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District Announcements
Save the Date: August 27, 2013 Kindergarten Meet & Greet
Please click HERE for information on the 7th Annual Kindergarten Meet and Greet on Tuesday, August 27, 2013.
Welcome to the FLPS Website
NJ Performance Reports
Click HERE to get to the NJ Performance Report page.
Bergen County Teacher Award Recipients
Dear School Community Members,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the 2012-13 Bergen County Teacher Recognition Award recipients—Ms. Linda Hay at Colonial Road School, Ms. Ann Jameson at High Mountain Road School, Ms. Emily Mier at Woodside Avenue School, and Ms. Susan Leonard at Franklin Avenue Middle School. The Teacher Recognition Program was developed in 1985 for the purpose of acknowledging teachers who exhibit outstanding performance. The rationale for this program is based on the premise that teaching excellence is one of the most significant factors impacting student achievement and the quality of public schools.
Congratulations to Ms. Hay, Ms. Jameson, Ms. Mier, and Ms. Leonard on this wonderful honor! Among the many thoughtful nominations received, those written on behalf of them clearly rose to the top. Their caring way, dedicated approach, and exemplary teaching have earned them this place among the best.
I'd also like to acknowledge and thank this year's selection committee: PTA Presidents: Ms. Felice Yeshion, Ms. Christina Tillsley, Ms. Sarah Katopodis, and Ms. Rebecca Rund; Franklin Lakes Education Association President: Ms. Donna Luciano; and last year's BC Teacher Recognition Recipients: Ms. Stacey Raphael, Ms. Ruth Weiss, Ms. Erika Ehrlich, and Mr. Christopher Parr.
What a wonderful reason to celebrate excellence in our school community.
Sincerely,
Frank Romano, III, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
It gives me great pleasure to announce the 2012-13 Bergen County Teacher Recognition Award recipients—Ms. Linda Hay at Colonial Road School, Ms. Ann Jameson at High Mountain Road School, Ms. Emily Mier at Woodside Avenue School, and Ms. Susan Leonard at Franklin Avenue Middle School. The Teacher Recognition Program was developed in 1985 for the purpose of acknowledging teachers who exhibit outstanding performance. The rationale for this program is based on the premise that teaching excellence is one of the most significant factors impacting student achievement and the quality of public schools.
Congratulations to Ms. Hay, Ms. Jameson, Ms. Mier, and Ms. Leonard on this wonderful honor! Among the many thoughtful nominations received, those written on behalf of them clearly rose to the top. Their caring way, dedicated approach, and exemplary teaching have earned them this place among the best.
I'd also like to acknowledge and thank this year's selection committee: PTA Presidents: Ms. Felice Yeshion, Ms. Christina Tillsley, Ms. Sarah Katopodis, and Ms. Rebecca Rund; Franklin Lakes Education Association President: Ms. Donna Luciano; and last year's BC Teacher Recognition Recipients: Ms. Stacey Raphael, Ms. Ruth Weiss, Ms. Erika Ehrlich, and Mr. Christopher Parr.
What a wonderful reason to celebrate excellence in our school community.
Sincerely,
Frank Romano, III, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools
2012-13 / 2013-14 Calendars and Surveys
Thank you to everyone who participated in our calendar and parent-teacher conference surveys. Your feedback led to some healthy and useful conclusions. They are as follows:
FLOW Calendar Committee Work:
- The High School District and the Elementary Districts should coordinate their weeklong breaks
- Students should start their school year after Labor Day
- Districts should keep the weeklong February break intact, yet leave the conversation for shortening February break beyond the 2013-14 school year open
- Districts should look at the most effective implementation of minimum days (e.g., assemblies and events on minimum days during the instructional day and/or in the afternoon while teachers have professional development)
- Districts should coordinate the use of makeup time due to excessive emergency closings
- Minimum day sessions to support parent-teacher conferences are more valuable than three full days of instruction without conferences
- Parent Teacher conferences are most valuable near the end of the first grading period
- 2012-13 Calendar (revised)
- 2013-14 Calendar
- FLOW Community Survey
- FLOW Employee Survey
- Parent Teacher Conference Results
Save the Date! Camp Invention 2013
Please Click HERE to access the flier for Camp Invention 2013, coming to Colonial Road School in July. Register for one session or both sessions. The first session is July 15-19, and the second session is July 22-26.
Community Letters and Memos
Click HERE to connect to Community Letters and Memos.
School Safety and Security Update
Please click HERE to access the Superintendent's school safety and security update.
Curriculum Director's Update
Click HERE for the Curriculum Director's January Update on curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Holidays, Safety, and Security
Please click HERE to access the Superintendent's message regarding Holidays, Safety, and Security.
NJ QSAC Placement
Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 6A:30, the Franklin Lakes School District underwent the New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum (NJ QSAC) review process on May 14, 2012. The District satisfied the indicators in five areas of review, scoring well above the 80% or higher criteria for being designated as high performing. The five areas include Instruction and Program, Fiscal Management, Governance, Operations, and Personnel.
Click HERE to learn more.
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EPAct Reward = Fiscal and Operational Success
Members of the School Community,
I am delighted to inform you that through the EPAct Gives Back Program, our district was recently rewarded for our “initiatives and stewardship” (article HERE). Under the leadership of Business Administrator Michael Solokas, the lighting technologies that we installed in our facilities have met and exceeded the requirements of the 2005 Energy Policy Act (EPAct) to be certified as “Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings.” Through the use of energy efficient technology, we have significantly reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions at Franklin Lakes Public Schools.
Our energy savings measures demonstrate a strong commitment to our local environment and also our tax paying community. Regarding the latter, our new lighting systems alone will save us close to $43,000 per year in utility costs. Regarding the former, the reduction in energy consumption decreases carbon emissions by 116 tons per year. This is equivalent to eliminating 21 cars or planting 574 trees.
FLPS Facebook Page
In our continuing effort to meet the communication needs of our constituency, we look to publish messages from a variety of sources that will inform students, parents, staff, and general community members. Our Facebook wall will host but not be limited to School News and Views posts, Board of Education posts, posts on behalf of our school partners (e.g., PTA, FLEF, Borough), and posts from the District and our schools.
To get there now, click HERE.