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 Good Morning
 Franklin Middle School
 Today is Wednesday
 February 3, 2021

Today’s Welcoming Ritual
 What does this
 quotation mean to
 you?
 What do you want to
 grow to be?
 What will it take to
 meet this goal?

Negro League Established in a one-room office in 1990, the Negro
Baseball Museum Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) is a privately
 funded, not-for-profit organization dedicated to
in Kansas City, Mo. preserving and celebrating the rich history of African-
 American baseball and its profound impact on the
 social advancement of America. In 2006, the United
 States Congress designated the NLBM as “America’s
 National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.”

 More info: https://
 nlbm.com/
 Pictures courtesy
 of Elisabeth and
 Maya Philips

Negro League Baseball Museum

If you want to learn more
 about this topic, visit:
 https://www.baseball-
 reference.com/players/a/
 aaronha01.shtml
 https://www.mlb.com/player/hank-
 aaron-110001
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
 Hank_Aaron
Henry Louis Aaron, (also known as Hank, Hammer, and Hammerin’ Hank) was
a Major League Baseball right fielder. Hank Aaron played most of his career,
21 seasons, in the National League for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves. He
played 2 seasons in the American League, playing for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Hank broke the 33 year old record of Babe Ruth by hitting 755 career home
runs. Other batting records he holds are from 1955-1973, he hit 24 or more
home runs every year and is 1 of 2 players to hit 30 or more home runs at least
15 times in a season. By the time he retired, Hank Aaron was the last Negro
League baseball player in the MLB. Hank was ranked 5th on the list of “100
Greatest Baseball Players” and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of
Fame in 1982. He was inducted in his 1st year of eligibility.

Check for trivia next Monday.

Trivia Winner

 Elliot Lanter
The 3 major leagues were the Negro National League, the Eastern Colored
League, and the Negro American league. Ten teams were the Chicago American
Giants, the Indianapolis ABCs, the Indianapolis Clowns, Chicago Giants, Kansas
City (Missouri) Monarchs,Detroit Stars, Baltimore Black Sox, St. Louis Giants,
Dayton (Ohio) Marcos, and the Cuban Stars, who didn't have a home city to play
in.

Are you Asynchronous today?
Make sure you check in for attendance on the FMS and then
 go to all of your teacher’s Canvas pages for classwork.

Important Dates for Students

 February 5 - Halfway mark for 3rd quarter
February 8 - Teachers post Progress Report grades
February 14th - Valentine’s Day
February 15th - No School - Federal Holiday

Activity buses are running at FMS. The
 buses will be running at 4:15 PM and
 5:15 PM Monday-Friday. Stop in the
main office if you want to check out the
 bus routes.

Do you know how to check your grades on the SPS 186 intranet?

 1. Log into the internet with your 2. You will see the column on the left and
 click on Cumulative Folder
 username and password

Tutoring & Homework Help Resume Tuesday 1/19!

 MOnday - Thursday
 3:00-4:00
! tutoring is Virtual
! Click on the FMS Tutoring link
 on any CaNvas Course page to
 access the Zoom link

Attention All FMS Students!
 Your Chromebook should be
charged and ready for school
everyday! If it is not charged,
make sure your charger is with
 you so it can be plugged in.

The Springfield Park District’s Henson Robinson Zoo is calling all artists!
 Here is what we need:
The zoo hopes to be opening (with Your artistic impression of a monarch butterfly or
guidelines) Saturday, March 20th for the flower that the monarch may enjoy.
2021 season and we want to celebrate ● It must be able to be attached and hang from
March Monarch Madness! You may very fine fishing line. The line will be attached to
already know that the Monarch is Illinois’ one of two large frames and hung in our main
 entrance lobby for everyone to enjoy for the
state insect, but did you know that the entire year!
Eastern Monarch travels through Illinois ● It can be small or it can be big as long as it’s not
 too heavy (be reasonable). We want to “raise the
on its migration journey between central
 roof” with this installation, not bring it down.
Mexico and Canada. Mid-March is when ● Make it from something that might normally be
the Eastern Monarch starts it’s long trip thrown out. Plastic bottles and jugs, corks, wire,
 cloth, newspaper or scratch paper, look in your
from Mexico and heads north. We want recycle bin, your closet, your craft room ….the
to celebrate this journey on opening list goes on (please no glass or sharp metal).
weekend at the zoo. More information can be found on the FMS webpage!

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
 is celebrating Black History Month with fun and
 engaging programs for kids. Talk to or email Mr.
 Zinnen rzinnen@sps186.org for more information
 about saving your spot for these programs.

FMS Students of
 the Month for
December 2020

Ms. Becker and Ethan

Mr. Law and Charlie B.

Ms. Mariotti and Rodney

Ms. McDonald and Nana B.

Mrs. Maeda and Rylee C.

Samiya B. and Mrs. Preckwinkle

Mrs. Reynolds and Sydnei F.

Mrs. Schnake and Krista A.

Mrs. Schoeben and Stephen D.

Mrs. Sheraden and Elesia W.

Mrs. Weakley and Lilly

Ms. West and Mario B
 .

Mrs. Womble and Kamyiah H.

