Franklin High School (Massachusetts)

Franklin High School is a public high school located in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.

Franklin High School
Address
Map
218 Oak Street

,
02038

United States
Coordinates42°05′37″N 71°24′33″W / 42.09361°N 71.40917°W / 42.09361; -71.40917
Information
TypePublic
Established1947; 77 years ago (1947)
NCES School ID250501000737[1]
PrincipalMaria Weber
Faculty118.25 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,630 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.78 [1]
Color(s)Navy, Sky Blue, and White   
AthleticsMIAA - Division 1
Athletics conferenceHockomock League
MascotPanther
NewspaperPantherbook
Websitewww.franklinps.net/fhs

Clubs and activities

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A variety of clubs and extracurricular activities are offered:[2]

  • Academic Decathlon (ACADEC)
  • Alzheimer's Awareness Club
  • Audio Production/Podcasting Club
  • Best Buddies
  • Book Club
  • Chamber Music Club
  • Chess Club
  • Classics Club
  • Community Service
  • Computer Club
  • Connect 4 Cancer
  • Debate Club
  • DECA
  • Diversity Awareness Club
  • Empty Bowls Club
  • FHS Creative (formerly Photography Club)
  • Girl Up
  • HOSA
  • Hiking Club
  • Happiness Club (40% Club)
  • Honor Societies (National, Art, French, Latin, Music, Science, Spanish)
  • Mirage Literacy Magazine
  • Mock Trial
  • Model Congress
  • Pantherbook Newspaper Club
  • Peer Leadership
  • Photography/Graphic Design
  • Pickleball Club
  • Politics Club
  • Red Cross Club
  • Robotics Club
  • SADD
  • Science Olympiad Club
  • Sexuality & Gender Awareness Club (SAGA)
  • Ski & Board Club
  • Student Government
  • Taste Buds
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Unified Music Club
  • Unified Sports Club
  • World of Difference
  • Yearbook
  • Youth for Earth Club

Athletics

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  • Mascot: Panthers
  • League: Hockomock

Accomplishments

  • Girls' soccer - MIAA Division 1 South Sectional Champions - 2010, MIAA Division 1 State Champions - 2012[3]

Boys' Ice Hockey won State championships in 1983 and 2016


Boys' Baseball won State championships in 1986 and 2018

Sports by season:

  • Fall
    • Cheerleading
    • Cross country
    • Field hockey
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Boys' soccer
    • Girls' soccer
    • Volleyball
  • Winter
    • Boys' basketball
    • Girls' basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • Boys' ice hockey
    • Girls' ice hockey
    • Curling
    • Indoor track
    • Skiing
    • Boys' swimming
    • Girls' swimming
    • Wrestling
  • Spring
    • Baseball
    • Girls' lacrosse
    • Boys' lacrosse
    • Softball
    • Boys' tennis
    • Girls' tennis
    • Boys' track
    • Girls' track

Music and performing arts

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The FHS Music Department is a part of the Massachusetts Music Educator's Association Central District (CD-MMEA) and sends several students to join the senior festival every year. It is also a part of the Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association (MICCA), where all ensembles participate in their respective annual festivals. The Jazz Band participates in their own separate festival.


Musical ensembles:

  • String Orchestra
  • Symphony Orchestra
  • Concert Band
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Chorus
  • Chamber Chorus
  • Treble Chorus
  • Jazz Band
  • Jazz Combo
  • Jazz Trio
  • Pep Band

Annual performances, music:

  • All home varsity football games
  • Pep Rally
  • Thanksgiving Day Game
  • Two varsity basketball games
  • Memorial Day
  • Winter Concert
  • Spring Concert
  • MICCA
  • Jazz Nights
  • Pops Night
  • Graduation

Annual performances, drama:

  • Cabaret
  • Fall Musical
  • DramaFest
  • Spring Student-Directed Play
  • Musical Theater Showcase
  • OSKEY

Previous school plays and musicals:

Year
2023-2024 Legally Blonde Peter and the Starcatcher
2022-2023 Cinderella Lord of the Flies Get Smart
2019-2020 Six Rounds of Vengeance* Chicago
2018-2019 Miracle on 34th Street Seussical
2017-2018 Fahrenheit 451 The Addams Family Musical
2016-2017 The Giver/Gathering Blue Once on This Island
2015-2016 The Rose of Treason Beauty and the Beast
2014-2015 Rebel Without a Cause Shrek the Musical

*canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Specialized programs

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Franklin Arts Academy (FAA): An alternate course pathway, the FAA enables students that are accepted into the program to take courses only available to FAA students, requiring an art component as part of the application. The courses include FAA versions of regular English, history, and some science classes, as well FAA art courses. The FAA also holds fundraisers to go on one field trip a year to a performance and/or museum. Students can join beginning in their sophomore year, applying as a freshman. All fine arts students, including both the performing and visual arts, are able to join.

Senior Project: As a participant in Senior Project, students will increase their awareness of the necessary steps for achieving a set career, service, or artistic path by participating in a full-time externship during the final quarter of their senior year. Students will complete various project objectives including: 70 hours of professional externship experience, written reflection papers, a cumulative portfolio, and a final presentation to a panel. Students must submit a proposal for Senior Project by the end of their junior year. The proposal is reviewed by a panel who will determine if the Project had the potential to be completed successfully. Upon acceptance into the Senior Project, students will enroll in a preparatory course during the 3rd term of their senior year and then commence their externship during the final quarter of their senior year. Senior Project provides students with the opportunity to apply their academic, social, and civic skills developed throughout the course of their experiences at FHS and realize connections between their high school education and future careers.

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - Franklin High (250501000737)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "List of Clubs | Franklin School District".
  3. ^ "Franklin High School Girls Soccer: 2012 State Champions!".
  4. ^ "Franklin's favorite son Peter Laviolette on wrong side of rink". The Milford Daily News. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  5. ^ "Frank Mason bio". Virginia Tech Hokies. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  6. ^ Kelly, Joyce (December 18, 2008). "On the Obama trail". The Milford Daily News. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Official Site Website of USA Rugby".
  8. ^ HomeTeams Online profile
  9. ^ Milford Daily News article about honor roll
  10. ^ Instagram profile
  11. ^ Hockomock Sports profile
  12. ^ YouTube channel
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