Franklin High School (Massachusetts)

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

Clubs and activities

A variety of clubs and extracurricular activities are offered:

* Academic Decathlon (ACADEC)
* Alzheimer's Awareness Club
* American Sign Language Club
* Art Club
* Best Buddies
* Chamber Music Club
* Chess Club
* Classics Club
* Community Service
* Computer Club
* Connect 4 Cancer
* DECA
* Diversity Awareness Club
* Drama and annual Musical
* Empty Bowls Club
* FHS Creative (formerly Photography Club)
* Future Physicians & Medical Scientists
* Girl UP
* Girls Who Code
* GIVE
* Green Team
* Happiness Club (40% Club)
* Honor Societies (National, Art, French, Latin, Music, Science, Spanish)
* International Club
* Math Club
* Mirage Literacy Magazine
* Mock Trial
* Model Congress
* Music Production Club
* Musical Theater
* Oskey Production
* Pantherbook Newspaper Club
* Peer Leadership
* Robotics
* SADD
* Science Olympiad Club
* Sexuality & Gender Awareness Club (SAGA)
* Ski & Board Club
* Student Government
* TV Club
* Ultimate Frisbee
* World of Difference
* Yearbook
* Young Democrats
* Young Investors Society
* Young Republicans

Athletics

* Mascot: Panthers
* League: Hockomock

Accomplishments
* Girls' soccer - MIAA Division 1 South Sectional Champions - 2010, MIAA Division 1 State Champions - 2012
Boys Ice Hockey won State championships in 1983 and 2016

Boy 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

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 Play
* Lovefest
* DramaFest
* Spring Musical
* OSKEY

Previous school plays and musicals:

*canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic''.

Specialized programs

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

* Peter Laviolette, Class of 1982, former NHL player and NHL head coach
* Pat Mason, Class of 1993, former head baseball coach at Virginia Tech
* Jen O'Malley Dillon, Class of 1994, White House deputy chief of staff and campaign manager
* Kristi Kirshe, Class of 2013, Olympian on US Women's Rugby team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics
* Paula Lodi
* Maria Barrett

References

External links

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{{Massachusetts Public High Schools

Schools in Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Public high schools in Massachusetts
Hockomock League