NYC Blog Day #4

5 days ago Live from New York! Can anyone spell P ~ H ~ U ~ N ! Yes, I’m an English teacher but sometimes the correct standard English rules just can’t apply. If any student ever questions you about this statement, I will deny it and say Mr. Knoepfle said it, not me! ( of course !) They will believe it more coming from him! Some are a bit tired, but Most are ready for another day! We simply have to get moving and into the city for the excitement to start for everyone. READ MORE

NYC Blog Day #3

Jun 7, 2013 Live from New York! We are up and ready to head to NBC Studios and experience the “Window on the World Studio” tour and all of the most important avenues to go shopping. As we drive through hours of gridlock, we arrive to NBC. We were greeted by Brittany and Adrianne, pages for the year, who guided us through the history of the news/entertainment industry. We were able to see Kathi Lee Gifford, again and she was very friendly with the crowd and fans. READ MORE

NYC Blog Day #2

Jun 6, 2013 Live from New York ! Here we are ~ another day in NYC for the gang of FMS and we are having a blast. Let’s start from the top! Students, parents and chaperones all converge in the lobby for breakfast. Yes, the coffee is steaming hot and the cheese omelets are NOT. Was it really even cheese? We eat, get everyone out the door and head to lower Manhattan to meet the Levy Brothers and enjoy our tour with them. READ MORE

New York City Blog Day #1

Jun 4, 2013 Live from Newark ! For half of the FMS travel group who left for New York on Sunday, I am positive that they had a wonderful and exciting time on the bus ride there and waiting for 3 hours in the airport to depart for Newark. But as for me, and 45 other fellow travelers, we were not as fortunate. Due to airline cancellations and possible thunderstorms, our group was delayed a day in traveling and told to go home and meet back at FMS promptly at 12:00 noon the following day. READ MORE

New York Trip Video Day 1

Jun 3, 2013 Please click on the link to view a video of the New York trip. http://www.sps186.org/teachers/mldobron/?p=873&i=352298&b=41

An IMPORTANT Message from Hemisphere Education Travel RE: New York Trip

Jun 2, 2013 From: sales@hemispheretravel.com Subject: Franklin Middle School Tour Update - Response Needed Date: June 2, 2013 3:12:23 PM CDT Hello Everyone, As you are aware, United canceled flight # 5131 today. United's explanation for the cancellation was weather related. We are aware that there were other flights operating out of Chicago today, however, that was the explanation we received. READ MORE

State Track Meet Video - Raven Moore's 1st Place Run in the 400 Meter

May 20, 2013 http://www.sps186.org/video/videos/349636_1369018788.m4v

IESA Track Results

May 20, 2013 State Track 2013 Results 7th girls As a team we got 5th place. Raven- 200m- 2nd place and broke the school record 26.38 Raven- 400m- 1st place 1:00.29 Stephanie- high jump- 3rd place 4’ 09” Maddie- 400m- 21st place 1:04.79 Sydney- 1600- 28th place 5:51.57 4x200m- 17th place 1:56.51 Kortney, Amy, Taylor, and Raven 4x400- 14th place 4:30.05 7th boys Nick- 400m 13th place 58.43 4x200m- 36th place 1:55.65 8th girls Jeniya- 200m- 23rd place 27. READ MORE