2025 - 2026 | Vol. 6

Hello Franconia Families

What an incredible week it’s been — our inaugural Falcon Fun Run was a huge success! 🦅✨ Thanks to the amazing support of our students, families, staff, and sponsors, we not only met our goal but celebrated in true Falcon style. Your enthusiasm and teamwork made it a day to remember!

As we catch our breath from the Fun Run, we’re already looking ahead to another favorite event — Trunk or Treat! 🎃 Get ready for creative car displays, costumes, candy, and community fun. You’ll find all the details (and ways to get involved) below.

Thank you for continuing to make Franconia such a spirited and supportive place to learn and grow. 💙

National Bus Safety Week

Next week is National School Bus Safety Week. Officer Deihl and Officer Young, our Souderton Police Officers, will be riding the buses and teaching tips to our Falcons to stay safe on and around the school bus. Safety is a team effort and we are proud of our Falcons for SOARing everyday!

5th Grade Farm Field Trip

A big THANK YOU to Indian Valley Ed Foundation for funding this educational field trip for our 5th graders. They visited Almac’s Garden of Eaten on Tuesday which is a food bank in the Montgomery County Area. Students were introduced to drying herbs, planting lettuce, seed germination, harvesting sweet potatoes, and learning about bee keeping. Students had a chance to observe a real-life beehive, and each student brought home their own little lettuce plant. Some students even chose to bring home a sweet potato that they pulled out of the ground. It was a great experience for all involved.

Trunk or Treat

Calling All Volunteers!

We’re gearing up for our Trunk or Treat, and we need YOUR creativity to make it a spook-tacular success! Families will walk from trunk to trunk collecting candy and enjoying all the decorated themes—and we can’t do it without you.

Here is how you can get involved:

👉 Sign up to help out at the event!

📝 Sign up here:Spooky Helper

👉 Sign up to host a trunk!
Bring your car, decorate it in a fun or spooky theme, and hand out treats to our little ghosts and goblins. It’s a fun way to get involved, show off your creativity, and be part of a memory-making night for our kids.
📝 Sign up here: Trunk Sign Up

👉Donate Candy-send in candy to your child's classroom OR venmo the home and school for trunk or treat goodies to be handed out. (Venmo @franconiahomeandschool)

📅 Event Date: Friday, October 24, 2025
📍 Location: Franconia Elementary School

Costumes, candy, and community—it doesn’t get better than that. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 🎃

Falcon Fun Run

💙 Thank You, Franconia Family! 💙

Our inaugural Falcon Fun Run was a tremendous success — and it wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible community!
A heartfelt thank you to our students, teachers, parents, staff, volunteers, and sponsors for your energy, enthusiasm, and support. You helped make this event one to remember!

A special thank you to our Fun Run Committee — Joanie Schnell, Tara Esposito, and Liz Hartman — for their dedication, creativity, and countless hours spent making this event soar!

💙✨ Now It’s Magic Time! ✨💙

Because our Falcons crushed their Fun Run goal, the whole school has earned a special reward! 🎉

This Thursday, get ready to be amazed as a magician visits Franconia for an all-school assembly full of fun, laughter, and a little bit of magic. 🪄

Way to go, Falcons — you made the magic happen!

💦 Splashing Into Celebration! 💦

The top student in each grade who raised the most money for our Falcon Fun Run has earned a very special reward — a water balloon fight with Dr. Heineck!

We can’t wait to see who gets the chance to take aim at our fearless principal. Stay tuned for photos in next week’s newsletter!

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Important Upcoming Dates

October
10/17 - 5th Grade Field Trip
10/20-10/24 Bully Prevention Week
(wear blue on Friday 10/24!!!)
10/24 – Trunk or Treat (6pm - 8pm)

November

11/3 - Home and School Meeting
11/18 - Dine & Donate - Souderton Pizza & Pasta
11/21 - End of 1st Trimester
11/22 - Branch Creek - Family Bingo
11/24 - 11/26 - Parent Teacher Conferences
11/24 - 11/28 - No School - Thanksgiving Break

Please see the school calendar for more details.

SUBJECT: 2025-2026 | Vol 6