Franklin Elementary hosts kindergarten teddy bear picnic
Mason invites his new friend Carson to hop on for a ride.
Jack reaches for his Rescue Rocky plush he pushed down the slide first. Jack’s parents are both police officers – his mother is a detective in Bethel Park; his dad is a K-9 officer with Heidelberg’s police department. He got the plush toy at the World Trade Center museum.
Ben Franklin Elementary principal Rob Garvey advises parents of new policies at the school.
Franklin Elementary students enjoy a game of hot potato to the tune of “Happy” by Pharrell Williams.
The parent-teacher organization and Ben Franklin Elementary hosted 61 5-year-olds and their parents for a “Teddy Bear Picnic” on Aug. 14 to meet teachers, the new principal and other incoming kindergarteners. In between games of hot potato, principal Rob Garvey advised parents of a new no-food policy for birthdays and parties. “If you want to bring a treat for students, keep it out of the food realm,” he said. “This is to avoid allergy problems and to stay close to federal school lunch guidelines.” PTO president Robert McCormick said he encourages new parents to become part of the organization, which has donated iPads and other equipment to kids in the elementary school, as well as the Neil Armstrong middle school.