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Winter Sports Physicals will be held in the Middle School nurse's office on Wednesday, October 31st. Times for specific sports are listed on the large yellow signs posted in the high school and middle school lobbies. (Schedule is also available by going to: http://www.franklinregional.k12.pa.us/athletics/ and clicking on the link provided.) The fee for a physical is $20. Athletes should see the school nurse to obtain the blue physical form which must be signed by a parent before the exam can be completed. If a student participated in a fall sport, a green recertification form must be completed. ALL student athletes must have the proper completed forms on file with the nurse prior to the start of the season in order to participate.

(Mrs. Pianetti)

ADVANCE TICKETS FOR FRIDAY'S FOOTBALL GAME

Discounted Student tickets ($2) will be on sale in the Athletic Office all day Wednesday and Thursday and until 1:00 p.m. on Friday. Adult tickets are also available for $5. All tickets purchased at the gate on Friday will be $5.

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INPUT SOUGHT

The Franklin Regional School District is currently reviewing the curricular programs for Music, Health and Wellness, and Counseling Services. We are very interested in your thoughts and opinions about our current program offerings and any suggestions that you might have for growth or improvement.

This invitation is extended to all persons who have an interest in the Franklin Regional School District, i.e., parents, residents, or business owners.

There are multiple opportunities for your involvement from simply sharing your opinion through completion of a survey to serving on the Cyclical Review Committee for one of the curricular areas. Committee membership involves a commitment to attend 5-6 meetings over the course of two years beginning in February, reviewing the draft Cyclical Review Report created by the teachers and providing feedback and reviewing all new course and new materials requests before they are submitted to the School Board. We are hoping to have 3 parents (one from each school level) volunteer to serve on the committee for each subject under review as well as an interested community/business member. Committee members will be selected from the interested applicants.

Please visit www.franklinregional.k12.pa.us <http://www.franklinregional.k12.pa.us> and follow the link on the left side of the page to curriculum. There you will find links to the forms for the opinion survey and volunteer information. Simply complete the information and click, submit, to become an important part of this process.

(Mrs. Shaneyfelt)

GIANT EAGLE APPLES FOR THE STUDENTS
The FRHS PTO is again encouraging any Giant Eagle shopper to help the high school in this FREE program. Register your Advantage Card and your spending will help the school earn points that can be exchanged for FREE educational products. Last year we received 3 microscopes, a DVD/VCR player and a volleyball.

This year's program begins on Sunday, October 28, 2007 and continues until Saturday, March 15, 2008.

If you registered last year, you are already registered this year. THANK YOU! You can change the school that you wish to support anytime. You can designate up to 5 different schools for your spending to be divided equally among those chosen.

There are two easy ways to register your Advantage Card so that the high school receives your spending electronically.

1. Call toll-free 1-800-474-4777 and follow the prompts. Have your Advantage Card on hand for the 12 digit number on the back. Our school code # is 1704.

2. Visit www.gianteagle.com. Search for Apples For The Students and follow the instructions. Have your Advantage Card ready and use our school code #1704.

Encourage your friends and relatives to register their Advantage Cards to help the high school. We currently have 175 Advantage Cards registered for us.

PLEASE REGISTER NOW! Our school account has been activated for this year's program. Don't put it off because these 20 weeks go by quickly. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Questions? Call Judy Stramat (724-733-5923)

OFFICE DEPOT DONATES TO SCHOOLS

5% Back to Schools Program: Office Depot will give the high school an Office Depot Merchandise Card worth 5% of all qualifying school supply purchases made during each program period. Computers, TVs, all technology items including PDAs, all furniture items and accessories, some bulk packaged products, ink and tone cartridges, gift cards, and purchases made to contract business account are not qualifying purchases. BUT that still leaves notebooks, index cards, pencils, pens, highlighters, filler paper, dividers, glue sticks, paper clips, erasers, rubber bands and many other items you typically purchase throughout the year!

If you shop at Office Depot please remember to ask the salesperson to apply your purchase towards the Back to School Program. I was told at the store that the program runs year round!

They can look up Franklin Regional High School or you can make live a little easier for them by giving them our school ID# - 70087330.

(ASB)

TARGET TAKE CHARGE OF EDUCATION

Target's program involves having a Target charge card. We are not encouraging you get their credit card, however if you already have one, please register online at Target.com or by calling 1-800-316-6142 and name Franklin Regional High School as your school of choice. If you are registering online, click on �Take Charge of Education� (normally at the bottom of the page). Every time you make purchases at Target using your Target credit card the high school earns a 1% cash rebate. Cash purchases do not qualify. Target mails a rebate check to the school twice a year. We currently have over 600 people signed up and in March the school received almost $600, which represented money earned from the previous six months. A Target credit card holder does not have to have a child attending FRHS to designate it as their school of choice. If you know of anybody (FRHS parent, family, friends, or neighbors) who might be willing to participate in these programs please forward this notice to them. Thanks!

(FRHS PTO)

FYI - If you already have a Target card, this would be a great time to name FRHS as your school of choice. This is a year-round program. Once you register you don't have to re-register, nor are there any program dates to keep track of in order to make sure your contributions count.

(ASB)

ALUMINUM CAN RECYCLING

Annie Essay's and Judy Polcyznski's classes collect aluminum cans. The Life Skill classes use the money earned to participate in functional and community based activities such as the Special Olympics. Cans can be dropped off in the fenced-in collection bin behind the Middle School. The cage is just for loose aluminum cans. No plastic bottles or bi-metal cans, please.

Please DO NOT put bags in the cage! If you have collected your cans in a bag or some other container and you are unable to dump the cans into the cage, please do not toss them in container and all. Simply place your container on the pavement near the cage and the students will take care of it. If a bag is tossed into the cage someone must physically climb into the cage and remove it! This can be dangerous, not to mention unpleasant and in the warm weather the bees and yellow jackets add to the safety concerns whenever someone has to climb in to remove bagged cans. So please remember - ONLY LOOSE CANS IN THE CAGE. Thanks!

The aluminum can collection and recycling program is an all-year activity.

(ASB)

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