Benjamin Franklin Elementary School

Scoring big in summer reading! 📚⚽️
Students teamed up with service dogs 🐶, spun stories into art 🎨, played wordy Twister 🔠, grabbed ice pops, and visited the Edison Bookmobile 🚐 for a champion-style kickoff to reading season! #ChampionsOfLearning #GreatnessStartsHere

Lights. Camera. 5th Grade Social! A shoutout to our PTA for hosting a fantastic 5th Grade Social! It was an evening filled with laughter, dancing, games, and great memories. Thank you to all the students and families who joined in the fun. Your energy and smiles lit up the night!

Lights, Camera, ESL Family Night! Tonight our multilingual families participated in various STEM sessions designed to foster a sense of teamwork and camaraderie! Even more delicious was the ice cream sundae building station❤️

Lights, Camera, BizWorld! Today's Grade 5 BizWorld market was a tremendous hit with all our BEN Bolts who shopped till they dropped for all different take home treats! Way to go 5th grade entrepreneurs!

Lights. Camera. Science in Action! A huge thank you to @LyondellBasell for visiting our 4th graders and leading hands-on STEM activities! Our 4th grade BOLTs explored science in action and had a blast learning from real-world engineers.

Lights, Camera, Science Fair! Science came alive at our Elementary Science Fair! BOLTs wowed us with creative projects, tackled the Water Balloon Drop Challenge, and got messy (and curious!) with Oobleck Races in swimming pools!

Lights, Camera, Eyes of the Wild! Thanks to the BEN PTA for bringing this amazing assembly to our K-5 students! Interactive, full of facts & we were even invited to kiss a skunk and pet a chinchilla!

Lights. Camera. Staten Island Zoo! After learning about animal life cycles in science, our 1st graders brought their learning to life with a trip to the Staten Island Zoo! 🦎🦉🐢 They explored animals up close and took part in a special guided Animal Encounter!

Lights, Camera, Kids Heart Challenge! K-5 BOLTs jump roped to raise money for the American Heart Association. BEN raised over $4, 200.00! Thank you to those who registered, donated, completed Finn's mission & participated in this annual event. You helped kids with special hearts!

Lights, Camera, Ohana Night! BEN BOLTs and their families joined staff for a fun filled SEL family night where they explored different tools and strategies through exciting activities!

Lights. Camera. Spring Concert! BOLTs in the Benjamin Franklin chorus, orchestra and band performed their latest pieces at Edison High School this evening. It was an evening of a million dreams❤️

Lights, Camera, Holi Color Run! BEN BOLTs participated in their first Color Run. They celebrated happiness and the excitement of a new season with colors and fun. Thank you to our BEN PTA and parent volunteers for making this event a success.

Lights, Camera, Kean Studen Leadership Conference! Today, our EquitaBOLTs attended the student leadership conference at Kean University. They had the opportunity to learn from the presenters,They also collaborated and shared their ideas with the audience. Great work BOLTs!

Lights, Camera… Authors Visit! Special thanks to Sheetal Sheth for joining us at BEN today to discuss her book "Anjani Can". It was an engaging and interactive experience for our students!

Lights.Camera....Victor Cruz! We had a special guest reader to celebrate Read Across America! Thank you to NY Giant and Super Bowl Champion Victor Cruz for inspiring our students.

Lights, Camera, Paint Night! What a masterpiece of a night! BEN BOLTs grabbed their brushes and let creativity shine at our PTA Paint Night, guided by our amazing art teacher, Mr. Knipp. From snowy scenes to big smiles, it was a picture-perfect evening!

Lights, Camera, Reading with the Stars! At our annual Book Bingo family night, we celebrated our love for books, played some exciting bingo, and raffled off amazing book-themed baskets! Thank you to everyone who joined in the fun!

Lights, Camera...RUFootball! What a way to finish READBowl! Rutgers football players visited our classrooms to celebrate our readers' hard work and share their love of reading. Thank you @RFootball for your support! #READBowl #RutgersFootball

Lights, Camera... Parent University! Tonight Ben Franklin hosted an interactive parent workshop for K-5 families. Tools and resources were provided to take home & families looked forward to coming again. Go Bolts!

Lights, Camera .... LeadU! Today's SEL assembly was a hit! Our BOLTs had a blast learning about important SEL skills such as self-regulation, empathy, and MORE! Thank you Lead U for an amazing assembly. @Lead_U