Acta Equitum – February 2023

Acta Equitum Acta Equitum

The Newsletter of Franklin Classical School

Upcoming Events

February 1

Late Reenrollment; fee increase

February 7–10

Teacher Appreciation Days

February 10

Parents in Prayer

Duggan home 10:00 – 11:00 am

February 11

Daddy + Daughter Dance

6:30 – 8:00 pm

3rd Floor Lecture Hall

February 20

Presidents' Day

Classes dismissed; offices closed

February 24

Parents in Prayer

Warren home 10:00 – 11:00 am

Year at a Glance

February 11

Daddy + Daughter Dance

February 20

Presidents' Day classes dismissed; offices closed

March 13 – 17

Spring Break – offices closed

April 7

Good Friday classes dismissed; offices closed

May 20

Class of 2023 Graduation

March 2–4

FCS Players' Spring Production Singin' in the Rain Williamson County Performing Arts Center

March 7

6th–8th Grade 3rd Quarter Project Presentations (Presentation attire required)

March 7–9

9th–12th Grade 3rd Quarter Project Presentations (Presentation attire required)

March 9

K–5th Grade 3rd Quarter Project Presentations (Presentation attire required)

March 10

K–6th Grade Parent-Teacher Meetings (K–6th grade classes dismissed)

March 12–22

Senior Class Trip to London, Chartwell, and Cambridge

March 13–17

Spring Break classes dismissed; offices closed

March 23

9th–12th Grade Disquisition Day

March 30

Financial Aid Applications Due

Updated 2022 – 2023 Calendar available in RenWeb/FACTS –Resource Documents

Announcements

Reenrollment and Sibling Application Deadlines

Reminder:

Reenrollment and Sibling applications are due by January 31, 2023. Beginning February 1st, reenrollment fees will increase to $385 per student, and seats will not be guaranteed.

To Reenroll:

Go to your Family Portal in RenWeb/FACTS

Click on Apply/Reenroll on the left-side dropdown

Click on Enrollment/Reenrollment

Click on Click here to open Enrollment

Click on Start Enrollment Packet

Parents in Prayer

10:00 – 11:00 am

Friday, February 10 - Duggan home Friday, February 24 - Warren home

1103 Holly Hill Drive, Franklin 453 Mackenzie Way, Franklin

From the PTO:

If you would like to bring food, please use this Sign Up Genius link

If you would like to volunteer your time, please text Elissa Corning @ 847-840-1144.

Showtimes:

Singin' in the Rain is hailed as the "greatest movie musical of all time." The FCS Players are pleased to present the stage adaptation of this beloved classic!

On-screen couple Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are Hollywood's biggest stars of silent film But with the premiere of The Jazz Singer as the first "talking picture," studios are forced to follow suit or get left behind. The problem for Monumental Pictures is, Lina's squeaky voice is something like nails on a chalkboard! Enter talented young actress, Kathy Seldon, who sacrifices her own career to become the voice of Lina Lamont onscreen Audiences are not fooled for long, though, and we are reminded that, although things are not always as they seem, truth wins in the end!

The FCS Players' production of Singin' in the Rain features a cast and crew of 48 students and highlights the best of dancing and singing in such numbers as Good Morning, Make 'Em Laugh, and of course, Singin' in the Rain. Your family will enjoy every moment, and you will be humming the songs for weeks to come!

Screenplay by:

Purchase Tickets Purchase Tickets

BETTY COMDEN & ADOLPH GREEN

Songs by:

ARTHUR FREED & NACIO HERB BROWN

Based on the classic Metro-GoldwynMayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

Business Advertisements and Special Message/Photos in the Playbill for: Singin’intheRain

Presented by the Franklin Classical Players

For those Families and Businesses interested… We offer Business advertisements and “Good Luck” messages and/or photos in our program.

Over 1,000 people will SEE IT at the performances!

Ads must be a .pdf file and artwork must be print ready. Please have your photo and message/layout already done BEFORE you email it!

If you’re submitting a business card, please turn that in to Mrs. Hepp at the front desk.

Pricing for ADS: You have 3 choices.

1. Half page - Layout OR “Good Luck” message/photo of your student. $50

2. Fullpage-BusinessAdOR“GoodLuck”message/photoofyourstudent.$100

3. BusinessCard-Businesscardonly,readytoscan-exactsize.$35

The program is the size of a Playbill - Approximately 8.5” high and 5.5” across (Full page) Approximately 4” high and 5.5” across (Half page). There is a small border that goes around the entire program too.

Please email it to: danielrapo@gmail.com

Email subject - Singin’ in the Rain Program - (your LAST name)

Please send Venmo payment to: @lisa-rapo and in the notes please state one of the following statements that pertain to you:

1. Halfpage-playbill(yourLASTname)

2. Fullpage-playbill(yourLASTname)

If paying by check, please make check payable to Franklin Classical School PTO and give it to Mrs. Hepp at the front desk.

