Franklin High School (Massachusetts)
Public school in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
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Franklin High School is a public high school located in Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2025-26 school year the school has an enrollment of 1,379 students.[2] Its campus is located at 218 Oak Street.[3] The current school building opened in 2014.
| Franklin High School | |
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218 Oak Street , 02038 United States 42°05′37″N 71°24′33″W | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1947 |
NCES School ID | 250501000737[1] |
Principal | Maria Weber |
Teaching staff | 98.12 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,453 (2024-2025)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.81[1] |
| Colors | Navy, Sky Blue, and White |
| Athletics | MIAA - Division 1 |
Athletics conference | Hockomock League |
| Mascot | Frankie the Panther |
| Nickname | Panthers |
| Rival | King Philip Regional High School |
| Newspaper | Pantherbook |
| Website | www |
Athletics
- Mascot: Panthers
- League: Hockomock
Accomplishments
- Girls' soccer - MIAA Division 1 South Sectional Champions - 2010, MIAA Division 1 State Champions - 2012[4]
- Boys' Ice Hockey won State championships in 1983 and 2016
- Boys' Baseball won State championships in 1986 and 2018
- Boys' Basketball won a State championship in 2025
- Volleyball won a State championship in 2025
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 (MAJE). The drama club, FHSTC, performs three plays or musicals per year, and participates in the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild (METG) High School Drama Festival each year, for which it has been a finalist twice.
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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | The Outsiders | The Yellow Boat | Urinetown: The Musical |
| 2023-2024 | Legally Blonde | Flowers for Algernon | Peter and the Starcatcher |
| 2022-2023 | Cinderella | Lord of the Flies | Get Smart |
| 2021-2022 | Mamma Mia! | Cave Dream | |
| 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
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[5]
- Pat Mason, Class of 1993, former head baseball coach at Virginia Tech[6]
- Jen O'Malley Dillon, Class of 1994, White House deputy chief of staff and campaign manager[7]
- Kristi Kirshe, Class of 2013, Olympian on US Women's Rugby team at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics[8] and Olympic Bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
- Rogan O'Handley - Class of 2003, Right-Wing social media influencer known as DC Draino.[9][10][11]
- Paula Lodi
- Maria Barrett