Week of Respect

New Jersey designates the first full week of October as the Week of Respect. Franklin Township
School marks it with a week of activities focused on respect, kindness and friendship.

What Happens During the Week

Each day has a theme, and students are encouraged to dress to match it. Morning announcements
carry a message tied to the day’s theme, and students take part in classroom activities and
work across grade levels on shared tasks.

Spirit Week Themes

• Mix It Up — wear mismatching clothes to celebrate the ways we are different, unique and creative. The message is about respecting and embracing difference.
• Be a Team Player — wear a sports jersey as a reminder of the importance of teamwork, and of working together past difficult moments.
• Kindness Never Gets a Day Off — complete a random act of kindness.
• Love Yourself — a day about self-respect: exercise, nutrition, coping skills and managing stress. Wear athletic clothing.
• Go for the Gold and Blue — wear school colours to celebrate our community, and remember the Golden Rule.

Community Night

The school has previously held a Night of Respect for families in the cafeteria, with activities
such as painting kindness rocks to place around the community.

Draft note for the Steward — delete before publishing: Both source PDFs are old. The spirit week PDF is for 7-11 October and assigns themes to named weekdays; the community night flyer is dated 8 October 2019. I have kept the themes, which are durable, and dropped the specific dates and the day-by-day assignment, which are not. Add this year’s dates and running order before publishing. The community night paragraph is written in the past tense deliberately — confirm whether the event still runs.