Mrs. Zinnen and Mariah M.

Mr. Zinnen and Zaynab

Mr. Helton and Nevaeha B.

Scholastic Bowl Results
FMS Scholastic Bowl Team A competed in a match against a scholastic bowl
team from Washington, MO. It came down to the last 2 questions of the match.

FMS swept the last two tossups and the bonus questions
 Proud
For a 375 to 285 win!
 Coach

Tossup questions where answered by Ethan B, Sri T, Rohan U and Anshul N

Other Scholastic Bowl News from Mr. Knoepfle!

6th and 7th grade members of the
FMS Scholastic Bowl team have
just completed the first weekly 100
toss up jamboree question. This
week’s winner is Anshul N.
Congratulations!

FMS Mathcounts Competing in Regionals on Friday!

 Good Luck to the FMS Mathcount Team as they will
 compete in Regionals this Friday!

Team Members are Manhitha M, Rohan U, Meher G, and Vanshika G.

FMS students artwork on display at the Springfield Art
 Association, Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
 Visit - https://www.artandwriting.org/
 Silver Regional Key
 Silver Regional Key Silver Regional Key Winner...Halley G., Grade
Winner...Zechariah H., Winner...Leah R., Grade 8...Mixed Media
Grade 7...Mixed Media 7...Sculpture

Honorable Mention Honorable Mention
Regional Key Winner...Leah Regional Key
 R.,Grade 7...Digital Art Winner...Mariah W.,
 Grade 7...Mixed Media

The following students and their artwork are the
FMS Art Gallery Featured Artists for December 2020.
December artists:
Sawyer L.
Lacey G.
Annah O.
Siona V.
There are 5 available prints of each art piece that
will be for sale to the public at a cost of $10.00 each.
The proceeds of the sale go towards our local artist
commission that will hang permanently in the halls
of FMS. The 2021 professional local artist is Felicia
Olin.

Volleyball News from Coach Sturm.

 The FMS volleyball practice schedule for this week
(Monday thru Friday) 8th grade from 4:15-5:30 PM and
 7th grade from 4:45-6 PM
 The Falcons first game is on February 8th.

Check out the FMS Webpage for Sport Schedules

 Click on link for the Falcon
 Athletics/Activity
 Schedules

Shout out to the 7th Grade Team!
 Congrats, Mrs, Jachino, Ms. Jones, Mrs. Schnake, Mrs.
 Martin, and Mrs. Zinnen for winning the January FMS Step
 Challenge! Way to get moving!

 ~Mrs. Osmonson

The team logged 1,435,973 total steps in 24 days, and team members had a daily
 average of 11,966 steps each!

Shout out to Mrs. Reynolds!
 I would like to give Mrs. Reynolds a shout out because whenever
 anyone in her class is struggling with something and if it’s an
 assignment, she is there to help. Also sometimes her kids visit our
 class because it’s at the end of the day. And I just think Mrs.
 Reynolds has made me like science even more because she’s the
 one teaching me. Have a great day everybody! ~Amelie J

Shout out to Mrs. Jachino!
 I want to give Mrs. Jachino a shout-out, because she is so
 funny, kind, and patient. She does her best to make us
 successful in school, and whenever we make a mistake she
 helps us and make sure that we understand how to fix it next
 time. ~Jane P.

Shout out to Mrs. Durr!
Mrs. Durr is one of the best. When I come in to the zoom (AP and
in Health) she always have a smile on her face. When we are
talking about health she makes everything so clear and when she
tells our class she is very cool and funny. It really makes my day.
Thank you Mrs. Durr. ~Alex D.

Shout out to Mr. Zinnen!
 I'm giving this shout out because in AP, it’s always fun.
 He just makes AP fun. Then in history he makes it
 super fun. He shows us so much fascinating stuff. I
 love history, because he makes it fun. Overall he is a
 great teacher! ~Mallory S.

Name This Song!
Can you name this song with only 4
 lines of lyrics?
 “This is something new
 The Casper Slide part two
 Featuring the Platinum Band
 And this time”

Scholastic Bowl Question of the Day:
SOCIAL STUDIES (Geography)

It lies almost entirely between 15
degrees south latitude and 33
degrees south latitude. Name
this continent whose major cities
include Perth, Adelaide,
Melbourne and Sydney.

 Think you know the answer?
 We will share it coming up soon!

Trivia/Math/ Can you figure out this play on
Brain teaser words?
of the Day:

 ME REPEAT

Word of the Day:

On This Day in History

Bad Jokes, Puns, &
 Other Funny Stuff

2/3 Meher Garg

Weather
forecast

As we prepare
 for a
 productive day,
 let us observe
 a moment of
 silence...

Scholastic Bowl Answer: Trivia / Math / Brain Teaser Answer:
 Australia repeat after me

I pledge
 allegiance to the
Flag of the United
States of America,
 and to the
Republic for which
 it stands, one
Nation under God,
 indivisible, with
liberty and justice
 for all.

Name That Song
“Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper Franklin Middle School

 Have a great day

 And remember

 It’s all about
 CHOICES!
 Read, Write & Respond @
 Franklin Middle School;
 it’s our focus!