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MOTTO: Inspire with our Hearts, Lead with Humility, Soar with Pride

NEXT WEEK, JUST READ FLORIDA and FCS ELEMENTARY CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK! JANUARY 14-18 Take the Lead and Read
CULINARY CLASS CAF FRIDAY, JANUARY 11
11:00AM-1:00PM DONATION: $8.00 MENU: Egg Drop Soup, Bourbon Chicken, Beef Lo Mein, Stir Fry Vegetables DESSERT: Peach Cobbler LUNCH FOR FRIDAY - 1/11/13 KG-5th Gr: Choice of Chili w/ Beans, SW Chicken Chef Salad, or Turkey Caesar Wrap Choice of Apple Slices or Fresh Fruit Choice of Green Beans or Baked Potato Gr: Choice of above or Pizza

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FCS WEEKLY CALENDAR OF EVENTS

**Fri, Jan 11: -Brain Bowl meeting in room 1021 (Millender), 2:15-3:00pm -Odyssey of the Mind in room 1007 (Countryman), 2:30-5:00pm -Home Girls Basketball vs John Paul II @ 6:00pm **Mon, Jan 14: -ELEMENTARY LITERACY WEEK -10th Grade Officers meeting in room 1218 (Weyrich) during lunch -Odyssey of the Mind in room 1007 (Countryman), 2:30-5:00pm **Tue, Jan 15 -9th Grade Officers meeting in room 802 (Nichols) during breakfast -Junior Class Fundraiser Committee meeting in room 1210 (Weston) during breakfast -Guests to Read to Elementary classes 9:45-10:45am, in celebration of Literacy Week -M/S & H/S FCA meetings in the gym during lunches -Home Girls & Boys Basketball vs Blountstown- Girls @ 5:30pm Boys @ 7:00pm -District Girls Soccer Tournament at Port St. Joe Times- TBA -SAC meeting in library @ 6:00pm -4th Grade Parent meeting in room 315 (Barber) @ 7:00pm **Wed, Jan 16: -SEMESTER EXAMS - EARLY RELEASE for all STUDENTS - Elem @ 12:25 & M/S & H/S @ 12:30 -M/S & H/S Exams in 1st & 2nd period classes (schedule will be in 1/14/13 Seahawk Scoop) -District Girls Soccer Tournament @ Port St. Joe Times: TBA
**Thur, Jan 17: -SEMESTER EXAMS - EARLY RELEASE for all STUDENTS - Elem @ 12:25 & M/S & H/S @ 12:30

-District Girls Soccer Tournament @ Port St. Joe Times: TBA

Mark Your Calendars

Semester Exams - days of School : Report Cards :

Jan 16, 17, & 18 Mon, Jan 21

No School- Martin Luther King Holiday :

Mon, Jan 28 Tues, Jan 29 Times: TBA

Elementary Awards Day :

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T.O.Y. & S.R.E.Y Banquet:

Fri, Feb 22, 6:00pm

TEACHER/STAFF Info

Congratulations to this weeks winners for a free dinner to the Culinary Class Caf Eddie Joseph & Pam Marshall
**Grade Level Faculty Meetings: Wed, Jan. 16, ??? **Cafeteria Staff Training/Workshop: Thurs, Jan. 17, in cafeteria, 2:00-5:00pm

FACULTY MEETINGS- 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each Month SCHOOL BASED LEADERSHIP MEETINGS- 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each Month FCS STAFF BIRTHDAYS 1/7-1/13 None This Week

Miscellaneous **KidCare & Medicaid Application Assistance: There is a Community Health Worker, Jo Ethridge at the Franklin County Health Department in Apalachicola on every Thursday from 8:00 am 4:00 pm. She will be at the Franklin County Annex (Carrabelle Clinic) on Tuesday, January 15 & Wednesday, January 23. Ms. Etheridge is available to assist families with applying for KidCare as well as Medicaid. Come in to see her. You can also reach her at (850)624-3640. No appointment is necessary. Apalachicola Community Services Center also has someone to help with applying for services such as Medicaid, KidCare, and food & cash assistance. James Rutherford can assist you at the center. It is located at 192 14th Street, Apalachicola, FL. They are open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday. Appointments are scheduled from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Monday thru Friday. Please call (850)653-3930 for an appointment **Franklin County Toy Project: The Bay City Work Camp inmates have built us a beautiful play house to raffle
off to raise funds to provide a Christmas to needy children in Franklin County. The log cabin themed house features a ch im n ey an d even an t ler s ab o ve t h e d o o r ! Th e r af f le t icket s ar e 1 f o r $5, 3 f o r $10 o r 7 f o r $20. Co n t act San d i Hen g le via e-mail shengle@franklin.k12.fl.us or 323-0982 for tickets, or if you would like to give a donation. Drawing will be TODAY - Jan. 11, 2013.

BOX TOPS for EDUCATION: The Franklin County School PTO is collecting Box Tops! Please send all Box Tops to your child's teacher. Middle and High parents can save them too! Please turn your Box Tops in to Mrs. Laura King or Ms. Leigh Smith .
GED CLASSES
The Franklin County Adult Education Courses will be offering GED classes at the Franklin County School in the near future. The next GED Test will be given Feb. 4 & 5, 2012 at the Franklin County School library at 6:00pm. To register for the test or for classes, contact Maxine Creamer @ 670-4481. The Franklin County Adult Education Courses do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, National origin, age, handicap, or marital status. **The Federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act states that children & youth who lack a fixed, regular, & adequate nighttime residence are considered homeless. If, due to a loss of housing, a child must live in a shelter, motel, vehicle, campground, on the street, in abandoned buildings, or doubled-up with relatives or friends, then he/she is eligible to receive services provided under the McKinney-Vento Act. For additional information contact Sandi Hengle, Homeless Liaison, at the Franklin County School District Office in Eastpoint, 670-2810 or cell number 323-0982.

**PARENTS Register to receive automated emergency calls from the Franklin County Sheriff Dept. You will be notified of any emergency situations in Franklin County (for example; emergency school closings, road closings). Go to www.franklinsheriff.com , on the top right of home page- click on Franklin County Florida Emergency Notification System emblem & complete required information.

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