Franklin Elementary

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09/14/2026

The Franklin school song is back! Please practice with your Frankling and sing along with us every morning at 8:40! Words are in the comments.

09/14/2026

Hello Panther Families,

What a wonderful first week of school! We had 93% attendance and only 4 tardies! Gates close at 8:45/9:45 every day so make sure you are all here by 8:40am. Thank you for prioritizing school every day. Head Start starts on Wednesday on our first late start of the year at 9:40am.

Our new Franklin Logo survey is now closed and our team will be analyzing the results. I will be posting the results on Facebook so you can see the results of our whole community. We use the photo restrictions to ensure students indicated are not photographed nor appear on our Facebook.

Action Items

Join our PTSA!

Label all items such as jackets, lunchboxes and water bottles

When school starts, please make sure to utilize ParentVUE, email or call in to report absences to [email protected] or 253-571-1774 and leave a message.

Late start Wednesdays start this week. School starts at 9:40am.

New News

iReady testing starts today, please make sure your student is well rested

Picture Day will be Tuesday, September 22nd, Retakes will be on Thursday, November 5th. Flyers coming home this week.

Back to School Night is Thursday, September 24th at 5:30pm.

Continuing News

Please follow our Facebook and Instagram pages

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We have resources for your family! If you have a need for clothing or food items, please contact our Counselor, Miss Foust to access these at [email protected]

Calendar

Date

Event

Details

9/16/26

First Day of Head Start

9:40 am start – 3:10 pm pickup

9/22/26

Picture Day

If you miss this day, retakes are Nov 5th

9/24/26

Open House

Franklings (our Franklin Panthers) will sing and then move to the classrooms. 5:30pm start!

10/20/22/23

Conferences

Franklings will release at 12pm

09/14/2026

Kindergarten starts tomorrow! We're so excited!!

09/12/2026

Thank you so much for a wonderful first week of school! Can't wait to meet our kinders on Monday and our Head Start franklings on Wednesday! We introduced community circle and made our commitments in each classroom. Have a wonderful weekend Franklin Community!
Franklin Elementary School PTSA

Thank you so much Franklin community! We had 93% attendance, 100% success of required medications and 100% immunizations...
09/09/2026

Thank you so much Franklin community! We had 93% attendance, 100% success of required medications and 100% immunizations meaning no one missed out on school! We appreciate all of your support and supplies, we felt the love!
Beyond the Bell starts Monday Sept 21st so sign up!
Abby Sloan
Proud Principal

09/08/2026

See you tomorrow!
Abby Sloan
Proud Principal

09/08/2026

Hello Panther Families,

Thank you for joining us at Meet the Teacher night! It was wonderful to meet so many of you, and I'm thrilled to be part of this supportive and welcoming community. Our team was thoughtful and intentional in creating classroom placements this year, with each student's success in mind. I'm delighted to share that we're off to a fantastic start!

We have just five more days to participate in our new logo design survey. While students will have the opportunity to share their input during class, we encourage families to complete the survey together at home. You can access it here pinned to the top of our page.

ACTION ITEMS

Get excited for our first day of school Sept 9th at 8:40am

When school starts, please make sure to utilize ParentVUE, email or call in to report absences to [email protected] or 253-571-1774 and leave a message.

Please complete the survey! Franklin logo redesign

NEW NEWS

I will be watching how our arrival and dismissal operates and making any changes with our team should it be necessary but otherwise it will be the same as usual. We will have lists with student names and teacher assignments.

Picture Day will be Tuesday, September 22nd, Retakes will be on Thursday, November 5th. More info to come from Lifetouch.

Back to School Night is Thursday, September 24th at 5:30pm.


CONTINUING NEWS

Please follow our Facebook and Instagram pages

Franklin Elementary | Tacoma WA | Facebook .Elementary

We have resources for your family! If you have a need for clothing or food items, please contact our Counselor, Miss Foust to access these at [email protected]


CALENDAR

Date

Event

Details

9/9/26

First Day of School 1st -5th

8:40 am start – 3:10 pm pickup

9/14/26

First Day of Kindergarten

8:40 am start – 3:10 pm pickup

9/16/26

First Day of Head Start

8:40 am start – 3:10 pm pickup

9/22/26

Picture Day

Nov 5th are retakes

9/24/26

Open House

Franklings (our Franklin Panthers) will sing and then move to the classrooms. 5:30pm start!
Franklin Elementary School PTSA

Okay we are almost done with our hiring! Just one more crossing guard to go. Please pass this on to someone you know wou...
09/04/2026

Okay we are almost done with our hiring! Just one more crossing guard to go. Please pass this on to someone you know would be great at helping keep our Franklings safe both in the morning arrival and afternoon dismissal times.

09/04/2026

Our event is going wonderfully. Hopefully we see you all tonight!

Hey Panther community! Staff met today and we did a lot of the work it takes to be the best school we can be. We are so ...
09/03/2026

Hey Panther community! Staff met today and we did a lot of the work it takes to be the best school we can be. We are so excited to see you and all our Franklings! We are going to have our "Meet the Teacher" event inside the cafeteria and gym because of the rain.

This is a time to meet your teacher and drop off supplies. Remember to give your input on our new logo design. The link will be active until Friday Sept 11th. https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/trnRitWEEF

See you soon!

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1402 S. Lawrence Street
Tacoma, WA

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