Please ask your place of Employment, a Realtor, Favorite Restaurant, Dance Studio, Hair/Nail Salon, Dentist Office, Home Businesses, Own Business, or any other place that may want their business in the program!

Or…design a special message/photo for your student as a keepsake!

For questions and/or to see examples of Ads/Messages: Call or text Lisa Rapo at 818-879-3788

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Twinning

Lady Knights celebrate their season!

Celebrating our Senior Knights on Senior Night!

Happy Birthday, Coach Harlow!

We love you!

Too soon! Seniors prepare for their yearbook graduation photos.

A visit from two beloved alumni!

Mrs. Michael's son Niels, his wife Akiko, and their baby Rune visited Knight Crew to share about life in Japan. We learned about food, travel, architecture, mountains, and the church and how those things compare in America.

in 2nd grade!

Fifth graders enjoying the snowfall!

K-1 students loving to learn!

Twinning in 4th grade!

HappyBirthday! HappyBirthday!

February 1

Charlie Kendrick

February 5

Mrs. Kay Dokkestul

February 7

Mr. Justin Scherrer

February 8

Mrs. Becca Avila

February 11

Mrs. Rebekah Bales

February 14

Emmet Swann

February 16

Ty Thornton

February 18

Trevor Abruzzo

February 19

Ensley Hawkins

February 20

Mia O'Dowd

Oliver Souza

Ruby Souza

February 21

Joshua Riddle

February 22

Lily Souza

February 25

Avie Kendrick

February 27

Abigail Hurt

Jono Tims

February 28

Ellie Kendrick

Luke Roberson

February 29

Eli Bukinga

On Principled Leadership

by Dr George Grant, January 2023

1. Leaders are always controversial. John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson both understood that if you’re going to lead, you will be opposed. Any stand on any issue will be controversial. Leaders don’t shy away from controversy.

2. To affirm one thing is to deny another. Most people don’t like this fact. We love to prevaricate—beat around the bush—rather than saying to someone what really ought to be said. As G. K. Chesterton said, “Great art is always made greater by the frame.” It’s because there are boundaries, you see where it ends, and there’s structure. So to stand for some principles, you must deny other principles.

3. Leaders must accept the nature of the struggle. When Adams was forbidden by a gag rule to bring up petitions about slavery, he attempted to defy that rule by using a loophole. He would stand and say he didn’t wish to defy the gag rule, but he had to remind the house that he had letters in his possession asking him to defy the gag rule. He did this every day. Leaders often just dive in and fight, but great leaders understand the journey is the point. The process is the point. The struggle is the point. It’s where metal is proven, where character is built, where the real victory is won—not when the enemy capitulates, but the way you conduct yourself in the process. Napoleon was a great leader because his men trusted him long before they assembled on the battle lines.

4. If leaders must fight, they fight fairly. You must fight within the bounds, using persuasion and finding ways to continue even when the fight seems to be over. Jackson and Adams were clear about when and why and how they would fight. They fought fairly, and so both were respected as men who told the truth and did not back down no matter what.

5. Leaders admit the world’s mystery and complexity. They realize a new day would call for new methods. If you expect different results, you must do different things. Ideologues try to simplify everything. Karl Marx in Das Capital came up with a theory, but never did the math and didn’t understand human nature or the people he was supposed to champion. Stalin said, “I will save this people, or I will kill them if they will not let me save them.” But Adams and Jackson both embraced diversity and complexity. They were willing to enter in knowing the best laid plans would be upset somewhere along the line. Great leaders know that managing people is like herding cats, that in a fallen world anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

6. Leaders do not hesitate to run toward the roar. Both Adams and Jackson were incredibly courageous. When they saw the battle before them, they ran toward it. They knew there was danger and risk. This is the difference between the man who falls in love but frets about the difficulties of marriage and frets and frets until he misses his chance, and the man who knows the difficulty of marriage but runs toward it. Adams, as an old man shaking at his desk, was still roaring like a lion for the end of chattel slavery.

7. Leadership is an inherently dangerous affair. Adams and Jackson understood that leadership can entail both physical and moral danger. It doesn’t matter whether you’re leading a patrol on a hike for trail life at your church, or if you’re building a business or holding a high civic office, or if you’re a deacon at your church, leadership is inherently dangerous. Great leaders know that, accept that, and wade in anyway. What could have been a great divide to collapse the American experiment in liberty wound up proving that freedom is worth fighting for, that freedom is a diverse thing, and that freedom requires all kinds of leaders This is why the Bible makes so much of freedom.