# 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
* 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

* 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
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

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

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 and Olympic Bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
* Rogan O'Handley - Class of 2003, Right-Wing social media influencer known as DC Draino.
* Kelli Maple - Class of 2020, Popular YouTuber known for her doll-related content.
* Paula Lodi
* Maria Barrett