms. Klein’s class celebrated Thanksgiving today at Franklin School!
Students listened to Thanksgiving stories, shared what they are thankful for, and had fun making festive turkey headbands. It was a wonderful way to practice communication skills and celebrate together as a classroom community. 🦃🧡

Reminder! The Kearny School District will hold its Regular Board of Education meeting today:
📅Monday, November 24, 2025
🕑7:00 PM
📍Board of Education Office: 172 Midland Avenue
The public is welcome to attend.

We are closing out our Gratitude Week series by celebrating the substitute teachers who step in with flexibility, care, and confidence whenever our classrooms need them. Depicted here are just a few of the many subs who support our students and keep learning moving forward each day.

Thank you for your adaptability, your calm presence, and the important role you play in our schools. We are truly grateful for you. 💛🍎

🚨Reminder: Wednesday, November 26th will be a single session day for all Kearny School District schools. All students in grades PreK-12 will be dismissed at 12:54pm. Schools will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance of Thanksgiving Day 🦃

Franklin School: Mrs. McSorley’s science students recreate sound waves and compare pitches using string! #itsgoodtobeafalcon #sciencerocks

Franklin School: Congratulations to our "Emoji Story Title of the Week" Winners! Valerie Martinez and Abraham Fajardo!

Today we are honoring our district paraprofessionals who bring patience, compassion, and steady support to our classrooms every day. Thank you for the love, guidance, and dedication you show our children. We are truly grateful for all you do. 💛📘

Franklin School: Dr. Hoch’s First Grade Hospital is officially open! 🩺✨
To celebrate finishing our CKLA Knowledge Body Systems unit, we suited up and became surgeons for the day. Good news: every patient survived! 😅🫀🩺

As part of our Gratitude Week celebration, today we are celebrating the district bus drivers who start and end each school day with a smile. No matter the weather or the route, they greet our students with patience, kindness, and steady care.

Thank you to our transportation team for every safe ride and every warm welcome. We are grateful for all you do. 💛🚌

In every corner of our district, there are people who show up with heart, dedication, and quiet strength — often without the spotlight they deserve. This week, we are taking a moment to celebrate them.

We are starting with our incredible security team. They greet the earliest arrivals, watch over our buildings long after the last dismissal, and bring comfort simply by being there. Their steady presence keeps our schools safe and allows our community to thrive.

Ms. Abrams and Ms. Klein’s class at Franklin had a great time exploring science with our Glitter Germs experiment! Students followed directions, used their AAC devices to read and identify important vocabulary, and had so much fun learning how germs spread. A fantastic hands-on learning day!

Franklin School: Students in Mrs. Grover's class turned their classroom floor into a life-size coordinate plane ! They practiced plotting ordered pairs by moving across the grid, “walking the x” and then “climbing the y, ”to find and stand on their correct point. making learning integers hands-on and fun. #ItsGoodToBeaFalcon

Franklin School: Our Junior Peers Falcons showed the true meaning of gratitude and giving. 💛
With big smiles, bigger hearts, and lots of teamwork, our students collected an incredible amount of food for our Thanksgiving Drive.

These donations will go directly to families in need , because when Falcons work together, no one is left behind.
We are so proud of our leaders for stepping up and spreading kindness throughout our community.

Great job, Junior Peers!
🦃💚 #ThanksgivingDrive #FalconPride #LeadershipInAction

Franklin School: Congratulations to our "Emoji Story Title of the Week" Winner, Caiden Gillman!

Franklin School: Franklin students enjoyed a laser light show assembly. The message was powerful, all about kindness, respect and standing up against bullying. #FranklinFalcons #ChooseKindness #AntiBullying