When Franklin School opened in 2022, students answered the question, “Are you ready for something extraordinary?” with a resounding “yes”— and quickly embraced everything that entailed. Franklin delivered on that promise and has already made an indelible impression on students, parents, and fellow educators.
“We created a school like no other in the community, but accessible to so many,” says Head of School William Campbell. “With so much to offer students, ranging from a robust, cutting-edge curriculum and Academic Care program not found elsewhere, to our student incubator and state-of-the-art Fab Lab and athletic facilities, their journey will be filled with opportunities to pursue their passions and go wherever their curiosity leads them. In our first two years, we have seen how students eagerly dove in, have grown academically and personally, shown an insatiable quest for knowledge, and surpassed expectations.”
Franklin is dedicated to preparing students to tackle any challenge the future holds—and to succeed in an increasingly complex, ever-changing world. The school’s curriculum, with enhanced rigor, includes pastoral and academic care programs that provide students with mentoring, social and emotional support, and sustained academic skill development regardless of where they are along their education continuum.
In addition to a challenging core curriculum and AP courses, students can take micro-courses and electives designed to cultivate real-world skills essential for graduates to succeed in the most dynamic, competitive employment arenas.
EDUCATING CHANGE MAKERS
In the Fab Lab, students apply their project-based learning, gain skills, and create. It’s also home to an incubator, where they develop the resilience of entrepreneurs and the mindset of innovators, as they shape their own businesses and nonprofits, empowering them to have agency over their future.
No matter the setting, Franklin’s commitment to transdisciplinary learning enables students to make connections to solve real-world problems. “Franklin’s teaching and learning practices are reflective of excellence in education … and Franklin invokes the feeling that the school is committed to practices that will grow the ‘change makers’ of tomorrow,” says Mariesa Grado, Associate Vice President, Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. When they graduate, students will not only have a top-notch education, they’ll also have the attitude and competencies to tackle whatever challenges arise—and thrive.
80 Town Square Pl., Jersey City
201-234-4781
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